The election of Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle as President of the Catholic Biblical Federation was approved by the Holy See.
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Monsignor Adolfo Miguel Castaño Fonseca, Bishop of Azcapotzalco and Chairman of the Biblical Pastoral Dimension of the Episcopal Commission for Prophetic Pastoral Ministry of the Mexican Bishops' Conference, was our guest at the offices of the CBF General Secretariat in Vatican City.
Newly appointed Cardinal, President of the Episcopal Conference of Japan, Secretary General of the FABC and President of Caritas Internationalis, Archbishop of Tokyo Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi SVD honored us with his visit at the General Secretariat of the CBF.
Newly appointed Cardinal, Mons. Ladislav Nemet SVD, Archbishop of Beograd -Smederevo, (Serbia), honored us with his visit at the General Secretariat of the CBF.
In June and July, CBF General Secretary Fr. Jan Stefanòw traveled through the Archdiocese of Chicago in Illinois and the Diocese of Metuchen in New Jersey fundraising for the Friends of the Catholic Biblical Federation.
On June 18, 2024, the CBF’s Steering Committee had a meeting primarily regarding administration and finances.
The Steering Committee of the Catholic Biblical Federation held a meeting on 10 May 2024. The main topics of this meeting were appointment of the General Secretary and the administrative board.
The news of the untimely death of Abbot Primate emeritus Notker Wolf OSB on April 2, 2024 moved us of the Catholic Biblical Federation deeply, both in sorrow and in gratitude.
On Friday, February 9, 2024, the Archbishop of the Diocese of Munich-Freising, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, received the delegation of the Administrative Board and the General Secretary of the Catholic Biblical Federation.
On 23-24 November 2023, the Executive Committee of the Catholic Biblical Federation held a meeting in Rome. The main topics for this meeting were the Federation’s 10th Plenary Assembly, its bylaws and administration, and its relationship with its members.
On September 13 Monsignor Joseph Naffah, Auxiliary Bishop of Joubbé, Sarba e Jounieh (Maronite), Lebanon, delegate of the Assemblée des Patriarches et des Évêques Catholiques au Liban to the Catholic Biblical Federation and member of the CBF Executive Committee visited the CBF General Secretariat.
On September 5 Fr. Jean Prosper Agbagnon SVD, Executive Director of the Bureau National de l'apostolat biblique of the Conférence Épiscopale du Togo and recteur de l'Institut de Pédagogie Religieuse Saint Paul de Lomé, visited the General Secretariat of the Catholic Biblical Federation.
Fr Agbagnon came accompanied by Fr Romeo Koffi Yemso SVD from Togo, a student of Biblical Sciences at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome.
On 31 August 2023, the Executive Committee of the Catholic Biblical Federation held a virtual meeting. The main topics of this meeting were the CBF’s 10th Plenary Assembly, the Administrative Board, and the CBF’s office in Rome.
On August 1st Mons. Dr. Ghazwan Baho from the Réunion Interrituelle des Évêques d’Iraq - Commission de l’Apostolat Biblique visited CBF office in Rome.
In a resounding testament to resilience and dedication, one hundred and forty-one delegates from seven regions and fifty-three countries convened for the 10th Plenary Assembly of the Catholic Biblical Federation in Mar del Plata, Argentina. The week-long gathering, held from April 15 to 21, 2023, saw representatives addressing the profound challenges facing biblical pastoral ministry in the fragile landscape of the third decade of the twenty-first century.
The Catholic Biblical Federation (CBF), at its tenth plenary assembly in Mar del Plata (Argentina) on Thursday April 2, 2023, elected a new Executive Committee for the period 2023–2029.
On 20 April 2023, the new Executive Committee of the Catholic Biblical Federation held its meeting in Mar del Plata, Argentina. The two main tasks of this meeting were to elect a new Moderator and Vice Moderator and to make a decision about the status of the current Administrative Board.
We are very sorry to inform you that our long-time collaborator and colleague, Mr Holger Sichler, passed away unexpectedly on 18.10.2022.
On August 26th the Executive Committee of the Catholic Biblical Federation held its regular online meeting with two main items on the agenda: renewal of the structures of coordination in the regions and the report of the General Secretary on his activities and the life of the Federation.
The Executive Committee of the CBF, in its online meeting on April 12, 2022, admitted the Escuela Biblica Católica Yeshu'a of Medellín (Colombia) as an associate member of the Catholic Biblical Federation.
On 12 April the Executive Committee of the Catholic Biblical Federation held its regular online meeting.
On February 27th the Executive Committee of the Catholic Biblical Federation met for its regular online meeting.
The feast of the Annunciation of the Lord, also celebrated as the feast of the Incarnation of the Word, is rich in meaning and has multiple dimensions. Surely, it is a Christological feast. However, its meaning and message is inseparably tied with the Virgin Mary, because Mary of Nazareth is its main protagonist. It is, therefore, the feast of the Virgin Mary as a person who played a unique and essential part in God's work of salvation, carried our by Christ.
Coincidentally on the 55th anniversary of the proclamation of the Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum and exactly one year before the opening of the 10th Plenary Assembly of the CBF, the General Secretariat of the Catholic Biblical Federation has initiatad a series of virtual meetings under the common name "Toward the 10th Plenary Assembly".
The Executive Committee of the Catholic Biblical Federation, in its meeting on September 02, 2020, admitted to the Catholic Biblical Federation 4 new associate members.
The Executive Committee of the Catholic Biblical Federation, in its meeting on July 07, 2020, admitted to the Catholic Biblical Federation 2 new associate members.
The Executive Committee of the Catholic Biblical Federation, in its two consecutive meetings, on April 30 and May 21, 2020, admitted to the Catholic Biblical Federation 3 new associate members.
The Cardinal Archbishop of Manila, Luis Antonio Tagle is the new Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. The appointment of Pope Francis was announced today, Sunday 8 December.
The Catholic Biblical Federation will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Federation by organizing an International Biblical Congress in Rome from April 23-26, 2019. The Congress shall reflect upon the work and fruit of the Federation during past 50 years, identify the challenges for Biblical pastoral ministry in the current ecclesial reality and outline its objectives and priorities for the coming years.
The Executive Committee of the Catholic Biblical Federation held its annual meeting on November 9-11, 2018 at the Generalate of the Society of St. Paul in Rome (Italy).
Annual Meeting of the LectioYouth.Net Steering Committee took place in Lomé, Togo, on December 13-17, 2017.
The annual meeting of the Executive Committee of the Catholic Biblical Federation took place 10-12 November 2017 in Warsaw.
In the days 13-14 November 2107 with the occasion of the CBF Executive Committee meeting in Warsaw, there took place the "Bible and Cultures" Symposium.
April 16, 2019 will mark the 50th anniversary of the memorable audience of Pope Paul VI in which the creation of the Catholic Biblical Federation was announced.
Feed the Hunger of the Human Heart for God through his Word: Cardinal Tagle to CBF Executive Committee and Coordinators.
On October 3, 2016 the President of CBF, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, the President of the Administrative Board of CBF, Bishop Bernhard Haßlberger, the Treasurer of CBF, Sr. Holger Sichler and the Secretary General of CBF, Rev. Jan Stefanów, S.V.D., were received by Cardinal Reinhard Marx, Archbishop of Munich and President of the German Episcopal Conference in his office in Munich.
The annual meeting of the Administrative Board and the General Secretary of the Catholic Biblical Federation with representatives of the German Donor Agencies (Hilfswerke), which financially support the projects of the General Secretariat and of members of the Catholic Biblical Federation, took place 12 April, 2016 in Munich at the headquarters of Missio München.
The first meeting of the CBF-UBS Biblical Translations Forum took place in Antalya, Turkey 7-11 March, 2016.
On October 20 the President of the Catholic Biblical Federation, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, present in Rome for the Synod on the Family, received the letter of approval of the new Constitutions of the Catholic Biblical Federation signed the previous day by Card. Kurt Koch. Two days later, on October 22 via a formal letter, Card. Tagle solemnly promulgated the new constitution so that it came into force.
On Wednesday November 4, 2015 the General Secretary of the Catholic Biblical Federation, Jan P. J. Stefanów SVD, was received at the Archbishop's Offices in Munich by Cardinal Reinhard Marx, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Munich-Freising and President of the German Bishops’ Conference.
The Pontifical Council for the Family, in collaboration with the Catholic Biblical Federation, the Association of US Catholic Publishers and Libreria Editrice Vaticana, organized a meeting with Catholic editors on the theme "The Bible and the Family ". The meeting took place on September 23 in Philadelphia, in the context under the World Meeting of Families held in this city from 22-27 September.
The Catholic Biblical Federation (CBF), at its ninth plenary assembly in Nemi (Italy) on Sunday June 21, 2015, elected a new Executive Committee for the period 2015–21.
