News

• 19 May 2005
  VATICAN - Political commitment as a demanding way of living Christian commitment at the service of others: Cardinal Martino at a Seminar of the Social Doctrine of the Catholic Church Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Lack of attention for its ethical dimension leads inevitably to the de-humanisation of life and institutions which transforms social and political life into a jungle at the mercy of viol ...
• 19 May 2005
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - 7 attempts to answer one question: What really happened in Uzbekistan? Tashkent (Fides Service) -What really happened on May 13 in the town of Andijan in eastern Uzbekistan? Pending the international enquiry requested by the United Nations and the European Union we offer the following set ...
• 19 May 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “This law offends humanity and society and it will cause an unprecedented social rift. This is mistruth claiming to be truth" says Catholic Bishop of Tarazona in a Pastoral Letter to his people. Tarazona (Fides Service) - “Besides offending God and the institution of marriage as he intended it to be this law offends humanity and society on which it will inflict an unprecedented rift by using the same term to d ...
• 19 May 2005
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Catholic diocesan radio station Radio Musi O Tunya in Livingstone resumes broadcasts Livingstone (Fides Service)- The local Catholic radio station, Radio Musi O Tunya opened by Livingstone diocese informed us that it has been able to resume broadcasts being closed some months ago. The radio was issued wi ...
• 19 May 2005
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - More than 10,000 local people, including many Muslims, attend ordination of the new Catholic Bishop of Khulna Khulna (Fides Service) - Crowds of at least 10,000 including many Muslims attended the ordination of the new Bishop of Khulna in Bangladesh, Bishop Bejoy D’Cruze OMI. The retired Bishop Michael Rosario, the papal nunci ...
• 19 May 2005
  AFRICA/RWANDA - “The Church in Rwanda is a lively reality” Chairman of Bishops’ Conference tells Fides Rome (Fides Service)- “Our young people are the future of the Church in Rwanda. We must start with them it we want to heal the wounds of the past” Bishop Alexis Habiyambere S.J. of Nyundo chairman of the Catholic Bis ...
• 19 May 2005
  AFRICA/CONGO - Infected monkey meat could be the cause of new outbreak of Ebola. In Congo nine people died of Ebola in April and new cases await confirmation. For this virus which is mortal in 60 to 90 percent of cases, there is no treatment or vaccine Rome (Fides Service) - The news of another outbreak of Ebola had been circulating for a couple of weeks but World Health Organisation WHO experts were cautious about confirming the report. Now it is official, the lethal ...
• 18 May 2005
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Most people in Guinea want the elections, but supporters of former President Kumba Yala need help to overcome fear and diffidence Bissau (Fides Service) - Calm has returned to Bissau, capital of Guinea Bissau where yesterday, 17 May there were clashes between the police and participants in a demonstration in favour of former President Kumba Yala ( ...
• 18 May 2005
  AFRICA/TOGO - “Let us not be discouraged! Let us continue to pray and pray and pray for our country”: Christian leaders in Togo address the people Lome (Fides Service)- Let us not be discouraged. We must pray and pray and pray for our country Togo, day and night, always and everywhere!. Let us build a chain of prayer until the country is out of the crisis”. With ...
• 18 May 2005
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Salesians celebrate 14 years at the service of young Cambodians offering education, and caring for street children and those with HIV/AIDS Phnom Penh (Fides Service) - This year on 24 May the Salesian community in Cambodia will celebrate fourteen years of service to promote the human, cultural and spiritual growth of young Cambodians. According to the Sales ...
• 18 May 2005
  ASIA/SYRIA - Ecumenical reflection and experience in Aleppo: how long must we wait before all Christians celebrate Easter together on the same date? Aleppo (Fides Service) - There is an air of ecumenism and brotherhood in Syria. Recently the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Aleppo invited Catholic Bishop Luigi Padovese vicar apostolic of Anatolia to Aleppo to give a conf ...
• 18 May 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan will stay on the political scene even after 2007 Islamabad (Fides) - President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan will stand for re-election when his mandate expires in 2007, Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed announced. “He will remain after 2007 because Pakistan ne ...
• 18 May 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Cardinal George Pell urges government to review immigration policies Sydney (Fides Service) - “It is time for the government to reconsider its position. The flood of illegal immigrants has dried up and the immigration policy is too tough” Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney sa ...
• 18 May 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - The Prelate of Opus Dei will ordain 42 new priests from 13 different countries on 21 May Rome (Fides Service) - Saturday 21 May at St Eugenio Basilica, Valle Giulia, Rome, the Prelate of Opus Dei Bishop Javier Echevarría will ordain 42 new priests: 28 Europeans (Spanish, Italian, French, German, Portuguese ...
• 18 May 2005
  VATICAN - The Pope’s Wednesday Audience teaching “the Lord stoops attentively to our smallness and indigence which would make us draw back in fear” on Psalm 112 Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Psalm 112 is a short hymn which in the original Hebrew consists of only sixty words all filled with sentiments of trust, praise and joy.” During the general audience this morning in St ...