News

• 9 December 2004
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies confirmed Nazionale Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 30 October 2004, confirmed as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Guatemala f ...
• 9 December 2004
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - A conflict which costs more than 31,000 lives every month:: Democratic Republic of Congo is living its darkest and bloodiest war Bukavu (Fides Service)-“Tension rises by the hour, even though there is no fighting at the moment in the city and Congolese troops present in strength seem determined to protect Bukavu from any sort of aggression ” ...
• 9 December 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Attack on a Catholic church in southern India: extremists smash statues and threaten Christians Chennai (Fides Service) - On December 3 extremists broke into St Francis of Assisi church in Mathal, in Kottar diocese, in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. Only today the Indian Bishops Conference informed Fides of the ...
• 9 December 2004
  ASIA/TURKEY - Catechesis charity, ecumenical and inter-religious dialogue: looking back on fervent pastoral year of Catholics in Antioch Antioch (Fides Service) - “The pastoral year 2004 of the Catholic Church in Antioch was marked by four pillars: catechesis, charity, hospitality, dialogue ecumenical and inter-religious dialogue ”, said Franciscan Fr ...
• 9 December 2004
  ASIA/CHINA - “The Immaculate Conception increases our devotion to our heavenly Mother”, Chinese priest told Fides Beijing (Fides Service) - “The Immaculate Conception increases our devotion to our heavenly Mother” a Chinese priest very devoted to Mary told Fides. Wherever he is sent for pastoral work he always builds a little gr ...
• 9 December 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Roman doctors on mission in Africa. AFMAL celebrates 25th anniversary with positive results of Mission in Mali: 150 operations in 7 days to restore sight to chronically blind Rome (Fides Service) - 150 eye operations, more than 800 examinations, 2 emergency operations were performed as part of a “Restore Light” humanitarian mission undertaken by Roman doctors members of AFMAL (St John of ...
• 7 December 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - 150th anniversary of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception - “Mary, Model for Christians in India”: from the Shrine of Our Lady of Health at Vailankanni, India Vailankanni (Agenzia Fides) - The Shrine of Our Lady of Health at Vailankanni in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu is one of the most famous Marian shrines in Asia. Here in the 16th century Our Lady appeared to a H ...
• 7 December 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - 150th anniversary of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception - “an endless river of grace and holiness” : from the Shrine of Our Lady Queen of the Rosary in Pompei Pompei (Agenzia Fides) - “On 5 November 2003, when Pope John Paul II appointed me Bishop of Pompei and Papal Delegate for the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary built in 1876 by Blessed Bartolo Longo, he asked me in the ...
• 7 December 2004
  EUROPE/POLAND - 150th anniversary of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception - “Looking at Mary, we see what God’s love can achieve when man makes no resistance”: from the shrine of Jasna Gura in Czestochowa Czestochowa (Fides Service) - “The Jubilee year of the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception reminds us of its unchanging importance. To understand the Immaculate Conception properly we must consider ...
• 7 December 2004
  EUROPE/FRANCE - 150th anniversary of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception,- “The heart of the message of Lourdes, is the message of the Immaculate Conception: from Shrines in honour of Our Lady of Lourdes Lourdes (Agenzia Fides) - “In this year 2004 which marks the 150th anniversary of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, the Shrines in Lourdes are aware that this is a major event for the Church. It was in Lourdes in ...
• 7 December 2004
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - La Plata holds Marian Congress to mark 150th anniversary of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception and 45th anniversary of Archdiocese’s consecration to Immaculate Mary La Plata (Agenzia Fides) - To express filial devotion to Most Holy Mary, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception and the 45th anniversary of the diocese’s ...
• 7 December 2004
  VATICAN - “May the Christian faith be once again a builder of culture for individuals, families, the entire family of peoples from East to West”, Cardinal Poupard visited Minsk Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Paul Poupard, President of the Pontifical Council for Culture has accepted an invitation from Filaret, Metropolita of Minsk and Slutsk, Patriarchal Esarch of Belo-Russia and Presid ...
• 7 December 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - “Francis Xavier a precious saint for our times: a man with total trust in the power of God ”, says Papal Nuncio in India Goa (Fides Service) - “Francis Xavier was successful in his mission because he had faith in God’s plan” said Papal Nuncio in India Archbishop Pedro Lopez Quintana, in Goa where he went to take part in celebrations ...
• 7 December 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - New Translation of the Bible should be ready at last by Spring 2005 Seoul (Fides Service) - Korean Catholics will soon have at their disposal a new translation of the Bible expected to be ready by next Spring. This edition. prepared by the Biblical Commission of the Korean Bishops’ Con ...
• 7 December 2004
  ASIA/TAIWAN - La Salesian Publishers presents special texts for Year of the Eucharist Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - In communion with the universal Church, Catholics in Taiwan are striving to live with intensity the Year of the Eucharist announced by Pope John Paul II. The local Church is planning various init ...