Special Issue

• 7 December 2004
  EUROPE/FRANCE - 150th anniversary of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception,- “The heart of the message of Lourdes, is the message of the Immaculate Conception: from Shrines in honour of Our Lady of Lourdes Lourdes (Agenzia Fides) - “In this year 2004 which marks the 150th anniversary of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, the Shrines in Lourdes are aware that this is a major event for the Church. It was in Lourdes in ...
• 6 December 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - 150th anniversary of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception- “Immaculate Mary is God God crying out in human history”: from the shrine of the Holy House of Nazareth in Loreto (Italy) Loreto (Fides Service) - “Immaculate Mary is God crying out to human history. Here is what he cries: "Be careful! Sin is evil which brings evil: sin does not bring happiness”. It is enough to see the haste, anxiety ...
• 6 December 2004
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - 150th anniversary of the dogma Immaculate Conception - Shrine of Sameiro receives the Golden Rose donated by Supreme Pontiff: from the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Fatima (Portugal) Fatima (Fides Service) - “All through its history the Portuguese people have been deeply devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary. At critical moments of its consolidation and expansion, Portugal has always turned to Mary fo ...
• 6 December 2004
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 150th anniversary of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception - “Immaculate Mary of Mexico” on Juan Diego’s cloak was immediately recognised as Mother of all peoples: from the Basilica of Santa Maria of Guadalupe Mexico City (Fides Service) - “We will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the definition of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception with enthusiasm and joy of a dream come true because Mexico like Spain, of which it was ...
• 1 December 2004
  DECEMBER 1 WORLD AIDS DAY EUROPE/ITALY - 110-130,000 Italians infected, only “good” news: no paediatric cases registered 30 June 2004 in Emilia Romagna, but 3 in Italy Rome (Fides Service) - The grip of AIDS on Italy is ever stronger. Less people die but more are infected. Every two hours another person become HIV+. One out of 2 realises it only when the disease is serious. There are m ...
• 6 April 2004
  THE MARTYROLOGY OF THE CHURCH IN RWANDA IN 1994 Vatican City (Fides) - The number of Church personnel killed in that tragedy in Rwanda in 1994, is so high that we can speak of a holocaust. According to information collected by Fides, at least 248 members of local chu ...
• 6 April 2004
  RWANDA: genocide of a people is always genocide of humanity Vatican City (Fides Service) - It was April 6, 1994 when the genocide started in Rwanda: a long spiral of ferocious fighting and massacres man to man, people to people in which one million were killed and many remained m ...
• 6 April 2004
  Ten years after the genocide, the scars remain but reconciliation advances. Kigali (Fides Service)- Ten years after the genocide in Rwanda the scars remain but the country is on the path to reconciliation. One of the major challenges is to bring to justice those responsible for the crimes. Throu ...
• 6 April 2004
  What is “genocide»? (Info.) Rome (Fides Service) - The first definition of “genocide” came from Polish lawyer Raphael Lemkin, docent in International Law at Yale University. In 1944 in the middle of World War II he wrote: “This new term, coin ...
• 6 April 2004
  Massacres and colonialism in Africa Rome (Fides Service) - European colonialism in Africa was responsible for genocide in events many of which were unknown to the general public. The most well known was that in the Free State of Congo (former Zaire and tod ...
• 6 April 2004
  The silent genocide of Pygmies in central Africa Rome (Fides Service) - In the heart of Africa a people is in danger of extinction. A silent genocide against the Pygmies, one of the oldest peoples of Africa, has been going on for decades. There are Pygmies in Rwanda (4 ...
• 6 April 2004
  The victims of Communist totalitarianism in the USSR Rome (Fides Service) - Thirteen years since the fall of the Soviet Communist rule with the opening of many archives, although not all, the real dimensions of repression in the USSR are beginning to appear although at the ...
• 6 April 2004
  Ethnic genocide of the 20th century Rome (Fides Service) - The 20th century which historians have called “the century of totalitarisms”, will also go down in history as the “century of genocide”. There were numerous attempts deliberate and systemat ...
• 6 April 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope’s anguished and repeated calls during the genocide in Rwanda: “Do not give in to the temptation of hatred and revenge. At this tragic stage of the life of your country, be builders of peace and love” Vatican City (Fides Service) - As soon as the first reports of killings in Rwanda began to arrive Pope John Paul II did not hesitate to raise his voice to call for reconciliation and peace. On 9 April 1994 in a message t ...
• 28 February 2004
  LENT 2004 - STREET CHILDREN - MENINOS: THE STREET IS THEIR HOME - EUROPE/SPAIN - AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - ASIA/PHILIPPINES - ASIA/MONGOLIA - AMERICA/PERU Vatican City (Fides Service) - Inspired by Pope John Paul II’s message for Lent 2004, entitled “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me” (Mt 18,5) in which the Pope voices concern for the plight of s ...