News

• 13 October 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN -Catholic volunteers operate in north east Pakistan: school pupils and students of Catholic schools as well as priests, religious and lay adults bring aid where it is most needed Lahore (Fides Service) - Catholic volunteers from all over Pakistan and other countries are arriving in the city of Islamabad in north east Pakistan to help with rescue work, assistance and resettling. Many of the volunt ...
• 12 October 2005
  VATICAN - The Pope’s general audience teaching on Psalm 121: “An ideal portrayal of the Holy City and its religious and social functions to demonstrate that biblical religion is neither abstract nor intimist but rather ferment of justice and solidarity” Vatican City (Fides Service) - Psalm 121 (Greeting from the Holy City of Jerusalem - 1st vespers Sunday week 4) is one of the “most beautiful and passionate” canticles of ascent, “a lively and participated celebra ...
• 12 October 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “The Year of the Eucharist was one of the last gifts God gave his Church through John Paul II”: with priestly ordinations on the Feast of Our Lady of Pilar Getafe diocese marks the closing of the Year of the Eucharist Getafe (Fides Service) - Getafe diocese in Spain has organised a series of celebrations to accompany the closing of the special Year of the Eucharist of which the most important is a Mass with priestly ordinations today, ...
• 12 October 2005
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - “March for Mission” 16 October in Caracas one of many PMS initiatives for the missionary month of October and World Mission Sunday 2005 on the theme “The Missionary, bread for the life of the world” Caracas (Fides Service) - A “March for Mission” will take place on 16 October in Caracas organised by the diocese to recall the long distances travelled by missionaries who brought the Gospel to Venezuela. The march ...
• 12 October 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Young people and the Eucharist: “It is important to find a way to lead people to Christ. People long to experience the presence of God in the consecrated Bread” Rome (Fides Service) - We give some of the testimonials presented during the recent Meeting of Adoration Groups in Rome and Rome’s city mission, Jesus at the City Centre. “For me the Eucharist has always been impo ...
• 12 October 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops of Brazil appeal for solidarity in aid of victims of natural disasters in Guatemala, El Salvador, Pakistan and India. Brasilia (Fides Service) - “We are faced with a series of major catastrophes in Guatemala, El Salvador, Pakistan and India, with thousands of dead, over four million injured or displaced, and widespread devastation and ...
• 12 October 2005
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Natural disasters are a time to live faith, hope and charity: “This is the time when the light of our faith should illuminate the darkness of calamity” says Bishop of Escuintla Escuintla (Fides Service) - In the tragic situation following hurricane Stan and the distress of people, especially poor rural communities, Bishop Victor Hugo Palma Paul of Escuintla diocese in Guatemala issued a pastora ...
• 12 October 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Giuseppine Sisters make youth pastoral a priority in view of World Youth Day 2008 to be hosted by Sydney Sydney (Fides Service) - Draw young people to Christ, offering them ways to deepen their faith and personal vocation, spread the values of the Gospel in this generation of play stations and text messages: this is the goa ...
• 12 October 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Caritas network offers international solidarity: Islamabad headquarters for distribution of aid to earthquake victims in Kashmir Islamabad (Fides Service) - “Our volunteers are on the spot to assess needs and make sure help goes where it is most needed. There is a lot to do the disaster has affected the lives of millions of people. Rescue work a ...
• 12 October 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Catholic Bishops say “government has a responsibility to pay teachers a fair salary, but for the good of the pupils, teachers on strike must go back to work” Kinshasa (Fides Service) - In Democratic Congo where the school year is threatened by a teachers strike, the Catholic Bishops have issued an appeal reminding the government of its duty to guarantee teachers a fair wage a ...
• 12 October 2005
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Thousands gather for ordination and installation of new Bishop of Dedougou Ouagadougou (Fides Service)- On 1 October thousands of Catholics filled St Anne’s Cathedral in Dedougou, Burkina Faso, for the ordination and installation of the new Bishop Judes Bicaba.. The main celebrant was Bishop ...
• 12 October 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - High ranking UN official commends Catholic Church for major contribution to education in Africa: many of Africa's leaders in politics and in the private sector were educated at Catholic schools Nairobi (Fides Service)- Recently the Catholic Church was commended by a high ranking UN official for its major contribution to promoting education in Africa. The Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlement ...
• 12 October 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic parishes and schools shelter earthquake victims: solidarity without frontiers of language, caste or religion New Delhi (Fides Service) - “After the earthquake tragedy Bishop Celestine Elampassery, of Jammu and Srinagar diocese began immediately to visit the affected areas and organise assistance. St Joseph’s Catholic schoo ...
• 11 October 2005
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Catholics commemorate 150th anniversary of the martyrdom of Italian missionary Blessed John Mazzucconi Port Moresby (Fides Service) - Almost one thousand Catholics from the Diocese of Alotau commemorated the 150th anniversary of the death of Blessed martyr John Mazzucconi at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on ...
• 11 October 2005
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Initiatives and publications for Adoration and Celebration of the Eucharist and to encourage liturgy of ‘beauty’ also after the Year of the Eucharist Bonn (Fides Service) - One of many initiatives in Catholic dioceses all over Germany in response to a call by the German Bishops’ Conference to mark the Year of the Eucharist, (pastoral letters, homilies, Hours of Ador ...