News

• 19 September 2005
  VATICAN - The Pope’s Angelus reflection: “The priest must be first of all a man who adores and contemplates the Eucharist, starting from the very moment in which he celebrates it. The validity of the Sacrament does not depend on the holiness of the celebrant but its effect for himself and for others will be all the greater the more he lives it with profound and ardent love and a spirit of fervid prayer” Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) - “As the Year of the Eucharist draws to a close I would like to return to a particularly important subject, which was very dear to the heart of my venerated predecessor John Paul II: th ...
• 19 September 2005
  ASIA/IRAN - Serious outbreak of cholera: eleven people die and 1,098 infected Rome (Fides Service) - Eleven people have died and 1,098 are infected in a serious outbreak of cholera affecting 12 different cities in Iran. There is growing concern for the frightening speed at which the disease has ...
• 19 September 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops’ Conference say incomplete information on ‘day after pill’ does not reveal the truth Lima (Fides Service) - In view of a national debate in Peru on the distribution of the “Day after Pill” the standing council of the Peruvian Bishops’ Conference issued a statement “Day after Pill, citizens dema ...
• 19 September 2005
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Thousands of young people make 26th annual pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Itati: “With you Mary, we say to Jeus, stay with us Lord” Corrientes (Fides Service) - In this year of the Eucharist, thousands of young people mainly from nine dioceses in north east Agentina but also from other parts of the country made the 26th annual youth pilgrimage to the ...
• 19 September 2005
  AFRICA/COTE D’ IVOIRE - After three years of crisis the people of Cote d’Ivoire still suffer deeply: testimony of missionaries sharing plight of displaced families Abidjan (Fides Service)- Working to promote reconciliation among hearts which three years of crisis have filled with hatred is the daily task of Catholic missionaries in Cote d’Ivoire plunged three years ago into the m ...
• 19 September 2005
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - The role of the local Catholic community in Madagascar’s education system: capillary service of high quality instruction Antananarivo (Fides Service)- “If Catholic missionaries, sisters, priests and lay people were to suddenly pull out Madagascar’s healthcare and schoo systems would collapse immediately” said Italian Salelisan Fr Cos ...
• 19 September 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - New spiritual director of diocesan Laity Council calls Catholics to take a more active part in the life of the Church Hong Kong (Fides Service) - A postive view of the past and encouragement for the future were the main points of a talk for Catholic lay people given by Rev. Lau Francio, new spiritual director of Hong Kong’s central di ...
• 19 September 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Pastoral care for prison inmates: a sentence should serve for re-education not only punishment says Catholic Bishop of Melbourne Melbourne (Fides Service) -Social Justice Sunday in Australia 25 September should be a time for reflection and concrete acts of solidarity for people in prison who are often desperately lonely and totally ignorant of God ...
• 19 September 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Today Christian witness of family love and communion has unequalled potential for evangelisation”: Cardinal Sepe presides 16th Family Marian Day at Shrine of Our Lady of Torreciudad Huesca (Fides Service) - Thousands of families, more than 15,000 men, women and children gathered on Sunday 18 September at the Marian Shrine of Torreciudad, Huesca in Spain for the 16th Family Marian Day meeting preside ...
• 19 September 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Research to find treatment and offer care”: 7th National Conference of St John of God Association Italy for Bio-medical and Health research Rome (Fides Service) - Oncology, re-habilitation, traditional and less invasive surgery, molecule biology, tecnologia digital and information technology in healthcare, mental pathologies, pain and its ethical aspects, AI ...
• 19 September 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - 1st National Eucharistic Congress organised by local Catholic community draws at least 20,000 participants and ample national media coverage Lahore (Fides Service) - The country’s 1st National Eucharistic Congress organised by the local Catholic Church 9-11 September at the Marian Shrine of Mariamabad, Lahore diocese, was a great success. It drew at least 2 ...
• 19 September 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Evangelising on the web: new Internet site for the Church in Gujarat state Ahmedabad (Fides Service) - The Catholic Church in Gujarat state is about to launch a new web site to promote evangelisation. The project is entrusted to the Catholic Information Service Society” run by the Jesuits alr ...
• 17 September 2005
  VATICAN - “The poor cannot wait” Cardinal Sodano tells 60th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations Organisation in New York New York (Fides Service)- “This institution is necessary to promote peace and development in the world but it must be improved to meet the challenges of the present day”. Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Vatican secretary of ...
• 17 September 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Priestly Fraternity of the Missionaries of St Charles Borromeo marks 20th anniversary Rome (Fides Service) - “Cardinal Ratzinger promised to preside this celebration. We are happy that the reason for his absence is his election as Bishop of Rome” said Mgr. Massimo Camisasca, Founder and Superior gene ...
• 17 September 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Diocesan celebration for the Year of the Eucharist: Fr Erasto Fernandez of the Congregation of the Eucharist speaks about prayer of adoration Hong Kong (Fides Service) - In this last month of the Year of the Eucharist the Catholic diocese of Hong Kong has launched various intiatives to help Catholics live the mystery of the Eucharist more profoundly and fruitf ...