News

• 15 February 2005
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - "Be a Light for all to see" says former parish priest now Bishop of Auki at blessing of new parish at Noro attended by Christians of various denominations Honiara (Fides Service) - After years of challenge and hard work the Catholic Community at Noro, Gizo diocese Western Province, Solomon Islands, proudly witnessed the fruit of their efforts as they dedicated their new ch ...
• 15 February 2005
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - “Political tension must stop, or we risk a civil war” warn Catholic Bishops of Zambia Lusaka (Fides Service)- In a statement dated 15 February on ‘Concerns of Governance’ the Catholic Bishops of Zambia voiced concern for the future of the country. “As Church leaders, we are concerned by the endemic ...
• 15 February 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Local Church’s intervention to help process of disarmament, demobilisation and reinsertion of militia: Meeting in Kinshasa Kinshasa (Fides Service) - A meeting to discuss how the local Church in Democratic Congo can help in the programme for disarmament, demobilisation and social reinsertion of troops involved in civil war started yesterday, ...
• 15 February 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - “Saint Thomas Mount” shrine in Malayatoor, Kerala, celebrates 'international pilgrimage centre' status Cochin (Fides Service) - Saint Thomas Mount in the Malayattor mountains, Kerala where Saint Thomas the Apostle is said to have prayed and meditated, celebrated its new status of International Shrine on 13 February with a ...
• 15 February 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL “The murder of Sister Dorothy highlights the need to disarm hands and spirits without succumbing to intimidation, making a patient effort to promote a culture of peace” say Catholic Bishops of Brazil Brasilia (Fides Service) - Following the brutal assassination of American born Sister Dorothy Stang of the Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame on 12 February in Anapu in the south west region of the state of Para, ...
• 15 February 2005
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Islamic separatists organise bomb blasts in various parts of the country: “Dialogue must be resumed: violence can only bring death”, a missionary tells Fides Manila (Fides Service) - “We condemn all forms of violence and terrorism. It is urgent to resume dialogue. Violence can only bring death. The separatist rebels must lay down their weapons and the army must not seek rev ...
• 14 February 2005
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Pope appoints new Vicar Apostolic of Darien Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has, 12 February 2005, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Darien (Panama) Reverend Father Pedro Hernandez Cantarero, C.M.F., Director of the Claretian Centre o ...
• 14 February 2005
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Bishop of Cabinda resigns, successor appointed Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has, 11 February 2005, accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Cabinda (Angola), presented by Bishop Paulino Fernandes Madec ...
• 14 February 2005
  VATICAN - The Pope’s Angelus reflection: “We cannot enter eternal life unless we carry our cross united with Christ. We cannot obtain happiness and peace without facing with courage the interior battle” Vatican City (Fides Service) - Yesterday, 1st Sunday of Lent, Pope John Paul II was back once again at the window of his study in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican to recite the Angelus prayer with people gathered in S ...
• 14 February 2005
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Mission of communities of consecrated life central topic of German Bishops plenary Assembly Stapelfeld/Cloppenburg (Fides Service) - From 14 to 17 February the Catholic Bishops of Germany will gather in Stapelfeld/Cloppenburg for their annual Spring plenary assembly. Within the framework of the assembly the Bis ...
• 14 February 2005
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Camillian missionaries at Ouagadougou Hospital in front line for over 40 years in prima Ouagadougou (Fides Service) - The World Day of the Sick, promoted by the Catholic Church, marked on 11 February all over the world, was celebrated in all six of the Camillian health centres in Burkina Faso in the spirit ...
• 14 February 2005
  EUROPA/ITALY - Meeting for Italian missionaries in Peru: Church in Italy and Church in Peru dialogue on mission Lima (Fides ) - A meeting for Italian missionaries in Peru will start this afternoon at the Neocatechumen Santa Rosa Centre in Lima. “About 120 men and women missionaries have signed up for the meeting - Mgr. Giuseppe ...
• 14 February 2005
  ASIA/JAPAN - Saitama diocese holds 3rd ‘Latino to Obispo’ Meeting Saitama (Fides Service) - Recently Saitama diocese held its third Latino to Obispo diocesan cultural exchange meeting between the bishop and the people of Latin American origin at the Sano church in Tochi prefecture. Abo ...
• 14 February 2005
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A bridge of reconciliation in Mindanao’s Christian/Muslim society: priority mission of Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate in the Philippines and new provincial superior Cotabato (Fides Service) - At this time of increasing tension in southern Philippines with fighting between the regular army and the separatist rebels of the Moro National Liberation Front the Oblate Missionaries of Mary ...
• 14 February 2005
  AMERICA - El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua: dysentery epidemic affects mainly children under five Rome (Fides Service) - The government of El Salvador has declared as state of emergency in three national departments after 15 children died in outbreaks of dysentery. The number of cases continues to increase. Some 51, ...