News

• 19 May 2005
  AFRICA/RWANDA - “The Church in Rwanda is a lively reality” Chairman of Bishops’ Conference tells Fides Rome (Fides Service)- “Our young people are the future of the Church in Rwanda. We must start with them it we want to heal the wounds of the past” Bishop Alexis Habiyambere S.J. of Nyundo chairman of the Catholic Bis ...
• 19 May 2005
  AFRICA/CONGO - Infected monkey meat could be the cause of new outbreak of Ebola. In Congo nine people died of Ebola in April and new cases await confirmation. For this virus which is mortal in 60 to 90 percent of cases, there is no treatment or vaccine Rome (Fides Service) - The news of another outbreak of Ebola had been circulating for a couple of weeks but World Health Organisation WHO experts were cautious about confirming the report. Now it is official, the lethal ...
• 18 May 2005
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Most people in Guinea want the elections, but supporters of former President Kumba Yala need help to overcome fear and diffidence Bissau (Fides Service) - Calm has returned to Bissau, capital of Guinea Bissau where yesterday, 17 May there were clashes between the police and participants in a demonstration in favour of former President Kumba Yala ( ...
• 18 May 2005
  AFRICA/TOGO - “Let us not be discouraged! Let us continue to pray and pray and pray for our country”: Christian leaders in Togo address the people Lome (Fides Service)- Let us not be discouraged. We must pray and pray and pray for our country Togo, day and night, always and everywhere!. Let us build a chain of prayer until the country is out of the crisis”. With ...
• 18 May 2005
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Salesians celebrate 14 years at the service of young Cambodians offering education, and caring for street children and those with HIV/AIDS Phnom Penh (Fides Service) - This year on 24 May the Salesian community in Cambodia will celebrate fourteen years of service to promote the human, cultural and spiritual growth of young Cambodians. According to the Sales ...
• 18 May 2005
  ASIA/SYRIA - Ecumenical reflection and experience in Aleppo: how long must we wait before all Christians celebrate Easter together on the same date? Aleppo (Fides Service) - There is an air of ecumenism and brotherhood in Syria. Recently the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Aleppo invited Catholic Bishop Luigi Padovese vicar apostolic of Anatolia to Aleppo to give a conf ...
• 18 May 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan will stay on the political scene even after 2007 Islamabad (Fides) - President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan will stand for re-election when his mandate expires in 2007, Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed announced. “He will remain after 2007 because Pakistan ne ...
• 18 May 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Cardinal George Pell urges government to review immigration policies Sydney (Fides Service) - “It is time for the government to reconsider its position. The flood of illegal immigrants has dried up and the immigration policy is too tough” Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney sa ...
• 18 May 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - The Prelate of Opus Dei will ordain 42 new priests from 13 different countries on 21 May Rome (Fides Service) - Saturday 21 May at St Eugenio Basilica, Valle Giulia, Rome, the Prelate of Opus Dei Bishop Javier Echevarría will ordain 42 new priests: 28 Europeans (Spanish, Italian, French, German, Portuguese ...
• 18 May 2005
  VATICAN - The Pope’s Wednesday Audience teaching “the Lord stoops attentively to our smallness and indigence which would make us draw back in fear” on Psalm 112 Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Psalm 112 is a short hymn which in the original Hebrew consists of only sixty words all filled with sentiments of trust, praise and joy.” During the general audience this morning in St ...
• 18 May 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Monfort Missionaries elect new Superior General Santino Brembilla the first ever Italian to lead the Missionaries of the Company of Mary. Rome (Fides Service) - On 15 May Pentecost Sunday, the General Chapter of the Monfort Missionaries of the Company of Mary, meeting in Rome 1 to 21 May elected as new superior general Italian Father Santino Brembilla, age ...
• 18 May 2005
  VATICAN - “I wish to recommend CELAM to give special attention to pastoral of the family threatened in our day by serious dangers which undermine the very foundation of Christian marriage and family”: Pope Benedict XVI sends message to Latin American Bishops for 50th CELAM anniversary Vatican City (Fides) - On the occasion of the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences CELAM, Pope Benedict XVI has sent a message of good wishes dated 14 May 2005 in which ...
• 18 May 2005
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Meeting of General Secretaries of European Bishops' Conferences: on the agenda the role of Christianity and the Churches in Europe, bio-ethical issues, urgent pastoral themes St Gallen (Fides Service) - From 26th - 30th May 2005, the CCEE Secretariat at St Gallen is organising a meeting of the General Secretaries of Europe's 34 Bishops' Conferences. The representatives from the Bishops' Confe ...
• 18 May 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Adoption of a child by same sex couples cannot be justified if we consider the rights of the child Madrid (Fides Service) - “To subordinate the interests of a child to the desires of adults is an ignoble experiment of social engineering which damages something which should be sacred for every legislator: the primary ...
• 18 May 2005
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - While waiting for official election results, government and opposition both claim victory in parliamentary elections on 15 May Addis Ababa (Fides Service)- In Ethiopia a growing number of Opposition members are claiming victory after parliamentary elections held on Sunday 15 May. According to the Opposition 92 seats went to the main group CUD, ...