News

• 12 September 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - VICE PRESIDENT OF CATHOLIC ACTION IN ITALY SAYS: RENEWAL FOR BETTER PROCLAMATION OF THE GOSPEL Rome (Fides Service) – A special meeting of Catholic Action Italy (ACI) opened on 12 September at Domus Pacis, Rome. Over 800 delegates and 171 auditors and from all over Italy have gathered to discuss changes in the ...
• 12 September 2003
  ASIA/CHINA - CITY AND RURAL CATHOLIC YOUTH COME TOGETHER TO SHARE EXPERIENCES Beijing (Fides Service) – Their life styles differ but their faith is the same. This discovery was made by a group of Catholic youth during the Summer holidays when a parish community in Beijing organised a visit to a ...
• 12 September 2003
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - WEEK FOR PEACE 2003: “RECONCILIATION HORIZON OF PEACE” – CHURCH IN COLOMBIA PERMANENTLY COMMITTED FOR NATIONAL RECONCILIATION AS A PATH FOR PEACE Bogota (Fides Service) – “The Colombian Bishops have reflected on their pastoral responsibilities in view of the armed conflict in the country. This reflection allowed the Church to understand better the reality of ...
• 12 September 2003
  SATELLITES TO FIGHT EBOLA AND MALARIA WILL HELP FORECAST EPIDEMIC SEED BEDS Rome (Fides Service) – Satellites are being harnessed to help scientific research in the fight against the Ebola virus. “Epidemio” project launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) includes the use of satellites ...
• 12 September 2003
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN DIALOGUE IS POSSIBLE: LEGACY OF D. ULISSE CAGLIONI FIRST FOCOLARE MEMBER WHO LIVED FOR THIRTY YEARS IN ALGERIA, EARNING LOVE AND RESPECT OF LOCAL MUSLIMS Algiers (Fides Service) – On 13 September Christians and Muslims will gather with the Catholic Archbishop of Algiers Henri Teissier, to commemorate Father Ulisse Caglione, a member of the Focolare Movement, who died on ...
• 12 September 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - KASHMIR’S FIRST MINISTER PRAISES CATHOLIC SCHOOLS: EDUCATION GIVEN BY CATHOLIC SCHOOLS AND MISSIONARIES Srinager (Fides Service) – Catholic schools were publicly praised by the first minister of Jammu-Kashmir state in India. In a speech to inaugurate the school years Minister Mufti Mohammad Syeed, addressing teachers, pu ...
• 12 September 2003
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - A FORGOTTEN CRISIS: THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Bangui (Fides Service) – Africa is known to the general public for its humanitarian emergencies, its wars, its calamities. For a moment media attention is riveted on the continent, humanitarian organisations go into ac ...
• 12 September 2003
  ASIA/SINGAPORE - RELIGIONS CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS PEACE: RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN SINGAPORE ISSUE INTERRELIGIOUS DECLARATION OF HARMONY, AN IMPORTANT STEP AFTER 11 SEPTEMBER Singapore (Fides Service) – Religions in Singapore aim to build harmony to contribute to building peaceful co-existence in the social life of the country. This was the intention of a Meeting of the Interreligious Harmo ...
• 12 September 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - CLEARLY AFFIRM VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE, SAY NO TO DRUGS, OPPOSE ANY FORM OF LEGALISATION OR EASY, HASTY, SOLUTIONS: SOME OBJECTIVES OF 5TH GLOBAL DRUG PREVENTION CONFERENCE Rome (Fides Service) - The 5th Global Drug Prevention Conference, will be held 22-26 September in Pomezia, near Rome. Among the participants Archbishop Javier Lozano Barragan President of the Pontifical Council for the P ...
• 12 September 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - CUORE AMICO AWARD TO FATHER FRANZONI, MISSIONARY AMONG YOUTH IN BRAZIL; SISTER FOSCA IN MIDDLE EAST WITH A SCHOOL FOR INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE; LAY WOMAN IVANA COSSAR 29 YEARS OF TEACHING AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA Brescia (Fides Service) – Father Lorenzo Franzoni, an Italian Missionary aged 74, who has worked for 46 years in brazil; Comboni Sister Fosca Berardi, aged 78, in the Middle East since 1954 and lay missionary Ivana Cos ...
• 11 September 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE’S WEEKLY TEACHING AT GENERAL AUDIENCE: GOD NEVER ACTS TO BRING RUIN, CONDEMNATION OR ANNIHILATION OF THE SINNER Vatican City (Fides Service) – Continuing his teaching on the Psalms and Canticles used in the Morning and Evening Prayer of the Church, during his Wednesday Audience on 10 September in St Peter’s Square, Pope John P ...
• 11 September 2003
  EUROPE/SPAIN - NATIONAL MISSION CONGRESS IN BURGOS: “THIS IS THE HOUR OF MISSION” – WE ARE ALL CALLED TO PROCLAIM THE SAVING LOVE OF GOD TO A RESTLESS AND UNSATISFIED WORLD Madrid (Fides Service) – From 18 al 21 September Burgos the Church in Spain will hold the National Mission Congress on the theme “This is the hour of mission”. The Congress is expected to draw participants from al ...
• 11 September 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - SALESIANS PRODUCE VIDEO ON MOTHER TERESA IN THREE LANGUAGES WITH PARTS OF HER SPEECHES: A VALID TOOL FOR SPREADING AMONG PEOPLES OF OTHER RELIGIONS HER MESSAGE OF LOVE AND SERVICE TO THE POOR Calcutta (Fides Service) - Mother Teresa is loved and admired throughout India, Albania and all over the world: her message of love and service for the poorest of the poor and her wrinkled face belong to the whole of hum ...
• 11 September 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - CHRISTIANS SHOULD TAKE PART IN POLITICS AND BUSINESS TO INFUSE GOSPEL AND CHURCH’S SOCIAL TEACHING: COMBINATION OF FREE MARKET AND EFFECTIVE RULES MAKES FOR GOOD OF SOCIETY Bombay (Fides Service) – Christians can and must take an active part in politics and business in order to carry the Gospel message and values to ambits vital for the life of society. This was affirmed by Bishop Aloysiu ...
• 11 September 2003
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - CHURCH IN KOREA ENCOURAGES BASIC ECCLESIAL COMMUNITIES FOR EVANGELISATION BASED ON WORD OF GOD AND COMMUNITY LIFE Seoul (Fides Service) – Promotion of Basic Ecclesial Communities BEC as a means of evangelisation through laity and families: this is the intention of a group of Catholic Bishops in Korea who recently invited Catholic ...