News
20 December 2005
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “Put Christ back at the centre of Christmas” says Archbishop of Adelaide
Adelaide (Fides Service) - Just as children put the statue of the infant Jesus at the centre of the nativity Scene so adults too should put Christ at the centre of Christmas which has become a feast of consumerism. This ...
20 December 2005
AFRICA/TUNISIA - “Christmas passes almost unnoticed in Tunis in the eyes of the world but not in the eyes of the faith: we are a tiny flock but we live this important Feast Day with deep devotion " says Fr. Eugenio Elías
Tunis (Fides Service) - Christmas celebrations in Tunis are far less visible than in many other parts of the world, says Fr. Eugenio Elías, a member of the Institute of the Incarnate Word, first of all because the perce ...
20 December 2005
ASIA/MYANMAR - In memory of PIME missionary Fr Igino Matarucco a great pioneer of mission in Myanmar
Yangon (Fides Service) - Another of the great pioneers of evangelisation in Myanmar has gone to the House of the Father leaving a precious legacy of authentic Christian witness. Fr Igino Matarucco, a member of the Pontif ...
20 December 2005
ASIA/JAPAN - Two new Salesian priests in Tokyo: a sign of hope for the Catholic community
Tokyo (Fides Service) - Evangelisation continues to bear fruit in the land of the Rising Sun. Recently the local Catholic community in Tokyo had the joy of welcoming two new local priests. The priests, both Salesians of ...
20 December 2005
ASIA/CAMBODIA - Caritas Rice Bank alleviates farmers’ poverty
Phnom Penh (Fides Service) - A “Rice Bank” to help poor farmers reap a better harvest and so improve their living standard: this is the goal of programmes launched by Caritas Cambodia in the province of Kandal.
The ...
20 December 2005
ASIA/HONG KONG - Bishop Joseph Zen praises priests and religious celebrating anniversary of ordination or profession
Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Addressing priests and religious marking the anniversary of their ordination or profession Bishop Joseph Zen of Hong Kong congratulated and praised them for letting themselves “be captured b ...
20 December 2005
ASIA/TAIWAN - Catholic high school in Taipei archdiocese organises talks for students on themes connected with respect for life
Taipei (Fides Service) - Respect for the life and dignity of every human person; caring for our own life and that of our neighbour; discovering the authentic meaning of life, were some of the themes presented in a series ...
19 December 2005
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI at the Angelus says "Let us be ‘infected’ by the silence of St Joseph: in this time of preparation for Christmas let us give priority to inner recollection so we may let Jesus come and stay in our life”.
Vatican City (Fides) - Saint Joseph who “in perfect harmony with his wife welcomes the Son of God made man and watches over his human development”, can help us prepare for Christmas and “live this great mystery of ...
19 December 2005
AFRICA/DR CONGO- Congo’s constitutional referendum continues. Operations to verify the vote of representatives of the Catholic Church are coordinated by different religious confessions present in the country
Kinshasa (Fides Service) - Observers of various different religions are monitoring voting in the constitution referendum taking place in Democratic Congo. This monitoring service is organised by Inter-diocesan Hall at th ...
19 December 2005
ASIA/JAPAN - Japan Catholic News published by the Bishops’ Conference to move on-line
Tokyo (Fides Service) - Catholic Church news in Japan is about to land on the world wide web. As from January 2006 Japan Catholic News, the newsletter of the Japanese Catholic Bishops’ Conference will be on-line. The b ...
19 December 2005
ASIA/CHINA - Catholics in a Beijing parish celebrate Baptisms and organise fund raising events in preparation for Christmas
Beijing (Fides Service) - On 18 December Holy Saviour parish or Bei Tang (north parish) celebrated 100 baptisms and gave a warm welcome to the new members of the Church. One of the newly baptised adults said “this yea ...
19 December 2005
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Voters flock to vote Bukavu in the grip of “referendum fever”
Bukavu (Fides Service) - In Congo where a two day constitutional referendum is underway parish priests remind people that voting is a right and a duty. “This Sunday is a memorable day for our country. Each one of us is ...
19 December 2005
ASIA/MYANMAR - Taunggyi archdiocese celebrates ordination of new deacons and priests and archbishop’s 25th anniversary: Papal nuncio Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio visits Marian shrine in Pekhon
Pekhon (Fides Service) - In a setting of natural beauty on a hill overlooking Lake Pekhon the Church in Myanmar celebrated important events: the ordination of new deacons and priests and the 25th anniversary of the ordi ...
19 December 2005
ASIA/PAKISTAN - At Sangla Hill Christians still mobilised: 20 December protest prayer organised by the Bishops’ Justice and Peace Commission
Lahore (Fides Service) - Christians of different denominations continue to protest against anti-Christian violence at Sangla Hill, near Lahore, where an angry mob of over a thousand Muslim fanatics set fire to three chur ...
17 December 2005
AFRICA/DR CONGO - On the eve of the referendum President Kabila says he is moving his office to Bukavu in eastern Congo to promote stability in that part of the country where war is still a threat
Bukavu (Fides Service)- “This is a positive signal and it will give the people in the east of the country new hope although prudence is necessary” say local sources in Bukavu the main town in the south Kivu region of ...
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