News

• 15 September 2005
  AFRICA - Three quarters of Africans surveyed in different countries place more trust in religious leaders. Experienced missionary in Sierra Leone says “this means we must be faithful to our mission” Rome (Fides Service)- “This is good news. It means we religious and Africans understand one another” said Italian Xaverian missionary Fr Giuseppe Berton, with years of experience in Sierra Leone, commenting the findi ...
• 15 September 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Hyderabad Catholic Culture Centre builds interreligious dialogue Hyderabad (Fides Service) - Joty Educational and Cultural Centre for education and intereligious dialogue aims to build good relations with Muslims, marginalise all forms of integralism and violence and promote social ha ...
• 15 September 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Bishop of Kilwa-Kasenga denounces forgotten tragedy of south Katanga: please help us!” Kinshasa ( Fides Service)- “A human catastrophe” this is how Bishop Fulgence Muteba of Kilwa-Kasenga diocese describes the situation in the south east region of Democratic Congo southern Katanga in a recent press sta ...
• 14 September 2005
  AFRICA/GHANA - New rector of St. Victor major inter-diocesan Seminary in Tamale Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 29 April 2005 appointed Rector of St. Victor major inter-diocesan Seminary in Tamale Ghana, Rev. C ...
• 14 September 2005
  EUROPE/FRANCE - S. Egidio international meeting of “Prayer for Peace” closing appeal for peace: “Peace increases the chances for a better world. The path to peace is dialogue.” Lyon ( Fides Service) - “It is time to stop the use of violence! Human life is sacred. Violence humiliates human beings and diminishes the cause of those who make use of it. The world is tired of living in fear. Religi ...
• 14 September 2005
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Guatemala organises 3rd National Meeting for Health Pastoral Care Guatemala City (Fides Service) - “Catholic Health Pastoral Care for People with HIV/AIDS” was the theme of the 3rd National Meeting for Health Pastoral Care which has just come to an end. The meeting, organised by th ...
• 14 September 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “Jesus, Light for the World Living the Gospel Today”: Australian Catholic Social Justice Council issues 2005 Statament for Social Justice Sunday 25 September Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - “Jesus, Light for the World Living the Gospel Today” is the title of the 2005 Social Justice Statement issued by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference in view of Australia’s national Social Ju ...
• 14 September 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Taipei Laity Council discusses future orientations and plans pilgrimage to new Shrine of Our Lady of China’s Martyr Saints Taipei (Fides Service) - To assume more responsibility for the life of the Church, intensify collaboration with the clergy and promote evangelisation in parishes were the main commitments emerging from a recent meeting o ...
• 14 September 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Police arrest four suspects for murder of Catholic priest in Jharkhand New Delhi (Fides Service) - Catholics in India expressed appreciation for swift action on the part of police with regard to the recent murder of a Catholic priest in Simdega, Jharkhand state. The Catholic priest Fr Ignat ...
• 14 September 2005
  VATICAN - The Pope’s Weekly General Audience: “God and humanity walk together through history and the temple serves as a visibile sign of this communion” Vatican City (Fides Service) - This morning Pope Benedict XVI held his general weekly audience in St Peter’s Square. The Holy Father flew into Rome by helicopter from his Summer Residence in Castel Gandolfo to address ...
• 14 September 2005
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Rising political tension as elections approach; Catholic bishops call on nation to unite to build peace and harmony Dar Es Salaam (Fides Service)- “As our Bishops said in a recent Pastoral Letter Tanzanians must work together to build harmony in view of elections on 30 October” said local sources in Dar Es Salaam, capital of Tanz ...
• 14 September 2005
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Maputo meeting photographs the Church in Portuguese speaking Africa Maputo (Fides Service)- “Portuguese is spoken by about 250 million people in many different countries and is one of the languages most used in the Catholic world. Common language enabled Bishops at the meeting to discu ...
• 13 September 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Missionaries of Charity in Taipei renew their vows in the hands of Archbishop Cheng to serve the poor and needy Taipei (Fides Service) - Five Missionaries of Charity, a congregation founded by Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, renewed their religious profession during a solemn Mass on the feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary p ...
• 13 September 2005
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Cholera vaccine will save more than 100 children a year in Argentina Rome (Fides Service) - An anti-cholera vaccine soon available in Argentina could save the lives of up to a hundred children who would otherwise die of dysentery caused by the rotavirus. The virus identified 35 years ago ...
• 13 September 2005
  VATICAN - Tomorrow the Pope will bless a statue of St Josemaría Escrivà placed along with sculptures of Saints and Founders of religious Orders in outside niches of St Peter’s Basilica Vatican City (Fides Service) - Tomorrow Wednesday 14 September immediately after the General Audience Pope Benedict XVI will bless a statue of St Josemaría Escrivà placed in one of the outside niches of St Peter’s Ba ...