News

• 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 ...
• 30 March 2004
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Programme of new government led by Abdullah Badawi: eliminate corruption promote transparency, give special attention to ethnic and religious minorities Kuala Lumpur (Fides Service) - Eliminate corruption and promote transparency in public administration, start economic reforms, attention to ethnic and religious minorities, development in rural areas: these are the main ...
• 30 March 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - A “new mission” in the Church and society: Korean Catholic Lay movement valorises contribution of the elderly Seoul (Fides Service) - Life does not end at 60, the age when many men and women retire from active working life: senior citizens have a lot to offer the Church and society with their experience, patience, wisdom and abi ...
• 30 March 2004
  VATICAN - “Young people and universities: bearing witness to Christ in the university environment” - starting tomorrow 8th International Youth Forum organised by the Pontifical Council for the Laity Vatican City (Fides Service) - From 31 March to 4 April Palm Sunday, the 8th International Youth Forum organised by the Pontifical Council for the Laity will be held in Rocca di Papa (Rome) for young delegates from Catho ...
• 30 March 2004
  VATICAN - “Missionary and evangelising dimension of adult catechesis”: Prof. Ramon Peralta Pontifical Urban University Vatican City (Fides Service) - Here is an interesting paper by Prof. Ramón Peralta, a member of the Higher Institute of Missionary Catechesis and Spirituality at the Urban University, on an important theme: The promotio ...
• 30 March 2004
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Poverty which afflicts entire peoples and nations, focus of the first day of a pastoral visit to Mexico by Cardinal Martino, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace Mexico City (Fides Service) - The President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Cardinal Renato R. Martino, is in Mexico for a week long pastoral visit 28 March 2 - April 2 to take part in important church a ...
• 30 March 2004
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Reconciliation and national harmony: Bishop elect Alberto Ricardo da Silva of Dili tells Fides about his mission Dili (Fides Service) - “I intend to intensify efforts to promote national harmony: in East Timor the Church has always striven to do this especially in times of difficulty and crisis. Today a greater effort must be mad ...
• 30 March 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Infective diseases in infancy, problems, treatment and prevention: Italian Society of Pediatric Infectivology 4th National Congress Rome (Fides Service) - The Italian Society of Pediatric Infectivology will hold its 4th National Congress in Rome 1 - 3 April 2004 to discuss problems connected with infective diseases in infancy, treatment and preve ...
• 29 March 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope recalls the tragedy of thousands of children: “The little brothers and sisters of ours who suffer from hunger, war and illness make an anguished appeal to the world. May their mute cry not go unanswered!” - appeal to build the civilisation of love in the “beloved region of the Great Lakes ”. Vatican City (Fides Service) - Before reciting the Angelus prayer with people gathered in St Peter’s square on Sunday 28 March Pope John Paul II spoke once again of the tragic situation of children in the world. “In ...
• 29 March 2004
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk forward. Get up and vote. Get up, take an interest in your country” Southern African Bishops Conference urge people in view of elections next month Pretoria (Fides Service) - “ Get up, roll up your mats of tiredness and disappointment. Get up and walk forward. Get up and vote. Get up, take an interest in your country.”. This was the call launched by the Southern ...
• 29 March 2004
  EUROPE/UNITED NATIONS - Task-force to promote Right to Development: Franciscans and Dominicans appeal to UN Geneva (Fides Service) - Franciscans and Dominican, present as NGOs at the 60th assembly in Geneva of the United Nations Commission for Human Rights, pressed the United Nations to set up a high-level UN task-force, to pr ...
• 29 March 2004
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - Calm returns to Kinshasa after violence on Sunday night in which two government soldiers were killed and several injured Kinshasa (Fides Service)- Calm has returned to Kinshasa after episodes of fighting in the early hours of Sunday March 28. “City traffic is back to normal and people have gone to work ” a local church source in Kinsha ...
• 29 March 2004
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Opposition to hold another demonstration today. “Situation calm for the moment” local sources tell Fides Abidjan (Fides Service)- “People want a return to normality, they want peace, no more violence, dead and wounded” a local Church source in Abidjan economic capital of Ivory Coast told Fides after disorder, on March 2 ...
• 29 March 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - In the name of truth, local Catholic Churches in Korea and Japan write a new history of their countries to heal wounds inflicted in the past and promote reconciliation Seoul (Fides Service) - To build bridges of reconciliation between the people of Korea and Japan the local Churches in these two Asian countries are about to publish a new History of Korea and Japan. During a recent plen ...