News

• 5 November 2005
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Braga archdiocese suggests 10 Itineraries to continue the Year of the Eucharist Braga (Fides Service) - To prolong the effects of the Year of the Eucharist which offered an opportunity to grow in awareness and love for this unfathomable Mystery of Faith, the archdiocese of Braga in Portugal has ide ...
• 5 November 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - War alarm in east Congo. “We are living in fear. We keep on receiving mysterious leaflets saying war is imminent” local missionary tells Fides Bukavu (Fides Service)- “Bukavu is living in fear and apprehension as mysterious leaflets are circulated announcing fresh hostilities” said a missionary in Bukavu the main town of South Kivu region in eastern Democra ...
• 5 November 2005
  AFRICA/UGANDA - “Guerrilla attacks will not stop us from caring for 700,000 people in need” says Italian volunteer group in northern Uganda Kampala (Fides Service)- “We are still here although we have had to take extra precautions and this slows down our work considerably” said Filippo Ciantia, head of a team of AVSI an Italian volunteer group operating ...
• 5 November 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - “Catholic Social Doctrine and Social Responsibility ”: Symposium in Beijing Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The study of Christianity is making progress in China sparking growing interesting in both the academic and social field. In this framework recently a Symposium on “Catholic Social Doctrine a ...
• 5 November 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - New first minister of Kashmir state in post-earthquake emergency has full support of Christian community to assist afflicted people New Delhi (Fides Service) - Taking over the government of a state or a region at a time of emergency as the present post-earthquake situation is not easy. In fact Ghulam Nabi Azad, the new first minister of Jammu and K ...
• 5 November 2005
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - The Church on mission through the mass-media: new format Voice Katolika Catholic quarterly ever more popular Honiara (Fides Service) - The role of the media is to inform, educate and enhance the lives of people said Fr. Ambrose Pereira in the third issue of the Catholic quarterly Voice Katolika in its new format. The magazine ...
• 4 November 2005
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - 6th Day for Missionary Voluntary Work will have the theme “One mission, five continents”: in the last 2 years about 2,000 young volunteers in mission lands Lisbon (Fides Service) - In Portugal 5 November is the 6th Day for Missionary Voluntary Work. The theme this year is “One mission, five continents”. The Day for Missionary Voluntary Work, promoted by the Evangelisati ...
• 4 November 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholics in mainland China ever more involved in social assistance Shi Jia Zhuang (Fides Service) - Catholics in mainland China are ever more involved in providing social assistance. According to Hebei Faith Press 15 October 2005 in China Catholics run 55 Homes for the elderly, 167 clin ...
• 4 November 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Over one hundred Catholic organisations will take part in 12 November protest against law which ignores parents’ right to choose the kind of education they want for their children Madrid (Fides Service) - Spain’s National Catholic confederation of parents of families and parents of pupils(CONCAPA) together with 8 other educational organisations has organised a demonstration in Madrid on 12 Nove ...
• 4 November 2005
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Zanzibar tension after elections which saw confirmation of outgoing President Dar Es Salaam (Fides Service)- Election disputes in Zanzibar were given little attention in the rest of Tanzania. “Things are quiet because it is the Idr al Fitr holiday which marks the end of Ramadan” say local sour ...
• 4 November 2005
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “The Catholic Church wishes to promote dialogue and participation of citizens helping to consolidate democracy and improve the quality of political debate ” say Bishops in view of presidential elections in 2006 Mexico City (Fides Service) - To help people take a responsible and constructive part in presidential elections in 2006, the Catholic Bishops of Mexico have issued a statement with the title “The electoral campaign, an ...
• 4 November 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Earthquake emergency: assistance for earthquake victims in Kashmir and North West Frontier Province Rome (Fides Service) - The almost total destruction of homes in the parts of Pakistan affected by the earthquake last month, continues to render the situation critical for four million homeless people which will worsen ...
• 4 November 2005
  AFRICA - An estimated 30 million illegal small arms and light weapons circulate in Africa. Great Lakes Region MPs meet to address the problem Rome (Fides Service)- One of Africa’s forgotten ills is widespread illegal possession of small arms and light weapons which feed violence, conflict, guerrilla warfare and banditry, the latter being ever more present in ...
• 4 November 2005
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Provocateurs behind anti-Christian violence in Sulawesi and Moluccas: Christians resolve to keep the peace Ambon Fides Service) - Police on the alert, army troops presiding public places and buildings, stricter control at road blocks: these are some of the measures adopted by the authorities in the Indonesian province Molucc ...
• 4 November 2005
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Tetere Catholics mark 10 anniversary of Christ the King parish Honiara (Fides Service) - For ten years a large statue of Christ the King and a great Cross have watched over the town of Tetere and Christ the King Catholic parish on the island of Guadalcanal, one of six large islands ...