News

• 15 October 2005
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Lyon archdiocese opens Year of Mission Lyon (Fides Service) - With a solemn concelebration of Mass on 14 October in St John Baptist Cathedral in Lyon the Year of Mission in France was officially opened. The Mass was presided by Cardinal Philippe Barbarin arch ...
• 15 October 2005
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Handmaids of Holy Child Jesus: English speaking West Africa’s first local Congregation of women religious Lagos (Fides Service) - Handmaids of Holy Child Jesus (H.H.C.J.) the first indigenous congregation of women religious in English-speaking Africa was founded in Nigeria in 1931 by Mother Mary Charles Walker, an English n ...
• 15 October 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “Stop causing all this suffering to your brothers and sisters”: vicar general in Ubundu, east Congo pleads with militia Kinshasa (Fides Service) - A Catholic priest in Ubundu, archdiocese of Kisangani in east Democratic Congo has called on militia groups to stop violence against civilians. “Stop causing this suffering to your brothers a ...
• 15 October 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - In an atmosphere of inter-religious solidarity Catholic NGOs help assist earthquake victims Kasur (Fides Service) - Numerous young Catholic volunteers are helping to assist and resettle families affected by the October 8 earthquake in Kashmir Pakistan and Kashmir India. The volunteers work with Caritas Pakistan ...
• 15 October 2005
  ASIA/JAPAN - Young Catholics from China, Japan and Korea promote peace in the Far East: Church in Japan organises Symposium Tokyo (Fides Service) - Every year the local Catholic Church in Japan invites young Catholics from Japan, China and Korea to take part in a symposium to discuss questions of justice and peace in Asia. About 30 young peo ...
• 15 October 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “Proclaim Life for All. Witness, free, teach celebrate”: local Mission Sunday in Australia. “A wonderful opportunity to witness: the Eucharist calls for mission”, says national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Australia Sydney (Fides Service) - Mission Sunday is a “great opportunity to bear witness and proclaim Christ”, Fr Terence Bell, national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Australia said referring to events organ ...
• 15 October 2005
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “Hurricane Stan left destruction and death and revealed the failings of our selfish economic and social policies. What importance have we given to meeting the urgent needs of the poor?” Statement by Catholic Bishops Guatemala City (Fides Service) - “Guatemala lives in grief and suffering, thousands of ordinary men, women and children have been affected by Hurricane Stan and damage to the country’s production system makes the sit ...
• 15 October 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Child, sport, wellbeing, a possible equation. Bambino Gesu Children’s Hospital major Italian experts meet to discuss progress Rome (Fides Service) - Too often we hear of young lives ended in the play ground or the sports field. Children who appeared robust but in fact suffered from some congenital malformation only visible to a specialist . Ch ...
• 15 October 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Although some people might think night time Adoration is out of date our groups continue to welcome new members, especially people most committed to evangelisation” says President Spain’s National Council of Adoration Groups Madrid (Fides Service) - Pedro García Mendoza, President of Spain’s National Council of Adoration Groups illustrates the activity of people who choose to be Night Adorer ...
• 15 October 2005
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Adoration Groups: 6 million members all over the world “their spirit of adoration is leaven which transforms communities” Mexico (Fides Service) - Founded 150 years ago the Association of Adoration Groups today has 6 million members all over the world who regularly devote some hours of the night to adoration of Jesus Christ present in the ...
• 14 October 2005
  VATICAN - Year of the Eucharist: in St Peter’s Square tomorrow afternoon Pope Benedict XVI will hold special catechism class for a hundred thousand children who made their First Holy Communion this year Vatican City (Fides Service) - Tomorrow afternoon about 100,000 children mainly from Italy but some from other countries who made their First Holy Communion this year will gather for a special celebration with Pope Bened ...
• 14 October 2005
  VATICAN - “The Eucharist and its miracles”: testimonial from Siberia Vatican City (Fides Service) - We give a testimonial by Mgr. Massimo Camisasca, founder and Superior general of the Priestly Fraternity of the Missionaries of St Charles Borromeo, on how the faith survived through long y ...
• 14 October 2005
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Project to revive missionary spirit in the archdiocese of Philadelphia: Year 2005 dedicated to Africa Philadelphia (Fides Service) - A project to revive missionary spirit in the archdiocese of Philadelphia has been launched by the city’s Catholic archbishop Cardinal Justin Rigali. The idea is to promote mission awarene ...
• 14 October 2005
  EUROPE/GT BRITAIN - Leaders of 6 main faith groups in Britain issue Open letter warning about proposed change in law to allow euthanasia. The so called ‘right to die’ would inexorably become the ‘duty to die’ London (Fides Service) - In an unprecedented move, nine leading figures from the six major faith groups in the UK published an open letter - signed by them all - that will be sent to all members of both Houses of Parliam ...
• 14 October 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - As the Year of the Eucharist draws to a close, Lima hosts a meeting “We have come to adore Him” to reflect on the importance of the Eucharist in the life of every Christian Lima (Fides Service) - A Eucharistic Meeting “We have come to adore Him” organised by the 4th department of the archdiocese of Lima opens today 14 October at Our Lady of Guadalupe parish in Balconcillo, La Victoria. ...