News

• 15 February 2006
  ASIA/THAILAND - In 2005 over three million people died of AIDS, including 500,000 children. Meeting for delegates from 22 Asian-Pacific nations. Rome (Fides Service) - Delegates from 22 Asian-Pacific countries are in Thailand for a meeting on HIV/AIDS to elaborate plans to help more HIV+ persons access proper therapy and treatment. The three day meeting in Patta ...
• 15 February 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - 1st annual meeting of Missionary Youth pastoral delegates will examine progress made and draft plan of formation and action Lima (Fides Service) - Lima will host 1st annual meeting of Missionary Youth pastoral delegates 25 and 26 February organised by SENAJUMI the national office for Missionary Youth, part of the Pontifical Mission Societies ...
• 15 February 2006
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Over 25 million electors register for June vote Kinshasa (Fides Service) - Over 25 million eligible voters have registered for June elections in Democratic Congo. This was announced by the Independent Electoral Commission which monitored the registration of voters sta ...
• 15 February 2006
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - Unusually heavy rains dissolve dirt-brick huts of over 50,000 refugees from West Sahara Algiers (Fides Service) - The United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNHCR is preparing to send immediate emergency aid to the region of Tindouf, western Algeria where more than 50,000 refugees from the Sahara regio ...
• 15 February 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Civil authorities laud Christian commitment for education in India. Cardinal Telesphore Toppo confirmed president of Indian Bishops’ Conference Bangalore (Fides Service) - The civil authorities in the Indian state of Karnataka have expressed profound appreciation for Christian commitment in the field of education. At a reception organised on the occasion of a pl ...
• 14 February 2006
  ASIA/CHINA - Fen Yang diocese starts new year with ordination of 2 priests and 3 deacons Fen Yang (Fides Service) - Catholics in Fen Yang diocese, Shan Xi province, China celebrated two important events at the beginning of the new year: the ordinations of 2 priests and 3 deacons. The 3 new deacons studied at ...
• 14 February 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Archdiocese of Sydney opens new Office for Marriage and Family Sydney (Fides Service) - The Archdiocese of Sydney recently opened a new Marriage and Family Office. The mandate of the office, an initiative promoted by the Archbishop of Sydney Cardinal Gorge Pell, is to promote the tr ...
• 14 February 2006
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Holy Childhood Day: Catholic children share faith and solidarity Lahore (Fides Service) - “Children messengers of peace, hope and love” was the theme chosen for this year’s Holy Childhood Day celebrated by the Church in Pakistan early this month. The celebration was the fruit of ...
• 14 February 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Home and out of danger a little boy from Benin not yet two years old treated in Rome for heart condition and malaria, other infections and neurological problems thanks to St John of God Hospital Brothers Association for Distant Patients Rome (Fides Service) - Thanks to St John of God Hospital Brothers Association for Distant Patients and the Bambino Gesu Children’s Hospital, Kamaldine little boy from Benin not yet two years old suffering from a heart ...
• 14 February 2006
  AMERICA - Compendium of the Social Teaching of the Church presented in Central America Havana (Fides Service) - The new Compendium of the Social Teaching of the Catholic Church will be presented in the coming days in Cuba, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico with an illustration of the fundamental lines of ...
• 14 February 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Realty and fiction: Opus Dei press conference to present Harambee programme 2006, to denounce deformed image of the Catholic Church as presented in the film “The Da Vinci Code” soon to be released Rome (Fides Service) - Today in Rome a press conference was held to present the 2006 edition of Harambee an Opus Dei initiative in aid of Africa first launched on the occasion of the canonisation of Saint Josemaría Escr ...
• 14 February 2006
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - “Forgiveness is the path to peace” say French speaking Bishops of west Africa in a statement at the end of their 16th plenary assembly Abidjan (Fides Service) - The French speaking Bishops of West Africa members of CERAO have underlined that forgiveness is the path to peace. In a statement issued at the end of their 16 plenary assembly 31 January - 5 F ...
• 14 February 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic commitment for education at the service of the poor and marginalised peoples says Archbishop Menanmparampil Bangalore (Fides Service) - The poor and marginalised peoples will benefit from a new thrust in the field of Catholic education in India. This was decided by the Catholic Bishops of India during a recent assembly Bangalo ...
• 14 February 2006
  AFRICA/MALAWI - “Women are the first to suffer violence unleashed by famine” says missionary Lilongwe (Fides Service)- “The main concern at the moment is that the rain has suddenly stopped and crops are in danger of scorching before harvest time” says a missionary in Malawi a country suffering from famine in ...
• 13 February 2006
  VATICAN - “Christ is the true ‘doctor’ for humanity”: he was sent by the heavenly Father into the world to heal mankind suffering in body and spirit from sin and its consequences" Pope Benedict XVI at the Angelus prayer mentions World Day of the Sick and Vatican Radio’s 75th anniversary Vatican City (Fides Service) - Before reciting the midday Angelus prayer from his study-window on Sunday 12th February with thousands gathered in St Peter’s Square the Pope mentioned the World Day of the Sick which the ...