News

• 15 July 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - Italian missionary Bishop murdered in cold blood: “Bishop Locati was a man of uprightness and honesty, a promoter of justice”: National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Kenya told Fides Nairobi (Fides Service)- Yesterday evening in Isiolo in northern Kenya Italian born Bishop Luigi Locati, Vicar Apostolic of Isiolo, was brutally assassinated with two gun shots in the head as he was on his way home from ...
• 15 July 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - “Forty years devoted to nomad peoples in northern Kenya”: the Bishop of Marsabit remembers Bishop Luigi Locati, Vicar Apostolic of Isiolo, assassinated yesterday Nairobi (Fides Service)- “Bishop Locati was a Fidei Donum missionary and he devoted his life to Borana and Turkana nomads” said Bishop Ambrogio Ravasi of Marsabit, northern Kenya, referring to Bishop Luigi Locati, Vi ...
• 15 July 2005
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Aspects of Christ: representations of Christ from late Middle Ages to the 20th century art exhibition on the occasion of 20th World Youth Day in Cologne Cologne (Fides Service) - One of the special cultural initiatives organised on the occasion of the 20th World Youth Day in Cologne Germany 11 to 21 August 2005) will be an exhibition of paintings “Aspects of Christ: r ...
• 15 July 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - 5th General Conference of the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences will reflect on the theme “Disciples and Missionaries of Jesus Christ that our people may have Life” Brasilia (Fides Service) - In a note addressed to Fides the press office of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Brazil said that the theme of the 5th General Conference of the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Confe ...
• 15 July 2005
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “The Formator of the 21st century: profile and mission” focus of National Assembly of the Organisation for Mexican Seminaries taking place in Mexico City Mexico City (Fides Service) - To reflect on the profile and the mission of the seminary formator in the 21st century and the most suitable pedagogy and means to foster the formator’s growth as a person and outline the ...
• 15 July 2005
  ASIA/THAILAND - WHO: the next epidemic of influenza could kill between 2 and 7 million people: Bird flu most serious threat Rome (Fides Service) - The United Nations World Health Organisation WHO warns that avian or bird flu is a major threat for the world. The disease present in south east Asia. WHo says contagion in Asia is difficult to c ...
• 15 July 2005
  OCEANIA/TAHITI - Summer schools for young and adult lay Catholics in Polynesia: culture, catechesis and all round religious formation Papeete (Fides Service) - At the beginning of July the annual Summer schools for lay formation promoted by the diocese of Papeete reopened. “We have six of these schools in the diocese, a good number for a modest area ...
• 15 July 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic Bishop visits flooded areas in Gujarat and calls for solidarity Ahmedabad (Fides Service) - The number of dead and homeless as a result of serious flooding in a vast area of western Indian continue sto rise. The floods are said to be the worst in recent years. The most affected area ...
• 15 July 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - 24 graduates from the Institute of Theology at Fu Ren Catholic University receive their mandate for pastoral work in the local Church Taipei (Fides Service) - At Fu RenCatholic University in Taipei 24 graduates from the Institute of Theology, 4 religious, 9 deacons, 3 Sisters and 8 lay men and women recently concluded their studies and are now ready fo ...
• 15 July 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Now that the Spanish parliament has recognised same sex unions and equalled them to marriage, the country’s Bishops say Spanish Catholics will continue to fight for authentic marriage and the family Madrid (Fides Service) - Now that the Spanish parliament has recognised same sex unions and equalled them to marriage, the country’s Bishops warn of the disastrous consequences for Spain and the rest of the world. In a ...
• 15 July 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - The murdered Bishop’s generosity may have been misunderstood. “Bishop Locati lived very simply giving everything he had to the needy Christians and Muslim alike Nairobi (Fides ) - “Bishop Locati lived very simply giving everything he had to the needy Christians and Muslim alike” said person who worked closely with Bishop Luigi Locati and asked not to be named. Bishop Locati ...
• 14 July 2005
  VATICAN - From 20 to 24 July in Lima Populorum Progressio foundation administrative council meeting to approve 200 projects for education, farming and small business development Vatican City (Fides Service) - Archbishop Paul Josef Cordes, president of Populorum Progressio foundation and of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum will be in Lima, Peru, from July 20 to 24 for the annual meeting of the fou ...
• 14 July 2005
  ASIA/KUWAIT - The Pope accepts resignation of the Vicar Apostolic of Kuwait and appoints a successor Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 14 July 2005 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Apostolic Vicariate of Kuwait presented by Bishop Francis Micallef, O.C.D., in ...
• 14 July 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - More than 8 million people in Asia are Hiv+: in China the virus is spreading at an alarming rate Rome (Fides Service) - Unless efforts for prevention are intensified AIDS could spread like wild fire throughout Asia where this lethal virus threatens to explode. This emerged during the 7th Asia-Pacific Area AIDS Confe ...
• 14 July 2005
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “The missionary family promotes and protects life” theme of 6th National Meeting of Missionary Families 13 and 14 August in Buenos Aires Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - On 13 and 14 August at the Our Lady of Lourdes Education Centre and Holy Family Basilica Maipù and Pueyrredón, Banfield (Buenos Aires) there will be the 6th National Meeting of Missionary ...