News

• 27 September 2005
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Archbishop of Bangui appeals to international community to help: the poor people of Central Africa living in conditions of “unspeakable suffering” Bangui (Fides Service)- “There is no money to pay wages, the country is on the point of collapse. The Archbishop’s call is very appropriate” said local Church sources in Bangui, capital of the Central African Repub ...
• 27 September 2005
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Alokolum Major seminary in war torn northern Uganda reopens. “A sign for hope and peace” said Archbishop Odama of Gulu diocese preparing for a Eucharistic Congress Gulu (Fides Service)- The reopening of the major seminary in Alokolum archdiocese of Gulu in war torn northern Uganda is a “sign for hope for the future of the Church and peace in this region” said the Archbishop Joh ...
• 27 September 2005
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “The approval of same sex ‘marriage in Spain is a virulent attack on marriage and the family which has the characteristics of a social epidemic” says Oscar Botta, President Pro-Family Association Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - “The approval of same sex ‘marriage’ in Spain was a virulent attack on Marriage and the Family which has the characteristics of an epidemic which is swiftly invading Latin America the ...
• 27 September 2005
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Despite the wreck left by recent hurricanes, World Mission Sunday preparations go ahead: “Now that we are suffering we can appreciate the difficulties of so many people in many parts of the world.”. New Orleans (Fides Service) - It is still difficult to estimate the total damage caused by hurricane Katrina and the second one Rita, fortunately less serious. Mgr John E. Kozar national director of the Pontifical Missio ...
• 27 September 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - To mark 3rd anniversary of the death of Cardinal Wu diocese publishes a collection of his Pastoral Letters offering general picture of the development of the Catholic Church in Hong Kong Hong Kong (Fides Service) - The diocesan archive of Hong Kong has published a collection of 171 pastoral and open Letters written by the late Cardinal John Baptist Wu who died on 23 September 2002 after being Bishop of H ...
• 27 September 2005
  ASIA - Social Communications and Asian Traditions theme of meeting organised by Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conference 3 - 7 October Bangkok (Fides Service) - The challenges of social communications and the situation of the media in Asia in countries with different cultural and political contexts is the theme of a meeting organised by the Federation o ...
• 27 September 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - A sign of universal Church communion: Congo sends 17 missionaries to eight countries in Africa and Europe Kinshasa (Fides Service) - A group of 17 Missionaries sent by the archdiocese of Kinshasa, capital of Democratic Congo to various African countries and to Belgium are a sign of the communion which exists among Catholic c ...
• 26 September 2005
  VATICAN - In his Angelus reflection the Pope speaks about Eucharist and charity: “The Eucharist is a source of spiritual energy which renews the world with the love of Christ”. Special mention of victims of natural disasters in America and in other parts of the world. Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) - Addressing the people gathered yesterday for his last Sunday Angelus prayer at his Summer Residence in Castel Gandolfo before he returns to the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI continued his r ...
• 26 September 2005
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - Year of the Eucharist: “Sunday Mass and Eucharistic adoration have a central place in the life of the small Catholic Mission of Tajikistan” said Fr Carlos A. Ávila Dushanbe (Fides Service) - “The centre of the life of the Catholic Mission of Tajikistan is Sunday Mass and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and the meditation of the mysteries of the Rosary” said Fr Carlos Antoni ...
• 26 September 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - 2nd international meeting of Youth Groups for Adoration of the Eucharist 4 to 9 October in Rome on the theme “Eucharist and the identity of the human person” Rome (Fides Service) - The 2nd International Meeting of Youth groups of Eucharistic Adoration will be held 4-9 October in Rome while the Bishops of the world are assembled for their ordinary Synod to reflect on the Eucha ...
• 26 September 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - Eucharistic Congress of southern Andes region will close the Year of the Eucharist: poor people will start fund solidarity as a sign of the bond between the Eucharist and charity Ayaviri (Fides Service) - Among many initiatives in parishes, communities, associations, groups etc., to mark the Year of the Eucharist now coming to an end, there will be a Eucharistic Congress of southern Andes region ...
• 26 September 2005
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand welcomes relics of mission patroness Saint Therese of Lisieux at the start of a pilgrimage across the islands coinciding with the end of the Year of the Eucharist Wellington(Fides Service) - This year in New Zealand the feast of St Therese of Lisieux, patroness of the missions, 1 October, will be celebrated in style thanks to the presence of the relics of Saint Therese Little Flow ...
• 26 September 2005
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Hanoi major seminary has permission to accept new students every year Hanoi (Fides Service) - The Catholic community in Vietnam has welcomed the decision of the government to allow Hanoi Major Seminary to accept more new students every year. Prior to this change the college could take in n ...
• 26 September 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Two missionaries from Congo ordained deacons in Hong Kong in the presence of many African immigrants Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Francis Mfesao Bakongo and Jean-Sylvere Mbuela Pfuti from Congo, members of the Congregation of the Immaculate Mary (CICM), were recently ordained Deacons in Hong Kong. According to Hong K ...
• 26 September 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - High quality education and studies: a tradition at Catholic schools and universities Ahmedabad (Fides Service) - Catholic schools and universities in India must continue to provide high quality education and studies said Archbishop Stanislao Fernandes of Gandhinagar president of the Council of Catholic ...