News

• 24 February 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Harmonising ancient Chinese culture with the teaching of the Church: Caritas puts into practice the Pope’s request for Lent 2005 to show more concern for the elderly Hong Kong (Fides Service) - According to the Kong Ko Bao bulletin of Hong Kong diocese Caritas Hong Kong says Pope John Paul II’s Lenten call for more concern for the aged is an encouragement for its activity. In his m ...
• 24 February 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - On mission in Africa with the charisma of don Luigi Giussani. Testimonial from Fr Alfonso Poppi, missionary of St Charles Boromeo Fraternity Rome (Fides Service) - “My friendship with Jemina, a young mother suffering from AIDS, grew even deeper after the terrible disease robbed of her husband and her little boy. When she too was close to death I baptised he ...
• 24 February 2005
  ASIA/SIBERIA - On mission in Siberia with the charisma of don Luigi Giussani. Testimonial from Fr Francesco Bertolina, missionary of St Charles Boromeo Fraternity Rome (Fides Service) - Italian Father Francesco Bertolina is a missionary of the priestly Fraternity of the Missionaries of St Charles Boromeo. For ten years he has been on mission in Novosibirsk, Siberia. His vocation m ...
• 24 February 2005
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic Bishops of the Philippines call for national reconciliation and peace Manila (Fides Service) - While in Jolo, southern Philippines, the regular army is in conflict with separatists Moro National Liberation Front and the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group, Archbishop Gaudencio Rosales of Manila has ...
• 24 February 2005
  ASIA /INDIA - All is ready for assembly of Latin Rite Catholic Bishops in Ranchi tribal area: the poor and the excluded are priorities for the Church Ranchi (Fides) - All is ready for the assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Latin Rite 4 to 8 March in Ranchi, Jharkhand, north east India. Some 120 Bishops of Latin will take part. In India there are also Catholic Bisho ...
• 24 February 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “New parchments” monks of the third millennium write on magnetic tape: Monastic Fraternity of Peace committed to proclaiming Christ from television aerials Alicante (Fides Service) - Since 1999 the monks of the Monastic Fraternity of Peace, while continuing to live their rule of life hidden for Christ in God in the monastery dedicated to their Trinity at Tangel, Alicante, ...
• 23 February 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic nun in Rajasthan attacked and beaten for being a Christian Ajmer (Fides Service) -A Catholic nun was attacked by a group of eight men near a railway station in Kota, diocese of Ajmer-Jaipur, in the north west Indian state of Rajasthan because she was a Christian. A spokesman of ...
• 23 February 2005
  EUROPE/GERMANY - World Youth Day Cross stops at Aachen: “The Cross is a sign of salvation and hope for the world” says National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies Germany Aachen (Fides Service) - As part of the initiative “kreuzbewegt - a cross moves the world”, the World Youth Day Cross which has already crossed 26 European countries, is now visiting the diocese of Germany in prepara ...
• 23 February 2005
  ASIA/IRAN - Caritas Italy ready to intervene to help earthquake victims in Kerman south east Iran Teheran (Fides Service) - Caritas Italy has expressed sympathy and solidarity to Iran after the earthquake on 22 February in Kerman, south east of Iran, about 700 km from the capital Teheran, in which whole villages wer ...
• 23 February 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - Helping children live Holy Week and Easter with more awareness and to realise that mission is a result of an encounter with Jesus in the Eucharist: Lenten retreat for children in Arequipa Arequipa (Fides Service) - The Archdiocese of Arequipa, led by Archbishop Jose Paulino Rios Reynoso is organising a series of Lenten Liturgies for different groups, adults, young people, elderly and children to help the ...
• 23 February 2005
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Announcing Christ through art and music and computer science: Catholic school in Tenaru adds new subjects to its programme Tenaru (Fides Service) - Music and art and the Internet can touch the human heart and so they can serve for evangelisation. With this conviction St Joseph’s Catholic School in Tenaru, Solomon Islands, added to its curr ...
• 23 February 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Church in Nyeri central Kenya welcomes back the earthly remains of its founder and first Bishop an Italian Consolata missionary Nyeri (Fides Service) - On February 21 February the Church in Nyeri, central Kenya, welcomed back the earthly remains of its founder, Italian Consolata missionary Fr Filippo Perlo. Father Perlo was 29 years old when he ...
• 23 February 2005
  AFRICA - Missionaries of Africa founded for evangelisation and dialogue with Islam, also serve in dialogue with other religions, ecumenical dialogue and in the field of healthcare Rome (Fides Service) - Healthcare was not always a priority for the Missionaries of Africa, also known as the White Fathers. Their specific charisma from the beginning (1868) was first evangelisation and dialogue with Is ...
• 23 February 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Two months after the tsunami disaster Papal Nuncio visits affected areas New Delhi (Fides Service) - Recently Archbishop Pedro Lopez Quintana Papal Nuncio to India visited Catholic communities in areas affected by the December 26 tsunami to comfort bereaved families, encourage the work of reb ...
• 23 February 2005
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - United Nations High Commission for Refugees protects Burmese refugees in Malaysia Kuala Lumpur (Fides Service) - To cope with the continuous flow of immigrants coming from Myanmar the government of Malaysia plans to clamp down on illegal immigrants. The operation will start when the present amnesty en ...