News

• 12 October 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Catholic Bishops say “government has a responsibility to pay teachers a fair salary, but for the good of the pupils, teachers on strike must go back to work” Kinshasa (Fides Service) - In Democratic Congo where the school year is threatened by a teachers strike, the Catholic Bishops have issued an appeal reminding the government of its duty to guarantee teachers a fair wage a ...
• 12 October 2005
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Thousands gather for ordination and installation of new Bishop of Dedougou Ouagadougou (Fides Service)- On 1 October thousands of Catholics filled St Anne’s Cathedral in Dedougou, Burkina Faso, for the ordination and installation of the new Bishop Judes Bicaba.. The main celebrant was Bishop ...
• 12 October 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - High ranking UN official commends Catholic Church for major contribution to education in Africa: many of Africa's leaders in politics and in the private sector were educated at Catholic schools Nairobi (Fides Service)- Recently the Catholic Church was commended by a high ranking UN official for its major contribution to promoting education in Africa. The Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlement ...
• 12 October 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic parishes and schools shelter earthquake victims: solidarity without frontiers of language, caste or religion New Delhi (Fides Service) - “After the earthquake tragedy Bishop Celestine Elampassery, of Jammu and Srinagar diocese began immediately to visit the affected areas and organise assistance. St Joseph’s Catholic schoo ...
• 11 October 2005
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Catholics commemorate 150th anniversary of the martyrdom of Italian missionary Blessed John Mazzucconi Port Moresby (Fides Service) - Almost one thousand Catholics from the Diocese of Alotau commemorated the 150th anniversary of the death of Blessed martyr John Mazzucconi at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on ...
• 11 October 2005
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Initiatives and publications for Adoration and Celebration of the Eucharist and to encourage liturgy of ‘beauty’ also after the Year of the Eucharist Bonn (Fides Service) - One of many initiatives in Catholic dioceses all over Germany in response to a call by the German Bishops’ Conference to mark the Year of the Eucharist, (pastoral letters, homilies, Hours of Ador ...
• 11 October 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Anthropological aspects, Satanism and esotericism in the world of youth, biblical, historical theological, pastoral, spiritual, liturgical and scientific aspects: 2nd course on “exorcism and Satanism” Pontifical College Regina Apostolorum Rome (Fides Service) - Thursday 13 October 2005, 8.30 to 12.15 am at the Regina Apostolorum College there will be the first lesson of ‘Exorcism and prayer of liberation Course 2’ . Satanism aims to create confusion ...
• 11 October 2005
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Missionaries, Bread broken for the life of the world” is the slogan chosen by the Church in Colombia for the missionary month of October in this Year of the Eucharist Bogota (Fides Service) - The Missionary Month of October which culminates with World Mission Sunday 23 October is being celebrated in Colombia with the slogan “Missionaries, Bread broken for the life of the world” . ...
• 11 October 2005
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - “Choose men and women with the wholesome qualities of leadership needed to ensure the country a future” say Catholic Bishops to Liberians voting today in first elections since the end of the civil war Monrovia (Agenzia Fides)- “To vote is a fundamental political right which must be exercised freely and in conscience for it to be truly effective” the Catholic Bishops of Liberia said in a statement “The Challenge ...
• 11 October 2005
  AFRICA/MALAWI - “For believers in Malawi where the serious food shortage continues October will be above all a month of prayer” says a local Monfort Missionary Lilongwe (Fides Service)- “In this month of October Christians and Muslims are turning to prayer to help straighten the situation which threatens to get out of hand. The new moon marked the beginning of the Muslim mont ...
• 11 October 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Caritas and international agencies launch campaign to assist earthquake victims Islamabad (Fides Service) - Caritas Pakistan has sent emergency teams to help assist earthquake victims in Kashmir. Caritas Internationalis has experts at the site and the international network of Caritas offices plans t ...
• 11 October 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament with special intention for families affected by earthquake. Catholic hospital in Kashmir headquarters for Christian aid organisations New Delhi (Fides Service) - In these last two weeks of the special Year of the Eucharist called by Pope John Paul II October 2004-2005, Catholics in Bangalore Karnataka state, recently rook part in three days of intense ...
• 11 October 2005
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “We rely on solidarity and prayers that the God of Life may give strength and hope to families who have lost loved ones, homes and harvests”: Catholic Bishops of Guatemala call for help for flood victims Guatemala City (Fides Service) - “With our hearts filled with grief we communicate the anguish, sadness, sufferings of this country for many years: civil war, inhuman violence, chronic poverty, hunger, unemployment, la ...
• 11 October 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - “Promoting peace, the community of peoples and the common good”: a theme of the 8th Social Week focused on social principles of “Gaudium et spes” Lima (Fides Service) - In the framework of celebrations for the 40th anniversary of the promulgation of “Gaudium et spes” by Vatican II, the Catholic Bishops of Peru (CEP) will focus the 8th national Social Week 18 ...
• 11 October 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - ‘Caring for people with a mental infirmity’ World Day for the Sick 11 February: main celebration in Adelaide Adelaide (Fides Service) - Caring for people with a mental infirmity is the theme chosen for the 13th World Day for the Sick. Adelaide in Australia will host the main celebration of this event organised by the Catholic ...