News

• 15 November 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Three new priests Mozambique: Korean Foreign Mission Society starts evangelising mission in Africa Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Moved by the situation of millions of sick, poor and abandoned children in Africa, the Korean Foreign Mission Society, KFMS established in 1929, has extended its mission to that continent. In earl ...
• 13 November 2004
  VATICAN - Addressing Catholic Bishops of Africa and Europe taking part in a special Symposium in Rome the Pope said: “a style of fraternal love is the significant witness which the Bishops of the Churches in Europe and Africa are called to offer to face the great challenges which demand a response from the Christian faith”. The Pope announces 2nd Special Synod of Bishops for Africa Vatican City (Fides Service) - On November 13, addressing African and European Bishops taking part in a special Symposium in Rome, Pope John II recalled the intense relationship of “constant searching for fraternal co ...
• 13 November 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Catholic Bishops of Africa and Europe say “we want to see what can be done to make the Gospel have greater impact on the present day” Rome (Fides Service) - Solidarity among Churches of Africa and Europe, first evangelisation on both continents, immigration, the challenge of religious fundamentalism, Africa’s development, were some of the topics disc ...
• 13 November 2004
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Escuintla diocese opens first Diocesan Mission Congress “With Mary to proclaim the Gospel of life and peace” Escuintla (Fides Service) - “With Mary to proclaim the Gospel of life and peace” is the slogan chosen for Escuintla diocese’s first Diocesan Mission Congress which opened on 12 November. Priests, religious and lay ...
• 13 November 2004
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - UNICEF: two million women and children without water and electricity risk disease Rome (Fides Service) - UNICEF is deeply concerned for the crisis in Ivory Coast and its impact on the most vulnerable members of society, first of all 2 million women and children. In the main towns in the north, witho ...
• 12 November 2004
  Battista Mondin - "THE POPES OF THE MODERN AGES" From Pius IX to John Paul II - Urbaniana University Press Rome (Fides Service) - The volume in English presents the last ten Pontificates from Pius IX to John Paul II covering the period since the Church was deprived of temporal power. It describes the lives of the Popes with ...
• 12 November 2004
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - An ethnic mosaic which threatens to explode Abidjan (Fides Service) - Ivory Coast is a mosaic of different ethnic groups and religions at the edge of a precipice. Its present national crisis threatens to explode in civil war with unimaginable consequences. The peo ...
• 12 November 2004
  AMERICA/SURINAME - New Bishop of Paramaribo Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II on 12 November 2004, appointed Bishop of Paramaribo (Suriname) Rev. Wilhelmus de Bekker, Diocesan administrator and parish priest of this Ecclesiastic Ci ...
• 12 November 2004
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - National Assembly appoints Vice president, a man of dialogue Bujumbura (Fides Service)- The National Assembly of Burundi has appointed Frederic Ngenzebuhoro as new Vice President to replace Alphonse Marie Kadege, dismissed by President Domitien Ndayizeye (see Fides 11 November 200 ...
• 12 November 2004
  VATICAN - The Holy Father receives in audience participants at International Conference promoted by the Pontifical Council for Pastoral care of the healthcare workers and the sick on the topic: “Palliative treatment” Vatican City (Fides Service) - This morning in the Paul VI Hall in the Vatican Pope John Paul II granted a special audience to participants at an international conference promoted by the Pontifical Council for Pastoral C ...
• 12 November 2004
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - The hidden tragedy of mines in Angola: news which is “non news” for major world media Luanda (Fides Service)- Every day at least 50 people are killed by anti-personnel mines and unexploded bombs. A silent tragedy which we want to reveal, news which is non news, events ignored by major world media channels ...
• 12 November 2004
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - “I witnessed the air strike on the French base” a missionary in Bouake told Fides: Water, electricity and telephone supplies resume Bouake (Fides Service)- “Only God gives security. All the missionaries stayed at their posts with the people” a missionary in Bouake, the ‘capital’ of the area controlled by the New Forces rebels told Fides. “ ...
• 12 November 2004
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Two important events will focus on “neglected diseases” affecting millions of people. Developing countries have urgent need of resources Rome (Fides Service) - Two important international conferences which could decide the future of millions in developing countries affected by “neglected diseases” will be held this month: a “Ministerial Summit on Me ...
• 12 November 2004
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - “Family Solidarity, a duty today”: for 14 years the Catholic Church in Venezuela has worked to defend the family and family values with a special Week of reflection and activities Caracas (Fides Service) - Concerned by the spread of violence as a culture of life, for the past fourteen years the Catholic Bishops of Venezuela have promoted initiatives to improve the situation and promote peace. Thr ...
• 12 November 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Laity Day Sunday 14 November to foster more involvement of laity as pastoral helpers and focus on the family Seoul (Fides Service) - “Embellishing the family and society” is the slogan chosen by the Catholic Church in Korea for Laity Day on Sunday 14 November. The Laity Commission led by a layman John Bosco Son Byeong-du a ...