News

• 25 March 2004
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - National Day of the Unborn Child: “Love, the Cradle of Life ”. Bogota (Fides Service) - On the feast of the Annunciation, the liturgical commemoration of the Incarnation of the Son of God, the Church in Colombia celebrated a National Day for the Unborn Child. The objective of the Da ...
• 25 March 2004
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - At least 11 people killed Opposition demonstration interrupted: crucial hour for Ivory Coast Abidjan (Fides Service)- “The city is holding its breath, all strategic points are heavily manned ” local Church sources in Abidjan told Fides. Today, March 25, Ivory Coast Opposition parties had staged a demonstrati ...
• 25 March 2004
  AMERICA/PERU - “Protect life at every stage, combat any danger which threatens the life of the unborn child”: Peruvian Bishops’ Family Commission issues message for ‘Day for the Unborn Child’ Lima (Fides Service) - “Catholics must be aware of their duty to protect life at every stage and to combat any danger which threatens the life of the unborn child”. This affirmation was made by the Bishops of Peru in ...
• 25 March 2004
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Bishops concerned about tension, call for cancellation of Opposition demonstration scheduled for today March 25 Abidjan (Fides Service)- “It is very sad to see that most of the words about peace are anything but peaceful!”. This was affirmed by the Catholic Bishops of Ivory Coast with regard to the climate of tension in the co ...
• 25 March 2004
  VATICAN - “Witnesses and martyrs inspire us to pray, encourage us in the apostolate, confirm us in the faith: the story of heroic witnesses of faith and martyrdom in the Eastern Catholic Churches in the 20th century Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Knowledge of history is fundamental for identity. Some Eastern Catholic Churches were so harshly persecuted that they lost personnel, property, memory and the faithful had to go to the o ...
• 25 March 2004
  ASIA/THAILAND - Solemn blessing of Saint Joseph’s of Ayutthaya, first mission church in Siam, now newly restored: the little church stands as a witness to the work of missionaries Bangkok (Fides Service) -The first Catholic mission church in Thailand, the newly restored 17th century St Joseph’s in Ayutthaya was blessed and re-opened to the public on March 20 by Cardinal Michael Michai Kitbunchu, ...
• 25 March 2004
  AFRICA/CHAD - Rev. Gregoire Njebe Ngarmandji appointed Rector of St. Mbaga Tuzinde Major Seminary Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, has appointed, 12 March 2004, rector of St Mbaga Tuzinde inter-diocesan Major Seminary in the dioces ...
• 25 March 2004
  AFRICA/ CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Crowds gather for the conclusion of the diocesan Year of the Rosary in Berberati: four days of prayer and catechesis on Mary and the Eucharist Bangui (Fides Service) - Crowds of faithful gathered for the conclusion of the diocesan Year of the Rosary in the diocese of Berberati Central African Republic. Bishop Agostino Delfino, Bishop di Berberati, presided four ...
• 25 March 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The challenge of migration in Asia and the Church’s solutions Chiesa: Scalabrini fathers organise Week of Formation Manila (Fides Service) - What challenges does migration put to the Church in Asia? What are the most effective means of pastoral care? These questions were the focus of “Exodus - Week of Formation” for pastoral worke ...
• 24 March 2004
  AFRICA/CONGO - Archdiocese of Brazzaville commemorates Cardinal Emile Biayenda abducted and murdered 27 years ago Brazzaville (Fides Service)- On Monday March 22, the Church in Congo marked the 27th anniversary of the death Cardinal Emile Biayenda, Archbishop of Brazzaville abducted and murdered on 22 March 1977. Requiem Masses were ...
• 24 March 2004
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - European Religious Leaders appeal for peace in the Middle East: “Jewish, Muslim and Christian leaders in the region must play a direct role to resume peace process” Moscow (Fides Service) - Put an end to violence, reopen paths of dialogue restore hope in a situation of hatred and desperation: this was the appeal for Peace in the Middle East launched by members of the Council of Eur ...
• 24 March 2004
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Refugees on Pakistan-Afghanistan border assisted by international agencies and Salesian Fathers Islamabad (Fides Service) - There are still Afghan refugees in the Pakistan province North West Frontier on the border with Afghanistan, an area in the eye of international attention at the moment because it is here that ...
• 24 March 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Beatification cause of Korea’s second Catholic priest who could become the country’s first non martyr Saint Seoul (Fides Service) - The Church in Korea has received permission from Rome to begin the cause of beatification of Confessor Thomas Choe Yang-eop, who died in 1861 and was Korea’s second Catholic priest. This will be ...
• 24 March 2004
  VATICAN - “We cannot and we must not forget our missionary martyrs, the memory of their sacrifice is a precious treasure”: Cardinal Sepe presides Mass for Day of Commemoration of Missionary Martyrs at the Propaganda Fide Chapel in Rome Vatican City (Fides Service) - At 8am on Wednesday 24 March 24 at the Propaganda Fide Chapel in Rome Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples (CEP) Sepe, presided Mass for t ...
• 24 March 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope’s weekly audience teaching focuses on the Feast of the Annunciation which, “on the one hand takes us back to the beginning of our Redemption and on the other encourages us to turn our attention to the Paschal Mystery”. On the Day for Missionary Martyrs the Pope remembers “priests, consecrated persons and lay faithful killed in mission lands”. Vatican City (Fides Service) - Pope John Paul II devoted his weekly catechesis today, Wednesday 24 March, to the mystery of the Annunciation, celebrated tomorrow March 25. “This feast which falls at the heart of Lent- ...