News

• 28 June 2005
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “Yesterday’s strike was a sign of serious social unrest caused by widespread unemployment” Communications’ office of the Southern African Bishops’ Conference told Fides Johannesburg (Fides Service)- “Yesterday’s strike was a sign of serious social unrest and a situation which threatens to explode” Italian Comboni missionary Fr Efrem Tresoldi, communications officer of the SACBC (S ...
• 28 June 2005
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - “The Muslim authorities appreciate the Catholic community very committed in the field of education” Archbishop Paul Tschang In-Nam, papal nuncio in Bangladesh told Fides Vatican City (Fides Service) - The media usually only speak about Bangladesh when there is a natural disaster or for its sad primate in dire poverty and low position on the list of developed countries. But the papal nunc ...
• 27 June 2005
  The Pope’s missionary prayer intention for July 2005: “For the baptised all over the world: whatever their state of life may they be committed to transforming the world with the light of the Gospel”. Comment by Sr M. Antonieta Bruscato, Superior General Daughters of St Paul DSP Vatican City (Fides Service) - “"I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life” (Jn 8.12). The theme of light emerges repeatedly in the Gospel but each tim ...
• 27 June 2005
  VATICAN - In the imminence of the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul the Pope asks Our Lady Queen of the Apostles to watch over ‘the Church and her missionary activity all over the world’ and he encourages people to respect and protect life “also with correct and prudent behaviour on the roads” Vatican City (Fides Service) - Before reciting the Angelus prayer with pilgrims gathered in St Peter’s Square on Sunday 26 June, Pope Benedict XVI mentioned the imminent feast of Saint Peter and Paul: “We will soon c ...
• 27 June 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - “My meeting with John Paul II”: as the Cause for the Beatification of Pope Wojtyla opens in Rome, thousands of Peruvians will remember and pay tribute to the late Pope Lima (Fides Service) - Tomorrow 28 June at Santa Ursula Education Centre in the capital Lima the Catholics of Peru, parishioners, members of church movements and fraternities, clergy, men and women religious, young peopl ...
• 27 June 2005
  ASIA/PILIPPINES - Manila prepares for funeral of Cardinal Jaime Sin “We have lost both a brother and a friend” Manila (Fides Service) - Thousands continue to visit Manila Cathedral to pay homage to the late Archbishop emeritus of the capital Cardinal Jaime Sin who died on 21 June. In the cathedral grieving Catholics pray as they ...
• 27 June 2005
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The family of the local Church in Burkina welcomes new deacons including five Camillian Brothers Ouagadougou (Fides Service) - June 23 and 24 were important days for the family of the Church in Burkina, the local community of Camillian Brothers in particular. In fact those were the days chosen by the Superiors of ...
• 27 June 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Thursday June 30 another massive protest in favour of family rights: June 18 Pro-Family demonstrators will take to the streets again after the Premier refused their request to meet him Madrid (Fides Service ) - When on Thursday June 30 the Spanish Congress will take a second vote on the proposed law to give homosexual unions the same status as marriage, pro-family demonstrators who oppose the law will ...
• 27 June 2005
  VATICAN - The Pope tells Bishops of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands: “be courageous witnesses to Christ, vigilant in seeking new ways to teach the faith so that the power of the Gospel can permeate their way of thinking, standards of judgement, and norms of behaviour” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Jesus Christ continues to draw the peoples of your two island nations to a still deeper faith and life in him. As Bishops you respond to his voice by asking how the Church can become an ...
• 27 June 2005
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference welcomes G8 promise to cancel debts of poor countries Pretoria (Fides Service)- Commenting on the latest move by the G8 countries, the spokesperson for the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference SACBC, Archbishop Buti Tlhagale said, “Debt cancellation is a respon ...
• 24 June 2005
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Bishop of Ambositra appointed Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 24 June 2005 appointed Bishop of Ambositra (Madagascar) Rev. Fidelis Rakotonarivo, S.I., Provincial Consultor, Spiritual Director and Bursar at Fianara ...
• 24 June 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - The Pope creates the diocese of Gulbarga and appoints first bishop Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 24 June 2005 created the diocese of Gulbarga (India) with territory taken from the archdiocese of Hyderabad and the dioceses of Bellary and Belgaum mak ...
• 23 June 2005
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Day for Culture of Life and Eucharist”: reflection on the close connection between the culture of life and the Eucharist on Saturday 25 June in Buenos Aires Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - In the context of the Year of the Eucharist a Day of reflection on the theme of “Culture of Life and the Eucharist” will be held in Buenos Aires on Saturday 25 June. The purpose of the ...
• 23 June 2005
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Mission at the heart of the Church in Argentina and the educational aspect has a privileged place in the formative concern of the National Office of the Pontifical Mission Societies”: over 600 animators attend 3rd National Meeting for Animators of Holy Childhood and Mission Adolescence Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - The Argentinean Bishops expressed warm appreciation and support for the 3rd National Meeting for Animators of Holy Childhood and Mission Adolescence held 18 to19 June in Luján (Buenos Air ...
• 23 June 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “Adoring the Eucharist with Song”: Year of the Eucharist Religious Music Concert in Tainan diocese Tainan (Fides Service) - “Adoring the Eucharist with Song” was the slogan of a singular initiative launched by Bishop Lin of Tainan in this Year of the Eucharist. Since there are many parish choirs in his diocese Bis ...