News

• 25 July 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Catholic community joins believers of other faiths to assist flood victims Guang Xi (Fides Service) - Over the past two months various regions of south east China have been affected by serious floods. Local Catholic communities have joined people of other faiths and local authorities to assist ...
• 25 July 2005
  ASIA/IRAQ - In addition to war: crime. Alarm for increasing spread of heroine in Iraq. Baghdad (Fides Service)- A drug alarm has been sounded in Iraq. The Iraqi police forces are increasingly concerned for the flow of drugs into the country. “security forces say drug traffickers organise heroine couriers ...
• 25 July 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - Chapter of Mill Hill Missionaries reflects on diminution of missionaries, vocations and formation and elects new leadership Nairobi (Fides Service) - The Chapter of St Joseph’s Missionary Society (also known as Mill Hill Missionaries) held for the first time in Nairobi, Kenya, took place from 22 June to the 22 July. The main themes/issues w ...
• 25 July 2005
  AFRICA/MAURITIUS - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 25 June 2005 appointed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the Indian Ocean r ...
• 23 July 2005
  ASIA/IRAQ - “No to the culture of relativism: terrorism is to be condemned it cannot be justified” Baghdad (Fides Service)- “Once again we mourn the death of innocent men and women killed by terrorists: these acts are criminal and nothing can justify them” Fr p. Nizar Semaan, Iraqi Catholic priest in Mosul norther ...
• 23 July 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Presiding Mass for the ordination of four new priests Cardinal Shan encourages them respond generously to the Lord’s command Kaohsiung (Fides Service) - Cardinal Paul Shan Bishop of Kaohsiung recently presided Mass for the ordination of four priests three of whom were born in Taiwan: one diocesan priest of Kaohsiung diocese, one Jesuit and two ...
• 23 July 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - On a visit to her Sisters in several Asian countries superior general of the Missionaries of Charity visits Hong Kong for the first time Hong Kong (Fides Service) - After visiting her Sisters in South Korea and Mongolia on her journey to see Missionaries of Charity communities in various countries of Asia, on 11 July Sr Nirmala Joshi superior general of M ...
• 23 July 2005
  ASIA/MACAO - Macao city centre with its Catholic churches and seminary, Buddhist temple and protestant cemetery declared “world heritage” by UNESCO Macao (Fides Service) - Macao’s old city centre with its Catholic churches and other historic buildings is now “world heritage” for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. Monuments li ...
• 23 July 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Evangelisation in Xi Kai Cathedral Tian Jin diocese bears abaundant fruit: rising annual numbers of baptised persons and catechumens, Cathedral opens Faith Information Office Tian Jin (Fides Service) - Between 1986 and 1999 the annual number of baptisms in Xi Kai cathedral Tian Jin diocese was less than a hundred. But since the year 2000 and the beginning of the new millennium the number of p ...
• 23 July 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - “Crime and Insecurity in Kenya Must be Halted Now!!!”: statement by Catholic Bishops of Kenya Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- We publish a Press statement issued 18 July by the Catholic Bihsops of Kenya with the title “Crime and Insecurity in Kenya Must be Halted Now!!!”, which can be summarised in the five points m ...
• 23 July 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Kidney dialysis and transplant Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital: in 12 years 130 operations and programmes for social reinsertion Rome (Fides Service) - In 12 years 130 children of different ages with serious kidney trouble have resumed normal life thanks to transplants performed by doctors at Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital in Rome. Since this ...
• 23 July 2005
  EUROPE/CROATIA - Council of European Bishops' Conferences in Zagreb examines Europe, Ecumenism and Dialogue with Islam of Meeting Zagabria (Fides Service) - The Presidency of the Council of European Bishops' Conferences (CCEE), the body comprising the continent’s 34 Conferences, met in Zagreb from 17-21 July. The CCEE Presidency planned the CCEE ...
• 22 July 2005
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies confirmed Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 22 April 2005 confirmed as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Argentina for ...
• 22 July 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Young people are not indifferent to the Gospel they realise it helps them mature in their human experience which is a call to happiness in Christ. This Summer almost 11,000 young men and women will take part in annual mission initiatives or travel to mission countries” says national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Madrid (Fides Service) - At this difficult time Spain must be more united in efforts to regenerate society. We must “rediscover the meaning of life lifting our eyes to see what transcends life while keeping our feet on ...
• 22 July 2005
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Operation Restore Order: German Bishops express solidarity with the poor of Zimbabwe in a letter addressed to the Catholic Bishops Conference of Zimbawe Harare (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of Germany have written to the Bishops of Zimbabwe expressing deep concern for the plight of the people affected by the recent Operation Restore Order (see Fides May 30, 2005 ...