News

• 12 June 2004
  EUROPE - Only by voting in these elections will Catholics be able to help build a European Union of men and women committed to bearing the fruit of Christian values, putting themselves at the service of all for the sake of a Europe of the human person, in which the face of God is reflected”: Europe’s Catholics Bishops issue statement in view of elections . Brussels (Fides Service) - “An opportunity to make our values real” is the title of a Statement of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community in view of the Elections to the European Parliam ...
• 12 June 2004
  VATICAN - “Carry Christ to every environment of daily life” is the mission of Cursillos of Christianity Mons. Ubaldo Speranza of the Italian branch of the movement told Fides the day after the consignment of the Decree of Canonical Recognition. Vatican City (Fides) - “You are the deanery of truth and the power of communion” Pope John Paul II said to members of the Movement Cursillos of Christianity during an audience in St Peter’s Square in 2000. Deanery ...
• 11 June 2004
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Military ‘coup attempt’ in capital Kinshasa fails. “Coup leaders miscalculated absence of presidential guard and President’s apparent loss of popular support” local sources told Fides Kinshasa (Fides Service)- A ‘coup attempt’ in Kinshasa, capital of Democratic Republic of Congo appears to have failed. “The shooting has stopped. The state radio has announced that President Joseph Kabila is about ...
• 11 June 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Archbishop Michael Augustin of Pondicherry and Cuddalore resigns, Mgr Anthony Anandarayar appointed Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, has, 10 June 2004, accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of Pondicherry and Cuddalore (India), presented by Archbishop Michael Augustin, in ...
• 11 June 2004
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Mgr Robert Christopher Ndlovu appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of Harare Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope John Paul II has, 10 June 2004, appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of Harare (Zimbabwe) Mgr. Robert Christopher Ndlovu, until now Bishop of Hwange. (S.L.) (Agenzia Fides ...
• 11 June 2004
  VATICAN - On the solemnity of Corpus Christi, the Pope speaks of the “close bond between “celebrating the Eucharist and proclaiming Christ. To enter into communion with Him in the memorial of Easter means at the same time to become missionaries of the event relived in the liturgy”. - The Pope announces a ‘Year of the Eucharist’ starting in October on the occasion of the International Eucharistic Congress Vatican City (Fides Service) - “There exists a very close bond between "celebrating the Eucharist" and proclaiming Christ. To enter into communion with Him in the memorial of Easter means at the same time to become mis ...
• 11 June 2004
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Successful Children’s Pastoral in Colombia: assures integral development of children, particularly in poor areas through evangelisation in families and communities Bogota (Fides Service) - An ambitious programme of “Pastoral Care of Children” undertaken by the Church in Colombia 2001 started first in two parishes Negativa and Garcés Navas in the capital, has spread to 17 dioc ...
• 11 June 2004
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Taipei diocese prepares for annual Corpus Christi procession through the streets and National Eucharistic Congress in December Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - “The Eucharist is the heart of our Christian life. As we adore the Body and Blood of Christ and are filled with God’s love we are spurred to go out to serve all people. It is through works of ...
• 11 June 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - “I disagree with a sort of pacifism which I would call “ideological” which thinks in theory but not in reality” says Iraqi priest Baghdad (Fides Service)- “I am not in favour of war but as a citizen of Iraq I wish the foreign troops to stay in our country” Father Nizar Semaan, a Catholic priest in the northern Iraqi town of Mosul told Fides. � ...
• 11 June 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Complete Bible now in the local language spoken in Assam state: the Word of God accessible to Christians and non New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - After 24 years of hard work, started in 1980, the complete Bible is available in a translation in the local language in the north eastern Indian state of Assam. The translation is the work of ...
• 11 June 2004
  ASIA/NEPAL - On mission in Nepal for 25 years serving the poor and the needy: Nazareth Sisters of Charity and the rest of the local Church continue mission to assist people suffering from war and violence Kathmandu (Fides Service) - Educating children and young people, works of apostolate, offering comfort to the sick and prison inmates, offering work training classes to women: these are the sectors of the activity of the ...
• 9 June 2004
  AFRICA - 36 African countries afflicted by sleeping sickness, 30,000 new cases every year Rome (Fides Service) - Sleeping sickness is only found in Africa and 36 countries are at risk. It has two typologies named after geographical location: East African Trypanosomiasis and West African Trypanosmiasis. The fi ...
• 9 June 2004
  EUROPE - The role of Christianity and the Churches in Europe today: General Secretaries of European Bishops’ Conferences meet in Belgrade Belgrade (Fides Service) - From 10th to 13th June 2004, the general secretaries of Europe’s Bishops’ Conferences will meet at the invitation of Father Leopold Rochmes, who is the general secretary of the Bishops’ C ...
• 9 June 2004
  VATICAN - At the General Wednesday Audience the Pope reflects on his meeting with youth in Switzerland: “Christ himself, Risen and Living, calls young people of the third millennium to “rise up”, to give full meaning to their life ” Vatican City (Fides Service) - At the General Wednesday Audience in St Peter’s Square this morning, the Pope reflected on his recent Apostolic Journey to Switzerland.. “The main reason for my apostolic pilgrimage to ...
• 9 June 2004
  AMERICA/ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - “After the first emotional impact, people are forgetting: solidarity cannot be momentary, we must build a Culture of Solidarity” a priest in Dominican Republic which suffered severe floods in May launches and appeal through Fides Jimani (Fides Service) - “ After the first emotional impact, people are forgetting and soon the poor people here will rely on long term solidarity” Father Luis Rosario Peña, head of youth pastoral in the archdiocese ...