News
4 November 2005
EUROPE/SPAIN - Over one hundred Catholic organisations will take part in 12 November protest against law which ignores parents’ right to choose the kind of education they want for their children
Madrid (Fides Service) - Spain’s National Catholic confederation of parents of families and parents of pupils(CONCAPA) together with 8 other educational organisations has organised a demonstration in Madrid on 12 Nove ...
4 November 2005
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Zanzibar tension after elections which saw confirmation of outgoing President
Dar Es Salaam (Fides Service)- Election disputes in Zanzibar were given little attention in the rest of Tanzania. “Things are quiet because it is the Idr al Fitr holiday which marks the end of Ramadan” say local sour ...
4 November 2005
AMERICA/MEXICO - “The Catholic Church wishes to promote dialogue and participation of citizens helping to consolidate democracy and improve the quality of political debate ” say Bishops in view of presidential elections in 2006
Mexico City (Fides Service) - To help people take a responsible and constructive part in presidential elections in 2006, the Catholic Bishops of Mexico have issued a statement with the title “The electoral campaign, an ...
4 November 2005
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Earthquake emergency: assistance for earthquake victims in Kashmir and North West Frontier Province
Rome (Fides Service) - The almost total destruction of homes in the parts of Pakistan affected by the earthquake last month, continues to render the situation critical for four million homeless people which will worsen ...
4 November 2005
AFRICA - An estimated 30 million illegal small arms and light weapons circulate in Africa. Great Lakes Region MPs meet to address the problem
Rome (Fides Service)- One of Africa’s forgotten ills is widespread illegal possession of small arms and light weapons which feed violence, conflict, guerrilla warfare and banditry, the latter being ever more present in ...
4 November 2005
ASIA/INDONESIA - Provocateurs behind anti-Christian violence in Sulawesi and Moluccas: Christians resolve to keep the peace
Ambon Fides Service) - Police on the alert, army troops presiding public places and buildings, stricter control at road blocks: these are some of the measures adopted by the authorities in the Indonesian province Molucc ...
4 November 2005
OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Tetere Catholics mark 10 anniversary of Christ the King parish
Honiara (Fides Service) - For ten years a large statue of Christ the King and a great Cross have watched over the town of Tetere and Christ the King Catholic parish on the island of Guadalcanal, one of six large islands ...
4 November 2005
ASIA/MYANMAR - Ecumenical prayers for peace and national reconciliation
Mandalay (Fides Service) - “Let us love one another” was the theme of a recent series of ecumenical meetings in Mandalay promoted jointly by Catholics and Protestants to promote dialogue and send a message of peace ...
3 November 2005
VATICAN - “To become a saint means to become fully what we are, elevated in Jesus Christ to the dignity of adoptive sons and daughters of God” Pope Benedict XVI recalls on November 1 at the midday Angelus prayer
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The solemnity of All Saints “gives us a taste of the joy of belonging to the great family of the friends of God” Pope Benedict XVI said before reciting the Angelus prayer with people ga ...
3 November 2005
AMERICA/PERU - Arequipa diocese intensifies preparations for Ist Diocesan Eucharistic Congress: more than 1,000 Catholics attend Penitential Celebration presided by the Archbishop
Arequipa (Fides Service) - Saturday 29 at La Salle Education Centre in Arequipa, about 1,000 people, members of religious communities, parish groups, lay movements took part in a Penitential Celebration led by the Archbi ...
3 November 2005
VATICAN - The Pope’s teaching at the general Wednesday audience 2 November: “Illuminated by faith we look at the human enigma of death with serenity and hope...more than an end, it is a new birth”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - During his general audience in St Peter’s Square on 2 November, Pope Benedict XVI explained the meaning of psalm 111 (“Blessed is the just man” - Second Vespers Sunday week four; Ps 1 ...
3 November 2005
AFRICA/KENYA - Liturgy of the Hours is the prayer of the whole Family of God, Kenyan Bishops’ Conference prepares special Ordo 2005-2006 for celebrations of Mass and the Liturgy of the Hours
Nairobi (Fides Service)- Catholics in Kenya and English-speaking Africa can now join in the daily prayer of the Church, called the Liturgy of the Hours, following publication of a special edition of the ORDER for 2005-20 ...
3 November 2005
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Mission to the young: an urgent priority for the Church in Korea for the coming years
Seoul (Fides Service) - Mission among the young will be a priority for the Catholic Church in Korea for the coming years. This was announced by Bishop John Choi Young-soo president of the Korean Bishops’ Committee for ...
3 November 2005
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - 'Vatican II today and tomorrow': study seminar organised by Sydney Catholic Institute
Sydney (Fides Service) - A study seminar to mark the 40th anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Council has been organised by the Sydney Catholic Institute, a study centre for theological formation and elabora ...
3 November 2005
AFRICA/BENIN - Alarm for organised crime, banditry, trafficking of children
Cotonou (Fides Service)- Increasing crime is causing alarm in Benin. According to United Nations representatives, Benin’s fragile economy has led to an increase in acts of street banditry, robberies and armed theft .
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