News

• 27 April 2004
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - 10 years of democracy in South Africa: “A positive decade all in all, but scars still remain” a local missionary told Fides Johannesburg (Fides Service)-“The overall result is positive but there are scars which still need healing” Scalabrini missionary Father Mario of the Scalabrini Development Agency in Cape Town told Fides commenting th ...
• 27 April 2004
  AMERICA/ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - “Yo también”, local Church programme to help street children in 7 years has reinserted more than 600 youngsters. “The world today needs concrete signs to build hope” Father Luis Rosario told Fides. Santo Domingo (Fides Service) -“Yo también” is the name of a programme ans the name explains its objective: “take children off the streets and help them reintegrate into a nucleus of life with more stability start ...
• 26 April 2004
  The Pope’s missionary intention for May 2004 “That through the maternal intercession of Our Lady, Catholics may recognise the Eucharist as the heart of soul of missionary activity ”. Comment by Trappist Nuns at the Convent of Our Lady of San Giuseppe a Vitorchiano (Viterbo). Rome (Fides Service) - According to a widespread religious conviction Christian missionary activity is first of all the expression of active generous and unselfish availability, willingness to carry the news of the Gospe ...
• 26 April 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Rev. Ornellas Coutinho appointed rector St Francis Xavier Pontifical Inter-diocesan Seminary a Poona Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples has appointed, 20 April 2004, Rector of St Francis Xavier Pontifical Inter-diocesan Seminary a Poona ...
• 26 April 2004
  ASIA/KOREA - Auxiliary Bishop of Seoul issues message for national Day for Persons with a Disability Rome (Fides Service) - On April 20 the National Day for the Disabled was celebrated in Seoul and Auxiliary Bishop Lucas Kim Woon-hoe issued a message urging local Catholics to work to overcome discrimination with regard ...
• 26 April 2004
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Apostolic Nuncio thanks Catholics in Korea for aid to support missionaries on Bangladesh Rome (Fides Service) - Korean born Archbishop Paul Tschang In-nam, Papal Nuncio to Bangladesh, recently wrote to his home diocese of Cheongju in Korea to express gratitude for spiritual and material help given by the loc ...
• 26 April 2004
  AFRICA - Communicating the positive face of Africa: Harambee International Award 2002 Rome (Fides Service) - «“Together for Africa” means it is important to let Africans know that we believe in them, we are ready to wager that their efforts will succeed. To communicate, make known is a good way of co ...
• 26 April 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope beatifies six men and women: “With their confidence we too turn to Mary imploring… may the human family find again the paths of justice and peace”. Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Like the apostles, we gaze in wonder at the marvels the Lord works in the hearts of those who trust in Him. During this Eucharistic Celebration we contemplate what he has done in these s ...
• 26 April 2004
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Bissau city mine free by the end of 2004. German government funds project through local Caritas offices Bissau (Fides Service)- To help de-mine the territory of Guinea Bissau, through Caritas the German government has donated the sum of 521,709 Euro to HUMAID. In a report sent to Fides Radio Solo Mansi and Caritas Guinea B ...
• 26 April 2004
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Inform, form, promote and strengthen relations among all those involved in mission in Venezuela: objectives of the 24th Annual Mission Meeting. Caracas (Fides Service) - Representatives of 22 dioceses and 3 apostolic vicariates, missionary institutes of apostolic life operating in Venezuela, as well as the Secretaries of different services of Pontifical Mission ...
• 26 April 2004
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - a local report on the expelling of Congolese from Angola Luanda (Agenzia Fides)- “With regard to Congolese diamond diggers expelled from Angola Fides received the following report from a local Church source. “There have been several rumours with regard to operation Brilhan ...
• 26 April 2004
  AFRICA/CONGO - “Children and Youth in society and in the Church: the child a gift of God. Youth, richness and opportunity for our times”: theme of 32nd plenary assembly of the Congo Bishops’ Conference opening today Brazzaville (Fides Service)- Today 26 April the Catholic Bishops of Congo are beginning their 32nd plenary assembly. The meeting which will be held at Pointe Noire and will close on May 2 has the theme “Children and Yo ...
• 24 April 2004
  FIDES DOSSIER - Religions in the new Iraq Vatican City (Fides Service) - In view of the tragic situation in Iraq and the growing weight which some Muslim leaders have assumed on the Iraqi scene, Fides has updated a Dossier "Iraq and Religions", produced in March ...
• 24 April 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - “The extremists will not ruin good relations among religion in Iraq”, Father Nizar Semaan told Fides Vatican City (Fides Service) - “the situation of religions in Iraq, a year after the war of liberation, has not altered in substance. We have seen the appearance of radical and violent groups, formed mostly of extremis ...
• 24 April 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - In Iraq Islamic troops under the aegis of the United Nations to stabilise the country: Islamic Conference Organisation’s proposal meets consensus Putrajaya (Fides Service) - A role for the United Nations to stabilise Iraq, and the presence of troops from Muslim countries: this proposal emerged from a recent meeting in Malaysia of 57 delegates of the Islamic Confer ...