News

• 6 July 2005
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - To legalise homosexual unions “is ridiculous, it offends the family and the children in particular” says Superior of Tajikistan Catholic Mission. “Our people ask how can we explain such an aberation to our children” Dushanbe (Fides Service) - “The Catholic mission in Tajikistan is deeply concerned about the proposal to give homosexual unions the same status as marriage and the right to adopt children. Unfortunately we learn that ...
• 6 July 2005
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - New Catholic primary school opened in Phnom Penh: the local Church ever more committed in the field of education Phnom Penh (Fides Service) - The Catholic Church in Cambodia is committed to promoting human, cultural and spiritual growth of young Cambodians. According to the Salesian bulletin ANS recently the Daughters of Mary Axil ...
• 6 July 2005
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Tragic consequences of operation “restore order” presented to UN and AU representatives in a report by the Peace and Justice Commission Commissione of the Jesuits in Zimbabwe Harare (Fides Service)- “Hundreds of thousands of people have no shelter. Children are deprived of education. The lives and security of the homeless are at risk”. This was the opening statement of a report issued by ...
• 6 July 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Catholic Bishops’ Justice and Peace Commission denounces abuse of anti-blasphemy law: Christians and Hindus falsely accused Lahore (Fides Service) - There is concern in Pakistan after recent episodes with regard to a return to the anti blasphemy law. Several religious and human rights organisations including the Catholic Bishops’ Justice an ...
• 5 July 2005
  ASIA/INDONESIA - After Java another case of polio registered in Sumatra Rome (Fides Service) - A polio test on a child on the Indonesian island of Sumatra has been confirmed positive. This is the first case registered outside the larger island of Java since a new outbreak of the disease was ...
• 5 July 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - World Health Organisation launches new global plan 2006-2010 to eliminate leprosy Rome (Fides Service) - The United Nations World Health Organisation has issued a strategy 2006-2010 for reducing the leprosy burden and sustaining leprosy control activities. The approach used by the new strategy repre ...
• 5 July 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - The Pope creates new diocese of Sindhudurg and appoints first Bishop Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 5 July 2005 established the diocese of Sindhudurg (India), with territory taken from the diocese of Poona, making it suffragan of the Metropolitan See ...
• 5 July 2005
  AMERICA/CANADA - At the end of a special formation session for diocesan delegates of the Pontifical Mission Societies each participant received a piece of bread bearing the words “Love is a gift to share” Montreal (Fides Service) - Recently representatives of twenty Canadian dioceses from five provinces gathered in Montreal for an important formation session for diocesan directors of Pontifical Mission Societies PMS. This ...
• 5 July 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Australians show generous support for Pontifical Mission Societies programmes: donations come also from non Catholics Sydney (Fides Service) - Australians are generous supporters for the work of the Pontifical Mission Societies which this year have provided assistance for people in tsunami affected areas, for people in need in Papua New ...
• 5 July 2005
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Legislative elections: former Hutu rebel groups expected to win Bujumbura (Fides Service)- The former Hutu rebel group National Council for the Defence of Democracy- Forces for the Defence of Democracy CNDD-FDD is in the lead as votes are counted after yesterday’s election (see Fid ...
• 5 July 2005
  AFRICA - G8: “Greater justice is the only path for peace. We welcome the cancellation of debts and promise of more aid for development, but African leaders must vow to invest these resources for the good of their people” the President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Democratic Congo told Fides Kisangani (Fides Service)- “African nations have the right and the duty to request the cancellation of debts and we must not lose this breakthrough opportunity represented by the Plan put forward by British Premier Bla ...
• 5 July 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Massive Operation to resume control of Walungu and Kabare in South Kivu estern Democratic Congo where civiilans are massacred by armed militia Bukavu (Fides Service)- “This at last could be a turning point for Walungu and Kabare. Unfortunately the use of violence also means innocent people are killed but the situation in those areas is such that there was no ...
• 5 July 2005
  ASIA/INDONESIA - 200 years of Christian life: anniversary of Jakarta archdiocese under the banner of social assistance Jakarta (Fides Service) - It was 1807 when Fr Jacobus Nellissenn was appointed Apostolic prefect of Batavia, today Jakarta. The Gospel arrived here in 1500with Portuguese navigators, but two centuries were to pass before ...
• 5 July 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “I will make the university a place where young men and women prepare to face the challenges of modern society and globalisation”, said the new rector of Seoul Catholic University a major reference point for education in South Korea Seoul (Fides Service) - John Bosco Sohn Byeong-du, president of the Korean Lay Apostolate Council, has been appointed rector of the famous Sogang Catholic University in Seoul opened by Jesuit Fathers in 1959. Sohn Byeong ...
• 5 July 2005
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Lay Mission Groups GM consolidate structures and organisation at national level and distribute National GM Hand Book Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - Lay Mission Groups GM continue to consolidate structures and organisation at national level and distribute a National Hand-Book on how to form and run these groups which serve for evangelis ...