News

• 27 April 2005
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - “Thank you for your words of encouragement and enthusiasm as Vicar of Christ, the ‘rock’ on which we can stand firm” says Superior of Catholic mission in Tajikistan Dushanbe (Fides Service) - “Beloved Holy Father, just as we loved John Paul II the ‘Great’ all through his pontificate and for whom we offered our prayers and sacrifices, at this time of grace for the universal Chu ...
• 27 April 2005
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Pontifical Mission Societies and Bishops’ Conference department for mission and indigenous people welcome Benedict XVI “Custodian of the Faith” Caracas (Fides Service) - The Pontifical Mission Societies in Venezuela together with the Bishops’ Conference department for Missions and Indigenous Peoples have expressed gratitude to God that today there are people o ...
• 27 April 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Bishops and Buddhist leaders send good wishes message to Pope Benedict XVI that he may “promote peace in the world” Seoul (Fides Service) - After the Mass for the inauguration of the ministry of Pope Benedict XVI religious leaders in Korea sent messages of congratulations and best wishes to the new Holy Father. Archbishop Andreas Choi ...
• 27 April 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Archdiocese of Bangalore joins the Internet: local Church opens new web page Bangalore (Fides Service) -Bangalore in Karnataka is famous as a centre of IT. Not wanting to be left behind, local Catholic Church in Bangalore has decided to join the Internet with its own official web site www.bangalo ...
• 27 April 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Tsunami victim fisherfolk move into new homes built by Caritas which plans to provide 15,000 dwellings New Delhi (Fides Service) - Caritas India in front line to rebuild homes after the December 26 tsunami which affected south east Asia, including India, has completed the first batch of new homes in the archdiocese of Ver ...
• 27 April 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Catholic Action National Assembly “between two Pontificates”. The Pope’s message : “I know you are there, the Church needs Catholic Action” Rome (Fides Service) - “Giving reasons for life and hope, the mission of Catholic Action in the parish and beyond” was the theme of the 12th national assembly of Catholic Action Italy held in Rome from 22 to 25 April ...
• 27 April 2005
  VATICAN - At the first general Wednesday audience of his pontificate the Pope explains why he chose to be called Benedict XVI: “ideally as a link to the venerated Pontiff, Benedict XV… the extraordinary figure of the great 'patriarch of western monasticism,' St. Benedict of Norcia” Vatican City (Fides Service) - The traditional Wednesday audiences resumed this morning. In his first general audience, which was held this morning in St. Peter's Square in the presence of 15,000 people, Pope Benedict XV ...
• 27 April 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Stay united around the Eucharist” theme of 4th National “Youth and Family” : young people and families from all over the country commemorate John Paul II and pray with and for Benedict XVI Rome (Fides Service) - “Stay united around the Eucharist” was the theme of the 4th national meeting “Youth and Family” organised by the Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ and the apostolic movement Regnum ...
• 27 April 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - UNHCR starts repatriation of 58,000 refugees from Congo Republic to Democratic Congo, Equateur province Rome (Fides Service) - At the moment, the province of Equateur is the only one in Democratic Congo where the United Nations High Commission for Refugees is assisting the repatriation process of refugees. In the past two ...
• 27 April 2005
  ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Talks on Catholic religious instruction in schools fall through. State and Church cannot agree Dili (Fides Service) - State and local Catholic Church in East Timor have failed to reach an agreement with regard to Catholic religious instruction in schools. Over the last few days thousands have staged peaceful pro ...
• 27 April 2005
  ASIA/NEPAL - Human rights situation degenerating: alarm from UN Commission for Human Rights and International Crisis Group Kathmandu (Fides Service) - In a recent report the International Crisis Group declared the human rights crisis in Nepal out of all control. The think-tank avails of observers and experts all over the world. The same conc ...
• 27 April 2005
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Villages torched in Darfur, growing fear among the homeless. UN High Commission for Refugees sounds the alarm Rome (Fides Service) - The United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNHCR has expressed serious concern for new cases of burned abandoned villages in Darfur to discourage the villagers to return home. At the end of ...
• 26 April 2005
  AFRICA - Hundreds die in outbreaks of cholera in Senegal and Nigeria Rome (Fides Service) - At least 1,939 people have developed cholera and 27 have died of the disease in a serious outbreak in Senegal in the last two weeks, more precisely from 11 to 24 April. These figures added to the ...
• 26 April 2005
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Every year about 2 million women in 26 countries are circumcised Rome (Fides Service) - In 1997, 13 villages in Senegal said publicly they would no longer allow female circumcision or female genital mutilation (FGM). In the 8 years since then the number of communities which have banne ...
• 26 April 2005
  AFRICA/TOGO - “Moderate optimism after agreement to form national unity government” say Fides sources Lome (Fides Service)- “People are beginning to go out into the streets more confident that life is returning to normal” local Church sources in Togo told Fides. Togo is living a serious political crisis with presiden ...