News

• 13 July 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - “Who stands to gain from the massacre at Torbi?” asks a missionary commenting violence in north west Kenya where at least 500 armed men attacked and killed 100 innocent villagers Nairobi (Fides Service)- “An unprecedented massacre which poses disquieting queries on why it was organised and by whom” said Fr Eugenio Ferrari, Consolata missionary and National Director of the Pontifical Mission S ...
• 12 July 2005
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - New rector for Paul VI Propeadeutic Interdiocesan Seminary in Nkongsamba Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 20 May 2005, appointed Rector of the Paul VI Propaedeutic Interdiocesan Seminary at Nkongsamba (Ca ...
• 12 July 2005
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Cholera: 900 cases, 24 people dead in Arua north west Uganda. Refugee camps worst hit Rome (Fides Service) - An outbreak of cholera has been reported in north west Uganda particulary among the tens of thousands of people crammed in refugee camps in precarious sanitary conditions. In recent weeks 900 cases ...
• 12 July 2005
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “Mission goes to WYD”: for the first time the Pontifical Mission Societies will be officially represented at World Youth Day celebrations to be held this year in Cologne: the Pope’s very own mission societies will be present with group of young PMS members from different countries Rome (Fides Service) - At the now imminent celebrations for the 20th World Youth Day in August, which will take place this year in Cologne Germany, for the very first time the Pope’s own mission societies the Pontific ...
• 12 July 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Administrative elections and voters’ rights: minority groups say “No” to discrimination on religious grounds Lahore (Fides Service) - The Lahore Commission for Peace and Development which promotes respect for the rights of minority groups in Pakistan has criticised the government for allowing discrimination in the upcoming elec ...
• 12 July 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians decide to unite to produce a “Dictionary of Christianity in Southern Asia” to eradicate religious fundamentalism and restore traditional harmony New Delhi (Fides Service) - Christians in India have united to produce a ‘Dictionary of Christianity in Southern Asia’ which they hope will help people today realise the role played by the Christian faith in the last ...
• 12 July 2005
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NUOVA GUINEA - Listening and praying the Word of God: antidote for juvenile delinquency. Retreat in preparation for World Youth Day Port Moresby (Fides Service) - During a recent Retreat to conclude a year of preparation in view of World Youth Day a group of young Catholics from Port Moresby, capital of Papua New Guinea, reflected on God’s love for ...
• 12 July 2005
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “New religious movements and the challenge they pose to mission” Seminar Workshop on “Ecumenism and Mission” 16 and 17 July in Buenos Aires Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - To study, understand and appreciate ecumenism the Pontifical Mission Societies in Argentina have organised a Seminar Workshop on Ecumenism and Mission to be held at the PMS national offices ...
• 12 July 2005
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The serious challenges born of a mentality which is global, pragmatic and notoriously selfish, “call the Church and its Bishops to constantly revise their task of evangelisation”: statement from Mexican Bishops after 79th general assembly Mexico City (Fides Service) - Although there has been progress thanks to efforts on all sides to strengthen democracy and guarantee relative economic stability and respect for personal freedom, etc., nevertheless “seri ...
• 12 July 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Precious contribution offered by the Prado Institute for the formation of priests and religious in China underlined during a recent visit by Superior General Rev. Robert Daviaud Shi Jia Zhuang (Fides Service) - “I think we and the Church in China are building a relationship of reciprocal trust, understanding and acceptance and ever deeper esteem” said Rev. Robert Daviaud, Superior General of ...
• 12 July 2005
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - South African ecumenical delegation in Zimbabwe to view conditions of people after the government’s ‘Restore Order’ operation Harare (Fides Service)- “Cruel and inuman” were the adjectives used by the South African Council of Churches to describe the present conditions of thousands of people in Zimbabwe who lost their homes in the governmen ...
• 12 July 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - The Bishops of Democratic Congo deplore latest acts of violence and call for an investigation Kinshasa (Fides Service)- “The standing committee of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference in Democratic Congo deplores the sad events which ocurred on 30 June 2005” reads a statement signed by Archbishop Laurent Monsen ...
• 12 July 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Families and Catholics in Spain have taken to the streets and there is talk of a world campaign to protect the family” President of the Spanish Institute for Family Policies tells Fides Madrid (Fides Service) - “We can say that there are positive and negative aspects” Eduardo Hertfelder, President of the Spanish Institute for Family Policies IPF with regard to the present situation in Spain since am ...
• 12 July 2005
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Dispute over oil profit sharing threatens National Conference on Political Reform Lagos (Fides Service)- While there is growing world concern for rising oil prices, oil profit sharing is at the centre of political discussion in Nigeria, Africa’s main producer of oil with 2.5 million barrels a day. ...
• 11 July 2005
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Al Qaida alarm in Somalia. “Annalena Tonelli was the frist victim of a new fundamentalist group connected with the international network of terrorism which wants to turn Somalia into another Iraq” Mogadishu (Fides Service)- Italian doctor Annalena Tonelli, murdered on 5 October 2003 (see Fides 6 October 2003) at Borama, Somaliland (northern Somalia) was killed by a group linked with the international network of te ...