News

• 2 September 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - In the north of the India 400 die of Japanese encephalitis lethal in 25% of cases, permanent neuropshchiatric consequences in 30% of cases Rome (Fides Service) - The death of 21 more people in an outbreak of Japanese encephalitis over the past few days brings to 400 the total number of deaths due to this disease in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh ...
• 2 September 2005
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Catholic Church mobilises to provide food, facilities, medical services for Gulf Coast people displaced by huricane Katrina Rome (Fides Service) - Following the devastating Hurricane Katrina Catholic Church facilities throughout the United States, and especially in Louisiana, Mississippi and East Texas, are responding to emergency and long-te ...
• 2 September 2005
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - First Latin American University Parliament closes today: 200 students from 29 different colleges spend three days reflecting on 10 major challenges for Latin America Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - The first Latin American University Parliament organised 31 August - 2 September in Buenos Aires by the Catholic University of Argentina UCA as part of its ‘Programme to evangelise cultur ...
• 2 September 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - New constitution: Catholic Bishops call for people to be properly informed and then to vote in the referendum Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “The Catholic Bishops issued a statement urging the people to vote in the referendum for or against the new Constitution” Italian Consolata missionary Fr Eugenio Ferrari, director of the Pont ...
• 2 September 2005
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - “Hope in Sierra Leone passes by way of education” says Xaverian Father Luigi Brioni as a small Catholic university in Makeni prepares to open Makeni (Fides Service)- “Our aim is to give the country new hope through education” said Fr Luigi Brioni, Xaverian Provincial Superior in Sierra Leone with regard to a small Catholic university Fatima Institute which ...
• 2 September 2005
  VATICAN - Cardinal Sepe presides ordination of new Vicar Apostolic of Kuwait: “the duty to proclaim the Gospel belongs in a special way to the bishop who assumes it as a primary duty on the day of his Ordination”. Kuwait City (Agenzia Fides) - “I turn to you dear Father Camillo, and I wish to thank you for having accepted the Holy Father’s decision in faith - in Verbo Tuo - as your motto indicates, and for wanting to be ordain ...
• 2 September 2005
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - Caritas Hong Kong needs 2.5 million dollars to continue to provide food and medical aid for North Korea where daily life is a struggle for 70% of the population Hong Kong (Fides Service) - For 70% of the people in North Korea (about 22 million) daily life is a struggle and every next meal is a problem. The situation is particularly difficult for the more vulnerable categories, c ...
• 2 September 2005
  ASIA/VIETNAM - 75th anniversary celebrations for a small Catholic parish in north Vietnam Hoa Binh (Fides Service) - A small Catholic parish in the region of Hoa Binh in northern Vietnam 75km east of Hanoi recently celebrated its 75th anniversary. For the important occasion a solemn mass was concelebrated by ...
• 1 September 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Resignation of Bishop of Sivagangai and succession Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 1 September, accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Sivagangai (India), presented by Bishop Edward Francis in conformity ...
• 1 September 2005
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - More than 2,000 children and adolescents gathered in San José for 19th National Meeting of missionary Childhood and Adolescence San José (Fides Service) - “Missionary children and adolescents, heralds of Jesus in the Eucharist” was the slogan of the 19th National Meeting of Missionary Childhood and Adolescence held recently in San Josè, Co ...
• 1 September 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - “The young, source of hope”: Hong Kong local Youth Day builds bridge with World Youth Day in Germany and Asian Youth Day in 2006 Hong Kong (Fides Service) - “The young, source of hope” was the theme of a local Youth Day organised in Hong Kong by the diocesan Commission for youth pastoral, and held on 21 August. According to the diocesan bullet ...
• 1 September 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Barnabiti priests at St. Paul’s College Mbobero bring IT to Congo’s young people Rome (Fides Service) - Teaching in Congo is a challenge: years of dictatorship and war made many teachers emigrate. Now, thanks to parents determined not to give up seeing the urgency of education for their children and ...
• 1 September 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Television to announce the Gospel: Salesian television producer presents peace and justice programmes Calcutta (Fides Service) - The presence of the Catholic Church in the means of communication in India is growing but on the other hand the media often tend to spread false ideas and prejudice with regard to Christian com ...
• 1 September 2005
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - With the slogan “Bread of Life to Share” about 5,000 young people will attend Uruguay’s 27th National Youth Day Sunday 4 September Melo (Fides Service) - Organised by the Bishops’ Commission for Youth Pastoral, Uruguay’s 27th National Youth Day will be held on Sunday 4 September in the diocese of Melo. Some 5,000 young people from dioceses all o ...
• 1 September 2005
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - 3rd National Missionary Youth Congress: “Go out to the whole world to preach the Gospel” putting Jesus’ command into practice today Caguas (Fides Service) - About 2,000 young people will be meeting from 1-4 September in Caguas (Puerto Rico) to celebrate the 3rd national Missionary Youth Congress. Previous congresses were held in Ponce in August 1998 ...