News

• 14 January 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Sunday 16 January national day of prayer for tsunami victims Sydney (Fides) - Australia will stop for one minute silence on Sunday 16 January to remember the tsunami disaster. Prayer vigils will be held all over the country in memory of the victims in the affected countries in sou ...
• 14 January 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Notes of the Heart - Healthcare for Solidarity” and fighting AIDS and drug abuse in Africa and south east Asia Rome (Fides Service) - Yesterday 13 January the 3rd ‘Notes of the Heart - Healthcare for Solidarity’ Concert was held in aid of the struggle against AIDS and drug abuse Africa and South East Asia organised by Hyppocr ...
• 14 January 2005
  Asian Emergency must not be allowed to eclipse millennium goals: Caritas and FOCSIV re-launch priority goal to eliminate poverty affecting one billion people Rome (Fides Service) - On Monday 17 January 2005, at Rome and the Foreign Press Centre in via dell’Umiltà 83/C at 11.00 there will be the presentation of a campaign to re-launch priority goal to eliminate poverty. Th ...
• 14 January 2005
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - European and US Bishops for Co-ordination in the Holy Land present statement to Presidents of Israel and Palestinian Authority Jerusalem ( Fides Service)- “We will work for a just peace in this Land and seek to engage our local Churches and countries in this task. The entire world has a stake in justice and peace here. Peace here is vital fo ...
• 14 January 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - In the hell of Nairobi’s Korogocho slum Catholic sports centre cheers children of every faith Nairobi Fides)- A Catholic sports centre in a typical symbol of Africa, a Nairobi slum. St John's Sports Society (SSS) was opened two years ago by Italian missionary Father Daniele Moschetti parish priest at St John’s ...
• 14 January 2005
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Humanitarian aid in Aceh still not enough, says Jesuit Refugee Service - local people must be involved in decision-making for rebuilding Jakarta (Fides Service) - Volunteers of the Jesuit Refugee Service JRS are working hard in Aceh to assist the homeless after the December 26 seaquake. Since 2001 JRS has been in Aceh to care for refugees, victims of sece ...
• 14 January 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Fu Ren Catholic University study seminar on Pope John Paul II’s Letter for the Year of the Eucharist ‘Stay with us Lord!’ Taipei (Fides Service) - To help local Catholics benefit from the special year of the Eucharist as Pope John Paul II intended when he announced this unprecedented decision, in collaboration with the Chinese Regional Bish ...
• 14 January 2005
  ASIA - “The tsunami revealed efforts to globalise solidarity but smaller tsunami which strike every day all over the world must not be forgotten ”: Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, Holy See Permanent Observer to the United Nations in Geneva Geneva (Fides Service) - The world’s response to meet the tsunami disaster has been exceptional and revealed that it is possible to “globalise solidarity”, but once the emergency is over will promises for funds for ...
• 14 January 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “Uncertainty about peace process in Congo one cause of Congo's falling currency” says Central Bank governor Kinshasa (Fides Service)- Uncertainty with regard to peace is one of the main causes for the fall in value of the country’s Franc Congo, according to Jean-Claude Masangu, governor of the Congo Central Bank. Other cause ...
• 14 January 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Murdered at 21 for refusing to be a prostitute. Papa Giovanni XXIII Association which tried to save her plans prayer vigil this coming Thursday Rome (Fides Service) - A prayer vigil in memory of Lauretta Kikia murdered for refusing to prostitute herself has been organised by the Papa Giovanni XXIII association for Thursday 20 January 2005 at 9pm at Marinella Sar ...
• 13 January 2005
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “Prayer can change us and the world”: 3rd annual ecumenical prayer campaign promoted by Pontifical Mission Societies in Germany Aachen (Fides Service) - A religious service at the head offices of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Germany - missio Aachen - marked the start on 11 January of the annual Ecumenical Prayer Campaign 2005. This is the ...
• 13 January 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Where was God on the day the tsunami struck? Was the disaster a punishment from God? Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney, makes his point in the philosophical debate which followed the tragedy in South East Asia Sydney (Fides Service) - Why did the tsunami happen? Why does God allow such devastation? Why is there so much suffering in the world? These are some of the questions to which Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney o ...
• 13 January 2005
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Reflection and study on contents and methods of the Catholic Church’s evangelisation process: South Horn Missiology Courses organised by Juan Pablo II Centre in Buenos Aires Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - From 31 January to 19 February the annual South Horn Missiology Course will be held at the Juan Pablo II Missiology Centre in Buenos Aires. The courses, started in 1982, are organised by P ...
• 13 January 2005
  Sportsmen, pressmen, religious, political and cultural personalities will discuss ‘Sport, School of Life’ on 20 January at the Pontifical Lateran University Rome (Fides Service) - To mark the closing of the European Year of Education a debate will be held on ‘Sport for Youth as a place of Values: Investing in Humanity’ on 20 January at the Paolo VI Hall, Pontifical Later ...
• 13 January 2005
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - “The presence and commitment of Christians is urgent and vital in Venezuela today. Every Christian must strive to be ‘good news’ for others Caracas (Fides Service) - Pastoral plans for 2005, Year of the Eucharist and Year of Vocations, and the situation in Venezuela today in the light of the Gospel and Church teaching were discussed by the Catholic Bishops� ...