News

• 16 May 2005
  VATICAN - Beatification of Marianne Cope and Ascensión Nicol Goñi: “Our two Blessed opened their lives to the Spirit of God letting themselves be led by him to serve the Church, the poor, the sick and youth ” Vatican City (Fides Service) - In the afternoon of Saturday 14 May Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, presided Mass at the Altar of the Chair in the apse of St Peter’s ...
• 16 May 2005
  VATICAN - On the solemnity of Pentecost Benedict XVI ordains 21 priests: “The wind and the fire of the Holy Spirit must ceaselessly open the frontiers that we human beings continue to build between ourselves; we must always pass anew from Babel, from closing in on ourselves, to Pentecost” Vatican City (Fides Service) - In the Vatican Basilica on Sunday May 15, Solemnity of Pentecost, Benedict XVI presided at Mass during which he ordained 21 deacons of the diocese of Rome. We give excerpts from the Pope’ ...
• 16 May 2005
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Skin diseases lower immunity system opening the way for malaria and HIV. Only one ‘white coat’ for every 58,000 people, 12 skin experts and 100% of children with skin diseases Rome (Fides Service) - Children everywhere in Ethiopia are prey to impetigo (superficial infection of the cute, highly contagious caused by bacteria), viral skin infections, mycosis, ringworm, skin TB, diseases which l ...
• 16 May 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - With the participation of 2 Cardinals and more than 120 Bishops of the continent of America the 30th Ordinary Assembly of the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences, CELAM and celebrations for its 50th anniversary opens tomorrow in Lima Lima (Fides Service) - The Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences (CELAM), created in 1955 by Pope Pius XII at the request of the Catholic Bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean, is marking its 50th anniver ...
• 16 May 2005
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - The late Archbishop Prospero Penados del Barrio emeritus of Guatemala “worked passionately to promote reconciliation among the people whom he accompanied with humility and firmness” says adjunct secretary of the Guatemalan Bishops’ Conference Guatemala City (Fides Service) - This morning the Church in Guatemala will pay its last respects to Archbishop Prospero Penados del Barrio emeritus of Guatemala who died on May 13 at the age of 79. The funeral will take ...
• 16 May 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Popular theatre in Rajasthan to promote and spread the values of the Kingdom of God New Delhi (Fides Children) - Children of all ages in the Indian state of Rajasthan enjoy puppet shows, the traditional means to pass on popular traditions and myths. But instead of telling the usual tales and stories, th ...
• 16 May 2005
  ASIA/IRAQ - “The violence used by Al Qaida reveals weakness not power. What has all this got to do with religion” asks a Catholic priest in Iraq Rome (Fides Service)- “Terrorists, Al Qaida, are already defeated because they are unable to propose a credible model of society. All they can do is to kill” Fr Nizar Semaan a Catholic priest in the northern Iraqi to ...
• 16 May 2005
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Good turn out for parliamentary elections: “this is a positive sign for the country’s democracy” Addis Ababa (Fides Service)- “The first results show the turnout was far higher than expected. This is a positive sign which confirms the progress of democracy in our country ” say local sources in Addis Ababa, capit ...
• 14 May 2005
  “To Bear Witness” Kevin M. Cahill M.D. New York (Fides Service) - Fides received this touching witness offered by medical doctor Kevin M. Cahill, one of two United States specialists asked by the Vatican to serve as consultants with regard to the condition of ...
• 14 May 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - The world and the challenge to humanise healthcare. St John of God Hospitaller Brothers: ““not only curing but most of all caring”” Rome (Fides Service) - Medical doctors, university professors and men and women religious from all over the world will meet in Palermo, Sicily, to discuss the humanisation of healthcare with input from the United States, ...
• 14 May 2005
  EUROPE/FRANCE - PMS Assembly - Report on the past year’s activity of Holy Childhood Society, closes the Annual Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies Lyon (Fides Service) - The annual Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies closed on Friday 13th May, feast of Our Lady of Fatima with a solemn Mass presided by Archbishop Henryk Hoser, President of the Societies and ...
• 14 May 2005
  EUROPE/FRANCE PMS Assembly - Over 80.000 seminarians in mission territories prepare for the priesthood thanks to funds from the Pontifical Mission Society St Peter Apostle Lyon (Fides Service) - The purpose of the Pontifical Mission Society St Peter Apostle is to support the formation of local clergy in mission territories. Last year 2004, the Society supported the formation of 80,297 semi ...
• 14 May 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Spanish NGO starts youth cultural centres to serve 280,000 people including 110,000 children Rome (Fides Service) - INTERVIDA a Spanish NGO which works to improve the living standard of children supporting various programmes in Peru, Bolivia, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Ecuador, India, Philippines and Mal ...
• 14 May 2005
  AFRICA/ETIOPIA - Tomorrow Young Ethiopian democracy goes to the polls to elect a new national parliament and eight regional parliaments Addis Ababa (Fides Service)- “This is a democratic process which must be encouraged: Ethiopia’s elections cannot be read with Western spectacles. Ethiopia has only known democracy for 12 years” said local sources i ...
• 14 May 2005
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - Info Vatican City (Fides Service) - Tension in Uzbekistan is still high. To offer a picture of the situation in the central Asia republic Fides publishes this background note on Uzbekistan. area: 447.400 sq. km - populatio ...