News

• 15 July 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic Bishop visits flooded areas in Gujarat and calls for solidarity Ahmedabad (Fides Service) - The number of dead and homeless as a result of serious flooding in a vast area of western Indian continue sto rise. The floods are said to be the worst in recent years. The most affected area ...
• 15 July 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - 24 graduates from the Institute of Theology at Fu Ren Catholic University receive their mandate for pastoral work in the local Church Taipei (Fides Service) - At Fu RenCatholic University in Taipei 24 graduates from the Institute of Theology, 4 religious, 9 deacons, 3 Sisters and 8 lay men and women recently concluded their studies and are now ready fo ...
• 15 July 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Now that the Spanish parliament has recognised same sex unions and equalled them to marriage, the country’s Bishops say Spanish Catholics will continue to fight for authentic marriage and the family Madrid (Fides Service) - Now that the Spanish parliament has recognised same sex unions and equalled them to marriage, the country’s Bishops warn of the disastrous consequences for Spain and the rest of the world. In a ...
• 15 July 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - The murdered Bishop’s generosity may have been misunderstood. “Bishop Locati lived very simply giving everything he had to the needy Christians and Muslim alike Nairobi (Fides ) - “Bishop Locati lived very simply giving everything he had to the needy Christians and Muslim alike” said person who worked closely with Bishop Luigi Locati and asked not to be named. Bishop Locati ...
• 14 July 2005
  VATICAN - From 20 to 24 July in Lima Populorum Progressio foundation administrative council meeting to approve 200 projects for education, farming and small business development Vatican City (Fides Service) - Archbishop Paul Josef Cordes, president of Populorum Progressio foundation and of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum will be in Lima, Peru, from July 20 to 24 for the annual meeting of the fou ...
• 14 July 2005
  ASIA/KUWAIT - The Pope accepts resignation of the Vicar Apostolic of Kuwait and appoints a successor Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 14 July 2005 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Apostolic Vicariate of Kuwait presented by Bishop Francis Micallef, O.C.D., in ...
• 14 July 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - More than 8 million people in Asia are Hiv+: in China the virus is spreading at an alarming rate Rome (Fides Service) - Unless efforts for prevention are intensified AIDS could spread like wild fire throughout Asia where this lethal virus threatens to explode. This emerged during the 7th Asia-Pacific Area AIDS Confe ...
• 14 July 2005
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “The missionary family promotes and protects life” theme of 6th National Meeting of Missionary Families 13 and 14 August in Buenos Aires Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - On 13 and 14 August at the Our Lady of Lourdes Education Centre and Holy Family Basilica Maipù and Pueyrredón, Banfield (Buenos Aires) there will be the 6th National Meeting of Missionary ...
• 14 July 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - 4th edition of Days for International Charity and Voluntary Work in Lima will reflect on the bonds between the Eucharist and Charity in the life of the faithful Lima (Fides Service) - With the fundamental theme of Eucharist and Charity in this Year of the Eucharist on 18 and 19 July in Lima there will be 4th edition of Days for International Charity and Voluntary Work organised ...
• 14 July 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Catholic papers and books useful for hospital pastoral care Hong Kong (Fides Service) - The Hong Kong diocese Kong Ko Bao says that Sr. Antonietta d’Onofrio,coordinator of the pastoral department at the Northern District Catholic Hospital in Hong Kong finds Catholics newpapers ...
• 14 July 2005
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Government and Aceh rebel separatists start peace talks Helsinki (Fides Service) - Representatives of the Indonesian government and separatist rebels from the province of Aceh, Sumatra are meeting in Helsinki, Finland to establish a set of shared principles on which to elabor ...
• 14 July 2005
  ASIA/MONGOLIA - “Come and see” new springtime of faith: the Church in Mongolia calls local young people and adults Ulanbator (Fides Service) - The little Church in Mongolia is growing fast. When the first Missionaries arrived in 1992 following the dark years of communist atheism, there were no Catholics in the country and they starte ...
• 14 July 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - Marsabit massacres: Catholic Bishops condemn these babaric acts in the strongest terms Nairobi (Fides Service) - In a press statement dated 13 July issued after massacres at Turbi(Marsabit district) the Catholic Bishops of Kenya “condemn the barbaric acts of violence in the strongest terms” expressing ...
• 14 July 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Make religious communities places of hospitality and listening, interpret situations with a spirit of the Gospel, undertake new commitments to help exploited women: objectives and prospects for new general government of the Consolata Missionary Sisters Rome (Fides Service) - The point of departure for the 9th general chapter of the Consolata Missionary sisters held in São Paulo in Brasile in May (see Fides 24/5/2005) was to define the characteristics of “the Consecr ...
• 14 July 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - Retaliation after massacres in Turbi north west Kenya. 10 people killed and missionary driver inured in Catholic Mission Land Rover ambush Nairobi (Fides Service)- Following massacres in Turbi north west Kenya (see Fides 13 July 2005) there has been an act of retaliation on the part of the tribe whose members were massacred. At least 10 Gabra were killed w ...