News

• 14 April 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope’s teaching at weekly Wednesday Audience: Victorious over death, Jesus gives life that will never die to those who accept him and believe in Him… In our day too it is necessary, thanks to the commitment of believers, to make resound the announcement of Christ who died, and who, through the power of his Spirit now lives and triumphs”. Vatican City (Fides Service) - Pope John Paul gave his general Wednesday audience today April 14 in St Peter’s Square where visitors from all over the world had gathered for the occasion. The Pope meditated on the Seas ...
• 14 April 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope’s Easter Message: “On this the day of your triumph over death may humanity find in you, O Lord, the courage to face together the many evils by which it is afflicted. In particular may it find the strength to face the inhuman and unfortunately spreading phenomenon of terrorism, which denies life and renders dark and insecure the daily life of so many hardworking and peaceful people”. Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Resurrexit, alleluia. He is Risen alleluia! Again this year the joyous news of Easter which resounded powerfully during the Easter Vigil last night, comes to strengthen our hope.
• 14 April 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Hope for Africa: St Egidio receives Aquila University Award for anti-AIDS project Rome (Fides Service) - For the first time the St Egidio Community has received an award for its work in the field of health care in Africa. St Egidio launched its Drug Resource Enhancement against Aids and Malnutrition ( ...
• 14 April 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Popular Bible Correspondence Course in Santali language launched by two Catholics in Bangalore Bangalore (Fides Service) - The first Bible Correspondence Course in the Santali language has been launched in India to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ and the teachings of his Gospel. The initiative was undertaken ...
• 14 April 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Imbuing politics with the Gospel values: a duty for Christians in the 3rd millennium - Catholic Bishops of Korea issue message in view of general elections on 15 April Seoul (Fides Service) - Evangelise politics, bring Christian values to the management of public affairs, guarantee the common good by acting according to criteria of justice, solidarity and honesty: these are indications ...
• 14 April 2004
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Voting starts in South Africa: National African Congress expected to win despite delusion of part of the electorate Johannesburg (Fides Service) -“These elections are marked by disappointment, indeed much disappointment” Scalabrini Father Mario, of “Scalabrini Development Agency” in Cape Town tells Fides with regard to legisla ...
• 14 April 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Union of Major Superiors in Italy holds National Assembly: “Making hope visible in a changing world...” Rome (Fides Service) - About 500 General and Provincial Superiors of religious institutes from all over Italy have gathered in Rome at the Pontifical Urban University Roma, 13 to 16 April 2004, to discuss the role of con ...
• 7 April 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope’s Letter to Priests for Holy Thursday: ““Never forget that you yourselves are the first “Apostles” of Jesus the High Priest. Your own witness counts more than anything else”. Vatican City (Fides Service) - “It is with great joy and affection that I write you this Holy Thursday Letter, following a tradition which began with my first Easter as the Bishop of Rome twenty-five years ago ”. Thi ...
• 7 April 2004
  ASIA/CHINA/HONG KONG - Hong Kong’s diocesan newspaper Kung Kao Po provides Audio News on the Internet Hong Kong (Fides Service) - The Catholic Chinese weekly Kung Kao Po published by the diocese of Hong Kong available on the web (www.kkp.hkcatholic.org) now provides an audio version for the visually impaired. The audio ...
• 7 April 2004
  OCEANIA/ SOLOMON ISLANDS - Salesian mission flourishes thanks to work of young Italian volunteers: Youth Centre dream is coming true Honiara (Fides Service) - Thanks to the work of volunteers the Catholic mission on Tetere , one of the smaller Solomon Islands is flourishing. Italian volunteers came to work here at the invitation of Salesian Father Luc ...
• 7 April 2004
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - Second Charity Concert of Classical Religious Music in Dushanbe in aid of deaf and dumb children Dushanbe (Fides Service) - A Charity Concert of Classical Religious Music in aid of Deaf and Dumb Children in Tajikistan was held on Friday 2 April at the Catholic Mission of Tajikistan, Father Carlos Avila VE Superior o ...
• 7 April 2004
  HOLY EASTER 2004 - "Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things". (Lk 24, 46-48). The liberating message of Easter gives rise to new commitment to bear witness at the service of the Church’s mission to proclaim to all men and women that Christ is the Saviour and Redeemer of humanity. We wish you a Holy Easter in the light and the power of the Resurrection of Christ. FIDES SERVICE. ...
• 7 April 2004
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Easter is not only taking part in religious celebrations…it means making visible God’s passover in our lives which transforms us and calls us to model our lives on the values of the Gospel”: President of the Bishops’ Conference issues message for Easter 2004 Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - In his message for Easter 2004, Cardinal Pedro Rubiano Sáenz, Archbishop of Bogota, President of the Colombian Bishops’ Conference (CEC) and Primate of Colombia, calls on the people to celebra ...
• 7 April 2004
  EUROPE/FRANCE - East and West celebrate Easter in Lyon: Christians of all denominations will meet at dawn on Easter Sunday for an ecumenical prayer service. Lyon (Fides Service) - The leaders of different Christian Churches in Lyon, France have invited Christians of all denominations in the city to take part in an open air ecumenical dawn prayer meeting on Easter Sunday morn ...
• 7 April 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - “Why the international community united and resolute must stand up to extremist violence here in Iraq ” Father Nizar Semaan tells Fides Baghdad (Fides) - Commenting on the latest episodes of violence in Iraq a local Catholic priest Father Nizar Semaan in Mosul, sent the following statement to Fides: “Behind the clashes provoked by Shiite leader Moqtada ...