News

• 1 April 2004
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Bishops of Guinea Bissau issue statement after elections: “Electorate demonstrated maturity. Political leaders, take a lesson from the people!” Bissau (Fides Service)- The voters showed great civic maturity although the organisation left much to be desired. This was the gist of a Message issued by the Catholic Bishops of Guinea Bissau after political elections o ...
• 1 April 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Lay Catholics have leading role to play in pastoral care for migrants in Asia: conclusions of “Exodus”, week of formation for Religious and lay Catholics involved in pastoral care of migrants and itinerant peoples Tagaytay (Fides Service) - “Considering the phenomenon of migrants as a sign of the times we vowed to take loving care of itinerant peoples and celebrate communion in diversity ”: Scalabrino Father Fabio Baggio, Dire ...
• 1 April 2004
  AFRICA/UGANDA - “The international community must intervene to help the exhausted people of Uganda exposed to daily vexation by numerous gangs of gunmen”: Superiors of Comboni Missionaries launch appeal following the murder of Italian missionary Father Fulvi. Rome (Fides Service) - “In view of the situation of insecurity and poverty caused by the bloody civil war which exploded in the 1980s we feel it is our duty to make a heartfelt appeal to the international community in ...
• 1 April 2004
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - “The people are hungry for food and peace”: Caritas Hong Kong reports after humanitarian mission in North Korea Hong Kong (Fides Service) - “In north Korea people are still struggling to survive and Caritas Hong Kong does all it can to alleviate the suffering of the people ”. Kathi Zellweger, head of international cooperation ...
• 1 April 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - “Forced conversions” and freedom of religious minorities: theme of electoral campaign - Bishops urge Catholics to fast and pray that the vote will be peaceful and transparent New Delhi (Fides Service) - Forced conversion and rights of minorities: in the electoral campaign in India - as general elections draw near 18 April - themes regarding the Christian community hold the stage. The Bharati ...
• 31 March 2004
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - The Church in Europe and new religious movements: seminar promoted by Council of Catholic Bishops' Coferences of Europe (CCEE) Baar (Fides Service) - The Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE) organised a seminar 25-28 March for representatives of Bishops’ Conferences on “alternative” religions in Europe, including New Age group ...
• 31 March 2004
  AFRICA/SUDAN - From Sudan Bishop Macram Max Gassis of El Obeid comments for Fides the arrest of Hassan al-Turabi Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)-“The arrest of Turabi does not surprise me” Bishop Macram Max Gassis, Catholic Bishop of El Obeid, Sudan, told Fides commenting the arrest during the night of Hassan al-Turabi, opposition Isl ...
• 31 March 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope’s weekly teaching: “Christ is the Lamb sacrificed and risen, the great interpreter and Lord of history who reveals the secret thread of divine action in history.” Vatican City (Fides Service) - In his teaching during the Wednesday audience, today 31 March, Pope John Paul II encouraged those present to contemplate the figure of the paschal Lamb, the Lamb of God. Commenting the Cant ...
• 31 March 2004
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Comboni missionary found dead at mission house in Gulu, northern Uganda Gulu (Fides Service) - An Italian missionary, Comboni Father Luciano Fulvi, has been found dead in his room at Layibi mission in Gulu, northern Uganda. The priest was last seen going to bed at 9 yesterday evening, 30 Mar ...
• 31 March 2004
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Dramatic impasse. Dialogue between the President and the Opposition stalls. Ivory Coast stands at crucial point in history Abidjan (Fides Service)- “We have reached a dramatic unprecedented impasse. This is a crucial moment for Ivory Coast ” a local Church source in Abidjan, economic capital of Ivory Coast told Fides. The Ivorian Preside ...
• 31 March 2004
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - “Angola on the path to Hope”: Catholic Bishops of Angola issue pastoral letter on 2nd anniversary of peace agreement Luanda (Fides Service)- To mark the second anniversary of peace agreement the Catholic Bishops of Angola have issued a Pastoral letter “Angola on the Path to Hope” in which they reflect on the country’s social, eco ...
• 31 March 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - New nation wide plan to stop the advance of AIDS launched by fully committed local Catholic Church New Delhi (Fides Service) - A new nation wide plan to stop the advance of HIV/AIDS has been launched by the Catholic Church in India involving priests, religious, laity and seminarians, formation houses, religious congre ...
• 31 March 2004
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Catholic schools mark “Pakistan Day”: commitment to build a modern, liberal and tolerant country Lahore (Fides Service) - Christian and Muslim Catholic school pupils recently made a public commitment to building a country which is open, liberal and tolerant. The commitment was taken by some 300 boys and girls on the ...
• 30 March 2004
  Pope John Paul II’s Mission Intention for April 2004: “That the missionary spirit of "ad gentes" may become a theme of reflection and a matter of constant commitment in the ordinary pastoral activity of the Christian community” Comment by Rev. Father Antonio M. Pernia SVD, Superior General Society of the Divine Word Vatican City (Fides Service) - During the mission month of October last year (2003), four saintly missionaries were raised to the glory of the altars. Three of them were declared saints - Daniel Comboni, founder of the ...
• 30 March 2004
  EUROPE/ITALIA - About 30 more volunteers will be enlisted to show effectiveness of antiretroviral drug in Kaposi sarcoma therapy not related to HIV Rome (Fides Service) - The Italian Higher Institute for Health ISS intends before June this year to enlist 30 more volunteers to extend its study to demonstrate the effectiveness of Indinavir, anti-retroviral drug norma ...