News

• 17 May 2005
  VATICAN - The Pope tells pilgrims in Rome for the beatification of Mothers Ascension de Corazon de Jesus Nicol Goni, and Marianne Cope “Exemplary witnesses of Christ's charity these two new Blessed help us to better understand the meaning and the value of our Christian vocation” Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Monday 16 May Pope Benedict XVI received pilgrims who participated in Saturday's ceremony for the beatification of Mothers Ascension de Corazon de Jesus Nicol Goni, and Marianne Cope. "E ...
• 16 May 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital in Rome and Dominican Republic sign agreement to guarantee full support for the health of little Dominicans Rome (Fides Service) - The Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital in Rome has signed an agreement with the Dominican Republic with the direct involvement of the Italo Latino American Institute to guarantee full support for ...
• 16 May 2005
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Vaccines and fighting cancer, TB and malaria: World Health Organisation starts annual meeting Rome (Fides Service) - The 58th Meeting of the World Health Organisation opens today in Geneva. From May 16-25 representatives of the 192 WHO member countries will discuss how to improve and guarantee health on the plane ...
• 16 May 2005
  VATICAN - At the Regina Cæli prayer the Pope underlines the bond that exists in the Church between the Spirit and institution: “Without the Holy Spirit the Church would be a merely human organisation, weighed down by her very structures” Vatican City (Fides Service) - At the end of the Holy Mass with the ordination of 21 new priests for the diocese of Rome, addressing from his study window the crowds gathered in St Peter’s Square for the midday prayer ...
• 16 May 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - "Children have rights": Professionals of ethics launch a campaign to prevent children being adopted by same-sex couples Madrid (Fides Service) - “Children have Rights” is the title of a campaign lunched by the Federation of Associations of Professionals of Ethics FAPE to prevent the proposed amendment to Spain’s civil code to allow ...
• 16 May 2005
  VATICAN - Beatification of Marianne Cope and Ascensión Nicol Goñi: “Our two Blessed opened their lives to the Spirit of God letting themselves be led by him to serve the Church, the poor, the sick and youth ” Vatican City (Fides Service) - In the afternoon of Saturday 14 May Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, presided Mass at the Altar of the Chair in the apse of St Peter’s ...
• 16 May 2005
  VATICAN - On the solemnity of Pentecost Benedict XVI ordains 21 priests: “The wind and the fire of the Holy Spirit must ceaselessly open the frontiers that we human beings continue to build between ourselves; we must always pass anew from Babel, from closing in on ourselves, to Pentecost” Vatican City (Fides Service) - In the Vatican Basilica on Sunday May 15, Solemnity of Pentecost, Benedict XVI presided at Mass during which he ordained 21 deacons of the diocese of Rome. We give excerpts from the Pope’ ...
• 16 May 2005
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Skin diseases lower immunity system opening the way for malaria and HIV. Only one ‘white coat’ for every 58,000 people, 12 skin experts and 100% of children with skin diseases Rome (Fides Service) - Children everywhere in Ethiopia are prey to impetigo (superficial infection of the cute, highly contagious caused by bacteria), viral skin infections, mycosis, ringworm, skin TB, diseases which l ...
• 16 May 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - With the participation of 2 Cardinals and more than 120 Bishops of the continent of America the 30th Ordinary Assembly of the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences, CELAM and celebrations for its 50th anniversary opens tomorrow in Lima Lima (Fides Service) - The Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences (CELAM), created in 1955 by Pope Pius XII at the request of the Catholic Bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean, is marking its 50th anniver ...
• 16 May 2005
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - The late Archbishop Prospero Penados del Barrio emeritus of Guatemala “worked passionately to promote reconciliation among the people whom he accompanied with humility and firmness” says adjunct secretary of the Guatemalan Bishops’ Conference Guatemala City (Fides Service) - This morning the Church in Guatemala will pay its last respects to Archbishop Prospero Penados del Barrio emeritus of Guatemala who died on May 13 at the age of 79. The funeral will take ...
• 16 May 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Popular theatre in Rajasthan to promote and spread the values of the Kingdom of God New Delhi (Fides Children) - Children of all ages in the Indian state of Rajasthan enjoy puppet shows, the traditional means to pass on popular traditions and myths. But instead of telling the usual tales and stories, th ...
• 16 May 2005
  ASIA/IRAQ - “The violence used by Al Qaida reveals weakness not power. What has all this got to do with religion” asks a Catholic priest in Iraq Rome (Fides Service)- “Terrorists, Al Qaida, are already defeated because they are unable to propose a credible model of society. All they can do is to kill” Fr Nizar Semaan a Catholic priest in the northern Iraqi to ...
• 16 May 2005
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Good turn out for parliamentary elections: “this is a positive sign for the country’s democracy” Addis Ababa (Fides Service)- “The first results show the turnout was far higher than expected. This is a positive sign which confirms the progress of democracy in our country ” say local sources in Addis Ababa, capit ...
• 14 May 2005
  “To Bear Witness” Kevin M. Cahill M.D. New York (Fides Service) - Fides received this touching witness offered by medical doctor Kevin M. Cahill, one of two United States specialists asked by the Vatican to serve as consultants with regard to the condition of ...
• 14 May 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - The world and the challenge to humanise healthcare. St John of God Hospitaller Brothers: ““not only curing but most of all caring”” Rome (Fides Service) - Medical doctors, university professors and men and women religious from all over the world will meet in Palermo, Sicily, to discuss the humanisation of healthcare with input from the United States, ...