News

• 6 June 2003
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - RECOGNITION OF PRESIDENT BOZIZE BY SOME NEIGHBOURS OPENS DOOR FOR SENDING OF INTERNATIONAL AID AND NORMALISATION OF THE COUNTRY Bangui (Fides Service) – The recognition of President Bozize by neighbouring countries which form CEMAC the Economic and Monetary Union of Central Africa, “is one more step towards the normalisation of the country” ...
• 6 June 2003
  AFRICA/RWANDA - GOSPEL CHARITY TO OVERCOME DIVISIONS AND CULTURE OF VIOLENCE IN ORDER TO BUILD A NEW SOCIETY Kigali (Fides Service) – “Charity is the means for overcoming the hatred and division which persist the country and we offer a small but significant contribution in this direction” says Marie Grace Mukabyagaju, pre ...
• 6 June 2003
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - THIS IS THE HOUR OF PEACE: A HISTORY-MAKING OPPORTUNITY NOT TO BE LOST! ARCHBISHOP GOMIS URGES GOVERNMENT AND TAMIL MOVEMENT TO RESUME TALKS Colombo (Fides Service) – “We must not lose this opportune moment, this history-making opportunity to build peace! The Christian community strongly supports the hope for peace which is truly within reach”: Archbish ...
• 6 June 2003
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - CATECHESIS AND COMMUNICATIONS IN FORMATION OF PRIESTS FOR MORE EFFECTIVE MISSION Bangalore (Fides Service) – The new Rector of St Peter’s major seminary in the Indian diocese of Bangalore, Rev Sebastian Periannan, plans to give special attention to ‘communications’ in the formation programme ...
• 6 June 2003
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - NATIONAL ROSARY CONGRESS: DISCOVERING THE ROSARY AS A METHOD OF PREACHING AND EMINENTLY CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER Cordoba (Fides Service) – In his apostolic letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae (n. 3) Pope John Paul II exhorts individuals and communities to strive, particularly in this Year of the Rosary, to re-discover the full sig ...
• 6 June 2003
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - WAVE CATHOLIC CENTRE LAUNCHES CATECHESIS VIA AUDIO CASSETTES FOR PARISH AND FAMILY Lahore (Fides Service) – The National WAVE Recording Studio in Lahore, established by the Commission for Social Communications of Lahore archdiocese, has issued a new SEEKHO AUR SIKHAO cassette containing Basic Catholi ...
• 5 June 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE’S GENERAL AUDIENCE: BLESSED JOHN XXIII TELLS MEN AND WOMEN OF THIRD MILLENNIUM THAT SECRET OF PEACE AND JOY LIES IN DEEP AND CONSTANT COMMUNION WITH GOD Vatican City (Fides Service) – During the General Audience on June 4, in St Peter’s Square, Pope John Paul II spoke about Blessed John XXIII who died forty years ago on June 3. “Our thoughts return spon ...
• 5 June 2003
  VATICAN - POPE JOHN PAUL II SETS OUT FOR HIS 100TH APOSTOLIC JOURNEY: 3RD TIME IN CROATIA “MARKED BY THE WITNESS OF BOLD DISCIPLES OF THE GOSPEL” Vatican City (Fides Service) – This afternoon, Thursday 5 June, Pope John Paul II will start his third visit to Croatia where he will remain until Monday 9 June. This will be the one hundredth Apostolic Journey underta ...
• 5 June 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - KILLER HEAT: NO WATER, HARVEST LOST – CATHOLIC ARCHISHOP OF HYDERABAD APPEALS FOR HELP Hyderabad (Fides Service) – “People have no access to clean water. In the villages where people are mainly Catholic tribals, pepople are dying and the harvests are scorched. But also here in the capital Hyderabad we ...
• 5 June 2003
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - DON BOSCO CENTRE CELEBRATES DAY OF THE FAMILY AND LIFE Honiara (Fides Service) - A second Family Day 2003, was organised on 24 May, 2003, the feast of Mary Help of Christians, at Don Bosco Technical Indoor Hall. It was a day filled with fun and sharing, prayer and discussion ...
• 5 June 2003
  AMERICA/MEXICO - AT LEAST 10.000 YOUNG PEOPLE EXPECTED TO ATTEND NATIONAL MISSIONARY YOUTH CONGRESS: “YOUTH OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM, DO NOT BE AFRAID TO CARRY THE GOSPEL TO THE WORLD! Querétaro (Fides Service) – At least 10.000 young people from dioceses all over Mexico are expected to take part in the 8th national missionary youth congress (CONAJUM 2003) which will take place from 31 July to 3 Aug ...
• 5 June 2003
  AFRICA/TOGO - EYADEMA RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT: TENSION FOLLOWS ACCUSATIONS OF ELECTORAL FRAUD Lome (Fides Service) – Gnassingbe Eyadema has been re-elected President of Togo for another five year term. This was confirmed on 4 June by the National Independent Electoral Commission, which announced that the Presid ...
• 5 June 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - FATHER JOSE RODRIGUEZ CARBALLO NEW MINISTER GENERAL OF THE ORDER OF FRIARS MINOR – PAPAL MESSAGE Assisi (Fides Service) – Father Jose Rodriguez Carballo is the new minister general of the Order of Friars Minor. He was elected on June 5 by the Chapter gathered in Assisi from May 25 to June 21 to reflect on the them ...
• 5 June 2003
  AFRICA/CONGO - “EUROPEAN PEACE KEEPING FORCE IS WELCOME IN CONGO, BUT PERHAPS THE INTERVENTION COULD HAVE COME EARLIER” Kinshasa (Fides Service) – “The decision to send a European peacekeeping force to Ituri is a positive fact but we cannot overlook another fact that the international community did nothing two months ago when the civi ...
• 4 June 2003
  VATICANO - THE POPE RECEIVES A GROUP OF INDIAN BISHOPS IN AUDIENCE: IMITATING SAINT FRANCIS XAVIER “MAY THE CHURCH IN INDIA PROCLAIM RESPECTFULLY AND COURAGEOUSLY THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST ” Vatican City (Fides Service) – “During my Pastoral Visits to India, I have been impressed by the many expressions of Christianity in your nation. The presence of the Latin and Oriental Traditions in such close proxim ...