News

• 14 October 2005
  AMERICA/CHILE - “We believers and all men and women of goodwill face an enormous challenge: to propose values of hope to our world, young people in particular”: appeal from Standing Committee of the Chilean Bishops’ Conference Santiago de Chile (Fides Service) - Public institutions have the duty “to guarantee the people a healthy and dignified life. It is necessary to appreciate the beauty of mature and faithful sexuality, aware of its capac ...
• 14 October 2005
  VATICAN - “Continuing of the Path of Dialogue”: Catholic Church’s annual message to the Muslims of the world on the occasion of Id al Fitr feast at the end of the month of Ramadan Vatican City (Fides Service ) - ‘Continuing Dialogue’ is the title of the Holy See’s annual message to the Muslims of the world on the occasion of the feast of ‘Id al Fitr, 1426 A.H. / 2005 A.D., at the end of Ra ...
• 14 October 2005
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - The spirit of solidarity which is born and is fed in the Eucharist leads us to mission : theme for Mission Sunday in Portugal a few days before 3rd International Congress New Evangelisation ICNE Lisbon (Fides Service) - In the context of the Year of the Eucharist and inspired by Pope John Paul II’s Mission Sunday Message for this year, “Mission: bread broken for the life of the world”, to underline the spi ...
• 14 October 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Re-launching mission in Oceania, celebrating Pope Paul VI’s great apostolic exhortation Evangelii Nuntiandi Sydney (Fides Service) - To reflect on evangelisation in Oceania and celebrate the 30th anniversary of Pope Paul VI’s great missionary exhortation Evangelii Nuntiandi a series of thought-provoking conferences were held ...
• 14 October 2005
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Prevention of chronic diseases could save lives of people 36 million otherwise destined to die before 2015 Rome (Fides Service) - Chronic diseases are the main cause of death in the world: according to a World Health Organisation report on “Prevention of Chronic Illnesses” an estimated 17 million people die every year bec ...
• 14 October 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - The Year of the Eucharist in Catholic parishes in Bukavu, east Congo Bukavu (Fides Service)- “We are preparing for the closing celebrations of the Year of the Eucharist while remembering our beloved Archbishop who left us in October the month of mission” said Fr Gianni Brentegani, Xav ...
• 14 October 2005
  AFRICA/CAPE VERDE - Capuchin missionaries in Cape Verde: pastoral animation, projects for human and social development, health centre Praia (Fides Service)- Capuchin Fathers have been present in Cape Verde since 1947: a Franciscan presence among the poorest and most humble people. “A presence which has grown with time” Fr Ottavio Fasano, head of Fo ...
• 14 October 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Bible in Korean: landmark event in Korea, valid tool for evangelisation Seoul (Fides Service) -Koreans have been familiar with the Bible for 220 years ago but at last they will be able to read the entire Bible in their own language, thanks to an initiative undertaken by the local Catholic Ch ...
• 14 October 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - “It is our duty to pray for the victims and their families and to face this disaster with courage, strength and faith”, said Archbishop Lawrence Saldanha President of the Conference of Bishops Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - “Christian relief workers were among the first to reach the affected areas”, such as Belakot and Habibullah. “I wrote a letter to President Pervez Musharraf assuring him full support of the ...
• 13 October 2005
  EUROPE/IRELAND - “Witnesses to the faith”: Fourteen Irish missionaries representative of bishops, priests, sisters, brothers, laity whose blood was shed on foreign soil will be commemorated during Mission Month and on Mission Sunday Dublin (Fides Service) - The official launch of October as Mission Month took place at Maheramore, Wicklow on 1st October. A call to prayer was followed by a pilgrimage walk to the beach where a boat was blessed. Two re ...
• 13 October 2005
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Elections: “example of maturity and responsibility which astonished the world” said a local missionary Monrovia (Fides Service) - “An example of maturity and responsibility which astonished the world and demonstrated that there is always hope for a better future”. This was the comment from a missionary in Monrovia, ca ...
• 13 October 2005
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - US Pontifical Mission Societies Solidarity Fund to help Church Pakistan with long term projects “looking to the future” New York (Fides Service) - The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in the United States have opened their Solidarity Fund for the Church in Southeast Asia to include help for long-term rebuilding of the infrastructure of ...
• 13 October 2005
  VATICAN - Cardinal Sepe opens Academic year at the Pontifical Urban University: “We are sent and our mission is not ours it is the mission of the Son! We carry nothing of ourselves. We carry only Christ always and everywhere” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “ < As the Father sent me so I send you >. These words of the Gospel we have just heard speak of a profound reality of our faith: we are sent like Christ; our mission is the same mission ...
• 13 October 2005
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - The Eucharist “source of peace and joy” in a country still recovering from a tragic civil war: national Youth Meetings on the Eucharist will be held every year Bujumbura (Fides Service)- Celebrations for the Year of the Eucharist in our country have been marked by peace and national reconciliation and joy” said local Catholic priest Rev Salvatore Niciteretse, in Burundi, a co ...
• 13 October 2005
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Jesuits mark 100 years of service for evangelisation and human promotion in Zambia Lusaka (Fides Service)- This year the Jesuits are marking their centenary of service in Zambia. After a few unsuccessful attempts in 1880, on 14 July 1905 Fr Joseph Moreau opened the first Jesuit mission in a part of sou ...