News

• 2 September 2004
  AFRICA/CHAD - Agreement signed by UN High Commission for Refugees and the government of Chad to guarantee safety of Darfur refugees Rome (Fides)- In Chad the United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNHCR has signed an agreement with the government to guarantee the maintaining of a level of security and the civil nature of refugee camps and surrou ...
• 2 September 2004
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Making Mission ad gentes a priority in local Churches” - Valencia hosts 6th inter-diocesan day of missionary reflection Valencia (Fides Service) - To make missionary animation an major element of ordinary pastoral work in the local Churches and ensure that the year of the International Eucharistic Congress and of the 150th anniversary of ...
• 2 September 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops launch an appeal to citizens to help nation overcome economic crisis. “Overcoming the crisis is a matter not only for the government it is in the interest of each and all” Davao (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of the Philippines have mobilised the country to work to uproot corruption, eliminate poverty and help improve the nation’s financial accounts. Archbishop Fernando Capalla ...
• 2 September 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - “Changing school curricula in the Middle East could help uproot extremism” says local priest in Iraq. “Schools should educate to peace! If from the age of six a child hears of nothing but war and enemies to kill then it is not surprising that at 18 he dreams of being a suicide bomber” Baghdad (Fides Service)- “I am certain that one way to help eliminate terrorism in Iraq and in the Middle East in general, is to reform school programmes” Father Nizar Semaan, Iraqi priest in Mosul told Fides. “I s ...
• 2 September 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Our Meeting shows that Christianity, that is Christ, has an infinite ability to reach the heart of every human person and give value to human questions and aspirations” Mgr Massimo Camisasca told Fides a few days after the 25th edition of the Communion and Liberation Meeting in Rimini. Rome (Fides Service) - Mgr Massimo Camisasca, founder of the Priestly Fraternity of the Missionaries of St Charles Borromeo and the author of various works, saw the birth and growth of the Rimini Meeting, which for year ...
• 2 September 2004
  VATICAN - Study Seminar starts on Sunday 5 September in Rome for 118 newly appointed Bishops in missionary territories entrusted to the care of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Sunday 5 September 188 newly appointed Bishops in missionary territories in Africa, Asia, America and Oceania entrusted to the care of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, ...
• 2 September 2004
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Pastoral Letter from Cardinal Paul Shan, Bishop of Kaohsiung: “Prepare with devotion for the Eucharistic Congress” Kaohsiung (Fides Service) - On the feast day of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Cardinal Paul Shan, Bishop of Kaohsiung issued a Pastoral Letter “Preparing with Devotion for the Eucharistic Congress”. In h ...
• 2 September 2004
  ASIA/LEBANON - The Maronite Church is important for Lebanon, although from some areas Christians are being pressed to leave their homeland” Father Maroun told Fides Rome (Fides Service)- The Christian community of Lebanon is vivacious and strong in faith despite many serious problems in the country and consequences of civil war, which lasted for 15 years (1975-1990). The Maronites f ...
• 2 September 2004
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Glimpse of peace for the crisis in Darfur. Government and guerrillas agree to protect 1.2 million refugees. But danger for humanitarian operators persist: Caritas worker injured Khartoum (Fides Service)- There are glimpses of hope for a solution to the crisis in Darfur. Late yesterday evening 1 September the government of Sudan and the rebels reached an agreement to protect more than 1.2 million ...
• 1 September 2004
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Rev. Antonios Fayez appointed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples has, 14 July 2004, appointed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Egypt for a fiv ...
• 1 September 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope’s teaching at the general audience: “a person who adores the idols of wealth, power or success loses his dignity as a human person...On the contrary, those who believe in the Lord know that the living God is their «help» and their «shield»”. An appeal for a cessation of violence everywhere, “never a worthy of a good cause” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Idolatry is a temptation for all humanity in every land and in every time. An idol is something unanimated, created by the human hands, a cold statue, without life ... a person who adore ...
• 1 September 2004
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Rev. Gregory Joseph van Dyk appointed national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples has, 8 July 2004, appointed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in South Africa for ...
• 1 September 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Exemplary Catholic father dies at 102 after bringing up a family of 13 and giving the Church two bishops, two priests and two women religious Mangalore (Fides Service) - Mr Emmanuel D’Souza, Catholic lay man very active in his local church in the diocese of Mangalore, Karnataka died recently at the age of 102. Besides being a family man and a teacher, Emmanu ...
• 1 September 2004
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “Living a year with a difference” with Jesuit European Volunteers JEV: 32 young people start commitment as Jesuit Volunteers which will take them to various parts of the world Munich (Fides Service) - “A year with a difference” starts today, 1 September 2004, for 32 young adults who have signed up for a preparatory Course to work with the Jesuit European Volunteers JEV. According to a repo ...
• 1 September 2004
  VATICAN - “The Church needs Catholic Action” the Pope writes in a message to participants at International Congress of the Catholic Action Association Vatican City (Agenzia Fides)- “Today once again I would like to say: the Church has need of Catholic Action! Remembering must be merely a nostalgic returning to the past it should stimulate new awareness of the preciou ...