News

• 8 June 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Globalising hospitality, health care, humanisation of treatment: challenges launched by St John of God Hospitaller Brothers Rome (Fides Service) - Promote globalisation of hospitality at a particular time in human history: this is the challenge launched by the Order of the St John of God Hospitaller Brothers during a meeting at the end of a ...
• 8 June 2004
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Is peace ever further way in Ivory Coast? Fighting in the north, fierce protest in the economic capital Abidjan (Fides Service)-“Perhaps we are back to where we started. The peace agreement has been practically annulled” say local Fides sources in Abidjan, economic capital of Ivory Coast. “The national unity interim ...
• 8 June 2004
  EUROPE/SPAIN - King and Queen of Spain offer warm welcome to group of children members of Holy Childhood Society and are amazed to learn that every year with their efforts these missionary children help as many as 20 million less fortunate little ones all over the world Madrid (Fides Service) - Tuesday June 7 will surely be a day to remember for a lucky group of Spanish children, members of the Holy Childhood Society, who went to the Royal Palace in Madrid to visit the King and Queen. T ...
• 8 June 2004
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The church attacked on June 6 in Jakarta belong to a protestant community: religion exploited in view of presidential elections Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - A Christian protestant church at Ciputat, Tangerang, south of the Indonesian capital Jakarta was attacked on Sunday June 6 and in the violence Pastor Jonathan Wijaya was injured. This was confir ...
• 8 June 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - “The aim of occult and satanic organisations is to try eliminate the presence of God from society” says Rev. Oreste Benzi, who for years has worked to rehabilitate young people caught in the trap of satanic sects Rome (Fides Service) - With regard to recent news of crimes committed by members of satanic groups in various parts of Italy, Fides asked the opinion of Rev. Oreste Benzi, Fonder of the Associazione Comunità Papa Giovan ...
• 7 June 2004
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Fresh fighting in Bukavu, martyr city in east Congo. Rwanda says it has closed its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. Religious leaders call on politicians to stop the tragedy Bukavu (Fides Service)- There has been a fresh outburst of fighting in Bukavu, main city of southern Kivu in eastern Democratic Congo for weeks the scene of conflict between the regular army and rebels of the RCD-Goma (C ...
• 7 June 2004
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - In front of the UN Human Rights Commission, Franciscans and Dominicans support request to abolish blasphemy law in Pakistan Geneva (Fides) - Two NGOs of Catholic religious, Franciscans International and Dominicans for Justice and Peace, accredited to the UN Human Rights Commission based in Geneva Switzerland, have voiced support for a reques ...
• 7 June 2004
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Alarming rise in requests for marriage annulments: diocesan chancellor stresses need for adequate pastoral care for couples in crisis Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Over the past 22 years, requests for the annulment of marriages presented to Hong Kong Diocesan Court have increased six time, rising from 10 cases a year 22 years ago to 66 cases last year. T ...
• 7 June 2004
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - The Pope in Switzerland: “The Church is mission! The time has come to prepare young generations of apostles who are not afraid to proclaim the Gospel. For every baptised person it is essential to grow from a faith of habit to a mature faith expressed through clear, convinced and courageous decisions.” Bern (Fides Service) - “The purpose of my apostolic pilgrimage is to join young Catholics of Switzerland on the occasion of their national meeting... it is the duty to proclaim the Gospel of Christ that pushes me onto ...
• 7 June 2004
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Members of Holy Childhood Society pay a visit to the King and Queen: a group of little members of Holy Childhood tell Royals about their prayers, sacrifices and concrete acts of solidarity to help children in need Madrid (Fides Service) -As part of celebrations in Spain to mark the 160th anniversary of the Pontifical Society Holy Childhood, a group of young members of the Society, accompanied by Archbishop Francisco Pérez Gonzál ...
• 7 June 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Seas and Oceans: alive and healthy or polluted and dead”: World Environment Day for Oceans and Seas Rome (Fides Service) - The sea is a resource and riches for the entire planet and as such it must be protected. This year World Environment Day, June 5, focussed on Oceans and Seas which unfortunately are not in the best ...
• 7 June 2004
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Darfur: huge humanitarian tragedy. More than 2 million refugees and internally displaced persons Khartoum (Fides Service)- While the process for peace in Southern Sudan advances the emergency continues in the west region of Darfur, where fighting is causing tremendous suffering to civilians. On Saturday 5 June, in N ...
• 7 June 2004
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS One hundred years of service and blessings in the Solomon Islands for the Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary Honiara (Fides Service) - For one hundred years the Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary have worked in Solomon Islands, tirelessly announcing the Gospel, giving pastoral care to the faithful, serving in education, ...
• 5 June 2004
  ASIA/THAILAND - Five days to vaccinate 14,000 Hmong refugees accepted by the United States against diphtheria, measles, German measles, tetanus Rome (Fides Service) - The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the Thai government have registered vaccinations of more than 14,000 Hmong refugees who have been accepted by the United States of America. ...
• 5 June 2004
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “Christian Formation Centre in TaoYuan”: information and social communication to promote growth of local community Taipei (Fides Service) - At the service of the local Church the Christian Formation Centre in TaoYuan supplies a service of information and social formation to promote the cultural and moral growth of the local community ...