News

• 8 July 2003
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - LOCAL CHURCH DECIDES TO LAUNCH NATIONAL CATHOLIC RADIO-TELEVISION NETWORK Kinshasa (Fides Service) – The Bishops’ Conference of Democratic Congo (CENCO) has decided to open a national Catholic radio-television network (RTC) to cover the entire territory of the Democratic Republic of Congo. ...
• 8 July 2003
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - OIL STRIKE OVER AFTER AGREEMENT OVER PRICE. CHURCH CALLS FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY IN FUEL INDUSTRY MANAGEMENT Lagos (Fides Service) – The oil strike in Nigeria against rising prices which had brought the country to a standstill, is over. On July 8, 6am local time, the government announced that the price would be lowered to 34 ...
• 8 July 2003
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - DIALOGUE AND RECONCILIATION: PROGRAMME OF NEWLY CHOSEN HEAD OF BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE, ARCHBISHOP FERNANDO CAPALLA OF DAVAO Davao (Fides Service) – “My programme is dialogue. I have always worked for peace and reconciliation in Mindanao and I will continue to do so” , these were the first words entrusted to Fides Service by the new pres ...
• 7 July 2003
  VATICAN - DURING SUNDAY ANGELUS PRAYER THE POPE OFFERS YOUTH MESSAGE OF SAINT MARIA GORETTI: “PURITY OF HEART AND BODY MUST BE DEFENDED BECAUSE CHASTITY GUARDS REAL LOVE” Vatican City (Fides Service) – On Sunday 6 July addressing from his study window the crowds gathered in St Peter’s Square to pray the Angelus and receive his blessing, the Pope mentioned Saint Maria Goretti who died ...
• 7 July 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - FINAL MESSAGE FROM ITALIAN PMS NATIONAL MEETING: REDISCOVERING IDENTITY OF ANIMATORS IN LOCAL CHURCH AND FUNDAMENTAL MISSION VOCATION OF THE FAMILY Rome (Fides Service) – “The present day calls the entire Church to listen to what the Spirit is saying through this time of epochal changes which must not be borne but rather oriented with the power of the Spirit tow ...
• 7 July 2003
  EUROPE/HUNGARY - APPEAL FROM BUDAPEST AT THE CONCLUSION OF CONGRESS FOR PASTORAL CARE OF GYPSIES: FULL INTEGRATION CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED WITH FULL RECOGNITION OF RIGHTS AND VALORISATION OF RESOURCES Budapest (Fides Service) – Full recognition of the rights of Gypsies or Romany peoples and their fundamental freedoms as sanctioned by the European Convention; same identity papers as other citizens; commitment by gove ...
• 7 July 2003
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - COMMUNITY MOURNS MURDERED PRIEST FATHER IBRAHIM: SOLIDARITY FROM MUSLIMS, BUT CHRISTIANS FEAR MORE FUNDAMENTALIST ATTACKS Faisalabad (Fides Service) – “We Christians are persons of peace. People know us and respect us. We call on the civil authorities to prevent fundamentalism which threatens us and to bring to justice those responsible ...
• 7 July 2003
  EUROPE/FRANCE - MONUMENT IN PARIS IN MEMORY OF PARIS FOREIGN MISSIONS SOCIETY MARTYRS IN KOREA Paris (Fides Service) –French missionaries martyred in Korea have been commemorated with a new monument placed in Rue de Bac in Paris. The memorial was officially inaugurated by the Paris Foreign Missions Society MEP i ...
• 7 July 2003
  VATICAN - “THE TRAGIC EVENTS WHICH AFFLICT THE MODERN WORLD AND THE DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS OF UNDER-DEVELOPMENT REVEAL THE PERMANENT VALIDITY OF THE CHURCH’S SOCIAL TEACHING” PAPAL MESSAGE TO CENTESIMUS ANNUS PRO PONTEFICE FOUNDATION: Vatican City (Fides Service) – Pope John Paul II sent a message to mark the tenth anniversary of foundation of the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontefice Foundation set up to promote and diffuse knowledge and implementatio ...
• 7 July 2003
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - SYNERGETIC RESEARCH CAN HELP ELIMINATE FOR EVER MANY HEREDITARY DISEASE AS WELL AS AIDS FOR THE GOOD OF HUMANITY AND THE GLORY OF GOD SAYS FATHER SIMPORE MOLECULE GENETICS EXPERT Ouagadougou (Fides Service) – A paediatric anti AIDS vaccine in preparation for Africa is being tested and Fides Service spoke about the initiative with Father Jacques Simpore, consultor general of the Camillian Father ...
• 7 July 2003
  ASIA/INDONESIA - REFUGEE EMERGENCY HUMANITARIAN ALARM IN ACEH: 35,000 PEOPLE IN DESPERATE NEED OF FOOD AND MEDICINE Jakarta (Fides Service) – In a report called “Anywhere but War” the Jesuit Refugee Service describes the tragic situation of displaced persons in Aceh, the Indonesian Province in the north of the island of Sumatra ...
• 4 July 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE TELLS INDIAN BISHOPS: “THE CALL FOR A NEW EVANGELISATION AND RENEWED MISSIONARY COMMITMENT RESOUNDS JUST AS CLEARLY FOR YOUR ANCIENT CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES AS IT DOES FOR YOUR NEWEST” Vatican City (Fides Service) – “Living with many people who do not know Christ convinces us ever more of the need for the missionary apostolate. The radical newness of life brought by Christ and lived by his follower ...
• 4 July 2003
  VATICAN - GLOBALISING SOLIDARITY: 17TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF CARITAS INTERNATIONALIS Vatican City (Fides Service) - Globalising solidarity is the theme of the 17th general assembly of Caritas Internationalis which will take place 7-12 July at the Pontifical Urban University in Rome. The assembly, held ev ...
• 4 July 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED CHILDREN’S BIBLE “GOD SPEAKS TO HIS CHILDREN” REACHES 40 MILLION MARK AND 135 LANGUAGES Rome (Fides Service) – From its Vatican office the Catholic association Aid to the Church in Need, reports that its children’s bible, “God speaks to his Children”, has reached the 140 million copy mark.. The boo ...
• 4 July 2003
  AFRICA/EQUATORIAL GUINEA - YOUNG SPANISH VOLUNTEER TEACHER ON FIRST MISSION SHOT DEAD AT POLICE ROAD BLOCK Bata (Fides Service) – Ana Isabel Sanchez, aged 22, a Spanish volunteer teacher on her first mission abroad, was shot dead by accident at a police road block in Equatorial Guinea on July 1. Ana was a member of the Neo ...