News

• 25 May 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Experts all over the world say children adopted by same sex couples are more prone to psychological and health problems: Spain’s MPs receive “Report on infantile development in same sex couples " Madrid (Fides Service) - HazteOir Spain in collaboration with the Spanish Forum for the Family and the Institute for Family Policy has just published a “Report on infantile development in same sex couples " on the cons ...
• 24 May 2005
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - New rector of St Peter Claver inter-diocesan major seminary in Bobo-Dioulasso Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 1 April 2005 appointed Rector of the St Peter Claver inter-diocesan major seminary in the archdioc ...
• 24 May 2005
  VATICAN - Papal Letter to the Church in Spain on the occasion of the national pilgrimage to Zaragoza: “May the Blessed Virgin Mary preserve every family from all forms of social justice, from all that offends its dignity and restricts its freedom” Zaragoza (Fides Service) - “At this time of discernment for many hearts you the Bishops of Spain are looking towards the One who welcomed with total availability the life of God who was entering history” Pope Benedic ...
• 24 May 2005
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Initiative for culture of life against culture of death”: slogan of International Pro-Life and Pro-Family Congress 17 to 19 June in Buenos Aires Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - “Initiative culture of life against culture of death” is the slogan chosen for an International Pro-Life and Pro-Family Congress to be held 17 to 19 June at the Spanish Club in Buenos A ...
• 24 May 2005
  AMERICA/PERU Year of the Eucharist - more intense preparation for Corpus Christi with diocesan Eucharistic Weeks and various other initiatives to deepen awareness and gratitude for the gift of the Eucharist Lima (Fides Service) - Various Church initiatives all over the country have served to intensify preparations for the annual solemnity of Corpus Christi in this Year of the Eucharist. One particular initiative was that of ...
• 24 May 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - General Chapter confirms Mother Gabriella Bono as Superior of Consolata missionaries soon to celebrate Foundation Centenary Sao Paulo (Fides Service) - On 22 May Trinity Sunday almost at the end of its meeting in Sao Paulo the General Chapter of the Consolata Missionaries re-elected as Superior Mother Gabriella Bono for another six year manda ...
• 24 May 2005
  ASIA - World Health Assembly approves new set of International Health Regulations to manage public health emergencies of international concern. This comes when several outbreaks of avian influenza in different parts of Asia could cause a pandemic with catastrophic consequences Rome (Fides Service) - Yesterday in Geneva the 192 member countries of the World Health Organisation WHO approved a new set of International Health Regulations to manage public health emergencies of international concern ...
• 24 May 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Exhibition on the history of the Catholic community in Nan Chong attracts more than 8,000 visitors mainly non Christians in two months Nan Chong (Fides Service) - To spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ and help people know more about the Lord and his Church, the Catholic community in Nan Chong, Si Chuan province in south west mainland China, 1,400km from ...
• 24 May 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - At the close of the diocesan Year for Evangelisation lay people called to be ever more committed to evangelisation” Hong Kong (Fides Service) - “The mission of new evangelisation calls for the involvement of every believer. Catholics are called to bear witness with their life” said Ms. Lai, chairperson of the Hong Kong Lay Catholi ...
• 24 May 2005
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Growing expectation for results of May 15 election: both majority and opposition claim victory. Official results on 8 June Addis Ababa (Fides Service)- In Ethiopia there is growing expectation for the results of parliamentary elections on May 15. “The results will not be announced until June 8 but all the political groups have already clai ...
• 24 May 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Sixty per cent of the country’s healthcare centres are Catholic hospitals” says Bishop of Kisantu in south west Congo Kinshasa (Fides Service)- “If we love our people we must not allow the sale of medicine which is out of date, counterfeit or too costly” said the Catholic Bishop Fidèle Nsielele of Kisantu in an interview with a loc ...
• 23 May 2005
  VATICAN - The Pope’s Sunday reflection at the Angelus: “God is not solitude, but perfect communion. This is why the human person, the image of God, is realised through love, sincere gift of self ” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “The words which summarise all revelation are these: ‘God is love’ (1 Jn 4,8.16); and love is always a mystery, a reality which goes beyond reason although without contradicting it, ...
• 23 May 2005
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “Guests are a blessing”: Days of Encounter in dioceses all over Germany will open 20th World Youth Day Cologne (Fides Service) -Young people all over the world are invited to take part in the 20th World Youth Day to be held in Cologne Germany from 11 to 21 August with the theme “We have come to adore Him” (Mt 2,2). Ab ...
• 23 May 2005
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Intense Course in Missiology in Caracas in September will “animate and form local Churches to assume their missionary responsibility starting from the originality of the Venezuelan ecclesial experience” Caracas (Fides Service) - A Course in Missiology organised by the National Mission Council of Venezuela will be held in Caracas in September 12 to 16. In a report to Fides Fr José Rafael Villalobos Araujo, DEMIS-SPEV na ...
• 23 May 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Solemn Corpus Christ procession in Hong Kong will culminate with adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and Benediction at a Home for the elderly Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Bishop Joseph Zen of Hong Kong will preside the solemn Mass for the Feast of Corpus Christi on Sunday 29 May, followed by the traditional procession with the Blessed Sacrament through the str ...