News

• 24 May 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - New general council for Hospital Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus who specialise in psychiatric care; lay co-workers participate at general Chapter for the first time Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Spanish born Sister María Camino Agós Munárriz has been re-elected superior general of the Congregation of the Hospital Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus founded by Saint Benedetto Menni, who ...
• 24 May 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “Welcome Unborn Child!”: diocesan chancellor buys advertisement space to protect life, foster public awareness and help for the family Hsin Chu (Fides Service) - “Welcome Unborn Child!” is the title of an advertisement seen in the past few days in the Hsin Chu newspaper in Taiwan. The advertisement was put in by Mgr Peter Chang, chancellor of Hsin ...
• 24 May 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Internet: e-Health, European healthcare portal Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The European Commission has launched a healthcare portal. The goal of Health - EU Public Health Thematic Portal is to facilitate access to information on medical matters in 47 different areas rangi ...
• 24 May 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA - Dozens of children down with dysentery, 13 die in the north west Rome (Fides Service) - In the past two weeks a violent epidemic of dysentery has caused the death of 13 children in the district of Mandera, in north west Kenya. The infection spread because of polluted water during this ...
• 24 May 2006
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - “Basic Ecclesial Communities, school for disciples and missionaries of Jesus Christ”: Meeting for delegates of the Bishops’ Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean on the mission of Basic Ecclesial Communities Quito (Fides Service) - A three day Meeting for delegates of the Bishops’ Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean which opens today in Quito Ecuador will focus on the mission of Basic Ecclesial Communities CEB. ...
• 24 May 2006
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Leaving the 15th national Eucharistic Congress with a commitment in the heart to “bear witness that the Church lives of the Eucharist” Florianopolis (Fides Service) - “Now that the 15th National Eucharistic Congress in Florianopolis from 18 to 21 May is over and people return to their homes with warm memories, will the event have consequences on the ...
• 24 May 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “A society which fails to respect life at all its stages is victim of the worst type of underdevelopment, moral underdevelopment”: College of Lawyers says with regard to the legalisation of abortion Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Argentinean College of Lawyers issued a statement signed by Enrique V. de Carril president and Guillermo Lipera secretary calling public attention to the government’s intention to leg ...
• 24 May 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Justice and Peace Commission organises Seminar to promote new strategies for the future: social justice and protection of human rights New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Recently a three day seminar of meetings, reflection, planning was held to elaborate guidelines for the activity of the Indian Bishops’ Commission for Justice and Peace. The seminar held in ...
• 24 May 2006
  ASIA/THAILAND - More Karen refugees arrive from Myanmar where conflict is ever fiercer Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Ever fiercer fighting, growing poverty, continual violation of human rights in Myanmar have caused at least 2,000 more people to cross the frontier into Thailand. They fled the region of Kayin w ...
• 24 May 2006
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Life improves on remote islands thanks to Radio Bosco, channel of information and formation of consciences Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - Life for people in Solomons has improved thanks to Radio Bosco which provides information and formation. The Salesian radio station opened a year ago on February 27 2005 provides a competent and ...
• 23 May 2006
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Catholic School and Hong Kong Youth Association promote service for the elderly reaping unexpected fruits Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Service, use of talents of young people, promoting in them a sense of community, encouraging a spirit of commitment for society: these are the goals of a Service Project promoted by the Hong K ...
• 23 May 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese and British Catholic academics share religious and cultural views on the theme “The role of faith in a globalised world” Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of Chinese academics and religious led by Rev. Peter Zhao, director of the Institute for the Study of Christianity and Culture and the Sapientis Press Publishing House recently visi ...
• 23 May 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA - Following the birth of the first Kenyan ‘test tube’ babies by means of IVF Catholic Bishops clarify the position of the Church: “the procedure is morally unacceptable” Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Kenya say Intra Vitra Fertilization (IVF) is a “morally unacceptable procedure”. A recent press release signed by Bishop John Njue, president of the Bishops’ Confer ...
• 23 May 2006
  June 2006: “For bishops, clergy and laity: may they consider inter-religious dialogue and inculturation of the Gospel part of daily efforts to evangelize all people” Comment by Father Ignatius Ismartono, SJ, Secretary of the Crisis and Reconciliation Service of the Bishops' Conference of Indonesia Vatican City (Fides Service) - The main mission of Jesus is to love. Inter-religious dialogue and inculturation is a matter of love. We live with people from different religious and traditional background and we are call ...
• 23 May 2006
  ASIA/NEPAL - “Hindu Kingdom” turns “secular state”: Nepal is changing. New hopes for the local Catholic community and other religious minorities Kathmandu (Fides Service) - A new page opens in the history of Nepal, a page which is a promise of hope, values of democracy, freedom, human rights. The small Catholic community in Nepal is happy with the fact that this ...