News

• 4 February 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Solemn celebration of the Eucharist with Cardinals Ennio Antonelli and Silvano Piovanelli, in the presence of members of the Church in Korea, in a church in Empoli: a side chapel dedicated to Korea’s first Catholic priest Saint Andrew Kim Taegon, martyred in 1846 at the age of 25 Florence(Fides Service) - A piece of the history of the Church in Korea and Korean spirituality has found a place in the parish church of S. Jacopo in Avane, Empoli diocese of Florence where a side chapel was recently de ...
• 4 February 2005
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - 300,000 students, 230 primary schools, 59 middle schools and a university with 1,700 students preparing to accommodate 10,000: Catholic education in Angola - concrete commitment of Catholics in favour of Africa Luanda (Fides Service)- The Catholic Church in Angola is committed to guaranteeing children the right to education. Thanks to this commitment there are 80 Catholic schools in the capital Luanda alone. In the country ther ...
• 4 February 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - S.Egidio community spokesman tells Fides about celebrations for Community’s 37th anniversary. Rome (Fides Service) - “An anniversary celebrated with the Church in Rome and with the universal Church to reaffirm our ‘yes’ to the Church and to re-launch the work of evangelisation in every corner of the world ...
• 3 February 2005
  VATICAN - Cardinal Sepe blesses new tabernacle in refurbished Foyer Paul VI chapel. On the Day for Consecrated Life nuns renew their vows : “The call to religious life is like light kindled in our heart. A light we must carry to all peoples” Vatican (Fides Service) - “The feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple is a presentation of the Messiah to the nations. God makes himself known to all peoples. He is the light which illuminates the darkness. T ...
• 3 February 2005
  EUROPA/SPAIN - "The entire diocesan church says yes to evangelisation": missionary dimension of 3rd Diocesan Synod in Madrid Madrid (Fides Service) - "The 3rd diocesan Synod in Madrid aims to be a confirmation of commitment to evangelisation, apostolic work impregnated with the faith of our fathers who for generations renewed with unswerving f ...
• 3 February 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - In the footsteps of Don Bosco in the Far East: Don Bosco old pupils of Asia and Australia committed to mission in society and the world of work Calcutta (Fides Service) - Some 460 delegates, former pupils of Don Bosco schools in Asia and Oceania, are meeting today 3 February in Calcutta. This is a gathering of adults and young people including many professionals ...
• 3 February 2005
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - “Most of Tulear is still under water. Mission structures seriously damaged”: Testimonial from, Tulear, south west Madagascar after cyclone Ernest Tulear (Fides Service)- “A sea of mud and water invaded most homes in districts closest to the sea” said Father. Leonardo, ad interim director of Radio Don Bosco news programme in Madagascar, speaking from Tulear, in ...
• 3 February 2005
  ASIA/NEPAL - Isolation and state of emergency but no social disorder in Nepal: concerns and hopes of Christian community Kathmandu (Fides) - Army troops patrol the streets, communications are suspended, the media, newspapers, radio and television are silent and telephone lines have been cut since a state of emergency was announced. Kathman ...
• 3 February 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Salesian Youth Centre prepares pilgrimage for World Youth Day 2005 Hong Kong (Fides Service) - “Together to discover our identity” was the theme of a formation course organised by the Salesian Fathers in Hong Kong. According to Hong Kong diocesan bulletin Kong Ko Bao the purpose wa ...
• 3 February 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Bishops of Latin Rite will discuss themes concerning the Family at next assembly New Delhi (Fides Service) - “Family: good news for India” is the theme of the next plenary assembly of the Bishops of Latin Rite to be held in early March at Ranchi, Jharkhand state. Some 121 Bishops of Latin Rite w ...
• 3 February 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - Masai and Kikuyu agree to share water resources. “Local Church played an important part in helping to solve the dispute” Consolata missionary told Fides Nairobi (Fides Service) - Masai and Kikuyu tribes in a place a hundred kilometres south west of the capital Nairobi have settled a dispute of water resources (see Fides 1 February 2005). The chiefs agreed to find a way t ...
• 3 February 2005
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “Every week in the world poverty kills like a tsunami” say Catholic Bishops of Southern Africa Pretoria (Fides Service)- Poverty kills the equivalent of a tsunami every week throughout the world. This was affirmed by the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference SACBC in a statement issued during their plen ...
• 2 February 2005
  VATICAN - Cardinal Sepe presides Mass in St Peter’s Basilica with Friars Minor from the Far East: “With the same faith as St Peter go and proclaim the Lord to your brothers and sisters in Asia. Be light with your life witness, be bearers of Christ’s love and charity for all humanity” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “The Feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple is God’s presentation to the nations. Christ is the light of all nations, all peoples and so before ascending to heaven he sent his ...
• 2 February 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Mons. Jude Paulraj, Bishop in Tamil Nadu, speaks with Fides: “The government must keep its promise to eliminate the anti-conversion law Vatican City (Fides Service) - An announced measure was supposed to revoke the anti-conversion law in Tamil Nadu but the government has not kept its promises. Christians call for this law of discrimination against minori ...
• 2 February 2005
  ASIA/TURKEY - From Franciscans in Turkey testimonial of hospitality and service: Superior of Franciscan Fraternity in Istanbul reports to Fides Istanbul (Fides Service) - “To meet the challenges of the present day to bear witness faith to our Christian faith and hope, the international Fraternity of Friars Minor in stanbul strives to build relations of ecumen ...