News

• 30 November 2004
  VATICAN - Street children, now 100 million, are one the most worrying problems of our century which concerns also the Church: 1st International Meeting for Pastoral Care of Street Children issues closing statement Vatican City (Fides Service) - In a final statement issued by participants at the 1st International Meeting on Pastoral Care for Street Children participants stressed the need to increase awareness with regard to the gra ...
• 30 November 2004
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Government makes conciliatory gesture: suspension of reward money for capture of rebel LRA leader. South Ugandan Bishops visit northern regions to show solidarity with people exhausted by more than 18 years of war Gulu (Fides Service)- “We know it will take time but now we are sure peace will come” a missionary in Gulu, main town in Gulu district of northern Uganda, told Fides with regard to the government’s suspension of re ...
• 29 November 2004
  VATICAN - On the first Sunday of Advent the Pope encourages devotion to the Eucharist: “Today marks the beginning of a new liturgical year, during which we will contemplate with special devotion the face of Christ present in the Eucharist ” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Today marks the beginning of a new liturgical year, during which we will contemplate with special devotion the face of Christ present in the Eucharist. Jesus, the incarnate Word, who die ...
• 29 November 2004
  ASIA/JAPAN - The Pope appoints new auxiliary Bishop of Tokyo Vatican City (Fides Service - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has appointed, 29 November 2004, Auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Tokyo (Japan) Rev. Father James Kazuo Koda, Director of Pastoral in Tokyo archdiocese, ass ...
• 29 November 2004
  VATICAN - In Bangkok, Cardinal Sepe presides ordination of the new Bishop of Surat Thani: “a great day for the Catholic Community of the Diocese of Surat Thani. It is a significant day, a day to give thanks to Almighty God for all the blessings He has bestowed on them” Vatican City (Fides Service) - In his homily during the Ordination in Bangkok on Sunday 28 November of the new Bishop of Surat Thani, Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of People ...
• 29 November 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - “People are getting their breath back after the assaults a few days ago” source in Mosul told Fides Baghdad (Fides Service)- “Things are a little quieter thank goodness. Some parts of the city are calm although in other districts fighting continues” Father Nizar Semaan told Fides, after contacting people in the nor ...
• 29 November 2004
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NUOVA GUINEA - Catholics committed to fighting AIDS: Caritas Australia funds three new centres Port Moresby (Fides Service) - The Catholic Church is in front line to fight the scourge of AIDS in Papua New Guinea. There is a spreading epidemic of HIV/AIDS which concerns doctors, scientists and civil and religious a ...
• 29 November 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Catholic Bishops focus Advent Messages on Eucharist, Life and the Family Seoul (Fides Service) -Eucharist, Life and the Family were the main focus of Advent Messages issued by Catholic Bishops in Korea, and in view of this special Year of the Eucharist, called by Pope John Paul II, the Bisho ...
• 29 November 2004
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Election campaign lively but not violent. Expectation outcome for presidential elections on 1 December Maputo (Fides Service)- The country is living a build up towards elections charged with tension but so far without unrest, local sources in Maputo the capital told Fides with regard to preparations for presidential elect ...
• 29 November 2004
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Radio Veritas programmes in Urdu are a point of reference and encounter for peaceful co-existence in Pakistan Lahore (Fides Service) -Radio Veritas programmes in Urdu broadcast in Pakistan are a highly appreciated source of information on the Catholic Church in Pakistan and its services to promote peace, respect for human rights ...
• 29 November 2004
  AFRICA - Nairobi UN Conference ONU on the tragedy of land mines. It costs a little more than 3 dollars to kill. Angola may still have as many as 6 million mines Rome (Fides Service)- Antipersonnel mines are a major problem in Africa and elsewhere but in recent years some progress has been made in efforts to reduce the threat which these insidious weapons represent for civilians. ...
• 29 November 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope grants a special audience to Rev. Oreste Benzi and the Pope John XXIII Community on the 30th anniversary of the opening of the first Family-Home: “To give genuine love to others, love must be first drawn from God.” Vatican City (Fides Service) - This morning, 29 November Pope John Paul II granted a special audience to members of the "Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII", association founded by Rev. Oreste Benzi. In his address the Pope s ...
• 27 November 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope and the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople preside ecumenical celebration in St Peter’s: “I will never tire of striving resolutely and determinedly to restore communion among Christ’s disciples”, the Pope said. Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Beloved Brother, I will never tire of striving resolutely and determinedly to restore communion among Christ’s disciples because I desire, in response to the will of the Lord, to be th ...
• 27 November 2004
  VATICAN - Cardinal Sepe addresses Thai Bishop: “As we are at the beginning of the Third Millennium, I can only remind that the Church in Thailand is called to a new missionary momentum” Vatican City (Fides Service) - Addressing the Bishops of Thailand on Friday 26 November in Bangkok, Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, assured them of the Pope’s wa ...
• 27 November 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - International Congress on Religious Life ends today: “we must aim for quality witness and commitment to evangelisation and human promotion” says José Maria Arnaiz Rome (Fides Service) - "Passion per Christ Passion for Humanity" was the theme of a six day International Congress in Rome attended by 850 religious, representing more than one million men (200,000) and women (800,000) m ...