News
10 September 2005
AFRICA/KENYA - Rehabilitation therapy, support and social re-integration of people with a disability
Rome (Fides Service) - Fifty years ago Medici con l’Africa (CUAMM) (Doctors with Africa) sent its first doctor member on mission to Kenya. CUAMM has since offered assistence to ten different hospitals in various places ...
10 September 2005
AMERICA/ARGENTINA “Starting from our family reality we intend to respond to the Church’s call to obey Christ’s command: go and make disciples of all peoples”: conclusions of 6th National Meeting of Missionary Families
Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - “We want to make the Kingdom of God a reality in our families and to announce it without hesitation to other families with joy and hope”. This statement was part of conclusions issued b ...
10 September 2005
ASIA/CHINA - Lay Catholics fully active in the life of the Church thanks to on-going formation and in-depth study in the faith
Shi Jia Zhuang (Fides Service) - Over 120 lay Catholics actively involved in the life of the Church in the diocese of Shi Jia Zhuang, He Bei province, followed courses of religious formation for laity offered by the loc ...
10 September 2005
ASIA/INDIA - New Catholic College to be opened in Gujarat state
New Delhi (Fides Service) -The local government has granted permission for the opening of a new Catholic College in Gandhinagar in the state of Gujarat, west India. The news was announced by Archbisop Stanislaus Fernand ...
10 September 2005
ASIA/AZERBAIJAN - Small Catholic community comes to life in former Communist country
Baku (Fides Service) - Azerbaijan facing the Caspian Sea to the west in the south-west of Asia a former Soviet Union satellite republic has a population of 6.2 million, 84% Muslim mainly Shiite. The is a community of 350 ...
10 September 2005
ASIA/AZERBAIJAN - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe to bless foundation stone for a church in Baku: after decades of persecution little flock of 150 Catholics takes new hope
Baku (Fides Service) - “The laying of the foundation stone for a Catholic church in Baku, the first in 70 years of suffering, is an important event for the city and the nation: it is a sign that the Catholic Church her ...
10 September 2005
AFRICA/GHANA - Local Catholics organise collections in aid of Hurricane Katrina vcitims in America
Accra (Fides Service)- The Bishops of Ghana have asked Catholics to give generously in aid of people in the United States of America suffering the tragic consequences of Hurricane Katrina.
“The Catholic Bishops’ C ...
10 September 2005
AFRICA/ CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Flood alarm exaggerated, real problem is extreme poverty of most people in this country
Bangui (Fides Service)- “The alarm is somewhat exaggerated although havy rains have caused serious damage” said local sources in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, with regard to appeals from internatio ...
10 September 2005
Instrumentum mensis Augusti pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontifici Benedicti XVI, pro evangelizatione in terris missionum
The 20th World Youth Day in Cologne was at the heart of the teaching of Benedict XVI in the month of August. The Day was the chance for the first Apostolic journey of Benedict XVI outside the walls of the Vatican and to ...
9 September 2005
VATICAN - The Pope reminds first group of Mexican Bishops on ad limina visit to Rome that “present day society questions and observes the Church, demanding coherence and courage in the faith
Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) - “Meetings among bishops are precious opportunities to experience and deepen unity. In this sense the Bishops’ Conference of Mexico is called to be a bright sign of ecclesial communio ...
9 September 2005
VATICAN - “Mission remains the Church’s most pressing urgency”: Cardinal Sepe sends message to Meeting of Portuguese speaking Bishops Conferences in Maputo
Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Mission remains the most pressing urgency for the Church and there is nothing to show that the time for mission ad gentes is over. Indeed at this time in history, more than ever it is ne ...
9 September 2005
VATICAN - Catholic health pastoral care and pro-life promotion: up-coming initiatives in India, New Zealand, and Australia
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Catolic activity in the fields of pastoral care for healthcare workers and the sick, formation for health workers to help prevent disease and assist the sick in the poorest areas of the pla ...
9 September 2005
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Catholic institutions all over the States continue to help in Hurricane Katrina emergency collecting funds and opening schools, homes and hospitals to victims.
New York (Fides Service) - Catholic institutions all over the United States continue to offer all kinds of help in the emergency caused by Hurricane Katrina collecting funds and providing shelter and assistance. The nati ...
9 September 2005
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Promote, strengthen and evangelise the family: 11th National Congress on Family Pastoral Care on the theme “Family source of life and builder of peace”
São Paulo (Fides Service) - “Family source of life and builder of peace” is the theme of the 11th National Congress in Family Pastoral Care to be held 9 - 11 September in São Paulo at Santa Terezinha Salesian Educ ...
9 September 2005
EUROPA/SPAIN - Preparations for 5th World Meeting of Families in July 2006 in Valencia: programme will include Family Feast and International Congress
Valencia (Fides Service) - Preparations are underway for the 5th World Meeting of Families organised by the Catholic Church which will be held next year 2006 in July in Valencia, Spain. Recently Cardinal Alfonso López T ...
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