News

• 12 September 2005
  EUROPE/BELGIUM - Pro-family demonstration in Brussels: “Different cultures, faiths and political tendencies united to defend a common value: the family. Family Movements ever more international” Brussels (Fides Service) - “To speak of the family is to speak of life, handing on of values, stability, future” said Lola Velarde vice president of the Euroepan network of the Institute for Family Policy (IPF) which ...
• 12 September 2005
  AFRICA/NIGER - At least 3 million people in Niger still suffering from serious food shortage. Local Catholic community and Caritas in front line to provide aid and rebuild farming system Niamey (Fides Service)- In Niger 2.7 million people are in danger of dying of hunger in an ongoing serious food crisis due to prolonged drought. In a detailed report Caritas Niger says that despite recent rainfall at lea ...
• 10 September 2005
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI sends president of Pontifical Council "Cor unum" to New Orleans with a message of solidarity and material aid for hurricane victims Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI has charged Archbishop Paul Josef Cordes president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum with a message of solidarity and material help for the people affect ...
• 10 September 2005
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - New major inter-diocesan Seminary in Buta appointment of Rector Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 22 August 2005 gave his approval for the establishment of the Major Inter-diocesan Seminary of Bu ...
• 10 September 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - Rehabilitation therapy, support and social re-integration of people with a disability Rome (Fides Service) - Fifty years ago Medici con l’Africa (CUAMM) (Doctors with Africa) sent its first doctor member on mission to Kenya. CUAMM has since offered assistence to ten different hospitals in various places ...
• 10 September 2005
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA “Starting from our family reality we intend to respond to the Church’s call to obey Christ’s command: go and make disciples of all peoples”: conclusions of 6th National Meeting of Missionary Families Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - “We want to make the Kingdom of God a reality in our families and to announce it without hesitation to other families with joy and hope”. This statement was part of conclusions issued b ...
• 10 September 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Lay Catholics fully active in the life of the Church thanks to on-going formation and in-depth study in the faith Shi Jia Zhuang (Fides Service) - Over 120 lay Catholics actively involved in the life of the Church in the diocese of Shi Jia Zhuang, He Bei province, followed courses of religious formation for laity offered by the loc ...
• 10 September 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - New Catholic College to be opened in Gujarat state New Delhi (Fides Service) -The local government has granted permission for the opening of a new Catholic College in Gandhinagar in the state of Gujarat, west India. The news was announced by Archbisop Stanislaus Fernand ...
• 10 September 2005
  ASIA/AZERBAIJAN - Small Catholic community comes to life in former Communist country Baku (Fides Service) - Azerbaijan facing the Caspian Sea to the west in the south-west of Asia a former Soviet Union satellite republic has a population of 6.2 million, 84% Muslim mainly Shiite. The is a community of 350 ...
• 10 September 2005
  ASIA/AZERBAIJAN - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe to bless foundation stone for a church in Baku: after decades of persecution little flock of 150 Catholics takes new hope Baku (Fides Service) - “The laying of the foundation stone for a Catholic church in Baku, the first in 70 years of suffering, is an important event for the city and the nation: it is a sign that the Catholic Church her ...
• 10 September 2005
  AFRICA/GHANA - Local Catholics organise collections in aid of Hurricane Katrina vcitims in America Accra (Fides Service)- The Bishops of Ghana have asked Catholics to give generously in aid of people in the United States of America suffering the tragic consequences of Hurricane Katrina. “The Catholic Bishops’ C ...
• 10 September 2005
  AFRICA/ CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Flood alarm exaggerated, real problem is extreme poverty of most people in this country Bangui (Fides Service)- “The alarm is somewhat exaggerated although havy rains have caused serious damage” said local sources in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, with regard to appeals from internatio ...
• 10 September 2005
  Instrumentum mensis Augusti pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontifici Benedicti XVI, pro evangelizatione in terris missionum The 20th World Youth Day in Cologne was at the heart of the teaching of Benedict XVI in the month of August. The Day was the chance for the first Apostolic journey of Benedict XVI outside the walls of the Vatican and to ...
• 9 September 2005
  VATICAN - The Pope reminds first group of Mexican Bishops on ad limina visit to Rome that “present day society questions and observes the Church, demanding coherence and courage in the faith Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) - “Meetings among bishops are precious opportunities to experience and deepen unity. In this sense the Bishops’ Conference of Mexico is called to be a bright sign of ecclesial communio ...
• 9 September 2005
  VATICAN - “Mission remains the Church’s most pressing urgency”: Cardinal Sepe sends message to Meeting of Portuguese speaking Bishops Conferences in Maputo Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Mission remains the most pressing urgency for the Church and there is nothing to show that the time for mission ad gentes is over. Indeed at this time in history, more than ever it is ne ...