News

• 25 January 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic archbishop of Melbourne says ban on abortion pill RU 486 must remain Melbourne (Fides Service) - Archbishop Dennis Hart said the ban on RU 486 abortion pill must remain. The Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne said this in a statement issued ahead of the scheduled 9 February parliamentary co ...
• 25 January 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - “The Church sees public office as a great opportunity for disinterested service of others and to work to solve society’s problems”: reflections by Cardinal Cipriani Archbishop of Lima in view of general elections Lima (Fides Service) - In view of general elections on 9 April in Peru, Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Archbishop Lima and Primate in Peru, issued a statement “reflections on the electoral process in the light of ...
• 25 January 2006
  ASIA/MACAO - Exhibition on the History of the Catholic Church in Macao to mark 430 years of Macao diocese and 40 years of Communications Centre Macao (Fides Service) - “Respect life, live in harmony, protect the environment” is the theme launched by the diocese of Macao to mark 430 years of the creation of the diocese and 40 years of service of Macao Dioce ...
• 25 January 2006
  ASIA/NEPAL - Pro-Prefect Apostolic on the eve of January 27 peace prayer rally: “Christians in Nepal hope and pray elections in February may lead to a return to peace”. New Missionaries of Charity Home opening soon Kathmandu (Fides Service) - “Catholic community hopes and prays that elections in February may lead to a return to peace in Nepal,” said Fr Pius Perumana, pro-Prefect Apostolic of Nepal, as Christians prepare to take ...
• 25 January 2006
  VATICAN - Weekly teaching of Pope Benedict XVI: psalm 143: blessed the people « whose God is the Lord », “a people who does not renounce its faith and spiritual and moral values” Vatican City (Fides Service) - During his weekly audience this morning in the Paul VI Hall, Pope Benedict XVI illustrated the second part of Psalm 143 (the King’s Prayer - Vespers Thursday week 4. “We have the entry ...
• 25 January 2006
  AFRICA/SUDAN - “Darfur risks the greatest calamity ever seen”. United Nations High Commission for Refugees Khartoum (Fides Service)- “Unless we guarantee security for those in need of aid we may see the greatest ever calamity”, said UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR Antonio Guterres who launched the alarm for the hu ...
• 25 January 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - Mission territories deserve more media attention say Italian missionaries EUROPE/ITALY - Mission territories deserve more media attention say Italian missionaries Rome (Fides Service)- “We are dismayed by the way in which Italian media ignore problems in mission territories”: this lament ...
• 24 January 2006
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - New Rector appointed for St Augustine Major Inter-diocesan Seminar in Maputo Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 5 January 2006 appointed Rector of St Augustine Major inter-diocesan Seminar in Maputo Rev. José ...
• 24 January 2006
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - “I firmly condemn the killing of UN peacekeepers and call for an international intervention to end the violence” says Cardinal Etsou, Archbishop of Kinshasa Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- “I firmly condemn the killing of United Nations peacekeeping troops by Ugandan rebels who have already caused the death of so many innocent civilians. I call for a decisive intervention on the ...
• 24 January 2006
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand Catholic newspaper and sister NZ Catholic website Auckland (Fides Service) - On the feast of Saint Francis de Sales, patron of journalists New Zealand’s national Catholic newspaper launched its new website. The website www.nzcatholic.org.nz offers local and internat ...
• 24 January 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Church activity to promote education and care for marginalised people focus of plenary assembly of Catholic Bishops of India 8 to 15 February New Delhi (Fides Service) - Church activity to promote education and care for marginalised people will be the main topics for discussion at the next general assembly of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India CBCI to ...
• 24 January 2006
  VATICAN - The Media: A Network for Communication, Communion and Cooperation -Pope Benedict XVI's Message for the World Day of Social Communications 2006 Vatican City (Fides Service) - “In the wake of the fortieth-anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, I am happy to recall its Decree on the Means of Social Communication, Inter Mirifica, whi ...
• 24 January 2006
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Overseas Aid Sunday: Caritas Korea promotes solidarity programmes to fight hunger and malnutrition Seoul (Fides Service) - “If we love God we must also love our neighbour” is the title of a message on the occasion of Overseas Aid Sunday 5 February in Korea organised by the local Church. The message issued by the ...
• 24 January 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA - Sr Lucy’s mission experience at Kakuma Refugee Camp north western Kenya Nairobi (Fides Service)- “Generally I am happy and used to working with and for people on the margins of society. However when I learned that I was missioned to Kakuma to work with the people living in the camp I was t ...
• 24 January 2006
  AMERICA/PERU - “May the Congress foster a better understanding of the Council’s message and produce abundant fruits for renewal and holiness in the Church”: conclusion of Lima International Congress on Vatican II and future prospects Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Some 800 people attended a two day International Congress on Vatican II and future prospects in Lima 21 and 22 January at the Centre for Catholic Studies-Peru organised by the Life and Spirituality ...