News

• 14 May 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - On the feast of Our Lady of Fatima Catholics pray that the “intercession of Pope John Paul II and the great love of Pope Benedict XVI will bring unity with the universal Church closer” Beijing (Fides Service) - Catholics in Beijing celebrated with enthusiasm the feast of Our Lady of Fatima on May 13. In many parishes after the Mass people stayed to watch recordings of the Masses for the funeral of Pope ...
• 13 May 2005
  VATICAN - The Pope declares open the cause for the beatification of Pope John Paul II Vatican City (Fides Service) - During his first audience with the clergy of Rome in St John’s Cathedral in the Lateran, Benedict XVI declared open the cause for the beatification of Pope John Paul II. Here is the text ...
• 13 May 2005
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI meets the priests and deacons of his diocese of Rome: “The Risen Christ calls us to be his witnesses and he gives us the power of his Spirit to do so. It is therefore necessary to be with Him in order to render witness with our whole life” Vatican City (Fides Service) - This morning the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI drove across Rome to the Vicariate office of Rome diocese at the basilica of St John Lateran where in the Hall of the Conciliation he had a m ...
• 13 May 2005
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses the Diplomatic Corps accredited to Holy See: “everyone is called to build a peaceful society in order to vanquish the temptation of clashes between cultures, ethnic groups and different worlds” Vatican City (Fides Service) - On 12 May, in the Regia Hall, Pope Benedict addressed members of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See, in his first meeting with them as a group since his April 19 election to th ...
• 13 May 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Consolata Missionaries elect new Superior general: Fr. Aquileo Fiorentini, first non Italian to head the Institute founded more than 100 years ago Sao Paolo (Fides Service) - The general chapter of the Consolata Missionaries (IMC) taking place in Sao Paolo, Brazil, has elected as new superior general to lead the institute for the next six years, Brazilian born Fr A ...
• 13 May 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - Experts from all over the world will meet in Lima for the 2nd International Pro-Life Conference Rome (Fides Service) - From 10 to 13 November the capital of Peru will host the 2nd International Pro-Life Conference on the theme, Globalising the Culture of Life, which will bring together experts and protectors of hum ...
• 13 May 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Australian Bishops call for generosity in Timor Sea talks with regard to development of undersea oil and gas Sydney (Fides Service) - Following the resumption in Brisbane of talks between East Timor and Australia on the development of oil and gas reserves in the Timor Sea, the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference has appea ...
• 13 May 2005
  VATICAN - Beatification - Sr Marianne Cope, for 35 years mother to lepers on the Pacific island of Molokai. Interview with beatification postulator Sr Mary Laurence Hanley Vatican City (Fides) - An American nun who worked with Blessed Damien the apostle of the lepers in Molokai, Hawaii, will be beatified in Rome tomorrow. Mother Marianne Cope (1838-1918) of the Sisters of the Third Francis ...
• 13 May 2005
  AFRICA/TUNISIA - Migration and human trafficking: 16 national Caritas from countries in the Middle East, Horn of Africa and North Africa meet in Tunis Tunis (Fides Service)- Migration and human trafficking was the topic discussed at a Caritas MONA meeting in Tunis which opened Monday 11 May. Caritas MONA which comprises 16 countries of the Middle East, Horn of Africa a ...
• 13 May 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians form Anti-Violence Forum in memory of Catholic priest mortally stabbed in Bihar Patna (Fides Service) -In memory of a Catholic priest Fr Mathew Uzhuthal, Vicar general of Patna archdiocese who died on May 1 after being stabbed on April 11 in his parish office by a young bandit, Christians in Patna c ...
• 13 May 2005
  AFRICA/UGANDA - In 2003 alone: 6,900 patients admitted, 27,000 out-patients treated, 1,100 babies delivered: Naggalama Hospital is re-born. Monday 16 May inauguration of the Ugandan hospital rehabilitated with the help of Doctors with Africa CUAMM Rome (Fides Service) -The new 100 bed Naggalama Hospital in central Uganda which serves a community of about 250,000 people will be inaugurated on Monday 16 May there. Started in June 2002 the intervention to rehabili ...
• 13 May 2005
  ASIA/INDONESIA - In Aceh imminent revocation of state of emergency and martial law: hopes for freedom and respect for citizens’ rights Jakarta (Fides Service) - The announcement that the Indonesian government intends to revoke the state of emergency in Aceh has been warmly welcomed by the local people sorely affected by the 26 December tsunami disaster ...
• 13 May 2005
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Representatives of two armed opposition movements in Darfur promise to resume talks with the Sudanese government Rome (Fides Service)- A solemn promise “to resume as soon as possible talks in Abuja under the aegis of the African Union without pre-conditions” was made by the representatives of the two armed Opposition movements ...
• 13 May 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - UN peacekeeper killed and 6 wounded in Ituri: local militia group suspected. “But the regular army troops also attack civilians” Bunia (Fides Service)- “We are waiting to see how the UN Mission in Congo MONUC reacts to the attack on UN peacekeepers from Bangladesh in which one was killed and 6 others were wounded” said local forces in Bunia, ...
• 12 May 2005
  EUROPE/FRANCE - PMS Assembly: the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith distributes offerings collected on Mission Sunday for the needs of the Church in mission territories Lyon (Fides Service) - The offerings collected on the last World Mission Sunday 2004, the fruit of the generosity of Catholics all over the world, increased compared to the previous year and they were distributed during ...