News

• 14 April 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Mission in Oceania will draw new impulse from the figure of John Paul II: testimonial from Archbishop Francis Carrol of Canberra, president Australian Bishops’ Conference Sydney (Fides Service) - The Church in Oceania will draw great inspiration and new impulse from the figure and work of John Paul II said Archbishop Francis Carrol of Canberra, Australian Bishops Conference president, in ...
• 14 April 2005
  ASIA/LAOS - New hope for Laotian Catholics in the north; new church opened and Catholics await pastoral presence and care of Rev. Banchong Thopahong apostolic administrator Luang Prabang (Fides Service) - There is fresh life and fervour among Catholics in the Vicariate of Luang Prabang where on 11 March a new church the first since 1975 and the communist revolution was blessed and inaugurat ...
• 14 April 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Focolari Movement dedicates Saturday 16 April Familyfest to the memory of Pope John Paul II Rome (Fides Service) - Familyfest 2005, promoted by the New Families branch of the Focolari Movement was presented today in Rome. The event, Saturday 16 April 3pm to 4.30 will be broadcast live by Italian television . ...
• 14 April 2005
  AFRICA/ETIOPIA - 40 people have died of meningitis in the last five months: alarm for 433 people infected Rome (Fides Service) - At 40 people in Ethiopia, in the last five months have died as a result of an outbreak of highly infective meningitis which has infected 433 people. Tigrè in the north, Afar in the east and Bensh ...
• 13 April 2005
  AFRICA/ETIOPIA - Millions of Ethiopians face starvation. Guaranteed only 20% of what is necessary for healthcare, water, sanitation and farming Rome (Fides Service) - The United Nations World Food Programme launched an appeal for 33 million dollars to allow it to continue to feed 1.5 million people over the next two and a half months. The WFP warns that the futu ...
• 13 April 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Even at the heart of Congo Catholics pray to assist the election of a new Pontiff Bukavu (Fides Service)- “Yesterday 12 April the last requiem masses for Pope John Paul II were said every parish and our radio broadcast the last special evening prayers for the repose of the soul of the Pope” Italia ...
• 13 April 2005
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - “It is our holy duty to pray to God that during the election the Holy Spirit will show the college of Cardinals who is to guide the boat of Peter, the Church, in the future on the tumultuous waves of this beginning of the 21st century”, Archbishop Kondrusiewicz said to Catholics in Russia in view of the imminent opening of the Conclave Moscow (Fides Service) - “We mourn a Pontiff open to humanity and to the world, a man who defended the dignity of the human person, and human rights and freedom”, Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of the Archdiocese o ...
• 13 April 2005
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - “Life in Bangladesh is poverty and slavery”: missionary describes the situation Dacca (Fides Service) - Grief and dismay reign in Bangladesh for the collapse of the textile factory near Dacca, on 11 April. Rescue workers continue to search for survivors, as the death toll rises and at least 200 peop ...
• 13 April 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Hong Kong young Catholics are deeply grateful to unforgettable Pope John Paul II for his words especially Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Young people of Hong Kong are deeply grateful to John Paul II and his tender affection. Living in a highly developed technical society Hong Kong’s youth might seem apparently to be indiffer ...
• 13 April 2005
  ASIA/IRAQ - Catholics in Iraq proud to be associated with John Paul II attend solemn public liturgies of commemoration and are filled with new hope for the future Baghdad (Fides Service) - In Iraq commemoration of Pope John Paul II and his great achievements has given Iraqi Catholics firmer faith and hope as they look to the future of their country and the world. The death of the ...
• 13 April 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Poverty, hardship, early marriage, average life expectancy no more than 65: Testimony of Salesian Sisters Calcutta (Fides Service) - The Daughters of Mary Auxiliatrix run three dispensaries in villages far away from the capital where they care for women and children living in poverty and hardship. In rural areas girls marry ...
• 13 April 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “The Pope’s legacy: impulse for mission in the third millennium” says national director of Pontifical Mission Societies in Australia Sydney (Fides Service) - “The legacy of the late Pope John Paul II, a man who travelled to 126 countries during his papacy, will continue to inspire missionary work around the world” said Fr. Terry Bell, national di ...
• 13 April 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - Catholic Church joins initiatives to mark ‘week of action on trade justice’ to promote consideration of Africans’ rights to development Nairobi (Fides Service)- Better trade conditions between rich and poor countries is the topic of the Association of Bishops’ Conferences of East Africa AMECEA being held 10-14 April in Nairobi, capital of Kenya. The m ...
• 13 April 2005
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Christians of all confessions pray the new Pope will continue along the path of interreligious dialogue Cairo (Fides Service) - “Christians of all confessions in Egypt pray and wait for the new Pope”, Chaldean Catholic Bishop in Cairo Mgr Youssef Sarraf told Fides. The civil society it also attentive to the situation ...
• 12 April 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “His words touched hearts, his journeys brought the breath of hope wherever he went, his writings expressed his profound and faithful love for Christ and his Church": John Paul II, a tribute by National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Spain Madrid (Fides Service) - “John Paul II was an extraordinary gift to the Church and to humanity " Archbishop Francisco Perez Gonzalez, national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Spain said in a tribute to ...