News

• 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 ...
• 2 February 2005
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Help find peaceful solution for problems at the root of the deterioration of Colombian” goal of international symposium attended by 3 Nobel Peace prize winners, 20 international experts and some 800 participants Cali (Fides Service) - An International Symposium for Restorative Justice and Peace in Colombia organised by the Fundacion Paz y Bien, Fundacion Alvaralice, the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and the Corporacion Exelen ...
• 2 February 2005
  ASIA - Holy See solidarity with tsunami victims: Archbishop Cordes carries Pope’s message of comfort to stricken peoples Vatican City (Fides Service) - Archbishop Paul Josef Cordes, president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, the Pope’s charity office, is in south east Asia to carry a message of comfort and solidarity from the Pope to ...
• 2 February 2005
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Thousands of refugees along no man’s land between rebels and army troops helped only by missionaries Bahiakro (Fides Service)- “It is easy to talk about stalemate in Côte d'Ivoire while sitting at an international meeting. It is not so easy when you are faced with thousands of women and children fleeing violence” a ...