News

• 28 October 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - “Thank you Holy Father for your words of comfort: you have strengthened our faith and hope” Baghdad (Fides Service)- “Iraqi Christians are grateful to the Pope for his words of encouragement which strengthen our faith and hope amidst so much hardship and suffering” Fr Nizar Semaan, a Catholic priest in Mosu ...
• 28 October 2004
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Bukavu main town in eastern Congo hub of political activity. Tomorrow Bukavu commemorates Archbishop Munzihirwa murdered in 1996 Bukavu (Fides Service) - Leading government members continue to visit Bukavu the main town in South Kivu, in the east of Democratic Congo. Last week vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo spent the morning in Bukavu “ ...
• 28 October 2004
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Were trucks of arms confiscated in rebel controlled zone for president’s supporters or was it simply a provocation? Catholic Bishops appeal for peace Abidjan (Fides Service)- “The situation is so confused that there are at least 20 versions of the truth”, a local source in Bouake told Fides. Bouake is the main town in the hands of New Forces rebels in Ivory Coast ...
• 27 October 2004
  VATICAN - At the general Audience the Pope teaches on second part of Psalm 48 which “condemns Illusion generated by the idolatry of wealth and riches” and launches an appeal for Iraq: “I encourage Christians to continue with generosity to offer their fundamental contribution to promote reconciliation of hearts” Vatican City (Fides Service) - Illusion generated by the idolatry of wealth and riches is “a constant temptation for humanity: by grasping money thought to possess invincible power, people deceive themselves even that ...
• 27 October 2004
  EUROPE/SPAIN - International Rosary Congress: an opportunity to meditate on the mystery of Christ through the eyes of Most Holy Mary Seville (Fides Service) - An international Rosary Congress organised by the Mount Sion Confraternity in collaboration with the Dominican Province of Andalusia will be held from 28 to 30 October in Seville (Spain) on the ...
• 27 October 2004
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “Let us help the Pope to make sure that the Gospel of Jesus reaches all people, especially those who have never heard it”: during Mission Sunday Mass Papal Nuncio encourages missionary activity Guatemala City (Fides Service) - Hundreds of people, mainly young people and children, from over the country crowded into Guatemala City Cathedral for Mass on World Mission Sunday presided by Archbishop Bruno Musaro, Pap ...
• 27 October 2004
  “A Euro to Help a Child”: Bambino Gesu Children’s Hospital in Rome launches 3rd fund raising campaign to open a new ward Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 8th the Bambino Gesu Children’s Hospital in Rome will launch a 3rd fund raising campaign with the motto “A Euro to Help a Child” involving 35,000 tobacconists and lottery ...
• 27 October 2004
  AFRICA/SUDAN - United Nations Security Council will meet in Nairobi to discuss peace in Southern Sudan and the situation in Darfur Rome (Fides Service)-The humanitarian crisis in the western Sudan region of Darfur is still at the centre of international attention. While in Abuja, Nigeria, talks between representatives of the Sudanese government and ...
• 27 October 2004
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - War in eastern Congo: thousands of women silent victims Rome (Fides Service) - Tens of thousands of women and girls in Democratic Congo are victims of rape, according to a report on the situation in eastern Congo issued by the London based Amnesty International as part of a w ...
• 27 October 2004
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Solidarity is building a Catholic hospital in the Nuba Mountains region: now that peace is in sight we must boost missionary activity” Catholic Bishop of El Obeid tells Fides Khartoum (Fides Service)- “In 2005 the people of Nuba Mountains will have a Catholic hospital at their service. We are building the hospital thanks to solidarity from many people” Bishop Macram Max Gassis of El Obeid ...
• 27 October 2004
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Equal opportunities, struggle against poverty and social exclusion: presence of Australian Catholic community Sydney (Fides Service) - Education, health, social services and development for all. Equal opportunities for all citizens no matter where they live. This is the request launched by Father Peter Norden SJ director of the ...
• 27 October 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Loppiano, first Focolari Little Town is forty years old: a thousand people from 70 countries live a utopia of peace come true Rome (Fides Service) - The Little Town of Loppiano, the first of 33 Focolari Centres, is marking its 40th anniversary. Situated on the hills of Tuscany not far from Florence it has schools, industries and craft centres a ...
• 26 October 2004
  OCEANIA/NUOVA ZEALAND - Bishops joint appeal to government to respect and dialogue with Maori Wellington (Fides Service) - The Catholic and Anglican Bishops of New Zealand have issued a joint statement calling on the government to enter an ‘honest’ dialogue with Maori with regard to a new Bill concerning seab ...
• 26 October 2004
  VATICAN - One Family of God within the Diversity of Cultures: new impulse to the pastoral approach to culture Vatican City (Fides Service) - From the 27th to the 30th of October 2004, the African members and consultors of the Pontifical Council for Culture will meet to give a new impulse to the pastoral approach to culture, star ...
• 26 October 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - From Peru to Italy: Latin American immigrants in many Italian towns make “Señor de los Milagros” procession. The Pope greets a group in St Peter’s Square Rome (Agenzia Fides) - A group of people from Latin America bearing an image of the famous Señor de los Milagros were among the thousands of people gathered in St Peter’s Square to pray the Angelus with Pope John Paul ...