News

• 6 November 2004
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Taiwan Catholics celebrate with gratitude the arrival of first Carmelite nuns and opening of first Carmelite convent on the Island Taipei (Fides Service) - With a series of events and initiatives Catholics in Taiwan recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of the arrival of Carmelite Sisters. According to Christian Life Weekly, Taipei archdiocese bu ...
• 5 November 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - On the feast day of Blessed Conforti his spiritual sons and daughters all over the world renew their commitment to mission ad gentes Parma (Fides Service) - All over the world on November 5, the spiritual sons and daughters of Blessed Guido M. Conforti remember with gratitude their great father and founder who died in Parma on November 5, 1931. Wherev ...
• 5 November 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Spread of new religions and sects: Catholic Church takes steps to counter threat to the faith Seoul (Fides Service) -Aware of the challenge and danger of new pseudo religious movements, the Catholic Church in Korea has stressed the need to provide Catholics with proper formation and experience of spirituality. ...
• 5 November 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians happy and relieved for the release of Indian born Catholic O’Connor arrested and detained in Saudi Arabia New Delhi (Fides Service) - Christians in India are happy and relieved at the return on November 1 of Indian born Catholic Brian Savio O’Connor after a tragic experience in Saudi Arabia where his personal freedom of ...
• 5 November 2004
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - More than 650 young people take part in 3rd National Missionary Youth Meeting which concludes missionary month of October in Honduras Tegucigalpa (Fides Service) - About 650 young people from dioceses, youth groups and movements from all over the country attended the 3rd National Missionary Youth Meeting 29 to 31 October in Danli (92 km from Tegucigal ...
• 5 November 2004
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Police release Rev. Matthew Ojiam, arrested on charges of contact with rebels in northern Uganda Gulu (Fides Service) - Rev. Matthew Ojiam has been released, Archbishop John Baptist Odama, of Gulu told Fides “Rev Ojiam is free but police say they will continue their investigation with regard to contact with the re ...
• 5 November 2004
  VATICAN - The annual Message to Muslim for the 'Id al-Fitr feast at the end of the month of Ramadan Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue focuses on the need to love and protect every child because “Children, [are a] Gift of God for the Future of Humanity” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Children, Gift of God for the Future of Humanity is the title of this year’s annual message which Archbishop Michael L. Fitzgerald, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious ...
• 5 November 2004
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Archbishop Joseph Cheng gives mission command to 33 volunteers at the end of a special Course in Evangelisation Taipei (Agenzia Fides) -Recently during solemn Mass to mark the end of a Course in Evangelisation Archbishop Joseph Cheng of Taipei gave the mission command to 33 new volunteer missionaries who had completed their format ...
• 5 November 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Bambino Gesu Children’s Hospital in Rome is an example of Christian witness through health care Rome(Fides Service) - Bambino Gesu Children’s Hospital in Rome, the first of its kind in Italy, was opened in 1869 by Duke and Duchess Arabella and Scipione Salviati. Deeply distressed to see the lack of attention give ...
• 5 November 2004
  “A new Uganda is possible”: Meeting organised by the Piero e Lucille Corti Onlus Foundation Rome (Fides Service) - Uganda and its tragedy as well as concrete testimony of initiatives which speak of hope for future, is the subject of a Meeting organised by the Piero e Lucille Corti Onlus Foundation and Rome’s ...
• 5 November 2004
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Fear of large scale offensive to follow up yesterday’s bombing on towns in rebel hands; homes and mission sacked Abidjan (Fides Service)- “Here in Bouake there is calm before the tempest. Any moment we expect the army to start a vast offensive” a local source in Bouke told Fides. Yesterday Bouke, the largest city held by Ivory ...
• 5 November 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Theology East and West in the 20th Century” meeting at the International Centre of the movement Communion and Liberation to present a basic Christian theology in a series of “100 Theological Works of the 20th Century” in Russian Rome (Fides Service) - Metropolita Filaret (Vachromeev), Esarch of Belo-Russia (Minsk) and President of the Theological Commission of the Synod of the Russian Orthodox Patriarchate of Moscow and Prof. Adriano dell’Asta ...
• 3 November 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope’s reflection on All Saints Day: “The pilgrim Church on earth lifts her eyes to heaven and exults as she joins the choir of those whom God has associated with his glory”. Special prayer for victims of terrorism and for peace in the world Vatican City (Fides Service) - At midday on All Saints Day, November 1st, from his window overlooking St Peter’s Square, Pope John Paul II, prayed the Angelus prayer with the people gathered for the occasion and reflec ...
• 3 November 2004
  VATICAN - “The Holy See has always been in favour of promoting a Europe united on the basis of the common values which are part of its history” the Pope said at the Angelus. “To take into account the Christian roots of the Continent means to make use of a spiritual heritage which is fundamental for the future development of the Union” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Before praying the Angelus on Sunday 31 October with people gathered in St Peter’s Square, Pope John Paul II voiced his satisfaction for the signing of the European Constitution on Friday ...
• 3 November 2004
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - National Meeting for Indigenous Pastoral to identify guidelines for pastoral care of Indigenous Peoples in Colombia victims of violation of rights and seriously threatened by armed conflict Bogota (Fides Service) - To help more than 800,000 Indigenous in Colombia living in dramatic situations mainly because of armed conflict, the Church in Colombia organised a National Meeting for the Pastoral Care of Indig ...