News

• 30 April 2005
  ASIA/INDONESIA - First new homes handed over to tsunami victims by the International Organisation for Migration in the province of Aceh Banda Aceh (Fides Service) - Homeless victims of the 26 December tsunami in Aceh are beginning to see a glimpse of hope that life is returning to normality. The first step is to have a home again and resume work. The In ...
• 30 April 2005
  AFRICA/TOGO - Thousands of refugees in Benin: warning from UN High Commission for Refugees Rome (Fides Service)- According to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, UNHCR there are 5,754 refugees in Benin, over 600 in Ghana coming from Togo. Next week UNHCR will end an emergency team of 3 to Benin ...
• 30 April 2005
  ASIA/NEPAL - State of emergency revoked in Nepal: hopes for a return of respect for human rights and basic freedoms Kathmandu (Fides Service) - King Gyanendra of Nepal has revoked the state of emergency two days before its expiry. He had announced the measure on February 1 “to save democracy from terrorism”. The King announced his ...
• 29 April 2005
  AMERICA/CHILE - Two hundred experts in medicine and bio-ethics gather for 4th Latin American Congress of Catholic Doctors Rome (Fides Service) - Some two hundred experts in medicine and bio-ethics have gathered in Santiago de Chile for the 4th Latin American Congress of Catholic Doctors 29 and 30 April to reflect on the theme “Coming into ...
• 29 April 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - 1st Inter Institutional Mission Congress renewed awareness that every missionary institution or congregation is called to make its own specific contribution to missionary activity in Brazil and ad gentes Brasilia (Fides Service) - “Each charisma is a gift of the Holy Spirit to the Church and must flourish in a genuine manner bearing its proper fruits in evangelisation” said Fr Daniel Lagni national director of the P ...
• 29 April 2005
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Prepare, update, present challenge of new evangelisation: 16th Course for Missionaries ad gentes Bogota (Fides Service) - Fr Antonio Villarino Director of the Colombian Bishops’ Commission for pastoral care of Ethnic groups told Fides about the annual Course for Missionaries Ad Gentes organised by the Bishops’ N ...
• 29 April 2005
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - In Benedict XVI we recognise a Shepherd filled with the power of the Holy Spirit who will lead the Church along the challenging paths of the new millennium and encourage us to be courageous and generous missionaries Guatemala City (Fides Service) - “The teaching of Pope John Paul II, your predecessor, led us to rediscover the missionary riches and responsibility of these young Churches and to celebrate in November 2003, the Secon ...
• 29 April 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Work is fundamental for the family: Australian Catholic Social Justice Council issues Pastoral Letter for May 1 Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker Sydney (Fides Service) - To underline the needs and rights of workers as well as those without work, and that work is a right for all and fundamental for families and society, Bishop Christopher Saunders of Broome, Chair ...
• 29 April 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Games on the Sacraments help children live the Year of the Eucharist Taipei (Fides Service) - “Which is the most valuable of the seven Sacraments?”; “Who instituted the Sacraments?”; “What must we do before receiving a Sacrament?” These are some of the questions in a ‘holy� ...
• 29 April 2005
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Salesians open ‘Community Reaching out Salesian Shelter’ to guarantee study and play for 800 lucky street children Phnom Penh (Fides Service) - In Phnom Penh the Salesian missionaries have just opened a new home for street children called CROSS ‘Community Reaching out Salesian Shelter’ which will guarantee study and play for 800 ...
• 29 April 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Korean government delegation invites Pope Benedict XVI to visit the country. Catholics in North Korea also congratulate new Pope Seoul (Fides Service) - A warm invitation to visit Korea was addressed by the delegation of the Korean government to Pope Benedict XVI after the Mass for the beginning of his Ministry as Bishop of Rome in St Peter’s Sq ...
• 29 April 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Many young people in mission territories feel the call to dedicate their life to Jesus Christ and we must assure them adequate formation!” - Local Vocations Day May 1st Madrid (Fides Service) - “Vocations in mission lands are precious for the Church and for society” national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Spain and military ordinary Archbishop Francisco Pérez said ...
• 29 April 2005
  AFRICA/TOGO - Information freeze in Togo: main Catholic Radio Maria forced to stop broadcasts Lome (Fides Service)- “Even Radio Maria, the country’s main Catholic radio station, has been told to suspend its programmes” local Church sources said describing the information freeze imposed by the army in Togo. ...
• 29 April 2005
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - In their first plenary assembly this year the Catholic Bishops of Mozambique reflect on formation of priests and the celebration of the Eucharist Maputo (Fides Service) -“The death of Pope John Paul II happened while we were in Maputo for the first Plenary Assembly this year” the Bishops of Mozambique wrote in a statement issued at the end of the meeting. “W ...
• 29 April 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Concern for elections in Democratic Congo scheduled for late June Kinshasa (Fides Service)- “According to the available information it will be almost impossible for the planned elections to take place on 30 June” a local network “Peace for Congo”, whose members are missionarie ...