News

• 8 September 2005
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Installation of new Catholic Archbishop of Dhaka in a country in the grip of tension and threat of lurking terrorism Dhaka (Fides Service) - The new Catholic Archbishop of Dhaka Paulinus Costa will be installed in the city’s Cathedral tomorrow 9 September during a solemn Mass in the presence of civil and religious authorities, numero ...
• 8 September 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Priests from mainland China attend Hong Kong academic seminary on Christianity and Chinese Culture Beijing (Fides Service) - About forty philosophers, theologians, scholars and experts on Chinese religion and culture from mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, United States, Gt Britain and Jerusalem took part in an academi ...
• 8 September 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “Promote Bible Centres throughout Africa”: intervention by president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Democratic Congo at Meeting of Catholic Exegetes in Kinshasa Kinshasa (Fides Service)- Promote national and diocesan Bible Centres in view of organising Bible apostolate. This proposal was launched by Archbishop Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of Kisangani who is President of the Cathol ...
• 8 September 2005
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Religious, civil and military leaders of northern Uganda and southern Sudan meet to promote peace in both countries Gulu (Fides Service)- To consolidate peace in southern Sudan and increase the chances of reaching an agreement to end the civil war in northern Uganda religious leaders, traditional chiefs and high ranking military offic ...
• 8 September 2005
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - United Nations warns that 10 million people in southern Africa face serious food shortage. Governments take action. But will it suffice? Lusaka (Fides Service)- “This is not yet an emergency but the situation must be kept under control” say local sources in Lusaka, capital of Zambia, one of the countries considered at risk of food shortage according t ...
• 8 September 2005
  EUROPE/BELGIUM - Defending the family and rights of children on 10 September Brussels World Family Capital Brussels (Fides Service) - After the successful demonstration to defend authentic marriage and the rights of children organised June 18 in Madrid, Spain, it is the turn of the Belgian capital Brussels, where parliament ...
• 7 September 2005
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Second Mission Ecuador 2005: the missionary’s day Loja (Fides Service) - In general, apart for some variations due to situations in different mission posts, the day of young university student missionaries taking part in Second Mission Ecuador 2005 will be marked by com ...
• 7 September 2005
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “The encounter with Peter strengthens bonds of communion between our local Churches and the Church of Rome” says Archbishop of Durango on ad limina visit. Pastoral priorities include catechesis and parishes Rome (Fides Service) - “The encounter with Peter, today in the person of Benedict XVI strengthens the bonds of communion between our local Churches and the Church of Rome and with the Holy Father” said Archbishop Hé ...
• 7 September 2005
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Students and teachers from universities in Mexico, Chile, Peru, Spain, the United States and 7 Ecuadorian Universities will take part in Second Mission Ecuador 2005 starting 9 September Loja (Fides Service) - “With the grace of Mary we will live a new Ecuador” is the slogan of 2nd Ecuador Mission 2005 which, starting 9 September, will reach people in 65 localities, in 22 provinces, particularly rura ...
• 7 September 2005
  VATICAN - The Pope’s teaching at the general Wednesday audience: “Christ is the principle of unity, the mediator, the final destination towards whom all creation converges. He is the Son par excellence in the great family of the children of God in which Baptism inserts us ” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Christ is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead” (vespers Wednesday week 3; reading: cfr Col 1,3.12.15.17-18): this Canticle was the subject of the teaching given by Pope Benedict ...
• 7 September 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - "The Eucharist, heart of Christian life and source of the Church’s mission to evangelise": Catholic University of Murcia organises a first ever University Eucharistic Congress Murcia (Fides Service) - To honour the memory of Pope John Paul II and inspired by his Encyclical “Ecclesia de Eucharistia” and his gift of this past ‘Year of the Eucharist’, the Catholic University of Murcia in ...
• 7 September 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - Kenya recalls much loved Cardinal Maurice Otunga emeritus Archbishop of Nairobi on the second anniversary of his death Nairobi (Fides Service)- Kenya is remembering the much loved Cardinal Maurice Otunga, emeritus archbishop of Nairobi who died two years ago on 6 September 2003. “His life was important not only for the Catholic Churc ...
• 7 September 2005
  ASIA/NEPAL - Local Church recalls its beginning celebrating two anniversaries: 10 years for the parish church of the Assumption and 25 years for the Missionaries of Charity Kathmandu (Fides Service) - Despite the difficult situation in Nepal where peace has yet to be restored, the local Church community, 7,500 Catholics among a population of 27 million mainly Hindus, carries on with life as ...
• 7 September 2005
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - In riots at the end of a football match a mosque is set on fire. In a joint message Zambia's Christian leaders condemn the violence and express solidarity with local Muslim community Lusaka (Fides Service)- “This senseless destruction of property and attack on a Mosque is something that has shocked us immensely. It is alien to us as Zambians.”. This was how in a joint statement the Zambia Catholi ...
• 7 September 2005
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Sr Aloisa, a life dedicated to prayer and service of others Honiara (Fides Service) - Sister Aloisa Alathamalefao an important witness of the Catholic faith in this part of the world, died recently at the age of 96. The local Catholics thank God for the life of this exemplary nat ...