News

• 17 June 2003
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA-ERITREA - AS TENSION RISES, ONLY COLLABORATION CAN COMBAT LOGIC OF WAR WHICH STILL DIVIDES ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA Addis Ababa (Fides Service) – As the United Nations Organisation is about to start the process of boundary marking between Ethiopia and Eritrea, tension between the two countries increases. Local Fides Service sources, ...
• 17 June 2003
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - ITURI: THE ROOTS OF A CONFLICT WHICH IS CAUSING THOUSANDS OF VICTIMS Ituri (Fides Service) – From the Ituri region in north east Democratic Congo, reports of massacres and war continue despite the deployment of a European peacekeeping force under the aegis of the UN. Yesterday, 16 June, ...
• 17 June 2003
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - CHRISTIAN ACQUITTED OF BLASPHEMY CHARGES AFTER FOUR YEARS IN PRISON Lahore (Fides Service) – Christians in Pakistan are rejoicing with Aslam Masih, a Protestant charged with blasphemy against the Prophet Mohammed, and detained in prison for four years. On June 4 the Supreme Court of La ...
• 17 June 2003
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - THE AMERICAN CONGRESS MISSIONARY (CAM 2) WILL TRIGGER A DETAILED MISSIONARY PROJECT FOR CENTRAL AMERICA Guatemala City (Fides Service) - One of the challenges which the Church in America will discuss during CAM “, the Second American Missionary Congress, is the elaboration of a specific Missionary Project for Central Am ...
• 16 June 2003
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - FREEING PEOPLE FROM POVERTY IS A MORAL OBLIGATION FOR THE CONSCIENCE OF HUMANITY: HEAD OF HOLY SEE DELEGATION ADDRESSES WORLD LABOUR CONFERENCE Geneva (Fides Service) – “Poverty is not longer a fatality! To free people from it is therefore a moral obligation for the conscience of humanity”. This quote from Pope John Paul II’s Message for World Peace Day ...
• 16 June 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE RECEIVES YOUNGSTERS OF PONTIFICAL MISSIONARY CHILDHOOD SOCIETY: AN IMMENSE CHOIR OF CHILDREN ALL OVER THE WORLD SINGING TOGETHER “HERE I AM LORD” WITH THEIR PRAYERS, ENTHUSIASM AND CONCRETE COMMITMENT Vatican City (Fides Service) – “It is beautiful to think of the Pontifical Society for Missionary Childhood as an immense choir of children all over the world, singing together their “Here I am Lord”, with prayer ...
• 16 June 2003
  VATICAN - POPE SAYS AT ANGELUS: “THE TRAGEDY OF REFUGEES CALLS ON THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO WORK TO TREAT NOT ONLY THE SYMPTOMS BUT IN THE FIRST PLACE THE CAUSES OF THE PROBLEM” - ANOTHER APPEAL FOR THE HOLY LAND Vatican City (Fides Service) – The solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, the tragedy of young refugees and the difficult path to peace in the Holy Land were the three main topics of the address delivered by Pope John Pau ...
• 16 June 2003
  AFRICA/UGANDA - MISSIONARIES IN THE NORTH NOT AFRAID OF THREATS FROM LORD’S RESISTANCE ARMY: ARMY OR BANDITS? Kampala (Fides Service) – “We are living an extremely tense situation” says Comboni Father Tarcisio Pazzaglia, who has worked for many years in the area of Kitgum, northern Uganda. “The threats to Catholic priest ...
• 16 June 2003
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - THE PROBLEM OF WAR AND NATIONAL RECONCILIATION AT THE CENTRE OF PLENARY ASSEMBLY OF IVORY COAST’S CATHOLIC BISHOPS Abidjan (Fides Service) – To promote national reconciliation and continue on the path of evangelisation: these were the main topics discussed by the 76th plenary assembly of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Ivory ...
• 16 June 2003
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - MUSLIMS TUNE IN TO CATHOLIC RADIO: INCREASINGLY POPULAR RADIO VERITAS PROGRAMMES ON SOCIAL, MORAL AND RELIGIOUS MATTERS AND NEWS Lahore (Fides Service) – More than 400 programmes on social, moral, religious themes and news. This is the gratifying result of the activity of Radio Veritas Urdu section (Urdu is the official language in Pakistan), ru ...
• 16 June 2003
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - CHURCH IN KOREA CHALLENGES YOUNG PEOPLE TO USE EYES OF FAITH TO VIEW INTERNET, CHAT-LINES, DRESS AND DISCOS Seoul (Fides Service) – Evangelisation and formation of youth is a major priority for the Catholic Church in Korea which emphasises in its pastoral work the need to empower the activity of Catholic laity in the social, ...
• 16 June 2003
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM RELIGIOUS LEADERS TELL PEOPLE OF MINDANAO: “HAVE COURAGE, DIALOGUE, FORGIVE AND MAKE PEACE” Zamboanga City (Fides Service) – “Have courage! This is the message of God at the times of confusion and conflict”. This is the exhortation addressed to the people of Mindanao Island in southern Philippines by the ...
• 16 June 2003
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - WILL FUNDAMENTALIST EXTREMISM BRING ARMY OF SUICIDE BOMBERS TO THE PHILIPPINES? A RESPONSE BY FATHER D’AMBRA PIME MISSIONARY IN MINDANAO Zamboanga (Fides Service) – “The only possible way to end the conflict in southern Philippines is to promote dialogue and marginalise the more radical rebel fringes”. This is the opinion of Father Sebastian D’Amb ...
• 13 June 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE RECEIVES IN AUDIENCE PARTICIPANTS AND ORGANIZERS OF 100 PAPAL JOURNEYS: SINCE THE DAY OF MY ELECTION AS BISHOP OF ROME I HAVE HEARD IN MY HEART JESUS’ COMMAND: “GO OUT TO THE WHOLE WORLD AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE” (Mk 16,15) Vatican City (Fides Service) – “The one hundredth journey I have just completed offers me the opportunity to renew my heartfelt gratitude to Divine providence for allowing me to achieve this important pastoral projec ...
• 13 June 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE SAYS THAT DESPITE THE DIFFICULTIES IT ENCOUNTERS FAMILY INSTITUTION HAS GREAT RESOURCES SINCE IT IS FIRMLY ROOTED IN HUMAN NATURE Vatican City (Fides Service) – “In Europe today the institution of the family suffers from concerning fragility which is even greater when its members are not prepared to assume their responsibilities with attitudes ...