News

• 11 November 2003
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION TAKES ACTION TO ELIMINATE COUNTERFEIT MEDICINES; ASIAN AND AFRICAN COUNTRIES MOVE TO IMPROVE MEDICINE QUALITY Rome (Fides Service) – Counterfeit and substandard medicines are frequently detected in Cambodia, China, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam and the problem seems to be increasing. Pro ...
• 11 November 2003
  PONTIFICAL LATERAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDED IN 1553 OPENS ACADEMIC YEAR. SPECIAL GUEST NOBEL PHYSICS PRIZE WINNER CARLO RUBBIA WILL SPEAK ON “SCIENCE AT THE SERVICE OF MANKIND” Vatican City (Fides Service) – On 12 November the Pontifical Lateran University will inaugurate its CCXXXI academic year 2003-2004. Special guest for the occasion Nobel Physics Prize winner Carlo Rubbia, who will give ...
• 11 November 2003
  VATICAN - 17 TO 22 NOVEMBER 5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: "STARTING OUT FROM CHRIST FOR RENEWED PASTORAL FOR MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES". Vatican City (Fides) – “The migratory phenomenon was born with man. It dates back to the time of our ancestors. Today, however, it has acquired a universal dimension encouraged by various aspects of modern globalisat ...
• 11 November 2003
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “CONGOLESE GOVERNMENT AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST TAKES STEPS TO STOP WAR WHICH HAS ALREADY TAKEN A DEATH TOLL OF THREE MILLION ” Kinshasa (Fides Service) - The Catholic Church in Democratic Congo continues to lift its voice in defence of peace and the victims of war. In a message issued at the end of a plenary assembly 2 - 8 November 2003 in Kinsh ...
• 11 November 2003
  ASIA/CHINA - BEIJING OPENS DIGITAL LIBRARY OF 12 MILLION CYBER-DOCUMENTS TO THE PUBLIC: BUT IS THE CHOICE OF DOCUMENTS IDEOLOGICAL OR DEMOCRATIC? Beijing (Fides Service) – A database consisting of 12 million documents forms the heart of the largest digital Chinese language library in the world opened in Beijing on 8 November. The aim of the government sponsored ...
• 10 November 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE BEATIFIES FIVE SERVANTS OF GOD, “PRECIOUS STONES” OF THE SPIRITUAL TEMPLE, THE CHURCH RESPLENDENT IN HOLINESS THE FRUIT OF THE INCESSANT WORKING OF GOD’S SPIRIT Vatican City (Fides Service ) – “A place reserved for divine worship is always a sign of the spiritual temple, the Church, composed of living stones, the faithful, united by the same faith, participation in the sac ...
• 10 November 2003
  VATICAN - GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS MUST BE STUDIED IN VIEW OF RESPONSIBLE ETHIC AND PASTORAL DISCERNMENT: TODAY AND TOMORROW SEMINAR IN THE VATICAN PROMOTED BY PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Collect as much information as possible on GMOs which will service to sustain ethic and pastoral discernment”: this was the finality indicated by the President of the Pontifical Counci ...
• 10 November 2003
  AMERICA/GUYANA – GEORGETOWN BISHOP BENEDICT SINGH RESIGNS REV. FRANCIS ALLEYNE APPOINTED Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father Pope John Paul II has ( 30 October 2003) accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Georgetown (Guyana), presented by Bishop Benedict Singh, in ...
• 10 November 2003
  ASIA/INDIA – NEW DIOCESE DINDIGUL AND NEW BISHOP ANTHONY PAPPUSAMI Vatican City (Fides) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has (30 October 2003) created the diocese of Dindigul (India) with territory taken from the diocese of Tiruchirapalli and the archdiocese of Madurai, making it ...
• 10 November 2003
  ASIA/INDONESIA - NEW PASSIONIST SPIRITUALITY CENTRE IN FLORES INDONESIA’S CATHOLIC STRONGHOLD TO SUSTAIN VOCATIONS AND PROVIDE SOCIAL SERVICE Ende (Agenzia Fides) – A Spirituality Centre to support vocations and also offer social service has been opened by the Passionist Fathers on the Indonesian Island of Flores where there is a large Catholic community. F ...
• 10 November 2003
  VATICAN - “DEPRESSION” TOPIC OF 18TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR PASTORAL CARE OF HEALTH WORKERS AND THE SICK Vatican City (Fides Service) – From 13 to 15 November in the New Synod Hall in the Vatican the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Health Workers and the Sick will hold its 18th International Conference. The subjec ...
• 10 November 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - ASSOCIATION OF CATHOLIC SPECTATORS CLOSE TO BISHOPS CONFERENCE HOLDS 16TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY: “THE MEDIA AT THE SERVICE OF THE INDIVIDUAL PERSON AND THE COMMUNITY” Rome (Fides Service ) – The 16th general assembly of AIART, Association of Catholic Spectators close to the Italian Catholic Bishops Conference on the theme: “The Media at the Service of the Individual Person and th ...
• 10 November 2003
  AFRICA/UNITED NATIONS - UNITED NATIONS MAY PREFER MERCENARY SOLDIERS FOR PEACE KEEPING OPERATIONS IN 21ST CENTURY Rome (Fides Service )- Should the UN hire peacekeeping troops from Private Military Companies? This question was put by Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General to a group of experts whom he asked to examine the possibility of u ...
• 10 November 2003
  AFRICA/UGANDA - KARAMOJA FORGOTTEN TRAGEDY: TOO MANY WEAPONS IN CIRCULATION GROWING INSECURITY Kampala (Fides Service ) - The LRA Lord’s Resistance Army is not the only group to kill and cause insecurity on Uganda’s roads. It is true the LRA sows terror in the northern district but another forgotten tragedy i ...
• 10 November 2003
  AFRICA/UGANDA - DEATH OF LRA COMMANDER STILL A MYSTERY Kampala (Fides Service)- Mystery still surrounds the death of Charles Tubuley, second in command of the LRA (Lord’s Resistance Army). He was reportedly killed during fighting with the army last week (see Fides 5 Novemb ...