News

• 31 October 2003
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - GOVERNMENT NATIONAL EDUCATION AWARD 2003 GOES TO CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR FOR HIS WRITINGS “SOURCE OF SOCIAL HARMONY” Islamabad (Fides Service) –Mehboob Sada Francis, a Catholic, for 28 years professor of literature at Allama Iqbal University in Islamabad, has been awarded the Minority Cultural Prize 2003 by the Pakistan government. ...
• 31 October 2003
  AMERICA/PERU - 20,000 JOIN “MARIAN MISSIONARY MARCH” IN THANKSGIVING FOR 25 YEARS OF POPE JOHN PAUL II’S PONTIFICATE Arequipa (Fides Service) – The Church all over the world continues to Celebrate the 25 years of the Pontificate of Pope John Paul II. In Peru, the archdiocese of Arequipa with the diocesan Office of the Pontifical Miss ...
• 31 October 2003
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - TOWARDS SECOND AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS (CAM 2) – NATIONAL PRAYER NOVENA 14 TO 22 NOVEMBER, TO INVOKE THE DESCENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ON THE GREAT MISSIONARY EVENT Guatemala City (Fides Service) – “As in the Upper Room in Jerusalem, with Mary let us implore the gift of the Holy Spirit for the American Mission Congress”. This is the call issued by the central organising commit ...
• 31 October 2003
  EUROPE/KOSOVO - GIRLS SAVED FROM THE STREETS THANKS TO ITALIAN BUSINESS WOMEN IN MONTALCINO Pristina (Agenzia Fides) – Education rather than assistance is provided for girls at a new professional training centre built in Pristina, Kosovo by the International Association of Volunteers for Development Volontari ...
• 31 October 2003
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN WARN TAYLOR TO STOP EFFORTS TO DESTABILISE SIERRA LEONE Freetown (Fides Service )- The United States and Great Britain have issued a severe warning to former Liberian President Charles Taylor. The two countries say they will take Taylor before a Special Court in Freetown to ...
• 31 October 2003
  AFRICA/CHAD - BISHOPS OF CENTRAL AFRICA: “THE OIL IN OUR COUNTRIES MUST BE USED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR PEOPLE ” N’Djamena (Fides Service)- Catholic Bishops in Central Africa say that oil revenue must go to the people of Africa. The Justice and Peace Commission of ACERAC Association of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences has organise ...
• 30 October 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - “HELP US TO HELP THE POOR AND THE SICK IN AFRICA” SAYS BROTHER LEOPOLD GNAMI, ST JOHN OF GOD COUNSELLOR FOR THE PROVINCE OF AFRICA Rome (Fides Service) - “Heath structures in Africa are not subsidised by national institutions and they have great economic difficulty in meeting the needs of a people for whom poverty and need are the order of the day ...
• 30 October 2003
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF PAKISTAN: RAMADAN HAS STARTED UNDER BANNER OF DIALOGUE AND PEACE: CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS BREAK FAST TOGETHER IN A SPIRIT OF SOLIDARITY AND SHARING Lahore (Fides Service) – “This Ramadan promises much for dialogue and consolidating good relations between Muslims and Christians. I am very happy and optimistic” Bishop Andrew Francis of Multan, head of the Commis ...
• 30 October 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - INDIAN GOVERNMENT AWARD TO MANASA CATHOLIC REHABILITATION CENTRE WHICH CARES FOR 155 CHILDREN WITH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DISABILITIES Mangalore (Fides Service ) – Christians’ involvement in providing social assistance in India is visible for all to see and structures opened by Mother Teresa of Calcutta are only some of the examples, as the Indian g ...
• 30 October 2003
  ASIA/NEPAL - LIFE DEDICATED TO LEPERS DRUG ADDICTS AND AIDS SUFFERERS: A COURAGEOUS PRIEST IN NEPAL Birganj (Fides Service) – People call the leprosy centre he runs Little Flower and it is a reality appreciated by all Nepalese. But today diocesan priest Father Christdas, aged 64, is also caring for drug addicts and ...
• 30 October 2003
  VATICAN - NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF PONTIFICAL MISSION SOCIETIES IN SPAIN BISHOP PEREZ GONZALEZ APPOINTED MILITARY ORDINARY Vatican City (Fides Service ) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has appointed, today 30 October 2003, Military Ordinary in Spain, Bishop Francisco Pérez González until now Bishop Osma-Soria. The Bishop is a membe ...
• 30 October 2003
  VATICAN - THE HOLY FATHER APPOINTS FIVE NEW ORDINARY MEMBERS OF THE PONTIFICAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE Vatican City (Fides Service) – Pope John Paul II has appointed today five new ordinary members of the Pontifical Academy of Science: Prof. Antonio García-Bellido, from Spain, Professor of Genetics at the Severo Ochoa ...
• 30 October 2003
  VATICAN - PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY FOR 20th WORLD YOUTH DAY 2005 IN COLOGNE, GERMANY: ORGANISERS PRESENT POPE WITH WYD LOGO AND WYD OFFICIAL HYMN CONTEST IS LAUNCHED Vatican City (Fides Service) – “Preparations for World Youth Day in Cologne are going well: we have regular monthly meetings with the organisers in Cologne to plan the organisation of the event - said Rev. Francis Ko ...
• 30 October 2003
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - AFRICAN WOMEN UNITED IN THE STRUGGLE WITH AIDS. SISTER 2 SISTER MEETS FOR SECOND TIME IN SOUTH AFRICA Cape Town (Fides Service)- “This is not the usual Conference on AIDS, it is more of a coming together of people, most of them women, who battle every day against this illness, often with very restricted means” Father ...
• 30 October 2003
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - MISSIONARIES SAY: WE SEE HATRED GROWING IN PEOPLE’S HEARTS. HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO BUILD A CULTURE OF PEACE! Abidjan (Fides Service)- “Hatred continues to grow in hearts, while political leaders carry on with their discussions” say Missionaries in Ivory Coast still divided in army and rebel controlled zones since the outbre ...