News

• 2 June 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Archbishop Cheng of Taipei makes pastoral visit to St Joseph’s parish to celebrate Pentecost Taipei (Fides Service) - The pastoral visit of the Archbishop of Taipei Mgr. Cheng arrived at the parish of St Joseph on the solemnity of Pentecost. According to Christian Life Weekly despite terrible weather several hu ...
• 2 June 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Hospital volunteers exchange experience to promote a culture of charity Hong Kong (Fides Service) - The Diocesan Commission of Hospital Pastoral recently organised a meeting for volunteers involved in the pastoral care of the sick, the elderly and outcasts. According to Kong Ko Bao diocesan ...
• 2 June 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - In Orissa state where Hindu fundamentalism prospers Catholic Home is only haven for people with leprosy Sambalpur (Fides Service) - In the Indian state of Orissa known for numerous active groups of Hindu extremists which often resort to violence, the only haven for people affected by leprosy regarded as ‘human refuse’ ...
• 2 June 2005
  AFRICA/SUDAN - After last year’s severe drought now heavy rains threaten people in southern Sudan with serious food shortage Catholic Bishop of El Obeid told Fides Khartoum (Fides Service)- “Water is not lacking. On the contrary we have had too much and too fast. The soil has no time to absorb it all and remains paradoxically dry” Bishop Macram Max Gassis of El Obeid told Fides ...
• 1 June 2005
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI’s Wednesday audience teaching: “Christ, God-with-us, is not content to look at us kindly from his throne of glory, he immerses his very self in human history becoming flesh, that is a fragile reality conditioned by time and space” Vatican City (Fides Service) - Canticle (cfr Phil 2,6-11) “Christ Servant of God”, first vespers Sunday week 3 (reading: Phil 2,6-11) was the subject of Pope Benedict XVI’s teaching during the general audience in S ...
• 1 June 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - "The family is important. For the right to a mother and father. For freedom": 18 June in Madrid thousands of families will protest against proposed law which offends and undermines marriage and the family Madrid (Fides Service) - Thousands of families from all over Spain will take part in a demonstration in Madrid on 18 June to protest against the government’s intention to make amendments to the law which undermine marr ...
• 1 June 2005
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Proclaiming the Gospel in Europe today: innovation and tradition. The secretaries of Europe’s bishops’ conferences meet in St. Gallen, Switzerland St Gallen (Fides Service) - Although there are many signs of hope for the future of the Church in Europe, the picture painted by the general secretaries of Europe’s bishops’ conferences meeting in St. Gallen (Switzer ...
• 1 June 2005
  VATICAN - “To welcome Jesus and carry him to others is the true joy of the Christian! Let us follow and imitate Mary, a profoundly eucharistic soul, and our whole life will be a Magnificat”: the Pope said at the end of the month of May, the month of Mary Vatican City (Fides Service) - “In this special Year of the Eucharist we are living Mary helps us appreciate more and more the great sacrament of the Eucharist. Our beloved Pope John Paul II in his last Encyclical - Ec ...
• 1 June 2005
  AFRICA/UGANDA - The tragedy of AIDS central theme at 15th Plenary assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Eastern Africa opening today in Uganda Kampala ( Fides Service)- The 15th plenary assembly of the Association of Member Bishops Conferences of Eastern Africa AMECEA opens today at Mukono, near Kampala, capital of Uganda. The theme of the meeting is “Meeting ...
• 1 June 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “Encourage missionary spirit in the Church and increase Brazilian society’s awareness of the Amazon region” one gaol of National meeting 9-11 June Brasilia (Fides Service) - Today the Amazon region has urgent need of help: it covers 43.38% of south America and is the region with most of the planet’s natural resources and bio-diversity, and is therefore the world� ...
• 1 June 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Religious leaders unite to call for a revision of immigration system which they say should show more respect for human rights Sydney (Fides Service) - Better conditions for immigrants arriving in Australia even illegal ones and a revision of immigration system which should show more respect for the dignity and rights of the person are being dem ...
• 1 June 2005
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - War Lords want to condition installation of new Somali government Mogadishu (Fides Service)- The government of Somalia says it will return from exile despite violence in recent days in the south western town of Baidoa chosen as the temporary headquarters of the new executive. The news ...
• 31 May 2005
  The Pope’s mission prayer intention for June: 'That the Sacrament of the Eucharist be more and more perceived as the heartbeat of the Church’s life'. Comment by Cardinal Telesphore P. Toppo, Archbishop of Ranchi (India) Vatican City (Fides Service) - This month’s missionary intention is focused on the Eucharist. No one can be possibly ignorant of the fact that the Eucharist has occupied the attention of the Church in a very striking w ...
• 31 May 2005
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses Italian Bishops : “Italy can and must play a major role in offering common witness to Jesus Christ our only Saviour, so Christ may be the measure for true humanism, for individual conscience and the structures social life” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Dear brothers, our bond has a precise root, the same root which unites all the Bishops of the world with the Successor of Peter, but in this country it is even stronger because the Pope ...
• 31 May 2005
  Auguri! Today after 38 years of faithful service at Fides Mr Agostino Severi is retiring. The direction and staff wish him all the best and a very happy retirement! Vatican City (Fides Service) - Today Fides News Service says goodbye to Cav. Agostino Severi, responsible for the printing and distribution of Fides Bulletin for 38 years. We will miss Agostino who has been exemplary in ...