News
14 September 2005
VATICAN - The Pope’s Weekly General Audience: “God and humanity walk together through history and the temple serves as a visibile sign of this communion”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - This morning Pope Benedict XVI held his general weekly audience in St Peter’s Square. The Holy Father flew into Rome by helicopter from his Summer Residence in Castel Gandolfo to address ...
14 September 2005
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Rising political tension as elections approach; Catholic bishops call on nation to unite to build peace and harmony
Dar Es Salaam (Fides Service)- “As our Bishops said in a recent Pastoral Letter Tanzanians must work together to build harmony in view of elections on 30 October” said local sources in Dar Es Salaam, capital of Tanz ...
14 September 2005
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Maputo meeting photographs the Church in Portuguese speaking Africa
Maputo (Fides Service)- “Portuguese is spoken by about 250 million people in many different countries and is one of the languages most used in the Catholic world. Common language enabled Bishops at the meeting to discu ...
13 September 2005
ASIA/TAIWAN - Missionaries of Charity in Taipei renew their vows in the hands of Archbishop Cheng to serve the poor and needy
Taipei (Fides Service) - Five Missionaries of Charity, a congregation founded by Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, renewed their religious profession during a solemn Mass on the feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary p ...
13 September 2005
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Cholera vaccine will save more than 100 children a year in Argentina
Rome (Fides Service) - An anti-cholera vaccine soon available in Argentina could save the lives of up to a hundred children who would otherwise die of dysentery caused by the rotavirus.
The virus identified 35 years ago ...
13 September 2005
VATICAN - Tomorrow the Pope will bless a statue of St Josemaría Escrivà placed along with sculptures of Saints and Founders of religious Orders in outside niches of St Peter’s Basilica
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Tomorrow Wednesday 14 September immediately after the General Audience Pope Benedict XVI will bless a statue of St Josemaría Escrivà placed in one of the outside niches of St Peter’s Ba ...
13 September 2005
AFRICA/CONGO - Profound grief for tragic deaths of Italian missionary Fr Angelo Redaelli and the little villlage girl killed hit by the vehicle he was driving
Rome (Fides Service)- “Fr. Angelo had been on mission in Congo only two years but was already part of the community. His death was due to the tragic circumstances: in no way can his murder be taken for an act of hostil ...
13 September 2005
EUROPE/SPAIN - “Night adoration and young people: challenges for the future”: National Meeting for Young Night Adorers of the Eucharist 23 - 25 September
León (Fides Service) - ‘Putting Jesus at the centre’ is the theme of a National Meeting for Young Night Adorers of the Eucharist 23 - 25 September to be held in Leon, Spain, organised by the National Council of Nigh ...
13 September 2005
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Salesians 25 years at the service of young people where violence among youth is widespread
Port Moresby (Fides Service) -Juvenile deliquency in New Guinea is a serious problem, a matter of concern for experts, educators, civil and religious leaders. The Salesians who first came here 25 years ago to work among ...
13 September 2005
ASIA/JAPAN - A Church that transcends nationality: Japanese diocese sends priest on mission to Brazil
Yokohama (Agenzia Fides) - “We want to be a Church that transcends nationality” said Bishop Umemura Masahiro of Yokohama who recently assigned a diocesan priest to Brazil in an experiment of ‘reverse missison’ co ...
13 September 2005
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Archbishop of New Orleans calls on Catholics the world over to offer prayers and funds for hurrican victims. 90% of the archdiocese’s churches, schools and parishes were flooded
New Orleans (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Alfred C. Hughes of New Orleans has appealed to Catholics the world over for prayers and material aid to support efforts by the archdiocese to meet the many needs victims of Hurri ...
13 September 2005
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Health Ministry hopes Marburg virus epidemic is over
Rome (Fides Service) - The Angolan health ministry is confident that an outbreak of Marburg which began in October in norther Angola and has taken over 350 lives is now coming to an end. The fact that no new cases have ...
13 September 2005
ASIA/INDIA - Another Catholic priest is murdered: Bishops call for an official investigation
New Delhi (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of India have urged the National Commission for Minorities to demand an official investigation into the the murder of a Catholic priest yesterday 12 September in the dioce ...
13 September 2005
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Vitality in the Church, need for more in-depth formation, education to peace and promotion of respect for human rights in final statement issued by Meeting of Portuguese speaking Bishops’ Conferences
Maputo (Fides Service)- Signs of vitality and hope in the local Churches but also a need to improve formation for clergy and laity. This emerged from a meeting of Portuguese speaking Bishops’ Conferences in Maputo, cap ...
13 September 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - Trentola Ducenta Seminary: earthly remains of Blessed Paolo Manna founder of the Pontifical Missionary Union moved to a chapel which bears his name
Rome (Fides Service) - On Wednesday 14 September at Sacred Heart Seminary, Trentola Ducenta (CE), there will be a special ceremony for the transfer of the earthly remains of Blessed Paolo Manna, founder of the Pontifica ...
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