News

• 21 November 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - On 3 December Jesuits start celebrations for 5th centenary of the birth of St Francis Xavier and Blessed Pedro Fabro and 450 years since the death of St Ignatius Pamplona (Fides Service) - December 3 will mark the beginning of a Jubilee year for the Society of Jesus to commemorate three events: the 5th centenary of the birth of St Francis Xavier and Blessed Pedro Fabro (1506) and ...
• 21 November 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - Eleven million electors vote in constitutional referendum and decide the destiny of the government Nairobi (Fides Service) - Kenya is living today 21 November a crucial day in its political history. Eleven million Kenyans are called to decide with a referendum whether to approve or reject a draft constitution which ha ...
• 21 November 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Catholic School of Social Doctrine, ten years of formation to help Catholics take an active and responsible part in social and economic and political matters Seoul (Fides Service) - Christian witness in society, the economy and politics is essential for promoting values and the centrality of the person. In a decade of activity the Catholic School of Social Doctrine in Seoul, ...
• 21 November 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics petition for a Museum in memory of Italian missionary Matteo Ricci in the grounds of the complex where the great missionary Jesuit is buried Beijing (Fides Service) - The 16th century Italian Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci is recognised by historians, theologians, scholars as a pioneer in cultural and religious exchange between the West and the Far East. The ...
• 21 November 2005
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Mass media can enhance lives and spread a culture of peace: local Church helps to educate young people Honiara (Fides Service) - “There is a real need for students and people who want to learn more, to use the media, as mush as possible to read papers, listen to the radio and watch TV, as all these are part of the deve ...
• 21 November 2005
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “The Church of go and preach is the missionary and martyr Church of the martyrs”: over 50,000 gather in Guadalajara for Beatification of 13 martyrs killed during persecution (10 laymen including an adolescent, and 3 priests) Guadalajara (Fides Service) - On Sunday 20 November at Jalisco Sports Centre in Guadalajara, there was a solemn Mass with the Beatification of 13 Mexican martyrs: laymen Anacleto Gonzalez Flores, Luis Padilla Gomez, Jorg ...
• 21 November 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholics in Orissa take up social challenges: fighting trafficking of tribal women Sambalpur (Fides Service) - In India’s north eastern state of Orissa the local authorities, NGOs and religious communities are working to put an end to the phenomenon of trafficking of tribal women. Catholic dioceses ...
• 21 November 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Don Oreste Benzi denounces: “month after pill RU486 plays into the hands of those who exploit prostitutes … this is slaughter” Rome ( Fides Service) - Don Oreste Benzi, founder of the Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII, has no doubts: “Tests on RU486, ‘month after pill, are yet another insult to Italian women and an act of violence against the un ...
• 19 November 2005
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - “It is urgent restore the foundations of social harmony, create spaces for dialogue and foster common efforts to promote solidarity, justice and respect for the truth” say Catholic Bishops of Nicaragua Managua (Fides Service) - The Bishops of Nicaragua denounce with concern growing spiritual and material poverty signs of which are “a loss of values and progressive social frustration” and underline the urgent need t ...
• 19 November 2005
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops statement on legalisation of abortion: “Abortion is an abominable crime which violates the fundamental right to life of the unborn child and configures a serious moral disorder” Bogota (Fides Service) - “The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Colombia, faithful to the Gospel of Life and faced with discussion in the Constitutional Court and the national congress on the legalisation of abortion� ...
• 19 November 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - Thousands gather for first Eucharistic Congress in Tarma diocese on the theme “Eucharist, Epiphany of Diocesan Communion” Tarma (Fides Service) - Thousands of people including bishops, priests, religious, seminarians, catechists and lay parish delegates are taking part in first Eucharistic Congress in Tarma diocese on the interesting and d ...
• 19 November 2005
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Remembering with gratitude their recent meeting with Benedict XVI the Catholic Bishops of Mexico vow to respond to his call to be: “promoters and examples of communion to valorise temporal realities and illuminate them with the Gospel” Mexico (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Mexico gathered for its 80th general assembly 7 to 10 November, discussed the restructuring of the country’s ecclesiastical provinces in view of more effec ...
• 19 November 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “Dear volunteers we love you” Muslim children in earthquake affected Kashmir give Caritas helpers warm welcome. Conference on Rebuilding opens today Lahore (Fides Service) - An unforgettable welcome: when Caritas volunteers arrived in the village of Boi about an hour and a half’s drive from Caritas offices in the town of Mansehra North West Frontier Province, they ...
• 19 November 2005
  VATICAN - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI addresses participants at the Conference on the Human Genome : “May every new scientific discovery serve for the whole good of the person with respect for human dignity” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Today, particularly in the field of new contributions from medical science, the Church has a chance to offer its precious work of illuminating consciences so that each new scientific di ...
• 19 November 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Celebrations to close Year of the Eucharist in various Catholic Beijing (Fides Service) - For the Church in China the Eucharist has always been the centre of its life: for Chinese Catholics the Eucharist is an experience of lived faith in Jesus Christ. Catholic communities all over C ...