News
23 September 2005
AMERICA/MEXICO - “Any collaboration of the Church in ‘drugtrafficking’ is not only without foundation it is contrary to its vast work of social assistance”: Bishops- statement
Mexico City (Fides Service) - In a statement with regard presumed donations to the Catholic of illegally obtained money the Catholic Bishops of Mexico declared “the Catholic Church is contrary to all immoral conduct... ...
23 September 2005
AMERICA/MEXICO - To close the Year of the Eucharist Guadalajara organises Great Eucharistic Parish Mission 23 to 30 October
Guadalajara (Fides Service) - A year after it hosted the 48th International Eucharistic Congress which officially opened the Year of the Eucharist, Guadalajara archdiocese in Mexico will close this special year given to ...
23 September 2005
ASIA/CHINA - Evangelisation in area of Gui Lin visited by tourists from near and far
Gui Lin (Fides) - “We focus all our efforts on evangelisation”, Rev Tao Shou Ying, parish priest at Gui Li parish in Guang Xi province told Hebei Catholic bulltin Faith “It is right to make our church as beautiful ...
23 September 2005
AFRICA - Hunger alarm in southern Africa: almost 9 million people risk starvation
Rome (Fides Service) - There is a growing food alarm in southern Africa. “The government of Malawi has written to foreign ambassadors asking for international aid because the food shortage is destined to become worse i ...
23 September 2005
ASIA/SRI LANKA - Presidential elections announced for 17 November, state of emergency extended, rising social tension
Colombo (Fides Service) - For Sri Lanka there is a fluid political season on the horizon with the announced presidential elections on 17 November and increasing political and social conflict. On 21 September parliament ...
22 September 2005
EUROPA/SPAIN - “As the new school year starts the family finds itself at the epicentre of social and ecclesial upheaval We must lose no time in updating and intensifying pastoral care for families” urges Cardinal archbishop of Madrid
Madrid (Fides Service) - “We must lose no time in updating and intensifying pastoral care for families” Cardinal Antonio Mª Rouco Valera archbishop of Madrid said on September 18 during his weekly Sunday address on ...
22 September 2005
ASIA/HONG KONG - With help from the diocese the Chinese University Hong Kong opens a Centre for Studies on Catholicism
Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Hong Kong Catholic diocese and the Chinese University of Hong Kong have agreed to promote academic study of Catholicism. According to Hong Kong’s diocesan bulletin Kong Ko Bao the diocese do ...
22 September 2005
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Gathering of 1,500 young Papuans determined to follow Jesus in the spirit of World Youth Day
Port Moresby (Fides Service) - At least 1,500 young Papuans determined to follow in the footsteps of Jesus Christ took part in a recent Youth Festival styled after this Summer’s great World Youth Day event in Germany i ...
22 September 2005
AMERICA/PERU - “Eucharist, bread of eternal life”: Arequipa launches initiatives in preparation for Diocesan Eucharistic Congress
Arequipa (Fides Service) - In response to calls by Pope John Paul II and Benedict XVI to foster the faithful’s encounter with Christ in the Eucharist especially in this Year of the Eucharist, the diocese of Arequipa is ...
22 September 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - In five years Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital “visits” in more than forty countries
Rome (Fides Service) - At a press conference yesterday held at Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital there was a presentation of projects launched by the Hospital in recent years projects involving doctors and missionaries ...
22 September 2005
“CARTONIDI FABULAE looking to see what lies beyond our own joy ”: exhibition opens 23 September
Rome (Fides Service) - As part of the third edition of ‘Roma Design and more’ 22-27 September 2005, the department for Art, Design and New Technologies I.T.A.C.A at La Sapienza University Rome and Rome Provincial Ass ...
22 September 2005
AFRICA/SUDAN - Reconciling hearts, a priority for the local Catholic Church
Khartoum (Fides Service)- “I see many projects for rebuilding infrastructures but few to rebuild our civil society” a missionary with 20 years of experience in southern Sudan said after the formation of the new gover ...
22 September 2005
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Appeal for a peaceful campaign for next election in 2006
Luanda (Fides Service)- A National Peace-Builders meeting 12 - 16 September, groups promoted by Caritas Angola to help solve conflict in the country, has launched an appeal to avoid violence and guarantee a peaceful elec ...
21 September 2005
AMERICA/PERU - Month of the Word of God: 10,000 Bibles distributed to poor families in rural areas of Moyobamba Prelature
Moyobamba (Fides Service) - In the context of the Month of the Bible in the Prelature of Moyobamba, Peru, and with the help of Toledo diocese in Spain, the local Catholic Church authorities have launched an America’s B ...
21 September 2005
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Latin American Bishops Conferences Delegates for Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue meet in São Paulo
São Paulo (Fides Service) - “Intensify efforts by our Bishops Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean to promote ecumenical and interreligious dialogue; share progress in the field of dailogue with other Church ...
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