News

• 15 June 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - A medical team of doctors of the St John of God Hospitaller Brothers Association for Distant Patients and the Italian Airforce launches second humanitarian mission to Africa Rome (Fides Service) -Doctors belonging to the St John of God Hospitaller Brothers Association for Distant Patients AFMAL and the Italian airforce continue their efforts to help the blind in Africa. After a humanitarian ...
• 14 June 2005
  EUROPA/ITALY - “Matters regarding human life cannot be decided with a vote”: says Prof Luigi Alici, President of Catholic Action Italy with regard to the referendum on fertility treatment laws Rome (Fides Service) - “The referendum gave voice to the will of the people: matters of human life cannot be decided with a referendum or a vote. I believe that with their non-vote Italians wanted to say that maternity ...
• 14 June 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - “If we resist syndromes of defeat or victory this can be new time of encounter between believers and non and for the centrality of Parliament”: S. Egidio Community comments Referendum on Fertility Treatment Rome (Fides Service) - Three quarters of Italians clearly underlined an element which was undervalued in the electoral campaign. The fact that a referendum is not the right means for expressing views on sensitive issues ...
• 14 June 2005
  AFRICA/CÔTE D' IVOIRE - Dramatic testimony from Fides Cesco at Salesian mission in Duékoué west Cote d'Ivoire where 15,000 people are sheltering Rome (Fides Service)- The International Volunteers for Development (VIS) association belonging to the Salesian Fathers sent the following message to Fides. “Dear Friends at Fides we forward to you an appeal received ...
• 14 June 2005
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - The weight of the clan still makes itself felt: Somali President barred from landing in Somalia’s “temporary” capital Mogadishu (Fides Service)- The president of Somalia Abdullahi Yusuf who left Nairobi capital of Kenya yesterday directed to Qatar and other Persian Gulf countries for a pan-Arab consultation has yet to return to his coun ...
• 14 June 2005
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “The Catholic identity of Cultural Centres and young people in public life”, Salta 2nd meeting of Head of Catholic Cultural Centres in the Southern Cone Salta (Fides Service) -The Second Meeting of Heads of Catholic Cultural Centres in the Southern Cone opened today in Salta (Argentina) 14-16 June. The program covers two principal themes: preferential concern for young ...
• 14 June 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Malaria, AIDS and Ebola: meeting with Ugandan expert and Piero and Lucille Corti Foundation at St. Mary’s Hospital di Lacor Rome (Fides Service) - A major world expert in Ebola head of Health Management Information System at St. Mary’s Hospital, Lacor Northern Uganda funded by the Piero and Lucille Corti Foundation, Dr Zabulon Yoti, gave a ...
• 14 June 2005
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - “Silent majority wins: a sign of growing awareness of the need protect life” Fr. Leo Maasburg national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Austria told Fides Vienna (Fides Service) - “In this vote the victory went to the silent majority “ Fr Leo Maasburg, national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Austria, missio Austria, told Fides commenting Italy’s unsu ...
• 14 June 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - More than 1,000 NGOs from 25 different countries support June 18 demonstration in Madrid in favour of real matrimony and the family Madrid (Fides Service) - According to the Spanish Institute for Family Policies already more than 1,000 NGOs from 25 different countries have said they will take part in the demonstration in Madrid on June 18 at 6pm orga ...
• 14 June 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Double standards: path denied to June 18 Pro-Family demonstration granted to Gay Pride parade Madrid (Fides Service) - Five days before the demonstration which, with the slogan “The Family is Important”, has called Spanish Catholics into the streets on 18 June to protest against the government’s anti-famil ...
• 14 June 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Results of referendum in Italy encourage Catholics in Korea and everywhere to continue the fight to protect the life of the unborn child Kwangju (Fides Service) - “The result of Italy’s referendum on fertility treatment is valid for the whole world, also here in Korea, as a point of reference for Catholics everywhere. We are happy that the Italian law ...
• 14 June 2005
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Tsunami affected families gradually return to normality: Australian religious institutes and Caritas continue to help Banda Aceh (Fides Service) - The living conditions of people affected by the tragic tsunami on 26 December 2005 are gradually improving thanks also to efforts of Catholic agencies and bodies. Caritas Australia, working i ...
• 14 June 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Tai Yuan diocese hold first Eucharistic Congress and celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Immaculate Conception Cathedral Tai Yuan (Fides Service) - Recently the diocese of Tai Yuan main town in Shan Xi province of mainland China held its first Eucharistic Congress in the parish of Bei Gu Nian. According to the bulletin Faith published in H ...
• 13 June 2005
  VATICAN - The Pope reminds parents that they are “called to help their children discover the value and importance of responding to Christ who convokes the entire Christian family to Sunday Mass” and announces a special October 15 Meeting of Catechesis for children who made their First Holy Communion during this year Vatican City (Fides Service) - In this eighth month of the special Year of the Eucharist once again Pope Benedict XVI underlined the importance of Sunday, the Lord’s Day and duty of parents to educate their children in ...
• 13 June 2005
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “Italy’s non vote in the referendum on fertility treatment law is an example for the rest of the countries in Europe” Dr Norbert Martin, Professor of Sociology and member of the Pontifical Council for the Family tells Fides Koblenz (Fides Service) - “I am delighted with Italy’s non vote in the referendum on fertility treatment law” Dr. Norbert Martin, Professor of Sociology at the University of Koblenz, Germany, and member of the Pont ...