News

• 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 ...
• 7 December 2004
  AMERICA/CHILE - The Catholic Church Chile celebrates the feast of the Immaculate Conception with crowded pilgrimages to Marian Shrines all over the country. Centenary for San Cristobal Shrine founded on the 50th anniversary of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception Santiago (Fides Service) - In this 150th anniversary year of the definition of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, pilgrimages to Marian Shrines all over Chile are more crowded than ever. This year the Marian Shrine ...
• 7 December 2004
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Local Church starts construction of Good Samaritan Home for AIDS sufferers Rome (Fides Service) - Archbishop Antonio Arregui of Guayaquil presided a ceremony to lay the foundation stone for a new hospital unit which will be known as the Good Samaritan Home at Sabanilla, Pedro Carbo, for people ...
• 7 December 2004
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - The Pope appoints Coadjutor Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi Vatican City (Fides Service) - On 7 December 2004, the Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi (Tanzania), Reverend Castor Paul Msemwa, of the clergy of Njombe diocese, Spiritual Dir ...
• 7 December 2004
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - The Pope appoints new Coadjutor Archbishop of Bamenda Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 7 December 2004, the Holy Father Pope John Paul II appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Bamenda (Cameroon), Bishop Cornelius Fontem Esua, until now Bishop of the diocese of Kumbo. (S.L.) ( ...
• 6 December 2004
  VATICAN - At the Sunday Angelus prayer the Pope invites Romans and visitors to join him in paying honour to immaculate Mary, 150 years since the definition of this “important Marian Dogma” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “We are preparing to celebrate with intimate joy the feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary’s Immaculate Conception, which assumes special significance this year when we commemorate the 150th ...