News

• 17 June 2005
  VATICAN - The Pope addresses new ambassadors of Azerbaijan, Guinea, Malta, New Zealand, Rwanda, Switzerland and Zimbabwe: “the first challenge is solidarity between generations, solidarity between nations and between continents for an ever more equal sharing of the planet’s resources among all men and women” Vatican City (Fides Service) - Pope Benedict on June 16 received the Letters of Credence of seven new ambassadors to the Holy See, including the first ever representative from the Republic of Azerbaijan. The Pope present ...
• 17 June 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - “What is a child missionary? How can we lead children to love mission?”: diocesan and regional Holy Childhood operators gather for 2nd National Meeting Rome (Fides Service) - “What is a child missionary?? What is the Holy Childhood Mission Society? How can we lead children to love mission? How can we lead our boys and girls to love our Holy Childhood Society?” These ...
• 17 June 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Pro-family and real marriage demonstrations in front of Spanish embassies and consulates in Mexico, Chile, Peru, Colombia and Argentina to coincide with June 18 Pro-family demonstration in Madrid Madrid (Fides) - This morning in Madrid at a media conference in view of the June 18 pro-family demonstration tomorrow here in the capital of Spain María del Prete Vice international president of the Latin American Fami ...
• 17 June 2005
  AFRICA/REPUBLIC OF CONGO - “Moral decadence in the West is starting to affect Africa” a mission in the Republic of Congo told Fides. “Therefore I welcome the pro-family demonstration in Madrid on June 18” Brazzaville (Fides Service)- “Every day the family comes under attack, troops and militiamen engage in violence against poor, helpless women and mothers ” said a Holy Ghost Father on mission in the Pool region of the ...
• 17 June 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Indian Catholics fully support Spain’s pro-family demonstration: the family is sacred for every culture, religion and people! New Delhi (Fides Service) - “Indian Catholics support and proclaim the Church’s teaching on the family and family values and the sacrament of matrimony as a visible sign of unity in human society”, Fr Babu Joseph, ...
• 17 June 2005
  AFRICA/UGANDA - The Catholic Bishops of East Africa are convinced AIDS will be defeated, Africa must not lose hope Kampala (Fides Service)- “We invite the Clergy, the Religious, the lay Faithful, governments and non-governmental agencies in Africa and beyond, and all people of good will, to join hands and work side by side with us ...
• 17 June 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Madrid World Capital of Families: 15 international federations in 60 different countries, over 1,000 NGOs and at least 30 million individuals support June 18 Pro-family demonstration Madrid (Fides Service) - “We received massive undreamed of support for this demonstration which is unique in the history of the Spanish democracy” said Lola Velarde Vice president of the European network of Family Po ...
• 17 June 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - In the Year of the Eucharist Catholic community in north-east China marks 100th anniversary of foundation Tian Shui (Fides Service) - Catholics in Tian Shui diocese in the north eastern province of Gan Su, in mainland China have the joy of celebrating the 100th anniversary of the arrival of the first missionaries in the area ...
• 17 June 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - “We wish the Madrid demonstration massive support from all over Spain, a country to which we owe the precious gift of the faith” Provincial Superior St Paul Mission Society in Peru and diocesan director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Arequipa told Fides Arequipa (Fides Service) - “We are deeply saddened and concerned to see these attacks on the family in Spain and a will to violate every child’s right to grow up in a family where the father is a man and the mother i ...
• 16 June 2005
  EUROPE/RUSSIAN FEDERATION - Catholic Archbishop in Moscow assures full support to pro-family efforts by Catholic faithful and Bishops in Spain because what is at stake is ‘the family as God created it’ Moscow (Fides Service) - On June 18 in Madrid Catholics from all over Spain will take part in a pro-family demonstration organised by the Spanish Family Forum to protest against the proposed amendments to the law to equa ...
• 16 June 2005
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “It is paradoxical that the tiny Christian community here which has to struggle every day to preserve its special identity should bear the consequences of moral relativism in Europe” a Catholic priest in Cairo told Fides commenting the June 18 pro-family demonstration in Spain Cairo (Fides Service)- “As an Egyptian Christian I express solidarity with the organisers and participants at the pro-family demonstration in Madrid” Catholic Egyptian priest in Cairo Fr Samir told Fides with regard ...
• 16 June 2005
  AFRICA/RWANDA - “As African Christians today we look with dismay at Europe for so many centuries the beacon of Christianity and now slipping ever further down the slope of de-Christianisation” Catholic Bishop of Gikongoro tells Fides Kigali (Fides Service)- “We share the concern of the Church in Spain and indeed all over the world for this attack on the family which is an institution of natural law” Rwandan Bishop Augustin Misago of Gikongoro tol ...
• 16 June 2005
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - “This matter touches the very essence of family life whether Christian or not”: Catholic Church in Sri Lanka assures Spanish Catholics full support in their struggle to protect the family Colombo (Fides Service) - The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka has voiced full support with Catholics in Spain determined to defend the family and life from dangerous legislation. A message from the local Asian Church joins ...
• 16 June 2005
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Catholics in the Pacific Ocean express full support and prayer for June 18 Pro-Family demonstration in Spain Honiara (Fides Service) - The pro-family demonstration in Madrid capital of Spain on June 18 organised by the people of Spain and to which the Church in Spain has given full backing, is gathering support and encouragemen ...
• 16 June 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Night of terror: criminals attack Catholic convent in Rajasthan Ajmer (Fides Service) - After two attacks on Catholic convents in Bihar state on June 9, a third convent was targeted by criminals in the state of Rajasthan on June 12. The convent, the home of the Franciscan Sisters of ...