News

• 27 October 2005
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - World Mission Sunday despite national disaster: spreading hope and solidarity among the suffering New York (Fides Service) - Gathered at the Eucharist this World Mission Sunday, October 23, celebrating our common mission to bring the Gospel “to the ends of the earth,” were the suffering - of the United States and ...
• 27 October 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Appeal to national authorities to guarantee security for people in south Kivu; Great Lakes Region parliamentarians unite for peace Bukavu (Fides Service) - A dramatic appeal to the national authorities to guarantee security for the people of south Kivu in the east of Democratic Congo has been launched in an open letter by Prof. Idesbald Byabuze Kata ...
• 27 October 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Muslims welcome with gratitude 7 million dollars donated by Caritas India to rebuild homes in Kashmir destroyed by earthquake. New Delhi (Fides Service) - Catholic aid agency Caritas India has announced a contribution of 7 million dollars for reconstruction in earthquake affected areas of Kashmir. An extraordinary commitment, the concrete expr ...
• 27 October 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Successful “cyber-pastoral”: catechumens follow instruction via the web Seoul (Fides Service) - Learning the principle contents of the faith on the Web and using a home PC to follow an itinerary of catechumenate leading to baptism is possible today in South Korea where the local Catholic co ...
• 27 October 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Epidemics strike in Amazon: malaria and yellow fever explode due to lack of clean water Rome (Fides Service) - At least 60 per cent of the people in the small town on Mancio Lima, Acre state, Brazil, have malaria due to severe prolonged drought in the Amazon region. In recent weeks over 30,000 cases have ...
• 27 October 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - World Health Organisation launches Global Influenza Preparedness Plan Rome (Fides Service) - The World Health Organisation has drafted a Global Influenza Preparedness Plan which defines the stages, highlights the role of WHO and gives recommendations to members states with regard to measur ...
• 27 October 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Global network to fight human trafficking Rome (Fides Service)- The role of Catholic organisations in the struggle to eliminate human trafficking and to assist the victims of this crime was underlined by Caritas Internationalis delegate for North Africa and Midd ...
• 26 October 2005
  VATICAN - "Hindus and Christians in solidarity" Pontifical Council for inter-religious dialogue sends annual Message to Hindus for Diwali Feast 2005 Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the occasion of the annual Hindu feast Diwali 2005, which celebrates light, goodness, reconciliation, peace, harmony and happiness, and which many Hindus will start on 1 November, the Po ...
• 26 October 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - World Mission Sunday marks the start of 5th Diocesan Eucharistic Congress in Garanhuns on the theme “Eucharist: Life and Mission” Garanhuns (Fides Service) - On 23 October World Mission Sunday, Garanhuns diocese in Brazil Pernambuco state, started its 5th diocesan eucharistic congress in the theme Eucharist: Life and Mission, with a Eucharistic ma ...
• 26 October 2005
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI’s teaching at the Wednesday general audience: “The plan of salvation is totally fulfilled in the Son, and the faithful are invited - especially in the liturgy - to proclaim it and to reap its fruits." Vatican City (Fides Service) - At the general audience this morning held in St. Peter's Square, the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI welcomed a crowd of about 50,000 visitors. In his teaching the Pope speak on the subject ...
• 26 October 2005
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Over 2,300 children take part in Mission Sunday celebrations: special mention of 90 Holy Childhood children victims of Hurricane Stan Guatemala City (Fides Service) - October 25th Mission Sunday Mass was presided by Bishop Gerardo Flores Reyes, emeritus Bishop of La Verapaz a member of the Guatemalan Bishops’ Commission for Missions in Guatemala City ...
• 26 October 2005
  AMERICA/PANAMA - National Director Pontifical Mission Societies confirmed Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 14 October 2005, confirmed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Panama for a ...
• 26 October 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - When a film tells the story of mission: the story of cinema of immense historical and religious value produced by early missionaries who documented their activity in the early years of the 20th century Rome (Fides Service) - “Film & Mission: for a history of the missionary film”: a book and DVD rediscover photos of mission pioneers in the early 1920s armed only with makeshift equipment who took pictures of extraord ...
• 26 October 2005
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - After three years dedicated to rediscovering and contemplating Jesus present in the Eucharist, on Sunday 30 October parishes in the diocese of Setubal will conclude the Year of the Eucharist with solemn Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Setubal (Fides Service) - On Sunday 30 October the diocese of Setubal in Portugal will conclude the Year of the Eucharist after a three year period 2002-2005 devoted to rediscovering the presence of Jesus in the Eucharis ...
• 26 October 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Caritas warning: “This is a very serious medical emergency”. Caritas volunteers help patients at devastated Leprosy Centre in the earthquake affected area of Kashmir Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - True to its mission the local Catholic aid agency Caritas is helping people most in need after the devastating earthquake in Kashmir. A Caritas Pakistan team led by Dr Andreas Fabricius sent ...