News

• 15 January 2007
  VATICAN - Abbey of St Paul’s outside the Walls organises Celebrations for annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, major closing event Ecumenical Vespers presided by Pope Benedict XVI Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The service to further Christian unity offered by the Benedictines monks at the Abbey of St Paul’s outside the Walls in Rome is a response to the special ecumenical mandate entrusted to t ...
• 15 January 2007
  AFRICA/BENIN - The Pope appoints new Bishop of Porto Novo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 3 January 2007 appointed Bishop of Porto Novo (Benin) Bishop René-Marie Ehuzu, C.I.M., until now Bishop of Abomey (Benin). (S.L.) (Agenzia Fides 15/1/2 ...
• 15 January 2007
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - The Pope accepts resignation of Vicar apostolic of Soddo-Hosanna appointing a successor Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 5 January 2007 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Apostolic Vicariate in Ethiopia presented by the Apostolic Vicar Bishop Domen ...
• 15 January 2007
  VATICAN - The people of Asia and new challenges in the light of Catholic Social Teaching: Continental Conference in Bangkok present the Compendium of the Church’s Social Doctrine 25 to 27 January Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Amidst old and new forms of dehumanising poverty and senseless violence, as well as materialist and hedonist individualism, and in the framework of an extraordinary emerging economic growt ...
• 15 January 2007
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA The Pope accepts resignation of Bishop of Lae appointing successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 15 January 2007 accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Lae (Papua New Guinea), presented by Bishop Henry Anthony A. van ...
• 15 January 2007
  ASIA/ BANGLADESH - The Pope appoints new Bishop of Rajshahi Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI appointed on 15 January 2007 Bishop of Rajshahi (Bangladesh) Rev. Gervas Rozario,of the clergy of Rajshahi, until now parish priest of Rohanpur and dioce ...
• 15 January 2007
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Casamance future uncertain following death of Rev. Augustin Diamacoune Senghor Dakar (Agenzia Fides)- The death of Rev. Augustin Diamacoune Senghor, leader of the Casamance Movement of Democratic Forces, and ensuing struggle for succession in leadership ushers in a ‘time of uncertainty’ accordi ...
• 15 January 2007
  AFRICA/LIBYA - Tripoli’s Muslim and Christian communities meet in a spirit of dialogue and respect Tripoli (Agenzia Fides) - More than 500 people were invited to a meeting with Colonel Gheddafi, leader of the Libyan Revolution, on December 29 to mark the Muslim Feast of Sacrifice and Christmas, Vicar Apostolic of Trip ...
• 15 January 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - “Politics, the highest form of charity”: Catholics in Mumbai work to increase awareness and commitment in view of municipal elections Mumbai (Agenzia Fides) - Educate Catholics to take a more active part in politics as an area of witness to which men and women can bring Christian values is the goal of an awareness building campaign launched by the Sabh ...
• 15 January 2007
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Bishops issue message for Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 18-25 January: passion for proclaiming the Gospel and responsibility in solidarity Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - A message issued by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Korea CBCK in view of the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity encourages Catholics to have a ‘passion for proclaiming the Gospel ...
• 15 January 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Respect for the sacredness of human life and the family must come first: Catholic Bishops host International Conference on Bio-Ethics Manila (Agenzia Fides) - To intensify efforts to promote a culture of life in this new year 2007 the Catholic Bishops of the Philippines hosted an International Conference on Bio-Ethics in Manila with the participation o ...
• 15 January 2007
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops proclaim principles of the Gospel and the Magisterium and denounce decisions and measures contrary to the common good: statement at the end of 87th Conference Assembly Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - “Time for dialogue and building together " is the title of a statement issued by the Catholic Bishops of Venezuela at the end of the 87th assembly of the Bishops’ Conference in Caracas last ...
• 13 January 2007
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - First Pan-African Congress on Evangelisation 16-18 January in Dar-es-salaam Dar-es-salaam (Agenzia Fides) - The first Pan-African Congress on Evangelisation followed by the 14th Plenary Assembly of the Symposium of Bishops’ Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) will be held in Dar-es-sa ...
• 13 January 2007
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The missionary path of the Church in Africa: French-speaking Africa Mission Congress Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - To help the Church in Africa in her mission to evangelise, a Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for Africa was held in Rome in 1994 from 10 April to the 8 May, on the theme “The Chur ...
• 13 January 2007
  AFRICA - Statistics on the Catholic Church in Africa Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the Pan African Congress on Evangelisation we give statistics on the presence of the Catholic Church in Africa taken from the most recent edition of the Church’s Book o ...