News

• 21 June 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Dramatic report from Luhwinja and Burinyi in south east Democratic Congo where war never stopped: although our country is rich we have to beg for clothes Bukavu (Fides Service) - This is one of the many forgotten wars. Here in the south eastern Kivu region of Democratic Congo guerrilla groups continue to terrorise the people despite the official peace agreement. Fides rec ...
• 21 June 2005
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - “Countless numbers of men, women with babies, children of school age, the old and the sick, continue to sleep in the open air at winter temperatures near to freezing” Catholic Bishops of Zimbabwe protest against government’s shanty town operation ‘clean up’ Harare (Fides Service)- The secretary general of the United Nations Organisation Kofi Annan has appointed Tanzanian Anna Kajumolo Tibaijuka UN special envoy to investigate alleged abuse by security forces during the Mura ...
• 20 June 2005
  VATICAN - At the Angelus prayer the Pope recalls the painful situation of refugees: “may people who live away from their own country feel that the Church is a homeland where no one is a stranger” Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the occasion of World Day for Refugees 20 June promoted by the United Nations Organisation with the theme "the courage to be a refugee ", Pope Benedict XVI devoted his short address bef ...
• 20 June 2005
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Burkina Faso has first centre for babies born with HIV/AIDS Ouagadougou (Fides Service) - Saturday 18 June was a great day of joy and hope for the S. Camillo Medical Centre in Ouagadougou where a brand new sector for infants affected by HIV/AIDS was officially inaugurated. The wa ...
• 20 June 2005
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - “Our country’s poverty is a result of widespread corruption” Archbishop Fulgence Rabeony of Toliara President of the Bishops’ Conference of Madagascar told Fides Rome (Fides Service). “Poverty is the principle problem of our country and from it all the others are derived”. Archbishop Fulgence Rabeony of Toliara President of the Bishops’ Conference of Madagascar told Fides. ...
• 20 June 2005
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Cardinal Sepe greets Boa Nova Mission Society gathered in Fatima for 75° anniversary: “You are a precious gift for the Church in Portugal and the whole Church because with fidelity you incarnate that which is its primary duty which cannot be renounced: Evangelisation” Fatima (Agenzia Fides) - “We have come to Fatima to thank God for you the Boa Nova Missionaries, a community of apostles which welcomed the Good News with love and like Mary has dedicated its existence to it. In these ...
• 20 June 2005
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI receives Bishops of Madagascar on ad limina visit: “Help the faithful acquire an illuminated faith, rooted in an intimate encounter with Christ. Inculturation of the faith in Malagasy culture remains an important goal” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “May the Malagasy people live in God’s peace and continue with courage to build a society ever more respectful of the human person and human dignity” Pope Benedict XVI said on 18 June ...
• 20 June 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Pro-life Archbishop of Seoul and human cloning scientist face to face Seoul (Fides) - An Archbishop and scientist come face to face. The Communications office of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference reported that Archbishop Nicholas Cheong of Seoul committed defender of life from conception ...
• 20 June 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - St Charles Borromeo Fraternity welcomes 8 new priests and 9 deacons for mission in parishes, schools, universities, prisons and hospitals Rome (Fides Service) - On Saturday 25 June at 3.30pm at St Mary Major Basilica in Rome Cardinal Angelo Scola, patriarch of Venice will ordain 8 priests and 9 deacons as members of the Priestly Fraternity of the Missionar ...
• 20 June 2005
  VATICAN - First International Meeting on Pastoral Care for Street Women: “An insult to fundamental values common to all cultures and peoples, values rooted in the very nature of the human person” said Cardinal Fumio Hamao Vatican City (Fides Service) - “We thought it opportune to organise this meeting to discuss a phenomenon which - far from being eliminated in the process of civil evolution - is still part of social tissue. I refer to ...
• 20 June 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - An enormous tree firmly planted which no one can ever uproot - “numerous groups of people are anxious to defend the Christian roots of Europe: we must come out of our homes and churches and defend them in the streets " Ignacio Arsuga told Fides Madrid (Fides Service) - “Last Saturday’s demonstration was exceptional for at least three reasons: the number of participants, unprecedented world support and massive agreement on the theme, all of which made Madrid ...
• 20 June 2005
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Directory of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land now also in English Jerusalem (Fides Service) - All you want to know about the Catholic Church in the Land of Jesus can be found in the latest edition of the Directory of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land prepared by the office represent ...
• 20 June 2005
  ASIA/TURKEY - Pontifical Antonianum College and Mustafa Kemal University in Turkey meet for 9th ecumenical symposium “Paul the Apostle, from Tarsus to Antioch: Archaeology, history and religion” Antioch (Fides Service) - “Paul the Apostle, from Tarsus to Antioch: Archaeology, history and religion” is the title of an annual Symposium on St Paul held in Turkey promoted jointly by Catholic bodies and pontifical ...
• 20 June 2005
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - “Compared to 30 years ago the regional and ethnical factor is much more keenly felt” local observer comments first round of presidential elections Bissau (Fides Service)- “Yes the elections was peaceful and this is a positive fact in itself but the important thing will be the results to see if the electorate had the maturity to go beyond traditional ethnic divisi ...
• 20 June 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Violence on Christians five attacks in a month: Catholic Bishops call on government to protect religious personnel New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of India have called on civil authorities to guarantee minority groups more protection. After five attacks on Christian structures and individuals, representatives of Chri ...