News

• 11 November 2005
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Association of Missionary Medics organises course in tropical medicine, basic laboratory work, community healthcare Lyon (Fides France) - Life in the north and south of the planet is still very different and before going on mission people need basic training and knowledge. In the health context of today to be of help in developing cou ...
• 11 November 2005
  VATICAN - ‘Shouting’ the Gospel with a life of silence and contemplation: Pope Benedict XVI to beatify Charles de Foucauld, testimonials from his spiritual sons and daughters Vatican City (Fides Service) - Although Charles de Foucauld (1858-1916), whose name will be inscribed in the register of the Blessed by Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday 13 November in St Peter’s, lived as a hermit in the Sa ...
• 11 November 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Catholic Bishops of Spain call for freedom of education and pledge support for Education Law protest in Madrid tomorrow Saturday 12 November: “We Bishops are with parents, we are for life and freedom” Madrid (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of Spain are calling for freedom of education and pledging full support for the demonstration in Madrid, tomorrow Saturday 12 November to protest against a proposed new Educ ...
• 11 November 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - “The Sacrament of the Eucharist in itself in a missionary event. It builds the inseparable bond between communion and mission which makes the Church a sacrament of Christ the light of all nations.” Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe sends message to Northern Peru Eucharistic Congress Trujillo (Fides Service) - Foster love and devotion for the Eucharist, encourage parishes, groups, movements and educational, social, political and military institutions and the entire People of God to bear witness to th ...
• 11 November 2005
  AMERICA/PERU Vicar Apostolic of Jaén en Perú appointed Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 11 November 2005 appointed Vicar Apostolic di Jaen en Peru (Peru) Rev. Fr. Santiago Maria Garcia De la Rasilla Dominguez, S.I., superior of San Pedr ...
• 11 November 2005
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Catholic Bishops of Angola “celebrate with joy the 30th anniversary of independence” Luanda (Fides Service) -“Gathered in Luanda for our second plenary assembly this year, on 11 November National Independence Day we too celebrate with joy the 30th anniversary of the independence of Angola” the countr ...
• 11 November 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Caritas India opens new internet site entirely dedicated the tsunami disaster a year on: situation, updates, reflections New Delhi (Fides Service) - A year on from the tragic seaquake in southern Asia on 26 December 2004, Caritas India has opened a special web site dedicated entirely to the tsunami http://www.caritastsunamirelief.com. The ...
• 11 November 2005
  AFRICA/CÔTE D' IVOIRE - Relics of Saint Therese of Lisieux will cross Côte d'Ivoire divided by civil war Abidjan ( Fides Service) - Early next year, 15 February to 30 April 2006, under the banner of peace and harmony the relics of the Saint Therese of Lisieux will cross Côte d'Ivoire torn in two by civil war. The news was ...
• 11 November 2005
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - 30 years of independence 27 marred by civil war Rome (Fides Service) - 27 years of civil war in Angola between the government and UNITA rebels left deep scars on the country. The war which exploded in 1975 and ended in 2002 left over 600,000 people dead and over four ...
• 11 November 2005
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Poverty and terrorism: open questions in eastern Indonesia islands Sulawesi and Moluccas - Islamic militants training camps discovered Ambon (Fides Service) - Increasing poverty and the return of the terrorism nightmare are two major problems to which civil and religious authorities in the eastern Indonesian islands of Sulawesi and Moluccas are giving p ...
• 11 November 2005
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Liberia is the first African country to elect a women President Monrovia (Fides Service) - Liberia is the first African country to elect a women head of state. The new President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf won 59.1 % of the votes in a second round of presidential elections, (see Fides 8 ...
• 11 November 2005
  AFRICA - Although polio outbreaks are still possible the disease has been eradicated in 10 countries in central and west Africa Rome (Fides Service) - Since 1988, efforts to eradicate polio has reduced the number of cases by over 99%, from 350,000 in 1988 to 1,469 in 2005. Public health experts confirm that serious outbreaks of polio in 10 Afric ...
• 11 November 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Build good relations for social harmony: inter-religious Seminar at Griffith University Brisbane Brisbane (Fides Service) - It is necessary to work harder to improve inter-religious relations in Australia to build better coexistence and increase social harmony : on the basis of this conviction on 19 and 20 November ...
• 10 November 2005
  AFRICA/TOGO - S. Egidio Community hosts meeting of Togo Government and opposition delegates in Rome Rome (Fides Service)- At the invitation of the Rome based S. Egidio Community and following a meeting on 21 July between the President of Togo Faure Gnassingbe and the national leader of the Union of Forces for Change G ...
• 10 November 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Chia Yi diocese starts Sunday School for children Chia Yi (Fides) - Children are the future and Catholic children need sound religious formation with the help of parents, teachers and catechists if they are to fulfil the mission which awaits them. According to Tai Pei d ...