News

• 14 September 2005
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Guatemala organises 3rd National Meeting for Health Pastoral Care Guatemala City (Fides Service) - “Catholic Health Pastoral Care for People with HIV/AIDS” was the theme of the 3rd National Meeting for Health Pastoral Care which has just come to an end. The meeting, organised by th ...
• 14 September 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “Jesus, Light for the World Living the Gospel Today”: Australian Catholic Social Justice Council issues 2005 Statament for Social Justice Sunday 25 September Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - “Jesus, Light for the World Living the Gospel Today” is the title of the 2005 Social Justice Statement issued by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference in view of Australia’s national Social Ju ...
• 14 September 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Taipei Laity Council discusses future orientations and plans pilgrimage to new Shrine of Our Lady of China’s Martyr Saints Taipei (Fides Service) - To assume more responsibility for the life of the Church, intensify collaboration with the clergy and promote evangelisation in parishes were the main commitments emerging from a recent meeting o ...
• 14 September 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Police arrest four suspects for murder of Catholic priest in Jharkhand New Delhi (Fides Service) - Catholics in India expressed appreciation for swift action on the part of police with regard to the recent murder of a Catholic priest in Simdega, Jharkhand state. The Catholic priest Fr Ignat ...
• 14 September 2005
  VATICAN - The Pope’s Weekly General Audience: “God and humanity walk together through history and the temple serves as a visibile sign of this communion” Vatican City (Fides Service) - This morning Pope Benedict XVI held his general weekly audience in St Peter’s Square. The Holy Father flew into Rome by helicopter from his Summer Residence in Castel Gandolfo to address ...
• 14 September 2005
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Rising political tension as elections approach; Catholic bishops call on nation to unite to build peace and harmony Dar Es Salaam (Fides Service)- “As our Bishops said in a recent Pastoral Letter Tanzanians must work together to build harmony in view of elections on 30 October” said local sources in Dar Es Salaam, capital of Tanz ...
• 14 September 2005
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Maputo meeting photographs the Church in Portuguese speaking Africa Maputo (Fides Service)- “Portuguese is spoken by about 250 million people in many different countries and is one of the languages most used in the Catholic world. Common language enabled Bishops at the meeting to discu ...
• 13 September 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Missionaries of Charity in Taipei renew their vows in the hands of Archbishop Cheng to serve the poor and needy Taipei (Fides Service) - Five Missionaries of Charity, a congregation founded by Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, renewed their religious profession during a solemn Mass on the feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary p ...
• 13 September 2005
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Cholera vaccine will save more than 100 children a year in Argentina Rome (Fides Service) - An anti-cholera vaccine soon available in Argentina could save the lives of up to a hundred children who would otherwise die of dysentery caused by the rotavirus. The virus identified 35 years ago ...
• 13 September 2005
  VATICAN - Tomorrow the Pope will bless a statue of St Josemaría Escrivà placed along with sculptures of Saints and Founders of religious Orders in outside niches of St Peter’s Basilica Vatican City (Fides Service) - Tomorrow Wednesday 14 September immediately after the General Audience Pope Benedict XVI will bless a statue of St Josemaría Escrivà placed in one of the outside niches of St Peter’s Ba ...
• 13 September 2005
  AFRICA/CONGO - Profound grief for tragic deaths of Italian missionary Fr Angelo Redaelli and the little villlage girl killed hit by the vehicle he was driving Rome (Fides Service)- “Fr. Angelo had been on mission in Congo only two years but was already part of the community. His death was due to the tragic circumstances: in no way can his murder be taken for an act of hostil ...
• 13 September 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Night adoration and young people: challenges for the future”: National Meeting for Young Night Adorers of the Eucharist 23 - 25 September León (Fides Service) - ‘Putting Jesus at the centre’ is the theme of a National Meeting for Young Night Adorers of the Eucharist 23 - 25 September to be held in Leon, Spain, organised by the National Council of Nigh ...
• 13 September 2005
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Salesians 25 years at the service of young people where violence among youth is widespread Port Moresby (Fides Service) -Juvenile deliquency in New Guinea is a serious problem, a matter of concern for experts, educators, civil and religious leaders. The Salesians who first came here 25 years ago to work among ...
• 13 September 2005
  ASIA/JAPAN - A Church that transcends nationality: Japanese diocese sends priest on mission to Brazil Yokohama (Agenzia Fides) - “We want to be a Church that transcends nationality” said Bishop Umemura Masahiro of Yokohama who recently assigned a diocesan priest to Brazil in an experiment of ‘reverse missison’ co ...
• 13 September 2005
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Archbishop of New Orleans calls on Catholics the world over to offer prayers and funds for hurrican victims. 90% of the archdiocese’s churches, schools and parishes were flooded New Orleans (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Alfred C. Hughes of New Orleans has appealed to Catholics the world over for prayers and material aid to support efforts by the archdiocese to meet the many needs victims of Hurri ...