News

• 8 March 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Coherence, credibility, commitment for human rights: local Church issues guidelines for general elections scheduled for 15 April Seoul (Fides Service) - In view of general elections on 15 April, the Church in Korea issued guidelines for Catholic voters, recalling the principles of Catholic Social Teaching. The Catholic Bishops’ Justice and Peac ...
• 8 March 2004
  ASIA/PAKISTAN Christian and Muslim students fast together in Lent and Ramadan at St Lawrence Catholic School in Lahore Lahore (Fides Service) - “The initiative taken by the Muslim pupils with regard to Catholic pupils was deeply appreciated”, Father Francis Nadeem, secretary of the Commission for Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialog ...
• 8 March 2004
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Solemn Mass for entrance of Archbishop Evarist Pinto, newly appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of Karachi Karachi (Fides Service) - With a solemn Mass in Karachi at the end of February, Archbishop Evarist Pinto, the fourth archbishop of Kararchi, took possession of his cathedral. The Mass was presided by Archbishop Alessandr ...
• 8 March 2004
  AMERICA - Appeal for peace, brotherhood and hope Salesian Rector major and Regional Superiors in America a continent in a dramatic situation: “In these times of globalisation deformed and held hostage by the economy we put our stakes on globalisation with a human face for the good of our peoples ”. San Jose di Costa Rica (Fides Service) - At the close of Spiritual Exercises in Costa Rica, 28 Salesian Inspectors the Rector Major Father Pascual Chavez, and regional Superiors of the Inter-America and South Horn region ...
• 8 March 2004
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Association of Community Radios at the service of democracy in Democratic Congo Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- “Radio stations must build peace; their microphones must be channels of communication not weapons” said Freddy Mulongo, chairman of the Association of Community Radios ARCO in Congo. Accordi ...
• 8 March 2004
  AFRICA/CONGO - First Justice and Peace Commission in Brazzaville archdiocese committed to promoting fair management of national resources Brazzaville (Fides Service) - Space for the laity and promotion of national development are the aims of the newly instituted Justice and Peace Commission in Brazzaville archdiocese which held its first meeting on March 4 ...
• 6 March 2004
  VATICAN - The challenge to harmonise profit and solidarity underlined by the Pope in his message to Christian executives attending a Conference organised by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Christians charged with responsibility in the business world are challenged to combine the legitimate pursuit of profit with a deeper concern for the spread of solidarity and the elimina ...
• 6 March 2004
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Rev. Alberto Ricardo da Silva appointed Bishop of Dili, Bishop Basilio do Nascimento appointed Bishop of Baucau Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has appointed (27 February 2004), Bishop of Dili (East Timor) Reverend Alberto Ricardo da Silva, Rector of the major seminary in Dili; The Holy Father ha ...
• 6 March 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Cause for the beatification of Opus Dei Prelate Alvaro del Portillo: opening diocesan stage in Rome Cardinal Ruini said: “An exemplary Bishop of extraordinary spiritual depth ”. Rome (Fides Service) - On 5 March in the Hall of the Conciliation at the Lateran Palace, in the Vicariate of Rome, Cardinal Camillo Ruini presided the opening session of the Ecclesiastic Court of the Vicariate of Rome fo ...
• 6 March 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - In 2000 some 1.892,000 Europeans were affected by cancer and 1.156.000 died Rome (Fides Service) - Only a few years ago cancer of the colon, breast and prostrate were deadly and feared; diagnosis was almost always a sentence for which there was no appeal. Today thanks to progress in research, in ...
• 6 March 2004
  AMERICA/PERU - Rev. Juan Tomas Oliver Climent appointed New Coadjutor Bishop of Requena Vicariate Apostolic Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, has (27 February 2004) appointed Coadjutor Bishop of the apostolic Vicariate of Requena (Peru) Reverend Father Juan Tomás Oliver Climent OFM, Minister P ...
• 6 March 2004
  CARIBBEAN/CUBA - AIDS: delegates from 14 different countries meet to discuss ways to fight the disease of the century Rome (Fides Service) - “Caribbean, many languages, many cultures together to fight virus HIV/AIDS” is the title of a Conference being held at Santo Domingo, organised by the Caribbean Centre for Epidemology CEC, the ...
• 6 March 2004
  AFRICA - Tragic conditions of 2 million refugees and millions of displaced persons in Africa focal point of Geneva Conference organised by UNHCR Rome (Fides Service)- “Dialogue on Voluntary Repatriation and Sustainable Re-integration in Africa ”, is the title of a Conference organised by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNHCR on 8 March in the ...
• 5 March 2004
  VATICAN - Pressing appeal from the Congregation for the Oriental Churches to help the Church in the Holy Land in urgent need of prayer and concrete solidarity “to sustain the presence of the Christian community in the Holy Land ” Vatican City (Fides Service) - As customary at the beginning of Lent, Cardinal Ignace Moussa I Daoud, Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches made an appeal to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on behalf o ...
• 5 March 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - “In their service in Argentina the sons of Don Orione fulfil the passionate longing of their Founder to render more dignified the life of the humble people”: Don Orione Director General comments appointment of Orione Bishop as Bishop of Anatuya diocese, one of the poorest in Argentina Rome (Fides Service) - “The Pope has appointed our confrere Father Adolfo Armando Uriona Bishop of the diocese of Anatuya. We welcome the news as a sign of confidence in our Father Adolfo and a sign of esteem and affec ...