News

• 4 June 2003
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - GHANA HOSTS PEACE TALKS BETWEEN LIBERIAN GOVERNMENT AND REBEL GROUPS: US CATHOLIC BISHOPS VOICE SOLIDARITY WITH VICTIMS OF LIBERIA's CIVIL WAR Monrovia (Fides Service) – Peace talks between the Liberian government and rebel groups opened on June 4 at Akosombo (Ghana). The 2 rebel groups are: Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy, LURD and the Move ...
• 3 June 2003
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - CHRISTIANS CONCERNED SINCE SHARIA LAW WAS APPROVED IN NORTH WEST PROVINCE WHERE, SO FAR, MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS LIVED IN FRIENDSHIP AND DIALOGUE Islamabad (Fides Service) – There is disappointment and concern among the Christians in Pakistan since the Sharia Muslim law was introduced in the North West Frontier Province on the border with Afghanistan. This is th ...
• 3 June 2003
  AFRICA/UGANDA - MAY THE EXAMPLE AND INTERCESSION OF THE MARTYRS OBTAIN FOR UGANDA AND THE WHOLE OF AFRICA THE GREAT GIFTS OF FAITH AND PEACE: CARDINAL SEPE CELEBRATES MASS AT THE SHRINE OF UGANDA’S MARTYRS Kampala (Fides Service) – “The martyrs of Uganda have in common the following of Christ as disciples modelling their life on the words of Jesus, as apostles they offered the gift of conversion to others by becoming m ...
• 3 June 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - EUROPEAN YEAR FOR THE DISABLED: “COOPERATION AT THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL LEVEL MUST BE INTENSIFIED” DON ORIONE FATHERS SAY AS THEY PREPARE TO TAKE DISABLED TO MEET THE POPE Rome (Fides Service) – On the occasion of the Year of the Disabled in Europe, on Wednesday 4 June, Don Orione “Persons with Different Abilities” Communities from all over Italy will meet Pope John Paul during the G ...
• 3 June 2003
  AMERICA - WHILE THE WORLD’S ATTENTION IS RIVETED ON SARS THE “BREAK BONE” FEVER CONTINUES TO KILL THOUSANDS OF THE POOREST PEOPLE IN TROPICAL AND SEMI-TROPICAL COUNTRIES New York (Fides Service) – Missionaries living and working in various parts of the world often have to face situations of health emergency without even a minimum of preparation. To meet requests for information coming ...
• 3 June 2003
  AMERICA/PERU - “TODAY MORE THAN EVER THE CHURCH MUST BE CLEAR ABOUT HER MISSIONARY DIMENSION”: FIRST NATIONAL MISSIONARY CONGRESS Chiclayo (Fides Service) – “Our world today represents as always, as great challenge for the mission of the Church. Christ’s message must be proclaimed to many of our brothers and sisters who have yet to hear it; t ...
• 3 June 2003
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - BISHOPS REFLECT ON FORMATION OF PRIESTS AND YOUTH IN GENERAL Maputo (Fides Service) - The formation of priests and commitment for the development of the country through the Catholic University of Mozambique was the main theme of a meeting of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of M ...
• 3 June 2003
  AFRICA/TOGO - TENSION IN TOGO AFTER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS ON 1 JUNE. SOME PEOPLE KILLED IN CLASHES AROUND CAPITAL Lome (Fides Service) – There is calm charged with tension in Lome, the capital of Togo since presidential elections held on June 1. There are as yet no final results but outgoing president Gnassingbe Eyadema appears to ...
• 2 June 2003
  VATICAN - POPE SAYS AT REGINA CAELI HYMN: BY VIRTUE OF THEIR VOCATION AND PROFESSION MEDIA WORKERS ARE CALLED TO BE PEACE MAKERS Vatican City (Fides Service) – “In many countries today it is the Solemnity of the Ascension” the Pope said from his window on St Peter’s Square when he came to recite the midday Regina Caeli Prayer with people g ...
• 2 June 2003
  AFRICA/UGANDA - CARDINAL SEPE FOR CENTENARY OF EVANGELISATION OF MBARARA PROVINCE: “THE GOSPEL SEED HAS GROWN AND TODAY IT IS A LARGE TREE, BUT THE MISSIONARY TASK IS STILL GREAT” Mbarara (Fides Service) – “The seed of the Gospel, sown by missionaries in the heart of your fathers and forefathers has grown and produced many good ears of wheat. Your Christian community has grown like that of the ...
• 2 June 2003
  AFRICA/UGANDA - MISSIONARIES CONCERNED AFTER ATTACKS ON MISSION: “FOREIGN INTERVENTION NOW INDISPENSABLE” Kampala (Fides Service) – “We are truly deeply grieved, there seems to be no end to the violence” missionaries working in northern Uganda tell Fides Service after yet another attack on a mission in the region. On 3 ...
• 2 June 2003
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - ANDONG DIOCESE STARTS SPECIAL MISSION TOWARDS THE POOREST OF THE POOR Seoul (Fides Service) – Greater efforts for mission, with “joy and passion” is the commitment taken by the diocese of Andong in South Korea. At a recent Mission Seminar organised for the diocesan clergy, the priest ...
• 2 June 2003
  ASIA/INDONESIA - ALARM IN ACEH: HUMANITARIAN CRISIS, WIDESPREAD VIOLENCE AGAINST CIVILIANS – RELIGIOUS LEADERS CALL FOR AN END TO HOSTILITIES Jakarta (Fides Service) – “Widespread violence terrorises civilians. The situation appears worse than in East Timor. The attack was planned and no one was able to stop it. Many civilians have been killed, schools tor ...
• 2 June 2003
  ASIA/TAIWAN - PASTORAL LETTER FROM CARDINAL PAUL SHAN: “WE ARE LIVING A NEW LENT TO FIGHT SARS” Taipei (Fides Service) – To encourage Catholics in Taiwan and all people of goodwill at this difficult time of the SARS epidemic, on May 25 Cardinal Paul Shan, President of the Chinese Regional Bishops’ Conference an ...
• 31 May 2003
  AFRICA RWANDA - CARDINAL SEPE CONSECRATES KIBEHO MARIAN SHRINE: “MAY KIBEHO SHRINE BECOME A PLACE FROM WHICH THERE WILL ARISE A PEOPLE OF RWANDA RENEWED IN FAITH, THIRSTING FOR LOVE FOR THEIR GOD, DETERMINED TO FORGET THE SAD PAST OF FRATRICIDAL WAR” Kibeho (Fides Service) – “I exhort you to prayer fervently that this Kibeho Shrine may become a place from which there will arise a people of Rwanda renewed in faith, thirsting for love for their God, determined to f ...