News

• 7 June 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Mgr Giuseppe Wang founder of the Chinese speaking Catholic community in Rome and father to all Chinese immigrants the Italian capital dies at the age of 79. Funeral 8 June at Santa Maria degli Angeli Basilica in Rome Rome (Fides Service) - Mgr Giuseppe Wang founder the Chinese speaking Catholic community in Rome and father to all Chinese immigrants the Italian capital, died yesterday 6 June in Rome at the age of 79. Mgr Wang had been ...
• 6 June 2005
  AFRICA/ BURKINA FASO - The Pope accepts resignation of Bishop of Dédougou and appoints successor Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 4 June 2005 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Dédougou (Burkina Faso) presented by Bishop Zéphyrin Toé in confo ...
• 6 June 2005
  VATICAN - At the midday Angelus prayer Pope Benedict XVI recalls the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the centenary of Blessed Bishop Giovanni Battista Scalabrini, patron of migrants. He also calls for prayers for the “concerning situation in Bolivia” and the release of Italian humanitarian volunteer kidnapped in Afghanistan Vatican City (Fides Service) - “On Friday we celebrated the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a devotion deeply rooted among the people” Pope Benedict XVI said from his study window on Sunday 5 June before leading ...
• 6 June 2005
  EUROPE/GREAT BRITAIN - The Apostleship of the Sea comes home to celebrate and to relaunch spiritual assistance for millions of men and women seafarers engaged in the international shipping industry Glasgow (Fides Service) - On Saturday 4 June at St Aloysius’ Church, Glasgow, where it all began 83 years ago, the Apostleship of the Sea was re-launched in view of changes in its mission to minister to seafarers in th ...
• 6 June 2005
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “Extraordinary number” of volunteers: 31,145 helpers from 119 different countries sign up for 20th World Youth Day in Germany Cologne (Fides Service) - Applications for voluntary helpers for the 20th World Youth Day 11-21 August in Cologne closed with the extraordinarily high number of 31,145 volunteers from 119 different countries. “The num ...
• 6 June 2005
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “We are still a young democracy which must give more attention to moral values and social justice”: Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier Archbishop of Durban told Fides Rome (Fides Service)- “South Africa is still a young democracy which must learn to find rapid solutions to urgent problems such as how to achieve greater social justice and give more attention to moral values” Cardi ...
• 6 June 2005
  AFRICA/TOGO - Increasing number of Togolese seek safety in other countries, says UN High Commission for Refugees Rome (Fides Service)- The number of people fleeing from Togo to Benin continues to rise. Over 1,000 new arrivals were registered last week the United Nations High Commission UNHCR for refugees said in a report sent to Fi ...
• 6 June 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Religions must unite to defend the value of the family says Cardinal Gorge Pell Archbishop of Sydney Sydney (Fides Service) - Protect the family as the nucleus of society, the place where life is generated and loved, the place where the new generations learn the founding values of society and the nation: this was the ca ...
• 6 June 2005
  AFRICA/CHAD - Chadians called to the polls to amend the country's Constitution N’Djamena (Fides Service)- Not many people are expected to vote in the constitutional referendum today 6 June, in Chad in which citizens are called to approve amendments to the constitution which if passed will allow P ...
• 6 June 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Bishop John Wang Xixian who spent 21 years in prison for the faith dies at the age of 79 after a long illness Hohhot (Fides Service) - Bishop John Wang Xixian of the archdiocese of Hohhot in the Inner Mongolia region of China died of on Wednesday 25 May at the age of 79 after two years of suffering with bone cancer. John Wang wa ...
• 6 June 2005
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “From the moment of conception the human embryo is an individual person who gradually develops and grows until the culminating moment of birth": Dr Hna Elena Lugo President of Bio-ethics Commission in Buenos Aires told Fides Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - On Sunday 12 June Italians will be called to voice an opinion on the country’s existing law on fertility treatment passed in 2004. In a referendum citizens will decide whether or not four ...
• 6 June 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Continental Meeting of members and consultors of the Pontifical Council for Culture and presidents of Bishops’ Commissions for Culture Rome (Fides Service) - A sort of ‘synod of culture’ will take place in Rio from 7 to 12 June. This continental meeting Pastoral of Culture in America,revision on the threshold of the 3rd millennium will bring togthe ...
• 6 June 2005
  ASIA - Migration in central Asia: questions, figures, prospects in a report by the International Organisation for Migration Astana (Fides Service) - Migratory streams from Central Asia move towards the Russian Federation and also increasingly towards Europe and Canada according to a report issued by the International Organisation for Migrati ...
• 6 June 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Lay Catholics play important part in Church life in India agents di evangelisation, courageous witnesses of Christ even in hostile environments New Delhi (Fides Service) - Lay Catholics play a major role in evangelisation in India, their specific role and charisma are fundamental in today’s context where Christians often face hostility and attacks by extremist ...
• 6 June 2005
  Catholic University of Argentina hosts series of videoconferences on bio-ethics Rome (Fides Service) - On Friday 10 June the Catholic University of Argentina in Buenos Aires will host a video-conference with Rome ‘Fundamentación en Bioética. Ley de Fertilización Asistida. Debate en Italia y e ...