News

• 22 October 2005
  VATICAN - Interview with Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on the occasion of WORLD MISSION SUNDAY 2005 Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the occasion of World Mission Sunday, which falls this year on 23 October, the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe kindly agreed to giv ...
• 22 October 2005
  ACTIVITY OF THE PONTIFICAL MISSIONARY SOCIETIES FOR MISSIONARY ANIMATION AND COOPERATION ACTIVITY OF THE PONTIFICAL MISSIONARY SOCIETIES FOR MISSIONARY ANIMATION AND COOPERATION ...
• 21 October 2005
  World Mission Sunday 2005: Catholic Church Statistics Vatican City (Fides Service) - Here is Fides annual report on Catholic Church statistics which is prepared every year in view of World Mission Sunday 23 October. Figures regarding members of the Church, church structures ...
• 20 October 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - In the wake of CAM 2 the 1st Mission Congress for Amazonia and Roraima opens tomorrow in Manaus with the slogan “Church in the Amazon, our life is mission” Manaus (Fides Service) - Brazil’s 1st North Regional Mission Congress (for the states of Amazonia and Roraima,) opens tomorrow 21 October in Manaus, Amazionia State in the far north of Brazil. The aim of the congress i ...
• 20 October 2005
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “The main concern now is reconstruction because so many people have lost their homes and the fields which provide their livelihood” says Archbishop Víctor Hugo Martines Quetzaltenango (Fides Service) - Over two weeks have past since the fury of Hurricane Stan swept Guatemala leaving destruction and death in its wake. According to the local press and national Red Cross organisation many ...
• 20 October 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Australian Christians give generously to special collections and other efforts of solidarity for earthquake victims in Pakistan Sydney (Fides Service) - “We are with them as they help those stricken people start a new life”, said Fr Terence Bell, national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Australia, explaining how PMS Australia ...
• 20 October 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - Mission: Bread Broken for the Life of the World Nairobi (Fides Service)- In preparation for Mission Sunday celebrations in Kenya the national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in that country, Italian Consolata missionary Fr. Eugenio Ferrari, addressed a s ...
• 20 October 2005
  VATICAN - To play a leading role in the cultural debate of today students at Rome’s Pontifical Universities launch a new magazine Synthesis Rome (Fides Service) - To play a leading role in university activity, participate in the present day cultural debate in order to facilitate the Church’s cultural response in the future, students at Rome’s Pontifical ...
• 20 October 2005
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Mission Week 16-23 October 2005: “We are close to all the travellers on all the roads of the world because mission is movement towards others” Paris (Fides Service) - Presenting activities for Mission Week 2005, 16-23 October Bishop Daniel Labille, president of the French Bishops’ Missions Commission and Rev. Jean-Marie Aubert, national director of the Pontif ...
• 20 October 2005
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Mission Month of October: holiness of life “fundamental presupposition and an irreplaceable condition” for any missionary animation. Lagos (Fides Service)- The Pontifical Mission Societies (Missio Nigeria) has just concluded its mission animation programme October 4 - 15, 2005. The programme started with a five-day Reflection/Workshop for all the PMS ...
• 20 October 2005
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Ramadan in Moluccas provides opportunities for Muslim - Christian reconciliation Ambon (Fides Service) - Local Church sources in Amboina diocese, Moluccas Islands, say Ramadan the annual Muslim month of prayer and fasting is an opportunity for promoting reconciliation and joint social activities. The ...
• 20 October 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Cardinal Stephen Kim: “A collapsed building can be reconstructed, it is not so difficult. However if the sense of values and dignity of life collapses it will be very difficult to restore”. Seoul (Fides Service) - Cardinal Stephen Kim, emeritus archbishop of di Seoul has reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s position that the “human embryo is a human life, with precise and undeniable dignity which demands to ...
• 20 October 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Catholic immigrants ‘at home’ with the Eucharist: “Since I left my family and came to Italy I try to spend some time with Jesus every day: in front of the Tabernacle I am in the company of Jesus and my parents and friends feel close” Rome (Fides Service) - Homesick Peter Damian Mallam aged 26, in Italy in search of work to support his family in Sudan said he finds the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist an indispensable source of comfort and str ...
• 20 October 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Italian Paediatric Allergists and Immunologists say virus strategy to fight the virus can save 300.000 children at risk Rome (Fides Service) - According to the national health ministry anti-flu vaccination could save the lives of 300,000 Italian children at risk. Unfortunately only 10 per cent will be vaccinated and the Italian Society o ...
• 20 October 2005
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Camillian Fathers in Ouagadougou report on health situation in Burkina Faso served by 100 Catholic health care structures Ouagadougou (Fides Service) - Situated in central west Africa between the savannah and the Sahel desert, Burkina Faso has a population of 12 million, consisting for 80% in rural communities. Principle obstacles to develo ...