Dossier

• 1 October 2005
  “The Eucharist source and summit of the Church’s life and mission” on the occasion of the 11th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the occasion of the 11th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops 11- 23 October, during which Bishops representing the Catholics of the world are reflecting on the topic “The ...
• 10 September 2005
  Instrumentum mensis Augusti pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontifici Benedicti XVI, pro evangelizatione in terris missionum The 20th World Youth Day in Cologne was at the heart of the teaching of Benedict XVI in the month of August. The Day was the chance for the first Apostolic journey of Benedict XVI outside the walls of the Vatican and to ...
• 30 July 2005
  INSTRUMENTUM MENSIS IULII PRO LECTURA MAGISTERII SUMMI PONTIFICI BENEDICTI XVI, PRO EVANGELIZATIONE IN TERRIS MISSIONUM In the month of July Pope Benedict XVI took a short holiday in the Alps, Les Combes (Val d’Aosta), in the same house where Pope John Paul II used to stay. A month marked by a number of terrorist attacks and once again ...
• 2 July 2005
  Instrumentum mensium aprilis et maii pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontificis Benedicti XVI, pro evangelizatione in terris missionum Fides is ever attentive to the Teaching of the Holy Father and keenly aware that the word of the Vicar of Christ must reach the ends of the earth in order to guide and encourage Catholics the world over. As during the Po ...
• 15 January 2005
  EUROPE AND RELIGIONS: SPAIN AND ISLAM SPAIN AND ISLAM In Spain there are 74 mosques and 139 associations. Just like in France, there are many garage-mosques, where violence is preached out loud. The majority of the imams of these mosques, indeed, might be ...
• 23 October 2004
  World Mission Sunday Special Issue - CHURCH STATISTICS WORLD MISSION SUNDAY SPECIAL ISSUE: CATHOLIC CHURCH STATISTICS 2004: World Population, Catholics; Persons And Catholics Per Priest Ecclesiastical Circumscriptions; Bishops; Priests; Permanent Deacons; Religious, Secul ...
• 23 October 2004
  Mission Sunday Special Issue - LATIN AMERICA the world’s most Catholic continent where the value of peace among nations is more than a hope for re-launching and development LATIN AMERICA: many countries, all at peace with one another; crises with common denominators; natural resources; why do countries rich in natural resources suffer from poverty? steady emigration in search of better liv ...
• 23 October 2004
  Mission Sunday Special Issue: UPDATE ON THE SITUATION OF WORLD HEALTH Mission Sunday Special Issue: UPDATE ON THE SITUATION OF WORLD HEALTH On the occasion of the World Mission Sunday we give figures on AIDS, malaria and other infectious forms that every day affect millions of innocent ...
• 23 October 2004
  Mission Sunday Special Issue: AFRICA: WHY ARE THE RICH SO POOR? Mission Sunday Special Issue: AFRICA: WHY ARE THE RICH SO POOR? AFRICA’S TREASURES Gas and oil exported all over the world Renewable energy Vast agricultural potential Tourism National gross product grows but ...
• 24 July 2004
  The Question of Arms in Africa The tragedy in Darfur re-proposes the question of the diffusion of arms in Africa. This is why we decided to issue the part relative to Africa of a dossier on arms in the world in preparation by Fides. In Darfur, as in ...
• 19 June 2004
  NUMERICAL COMPARISON WITH OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES Country ----- Muslim population ----- Percentage Germany ----------- 3.2 million ---------- 3.8 (mainly Turks or Kurds) United Kingdom ------ 2 million ---------- 3.4 (mostly of Pakistan origin) Netherlands ...
• 19 June 2004
  DOSSIER FIDES - EUROPE OF RELIGIONS FRANCE AND ISLAM Vatican City (Fides Service) - In less than 40 years France has become the western European country with the largest number of Muslims. According to statements issued in 2003 by the Internal Affairs Minister, Nicolas Sar ...
• 19 June 2004
  THE DIMENSIONS OF THE MUSLIM PHENOMENON IN FRANCE The figure of 5 million Muslims in France is the official estimate issued by the Minister of Internal Affairs, Sarkozy. But between 2000-2001 the figure rose to 6 million, even though some sociologists of Islam were not ...
• 19 June 2004
  DIALOGUE WITH OTHER RELIGIONS The Secretariat for Relations with Islam During the very first years of Muslim immigration, the Catholic Church was strongly engaged in helping the Muslims to integrate within the French reality. It was a matter of h ...
• 19 June 2004
  PROBLEMS AND TENSIONS  The Veil Among the problems faced by Muslim integration in France, the most recent is the dispute over the veil that practising Muslim girls wish to wear in class. This dispute on the use of the Islamic vei ...