News

• 9 May 2003
  VATICAN - PAPAL AUDIENCE: THE PRINCIPLE TASK OF BISHOPS AND PRIESTS IS TO BUILD UP THE CHURCH THROUGH PROCLAMATION OF THE WORD OF GOD AND THE TEACHING OF CATECHISM Vatican City (Fides Service) – “As the first catechist of the community, the priest, especially if he is the parish priest, is called to be the first believer and disciple of the Word of God and to devote assiduous c ...
• 9 May 2003
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - EVANGELISATION THROUGH SONG AND DANCE: SAINT FRANCIS MUSICAL PRODUCED ENTIRELY BY YOUNG PEOPLE REAPS HUGE SUCCESS IN PNG Vanimo (Fides Service) – The Francesco Theatre Group from Aitape diocese is having great success with the public and promises well for evangelisation as it makes its musical tour of the dioceses. The group of 30 young ...
• 9 May 2003
  AFRICA/KENYA - AT LEAST 20,000 HOMELESS AS TORRENTIAL RAINS CONTINUE: WEAKENED BY DROUGHT AND A FOOD CRISIS PEOPLE NOW FACE FLOODS Nairobi (Fides Service) – There is no let up in the torrential rains which have been causing havoc in Kenya since the end of April. “The worst situation is in Baringo district in north Kenya” writers for CISA Catho ...
• 9 May 2003
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - VIOLENT FIGHTING IN ITURI REGION, PRIEST KILLED IN BUNIA Kinshasa (Fides Service) – Violent fighting is reported in Bunia, in the Ituri region in north east Democratic Republic of Congo. The city has been attacked by thousands of Lendu warriors armed with fire, spears and ma ...
• 9 May 2003
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - WORK SHOP FOR PASTORAL WORKERS: MISSIONARY ANIMATION AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE Buenos Aires (Fides Service) – Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 May in Buenos Aires there will be a Workshop of Initiation to Missionary Childhood and Adolescence promoted by the Pontifical Mission Societies of Missionary Chi ...
• 9 May 2003
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - BISHOPS SAY: “LET’S BUILD TOGETHER A BETTER BOLIVIA” SUNDAY 25 MAY NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER FOR PEACE Cochabamba (Fides Service) – “Let’s build together a better Bolivia is the title of a message issued by the Bishops of Bolivia after their 76th plenary assembly 2-7 May in Cochabamba, in which they lament the prof ...
• 9 May 2003
  VATICAN - CARDINAL SEPE TO THE PONTIFICAL MISSION SOCIETIES GENERAL ASSEMBLY: OUR DUTY OF MISSIONARY ANIMATION IS TODAY AS IMPORTANT AND URGENT AS EVER IN THE FACE OF THE CHALLENGES AWAITING US Rome (Fides Service) – “If the work of a national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies is exciting and rewarding, it is also delicate and important for the entire missionary life of the particular Churches an ...
• 9 May 2003
  VATICAN - PAPAL LETTER TO ARCHDIOCESE OF KRAKOW AND THE CHURCH IN POLAND FOR 750TH ANNIVERSARY OF CANONISATION OF SAINT STANISLAUS Vatican City (Fides Service) – “Grow in holiness! Build the house of your life on the rock of divine grace, so that its solidity is founded on fidelity to God and to his commandments!” With these words Pope John Pa ...
• 9 May 2003
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - UNITED NATIONS SAY 85 MILLION DOLLARS URGENTLY NEEDED FOR 3 MILLION VICTIMS OF WAR Abidjan (Fides Service) – At least 3 million people are at risk because of war in Ivory Coast. This is reported by Carolyn McAskie, United Nations’ special envoy to Ivory Coast. According to the United Nations in I ...
• 9 May 2003
  ASIA/IRAQ - “TWELVE YEARS OF UN SANCTIONS REDUCED THE IRAQI PEOPLE TO POVERTY BUT NOW WE LOOK WITH HOPE TO THE FUTURE” CATHOLIC PRIEST IN NINIVE LAUNCHES APPEAL TO HELP IRAQI CHRISTIANS Baghdad (Fides Service) – “After 12 years of United Nations sanctions many people in Iraq are extremely poor” Father Nizar Semaan in the diocese of Ninive tells Fides Service when we asked about the present economi ...
• 9 May 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - CENTENARY FOR NIROPYA CATHOLIC MONTHLY VERY POPULAR WITH HINDUS Pune (Fides Service) – Niropya (The Messenger) India’s second oldest Catholic magazine, published in Marathi, Pune diocese in Maharashtra state, this year is marking its centenary and is being congratulated by Catho ...
• 8 May 2003
  EUROPE/BELGIUM - IN 2004 PILGRIMAGE TO SANTIAGO TO CELEBRATE EUROPEAN UNITY: BISHOPS ANNOUNCE A EUROPE DAY Brussels (Fides Service) – On May 9, Europe Day which recalls the history making event on May 1950 when the bases were laid for a united Europe, the Bishops of the COMECE Commission of Bishops Conferences of the Europe ...
• 8 May 2003
  VATICAN - PAPAL AUDIENCE: MY APOSTOLIC VISIT TO SPAIN CONFIRMED MY PROFOUND CONVICTION THAT THE ANCIENT NATIONS OF EUROPE STILL HAVE A CHRISTIAN HEART Vatican City (Fides Service) – During the general audience of Wednesday 7 May in St Peter’s Square Pope John Paul II spoke of his recent visit to Spain (3 and 4 May): “From the moment of my arrival I had the opport ...
• 8 May 2003
  VATICAN - PONTIFICAL LATERAN UNIVERSITY SYMPOSIUM ON POPE JOHN PAUL 25 YEARS OF PONTIFICATE: THE CHURCH AT THE SERVICE OF MANKIND Rome (Fides Service) – “John Paul II: 25 years of Pontificate – The Church at the Service of Mankind” is the theme of a three day symposium which opened on May 8 at the Pontifical Lateran University. Among those ...
• 8 May 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - 21ST CHAPTER OF THE DEHONIAN FATHERS FOR A HEART OPEN WITH SOLIDARITY AT THE SERVICE OF MISSION Rome (Fides Service) – The Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Dehonian Fathers) will hold their 21st Chapter in Rome, 12 May to 13 June at their General Curia house on the theme “Dehonians in M ...