News

• 3 May 2005
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Evangelising in the Pacific via the media: local Church initiatives in view of annual Communications Day Honiara (Fides Service) - In Solomon Islands there is growing awareness that the media provide an excellent channel for evangelisation. In view of the annual Communications Day, 8 May, the local Catholic Church has promo ...
• 3 May 2005
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Encourage dialogue faith-culture, faith-science, Gospel and culture, globalisation and evangelisation: first lap of permanent 18 month Symposium “Evangelisation of Cultures” Bogota (Fides Service) - The ‘Evangelisation of Cultures’ is the theme of an 18 month Permanent Symposium organised by Conference of Catholic Bishops in Colombia through its Commission for the pastoral of evangelisat ...
• 3 May 2005
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - “There is an intimate and inseparable link between Mass and Mission. Our communion with Christ means that we share not only his life, but also his mission” : Bishop of Monze promotes deeper awareness of the ‘wonderful gift” of the Eucharistic Monze (Fides Service) - The Eucharist and its connection with mission has been the focus of Catholics in the diocese of Monze in Zambia during the past year. In fact, in preparation for the centenary of the evangelisatio ...
• 2 May 2005
  The Pope’s Mission Prayer Intention for May 2005: “For the Pontifical Mission Societies: may they help all Christians, young and old, realise they have a part to play in missionary work”, Comment by Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Vatican City (Fides Service) - In his last gift to us, namely the message for World Mission Sunday 2005 which we will celebrate on 23 October, the late Holy Father, Pope John Paul II said: “World Mission Sunday is an o ...
• 2 May 2005
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI focuses Regina Cæli reflection on Sunday May 1 on work: “may work, especially for young people, never be lacking and may working conditions always be respectful of the dignity of the human person”. Appeal for people of Togo “suffering because of painful civil strife” Vatican City (Fides Service) - At noon on Sunday 1 May for the first time since his election, Pope Benedict XVI gave the traditional blessing from the study of the papal apartment overlooking St Peter’s Square where m ...
• 2 May 2005
  ASIA/YEMEN - Polio strikes after an interval of almost 10 years 22 children affected Rome (Fides Service) - Some 22 children in Yemen have developed poliomyelitis and the World Health Organisation WHO fears the epidemic may spread. This is the first new outbreak of polio since the disease was declared er ...
• 2 May 2005
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Network of Catholic formation centres for 30 years at the service of education and development for rural communities Honiara (Fides Service) - STYVADIMA is a network of Catholic Formation Centres which promotes education and development in rural communities in Solomon Islands. For over 30 years lay teachers, former Catholic school pupi ...
• 2 May 2005
  VATICAN - “Same sex ‘marriage’ is another step towards the total destruction of the institution of the family, the most valuable heritage of all peoples and all humanity”: Fides interviewed Cardinal Alfonso López Trujillo, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family Vatican City (Fides Service) - In view of the serious situation in Spain where the family is under systematic attack with a serious of measures imposed by the government to change the Spanish Code of Civil Code to allow ...
• 2 May 2005
  AFRICA/DJIBOUTI - 30,000 people in Djibouti face food shortage because of drought. At least 5,000 families have no assistance, no food and nothing to sell to buy food Djibouti (Fides Service) - About 30,000 people in Djibouti face a serious food shortage according to the United Nations World Food Programme WFP due to acute lack of rainfall in the past three years. WFP says its needs 2 ...
• 2 May 2005
  AFRICA/CÔTE D' IVOIRE - Guere and Dioula tribes fight in west Côte d'Ivoire, at least 14 dead Abidjan (Fides Service) - Situation still uncertain in the west Côte d'Ivoire region of Duekoue, where at least 14 people have been killed and many more injured in tribal fighting over the past few days. “It is diffic ...
• 2 May 2005
  AFRICA/TOGO - In ever greater numbers Togolese flee the country: at least 10,000 now in Benin and 4,000 in Ghana Lome (Fides Service)- “The situation at the moment appears calm but the city is patrolled by the army which still has road blocks on all main roads. Few people venture onto the streets or go to work” said local Churc ...
• 2 May 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Stop religious persecution of minorities: appeal from Commission for Peace and Human Development in Pakistan Lahore (Fides Service) - Put an end to persecution of religious minorities especially Christians: protect freedom of religion and worship; protect members of all religious communities: these requests were contained in an ...
• 30 April 2005
  AFRICA/TOGO - Will Togo be another Rwanda? International community must shoulder its responsibilities” say local Church sources Lome (Fides Service)- “We are on the edge of a volcano like Rwanda in 1994. Why does the international community not intervene before it is too late” local Church sources in Togo told Fides. “Each one must shoulder ...
• 30 April 2005
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - New rector appointed for “Our Lady of Lanka” Seminary in the diocese of Kandy Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples appointed 14 February 2005 Rector of Our Lady of Lanka National Seminary the diocese of Kandy (Sri La ...
• 30 April 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - New Rector appointed for Gujarat Vidya Deep Regional inter-diocesan Seminary in the diocese of Baroda Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples appointed, 4 March 2005, Rector of Gujarat Vidya Deep Regional Seminary in the diocese of Baroda (Ind ...