News

• 24 November 2005
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - El Alto diocese closes first diocesan synod with new Pastoral Plan 2006-2010 fruit of 5 years of study reflection and discussion El Alto (Fides Service) - Friday 25 and Saturday 26 November, after 5 intense years of reflection, study and discussion, the diocese of El Alto in Bolivia closes its 1st diocesan synod with the presentation of a new Past ...
• 24 November 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - The perception of pain in different cultures: St Giuseppe Hospital Milan discusses doctor-patient approach Rome (Fides Service) - “The perception of pain in medicine - ethics, culture and religion” was the theme of a meeting held at San Giuseppe Fatebenefratelli Hospital; Milan on the experience, communication and multi- ...
• 24 November 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Italian aid volunteers keep up the good work Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo Islamabad (Fides Service)- For almost two months Salesian Fathers and volunteers have been working to assemble and equip tent camps for earthquake victims in Pakistan: Abbodabad camp 180 tents has been completed and work ...
• 24 November 2005
  AFRICA/GABON - Presidential elections: Catholic Bishops call for “transparency” Libreville (Fides Service)- The Catholic Bishops of Gabon have launched a call for transparency in presidential elections 25 and 27 November. “We urge individual politicians and political parties to ensure transparency ...
• 23 November 2005
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Cleared of antipersonnel mines Benguela railway line across Angolan province of Moxico. Encouragement for recovery of the economy Luanda (Fides Service) - A strip of 230 km of the 300km strip of Benguela railway which crosses the Angolan province of Moxico has been cleared of antipersonnel mines according to Antonio Catumba, regional director of A ...
• 23 November 2005
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - Rector appointed for Holy Apostles Propaedeutic and Major Seminary in Yaounde Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 16 September 2005 Holy Apostles Propaedeutic and Major Seminary in Yaounde Rev. Philippe Alain Mba ...
• 23 November 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholics in Australia committed to stopping trafficking of women and children Sydney (Fides Service) - The Catholic Church has a network of social institutes, organisations and associations which can help fight the scourge of human trafficking and to assist the victims of this crime. The Church is ...
• 23 November 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Bishops’ Conference launches “Beatitudes Credit Card” to expand Christian charity work and social services Taipei (Fides Service) - Would you like to be “a little angel of the Beatitudes”? Ask your bank for a “Beatitudes Credit Card”. This call was launched by the Catholic Bishops of Taiwan to Catholics and all men an ...
• 23 November 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - November 30 ‘Cities against the death penalty world day’ promoted by S. Egidio Community Rome (Fides) - On 30 November some 300 cities and 30 capitals all over the world will be connected with Rome for the greatest ever international mobilisation to stop capital punishment. At the beginning of December 2005 ...
• 23 November 2005
  VATICAN - A hymn to praise God, celebrated by Christian faith as “Father of the Lord Jesus Christ”: Pope Benedict XVI’s teaching at general audience Vatican City (Fides Service) - A solemn hymn at the beginning of the Letter to the Ephesians read once a week at vespers (cfr Eph 1,3-10), a hymn to praise God, celebrated in Christian faith as “Father of the Lord Jesu ...
• 23 November 2005
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Katanga in southern Congo victim of Mai-Mai militia: Catholic Bishops’ memorandum to President of Congo and United Nations Representative Kinshasa (Fides Service)- In a memorandum addressed to the President of DR Congo and the local representative of the United Nations Organisation the Catholic Bishops of Katanga in south east DR Congo expressed concern fo ...
• 23 November 2005
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The country which bears the same of Christ the Saviour navigates in a sea of violence: Catholic Bishops of El Salvador rally the people “do not be overcome by evil” San Salvador (Fides Service) - On the feast of Our Lady of Peace patroness of El Salvador the country’s Catholics Bishops issued a Pastoral Letter “Do not be overcome by evil” in which they reflect on the responsib ...
• 23 November 2005
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Rebuilding normality a year after the tsunami: results of efforts by Catholic communities and international bodies in affected areas Colombo (Fides Service) - “We have rebuilt homes and villages, given the people new fishing boats and nets so they can resume normal life and our main concern now is to guarantee education for children who lost their p ...
• 22 November 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Divine Word Missionaries mark 130 years of presence in Hong Kong Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Over 500 people wearing ‘I am a SVD Friend’ T shirts took part in celebrations to mark 130 years of presence of the Divine Word Missionaries in Holy Family Catholic parish in Hong Kong. Th ...
• 22 November 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Temptation to believe”: 9th Festival of Spiritual Cinema opens today Rome (Fides Service) - “Temptation to believe” is the theme of the 9th Tertio Millennio Festival of Spiritual Cinema which opens this evening in Rome. According to the organisers cinema has often attention given to t ...