News
21 November 2005
ASIA/INDIA - Catholics in Orissa take up social challenges: fighting trafficking of tribal women
Sambalpur (Fides Service) - In India’s north eastern state of Orissa the local authorities, NGOs and religious communities are working to put an end to the phenomenon of trafficking of tribal women. Catholic dioceses ...
21 November 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - Don Oreste Benzi denounces: “month after pill RU486 plays into the hands of those who exploit prostitutes … this is slaughter”
Rome ( Fides Service) - Don Oreste Benzi, founder of the Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII, has no doubts: “Tests on RU486, ‘month after pill, are yet another insult to Italian women and an act of violence against the un ...
19 November 2005
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - “It is urgent restore the foundations of social harmony, create spaces for dialogue and foster common efforts to promote solidarity, justice and respect for the truth” say Catholic Bishops of Nicaragua
Managua (Fides Service) - The Bishops of Nicaragua denounce with concern growing spiritual and material poverty signs of which are “a loss of values and progressive social frustration” and underline the urgent need t ...
19 November 2005
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops statement on legalisation of abortion: “Abortion is an abominable crime which violates the fundamental right to life of the unborn child and configures a serious moral disorder”
Bogota (Fides Service) - “The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Colombia, faithful to the Gospel of Life and faced with discussion in the Constitutional Court and the national congress on the legalisation of abortion ...
19 November 2005
AMERICA/PERU - Thousands gather for first Eucharistic Congress in Tarma diocese on the theme “Eucharist, Epiphany of Diocesan Communion”
Tarma (Fides Service) - Thousands of people including bishops, priests, religious, seminarians, catechists and lay parish delegates are taking part in first Eucharistic Congress in Tarma diocese on the interesting and d ...
19 November 2005
AMERICA/MEXICO - Remembering with gratitude their recent meeting with Benedict XVI the Catholic Bishops of Mexico vow to respond to his call to be: “promoters and examples of communion to valorise temporal realities and illuminate them with the Gospel”
Mexico (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Mexico gathered for its 80th general assembly 7 to 10 November, discussed the restructuring of the country’s ecclesiastical provinces in view of more effec ...
19 November 2005
ASIA/PAKISTAN - “Dear volunteers we love you” Muslim children in earthquake affected Kashmir give Caritas helpers warm welcome. Conference on Rebuilding opens today
Lahore (Fides Service) - An unforgettable welcome: when Caritas volunteers arrived in the village of Boi about an hour and a half’s drive from Caritas offices in the town of Mansehra North West Frontier Province, they ...
19 November 2005
VATICAN - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI addresses participants at the Conference on the Human Genome : “May every new scientific discovery serve for the whole good of the person with respect for human dignity”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Today, particularly in the field of new contributions from medical science, the Church has a chance to offer its precious work of illuminating consciences so that each new scientific di ...
19 November 2005
ASIA/CHINA - Celebrations to close Year of the Eucharist in various Catholic
Beijing (Fides Service) - For the Church in China the Eucharist has always been the centre of its life: for Chinese Catholics the Eucharist is an experience of lived faith in Jesus Christ. Catholic communities all over C ...
19 November 2005
ASIA - Jesuit Refugee Service marks 25 years of mission in Asia
Bangkok (Fides Service) - In refugee camps on the border between Thailand and Myanmar, in tent camps set up in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, after last year’s tsunami tragedy, and also on the Nepal Bhutan border and in ...
19 November 2005
AFRICA/BOTSWANA - Oblates Missionaries of Mary Immaculate work with local Church to prepare young Catholics for marriage foundation stone of society
Gaborone (Fides Service)- The increase in broken marriages and divorces in Botswana is a cause of concern for the local community Oblates Missionaries of Mary Immaculate OMI. According to OMI Information bulletin the mis ...
19 November 2005
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Lay formation programme in Seoul: bear witness in Korean society to Gospel values and form Basic Church communities
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Trinity leadership Programme to train lay Catholics to be leaders of Basic Church Communities aBCC and agents of new evangelisation, is a new undertaking with which Seoul archdiocese intends to ha ...
18 November 2005
ASIA/CHINA - Over 2,000 Catholics in Hei Long Jiang take part in ordination of 5 new local priests with joy and hope
Hei Long Jiang (Fides Service) - There was great rejoicing among Catholics in Hei Long Jiang province in north east mainland China where 5 new priests were recently ordained. Some 2,000 Catholics took part in the solemn ...
18 November 2005
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “The freshness of the Word: the living and abiding Word of God”: 2005 Bible Week message
Seoul (Fides Service) - “The freshness of the Word: the living and abiding Word of God” was the title of a message issued by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference for the annual Bible Week in South Korea, held at the e ...
18 November 2005
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Local Church collaborates with foreign partners to launch programme for better education
Ouagadougou (Fides Service)- The local Church in Burkina Faso and a Swiss association have launched a joint programme to improve education in the African country. According to Swiss news agency APIC, Oeuvre Suisse d'Entr ...
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