News

• 3 April 2004
  ITALY - “FAMILIES FOR AFRICA”: UNESCO programme to reduce progression of AIDS in women of child bearing age and prevent HIV/AIDS mother/child infection birth and through breast feeding (Italy) Rome (Fides Service) - The “Families for Africa” project aims to address the serious threat of HIV/AIDS and its impact on families in West Africa. The project launched by UNESCO in July 2002, funded by the Italian go ...
• 3 April 2004
  ITALY - ARCHE’: for association in Italy to care for HIV+ children. Summer holidays 2003 for HIV+ children and mothers living in poor social or health conditions with particular attention for rehabilitation of HIV/AIDS children and adolescents Rome (Fides Service) - It was the first association in Italy to address the problem of HIV/AIDS and children in need of assistance and to guarantee them a life as normal as possible like other children of their age. Born ...
• 3 April 2004
  EUROPE (BALKAN STATES)- Civil wars, economic crisis and political changes among the causes of spreading HIV/AIDS Rome (Fides Service) - The International Organisation for Migration and UNICEF have issued a Report on HIV/AIDS in South East Europe One of the main concerns is constant movement of people workers, refugees, victims of ...
• 2 April 2004
  VATICAN - Twenty years on the Pope entrusts Rome’s youth with the Cross: “Nourished by the Eucharist, united in the Church, carrying your own crosses, let your faith explode as you tell everyone about God’s mercy!” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Dear young friends with ever new creativity inspired by the Holy Spirit in prayer, continue to carry the Cross of Jesus which I entrusted to young people twenty years ago. Those young pe ...
• 2 April 2004
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Concerns voiced by Cardinal Stephanos II Ghattas, Patriarch of Alexandria of Copt Catholics Cairo (Fides Service) - Cardinal Stephanos II Ghattas, Patriarch of Alexandria of Copt Catholics has denounced discrimination against Christian churches in Egypt in an article published by the “The Southern Cross” we ...
• 2 April 2004
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - CAM 2 Conclusions officially handed over to diocesan delegates for implementation in ordinary pastoral care: mission must be the basis of diocesan and parish pastoral plans Guatemala (Fides Service) - The Conclusions of the Second American Mission Congress CAM2 were officially handed over to delegates from every diocese in Guatemala and representatives of church groups, movements and instit ...
• 2 April 2004
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - Three million refugees repatriated in two years: returnees assisted by UN High Commission for Refugees and Christians agencies, particularly Jesuits and Salesians Berlin (Agenzia Fides) - This year alone, more than 65,000 Afghan refugees have gone home from Iran and Pakistan to rebuild their war-torn homeland. UN refugee agency chief Ruud Lubbers has called for improved security a ...
• 2 April 2004
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Catholic Maternity Hospital in Ternate, Moluccas, reopens: Christians and Muslims welcome this sign of hope and confidence Jakarta (Fides Service) - The Catholic Maternity Hospital on the small Island of Ternate, in the Moluccas, vitally important for the local people who are Christians and Muslims, has been reopened. The hospital, which is ...
• 2 April 2004
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - “To protect life is a duty for everyone ”: Catholic Bishops of Venezuela launch appeal in the face of a national crisis Caracas (Fides Service) - Profound concern for the serious situation which threatens to destroy peace in Venezuela was expressed by the Conference of Venezuelan Bishops at the end of its 31st special assembly on March 30 ...
• 2 April 2004
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - 338 Street children find a Home at the Arnold Janssen Centre in Luanda which has cared for orphaned children and victims of violence since 1993 Luanda (Fides Service) - Children who live on the streets, children victims of violence in the family find a home at the Arnold Janssen Catholic Children’s Centre in Luanda, capital of Angola. The Home was opened in 1 ...
• 2 April 2004
  AFRICA/GREAT LAKES - Burundi and Rwanda: repatriation of refugees marks important step on the path towards reconciliation in these two countries. Many had not seen their home country for 10 years Rome (Fides Service)- Some 500,000 Burundi refugees remain in camps and settlements or have spontaneously settled in Tanzania, and UNHCR hopes to help approximately 150,000 of them return home this year. Since 2001, ap ...
• 1 April 2004
  VATICAN - Papal Message to 8th International Youth Forum: “You must build the Church within your Universities, as a visible community which believes, prays, gives account for our hope, and lovingly welcomes every trace of good, truth and beauty in University life.” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “It is important in our age to rediscover the bond that unites the Church to the world of higher education. For the Church not only played a decisive role in founding the first universiti ...
• 1 April 2004
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Materialism, violence and permissiveness are the most dangerous threats to the family. Cardinal Martino speaks at the conclusion og the 3rd World Congress for Families Mexico City (Fides Service) - “The family is the key to the future of humanity. Every people aspiring to strengthen its soul and to guarantee itself a more human future of justice and solidarity must undoubtedly streng ...
• 1 April 2004
  VATICAN - Pontifical Urban University launches “Affiliated net” project connecting i 92 affiliated Institutes all over the world and enrich missionary formation Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Pontifical Urban University PUU is academically connected with 92 Seminars/Institutes situated all over the world which provide philosophical, theological and missiological formation fo ...
• 1 April 2004
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - “Government minimises Sunday’s assault to save peace process: an act of responsibility to guarantee the country a better future” missionary in Congo told Fides Kinshasa (Fides Service)- Mystery still surrounds the attack in Kinshasa (capital of Democratic Republic of Congo) at three in the morning last Sunday 28 March when gunmen assaulted army barracks, a naval on the River Co ...