News

• 22 March 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - “Everyone can rediscover the beauty of what it means to life the life of Christ”: interview with Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, Archbishop of Lima, on the eve of the final stage of the Great City Mission “Remar Mar Adentro” Lima (Fides Service) - The Great City Mission in the archdiocese of Lima, which started 25March 2003 and will close 27 April 2006, will enter a period of celebration in April this year. The mission with the slogan “Pu ...
• 21 March 2005
  VATICAN - The Pope’s reflection at the Angelus: “Dearest young people, continue tirelessly along the path you have undertaken to be everywhere witnesses to Christ. Do not be afraid! May the Lord crucified and risen be your strength and may Most Holy Mary be ever at your side” Vatican City (Fides Service) - The annual Palm Sunday Mass in St Peter’s Square was presided on behalf of Pope John Paul II, still recovering from his operation, by Cardinal Camillo Ruini, the Pope’s Vicar general fo ...
• 21 March 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Kerala diocese adopts Tamil Nadu village affected by last year’s tsunami Thrissur (Fides Service) - The archdiocese of Thrissur and the Carmelite fathers in Kerala have decided to adopt a tsunami affected village in Tamil Nadu, helping to rebuild homes and infrastructures as well as provide f ...
• 21 March 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Jesuit declared best Christian headmaster in India 2004-2005 Pune (Fides Service) - Jesuit Father Noel Sheth, Rector of the Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth Pontifical Institute for Philosophy and Religion in Pune in the central western Indian state of Maharashtra, was recently declared the ...
• 21 March 2005
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Small group of Montagnard refugees in Cambodia repatriated to Vietnam with the help of UN High Commission for Refugees Hanoi (Fides Service) - A group of thirteen Vietnamese Montagnards, including a mother and her five year old son, recently returned Vietnam thanks to an agreement signed in January by the UN High Commission for Refugees ...
• 21 March 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Hsinchu diocese recalls zeal and spirit of service of Sr. Antsila Yao of the Missionary Servants of the Holy Spirit Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The first headmistress of Shu Guang Girl’s Senior High school, Mother Antsila Yao, a member of the congregation of the Missionary Servants of the Holy Spirit died at the age of 88, after dedi ...
• 21 March 2005
  ASIA/ARABIAN PENINSULA - The Pope accepts resignation of Vicar Apostolic of Arabia and appoints a successor Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope John Paul II, on 21 March 2005, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Vicariate Apostolic of Arabia (Arabian Peninsula presented by Bishop Giovann ...
• 21 March 2005
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Archbishop of Wellington resigns, Coadjutor Archbishop takes over Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope John Paul II, on 21 March 2005, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Archdiocese of Wellington (New Zealand), presented by Cardinal Thomas Staffo ...
• 21 March 2005
  VATICAN - Cardinal Sepe confers Episcopal ordination on Archbishop Henryk Hoser: “Render the missionary Church an ever more splendid reflection of the face of Christ!” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “This is your programme, dear Brother Henryk: like the Apostles, for you too the proclamation of the Gospel to all peoples is a fundamental part of your life and Episcopal ministry”. T ...
• 21 March 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - 500 diocesan and 50,000 parish volunteers: local Church committed to prepare people to take part in elections which will end the interim period Kinshasa (Fides Service)- The Democratic Republic Congo is preparing for important elections and the local Catholic Church is training diocesan and parish volunteers to help the people understand the electoral process an ...
• 21 March 2005
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - St Joseph’s Catholic church on the tourist attraction Island of Djerba to reopen Tunis (Fides Service)- “As we approach the festivity of Easter we are happy to announce that St Joseph’s Catholic Church on the Island of Djerba will be reopened”. This announcement signed by Archbishop Fouad Twal ...
• 21 March 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Xian Xian diocese regains possession of Jesuit missionaries’ tombstones Xian Xian (Fides Service) - According to the web site of the Catholic diocese of Xian Xian (also known as CangZhou) http://catholicxian.org.cn, after lengthy negotiations the local Catholic community has at last regained ...
• 21 March 2005
  AFRICA/CÔTE D' IVOIRE - 4 April decision on presence of international peacekeepers in Côte d'Ivoire. Demonstrations for and against withdrawal of French and UN troops. Increasing threat of possible ethnic war Abidjan (Fides Service) - “This is just another example of how the country is divided” a local Church source told Fides with regard to demonstrations pending a decision with regard to the presence of international pe ...
• 18 March 2005
  VATICAN - Interview with the President of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Archbishop Henryk Hoser, who will be ordained tomorrow Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the feast of St Joseph, Saturday 19 March, Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, will ordain Archbishop Henryk Hoser, the new Secretar ...
• 18 March 2005
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - The Pope appoints new Bishop of Trujillo Vatican City (Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II on 18 March 2005, appointed Bishop of Trujillo (Honduras) Reverend Father Luis Solé Fa, C.M., parish priest at Mosquitía diocese of Trujillo. Rev. Luis Solé ...