News

• 25 July 2005
  VATICAN - At the Angelus the Pope said he prays that 'the new generations drawing vital life blood from Christ may be leaven of a renewed humanism in European societies' and with regard to terrorist attacks he invoked Almighty God 'to stop the murderous hand of those who moved by fanaticism and hatred committed these acts and to convert their hearts' Les Combes (Fides Service) - Christianity’s role in building Europe and the recent terrorist attacks in various parts of the world were the subject of Pope Benedict XVI’s brief reflection before the midday Angelus pr ...
• 25 July 2005
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - The Pope accepts the resignation of the Bishop of Ndalatando and appoints a successor Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 23 July 2005 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Ndalatando (Angola) presented by Bishop Pedro Luís Guido Scarpa OFM ...
• 25 July 2005
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - “For the first time we are sending a ‘large’ delegation of 8 young people to World Youth Day” said Fr Carlos Avila, Superior of the Catholic Mission in Tajikistan Dushanbe (Fides Service) - “For the first time young Tajiks will attend World Youth Day events with the Pope and hundreds of thousands of young Christians from all over the world. The Catholic mission in Tajikistan is ...
• 25 July 2005
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - In view of a new educational project Salesian Sisters visit the Pacific Islands Rome (Fides Service) - Sr Edna Mary Macdonald and Sr Margaret Bentley, two Salesian Sisters , visited Honiara the capital of the Solomon Islands from 17 to 21 July and then went to Fiji. The purpose was to consider est ...
• 25 July 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - After 2 years of study 105 catechists from 25 parishes receive their diploma at a special Mass presided by the Bishop of Hong Kong Hong Kong (Fides Service) - At the end of a two years course of study 105 new catechists for Hong Kong diocese received their diploma from the Bishop Jospeh Zen and Mgr J. Baptist Tsang Hing Mun of the Diocesan Centre fo ...
• 25 July 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholic community joins believers of other faiths to assist flood victims Guang Xi (Fides Service) - Over the past two months various regions of south east China have been affected by serious floods. Local Catholic communities have joined people of other faiths and local authorities to assist ...
• 25 July 2005
  ASIA/IRAQ - In addition to war: crime. Alarm for increasing spread of heroine in Iraq. Baghdad (Fides Service)- A drug alarm has been sounded in Iraq. The Iraqi police forces are increasingly concerned for the flow of drugs into the country. “security forces say drug traffickers organise heroine couriers ...
• 25 July 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - Chapter of Mill Hill Missionaries reflects on diminution of missionaries, vocations and formation and elects new leadership Nairobi (Fides Service) - The Chapter of St Joseph’s Missionary Society (also known as Mill Hill Missionaries) held for the first time in Nairobi, Kenya, took place from 22 June to the 22 July. The main themes/issues w ...
• 25 July 2005
  AFRICA/MAURITIUS - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 25 June 2005 appointed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the Indian Ocean r ...
• 23 July 2005
  ASIA/IRAQ - “No to the culture of relativism: terrorism is to be condemned it cannot be justified” Baghdad (Fides Service)- “Once again we mourn the death of innocent men and women killed by terrorists: these acts are criminal and nothing can justify them” Fr p. Nizar Semaan, Iraqi Catholic priest in Mosul norther ...
• 23 July 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Presiding Mass for the ordination of four new priests Cardinal Shan encourages them respond generously to the Lord’s command Kaohsiung (Fides Service) - Cardinal Paul Shan Bishop of Kaohsiung recently presided Mass for the ordination of four priests three of whom were born in Taiwan: one diocesan priest of Kaohsiung diocese, one Jesuit and two ...
• 23 July 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - On a visit to her Sisters in several Asian countries superior general of the Missionaries of Charity visits Hong Kong for the first time Hong Kong (Fides Service) - After visiting her Sisters in South Korea and Mongolia on her journey to see Missionaries of Charity communities in various countries of Asia, on 11 July Sr Nirmala Joshi superior general of M ...
• 23 July 2005
  ASIA/MACAO - Macao city centre with its Catholic churches and seminary, Buddhist temple and protestant cemetery declared “world heritage” by UNESCO Macao (Fides Service) - Macao’s old city centre with its Catholic churches and other historic buildings is now “world heritage” for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. Monuments li ...
• 23 July 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Evangelisation in Xi Kai Cathedral Tian Jin diocese bears abaundant fruit: rising annual numbers of baptised persons and catechumens, Cathedral opens Faith Information Office Tian Jin (Fides Service) - Between 1986 and 1999 the annual number of baptisms in Xi Kai cathedral Tian Jin diocese was less than a hundred. But since the year 2000 and the beginning of the new millennium the number of p ...
• 23 July 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - “Crime and Insecurity in Kenya Must be Halted Now!!!”: statement by Catholic Bishops of Kenya Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- We publish a Press statement issued 18 July by the Catholic Bihsops of Kenya with the title “Crime and Insecurity in Kenya Must be Halted Now!!!”, which can be summarised in the five points m ...