News

• 16 March 2005
  VATICAN - “We all have the sublime vocation and grave responsibility to see that the proclamation of the Good News resounds everywhere with joy”: Cardinal Sepe celebrates Mass in Propaganda Fide chapel for Portuguese Missionários dà Boa Nova marking the 75th anniversary of their foundation Vatican City (Fides Service) - This morning 16 March Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples (CEP), presided a special Mass in the chapel of Propaganda Fide, to celebrate t ...
• 16 March 2005
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Tension in Burundi: UN High Commission for Refugees sounds the alarm Bujumbura (Fides Service)- Tension is rising in Burundi after the explosion of mortar bombs in the capital Bujumbura thrown by rebels of the National Liberation Forces (FNL). A warning with regard to the situation in Bu ...
• 16 March 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishops in Rajastan oppose anti-conversion law and call for a signature campaign Jaipur (Fides Service) - Christian Bishops in Rajaastan state north west India, have opposed the local authorities’ proposal to introduce a law to ban religious conversion in that state. The state is governed by the Hi ...
• 16 March 2005
  OCEANIA/ISOLE SALOMONE - “Young people, build a new community in Solomon Islands”: Radio Don Bosco broadcasts seminar to promote moral and cultural renewal in the Pacific Honiara (Fides Service) - Radio Don Bosco, a new community radio non commercial started its activity only recently but it is already in full swing working to spread a message of hope and peace across the waters of the so ...
• 16 March 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - The problem leprosy cannot be tackled in an isolated manner it must be part of an integrated health programme for basic health services. AIFO in China Rome (Fides Service) - According to updates published by AIFO (Associazione Italiana Amici Raoul Foillerau), Association of the Friends of Raoul Foillerau, in recent years control of leprosy in endemic countries has obta ...
• 16 March 2005
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Peace between government and Muslim separatists more difficult after militants of Abu Sayyaf terrorist group were killed when police intervened to suppress Manila prison revolt Manila (Fides Service) - What happened in a Manila prison yesterday could complicate relations between Muslim groups in the Philippines and the government. On March 14 militants of the Islamic fundamentalist group Abu Sa ...
• 15 March 2005
  AMERICA/CANADA - Canadian ecumenical delegation representing various Christian churches and communities visits Mexico to assess effects of ‘free trade’ on the people of Mexico, the poorest in particular Ottawa (Fides Service) - From 11 to 19 March a ecumenical delegation from Canada of representatives of various Christians is in Mexico to assess the effects on the people of Mexico of free trade, propose alternatives and ...
• 15 March 2005
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - At this stage of political change and preparation for elections the role of the local Catholic Church is fundamental: Pontifical Mission Societies Germany, missio Aachen, looks at commitment of local Church in Liberia Aachen (Fides Service) - The Catholic Church in Liberia has played and continues to play a fundamental role to promote respect for human rights and national stability. This emerged from a recent report “The situation o ...
• 15 March 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Bread broken for others”: 24 March 13th Day of Prayer and Fasting to commemorate Missionaries killed for the Gospel Cause Rome (Fides Service) - March 24 is the annual Day of Prayer and Fasting in memory of missionaries killed for the cause of the Gospel. The initiative was started in Italy by the Youth Movement of the Pontifical Mission So ...
• 15 March 2005
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “With their sincerity, enthusiasm and joy as they reach out to others, their desire to celebrate and pray together and work for a world of more justice, children and young people are the most convincing messengers of God’s love”: main focus of latest issue of Schule und Mission magazine published by Holy Childhood Germany Aachen (Fides Service) - In a Pastoral Letter “His salvation for all Peoples”, the Catholic Bishops of Germany underline the never changing importance of the missionary mandate of the universal Church (see Fides 27 S ...
• 15 March 2005
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - “We are very grateful to the Holy Father for offering his suffering and his prayers for the Church in Tanzania. His words are encouragement for our mission”. Cardinal Polycarp Pengo, Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam speaks with Fides. Vatican City (Fides Service) - “We are very grateful to the Holy Father for offering his suffering and prayers for the Church in Tanzania. The Holy Mass he celebrated at the Gemelli Hospital, at which two of us partici ...
• 15 March 2005
  ASIA/LAOS - Apostolic Delegate blesses first new church built in north Laos since the Communist revolution Luang Prabang (Fides Service) - On Saturday 11 March Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio, Delegate Apostolic for Laos, Malaysia, Brunei and Myanmar, as well as Papal Nuncio in Thailand, Cambodia and Singapore, blessed the f ...
• 15 March 2005
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Jesuit Refugee Service helps with reconstruction in Aceh Aceh (Fides Service) - After months of first emergency humanitarian aid immediately after the tsunami disaster in December last year, the local Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) working Aceh manned by volunteers, is now helpi ...
• 14 March 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishop of Punalur resigns the Holy Father appoints successor Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, on 12 March 2005 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Punalur (India) presented by Bishop Mathias Kappil in conformity ...
• 14 March 2005
  VATICAN - The Pope appoints delegate Presidents, Relator and Secretary for the 11th Assembly of the Synod of Bishops to be held in October in Rome at the end of the Year of the Eucharist Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has appointed the Presidents, Relator and Secretary for the 11th Assembly of the Synod of Bishops to be held in the Vatican October 2 to 29 2005, on the t ...