News

• 25 March 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Day for the Unborn Child: “may Argentineans have the courage to defend the life of the unborn child from all the different trends so as not to feel remorse for innocent bloodshed”” Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - At a time when “the most fundamental right, the right to exist, is violated with impunity, we pray Argentineans may have the courage to defend the life of the unborn child from all the di ...
• 25 March 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - Number of TB sufferers drops 40% in decade Lima (Fides Service) - Annual World TB Day was held recently. In the last decade the number of TB cases registered in Peru dropped 40% from 50,000 in 1995 to 30,000 in 2005. The number of mortal cases has also decreased ...
• 25 March 2006
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Development and integration of hundreds of thousands of refugees discussed in the Angolan capital on Monday Luanda (Fides Service)- On 27 March in Luanda, the capital of Angola there will be a meeting to discuss the inclusion of the needs of thousands of former Angolan refugees who have repatriated since the civil war ended in ...
• 25 March 2006
  VATICAN - The Pope celebrates Mass with fifteen new cardinals and consigns to them the cardinal’s ring, ‘sign of dignity, pastoral concern and communion with the See of Peter’ Vatican City (Fides Service) - Today 25 March, Feast of the Annunciation, Pope Benedict XVI presided Mass in St Peter’s Square at which the 15 new Cardinals concelebrated. During the Mass the Pope gave each of them the ...
• 25 March 2006
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Population census extended for 2 more days Abidjan (Fides Service) - A population census in Nigeria has been prolonged for another two days. The news was announced by the President Mr Olusegun Obasanjo who explained that the National Population Commission asked f ...
• 25 March 2006
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - The Gospel spreads in Mongolia especially among young people Ulan Bator (Fides Service) - Progressive opening of Mongolia to the values of democracy and the outside world is creating more space for the Church and for evangelisation according to Bishop Venceslao Padilla, Prefect A ...
• 25 March 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Pastoral care for married couples: the family is the future of the Church New Delhi (Fides Service) - “Married couples and young families have the future of the Church in India in their hands”, said Fr. Antonyswamy at a meeting focussed on pastoral care for young Catholic married couples o ...
• 25 March 2006
  AMERICA - Day for the Unborn Child spreads in Latin American countries and beyond Rome (Fides Service) - The annual Day for the Unborn Child, first launched in 1993 in El Salvador as Day for the Right to be Born, is spreading to other countries, particularly in Latin America. In Argentina it was adop ...
• 24 March 2006
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 27 January 2006, appointed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Sri Lanka for ...
• 24 March 2006
  AMERICA/CUBA - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies confirmed Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on March 9 2006 confirmed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Cuba for a five y ...
• 24 March 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - The Pope creates new diocese of Jashpur and appoints first Bishop of Jashpur and new Bishop of Raighar Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, on 23 March 2006, created the diocese of Jashpur (India) with territory taken from the diocese of Raigarh making it suffragan of the Metropolitan archdio ...
• 24 March 2006
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Successful Comboni school in ‘refuse collectors’ district of Cairo attracts other similar initiatives Cairo (Fides Service)- A school opened by Comboni Fr. Luciano Verdoscia for children in the Mansheya ‘refuse collectors’ district of Cairo is giving rise to other similar projects. The district of the ‘refuse colle ...
• 24 March 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Voice of the Catholic Church Association Taiwan holds first meeting of the year Taipei (Fides Service) - During Mass at Holy Family parish church in Taipei on the occasion of its first meeting this year the members of the Voice of the Catholic Church Association Taiwan prayed the Lord would bless th ...
• 24 March 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI presides first Consistory for 15 new Cardinals Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI presided this morning 24 March 2006 in St Peter’s Square his first Ordinary Public Consistory for the creation of fifteen new Cardinals. The first of ...
• 24 March 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA - American nun teaches sign language to children and adults with hearing and speech deficiencies in Mombasa Nairobi (Fides Service) - Maryknoll missionary Sister Caroline Stanfill from Richmond USA, teaches sign language to children and adults with hearing and speech deficiencies in a parish in the archdiocese of Mombasa, in K ...