News

• 16 April 2005
  SOUTH KOREA - National day for people with a disability: Church calls on Catholics to practice charity Seoul (Fides Service) - On April 20 the Church in Korea marks national Day for People with a Disability. For the occasion Bishop Lucas Kim Woon-hoe auxiliary of Seoul released a message ha “Love creates perfection”. ...
• 16 April 2005
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Diocesan directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies USA mark 40th anniversary of Vatican II decree on the Church’s missionary activity and renew their commitment to proclaim the Gospel Philadelphia (Fides Service) - "Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Decree Ad Gentes, this ‘family on mission’ renews its commitment to carry the Good News of Jesus to all nations": this was the theme of the annu ...
• 15 April 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic priest vicar general of Patna archdiocese in critical condition after being beaten and stabbed Patna (Fides Service) - The Vicar General of the archdiocese of Patna in the north eastern Indian state of Bihar, Rev. Matthew Uzhuthal, is in critical health conditions after being brutally beaten and stabbed. He was at ...
• 15 April 2005
  AMERICA/PERÚ - On Monday 18 April as the conclave opens in the Vatican, Peruvian Catholics in Lima will start uninterrupted prayers to ask God to enlighten and assist the college of Cardinals called to elect the successor of Pope John Paul II Lima (Fides Service) - Aware of the power of prayer and in view of the great responsibility of the College of Cardinals, on Monday 18 April as the conclave opens with Mass in St Peter’s in Rome, Catholics in Lima the c ...
• 15 April 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - Diocese of Marsabit mourns missionaries who devoted their lives to helping the poorest of the poor Nairobi (Fides Service)- Marsabit diocese in northern Kenya is mourning two beloved missionaries, according to CISA Catholic news agency in Nairobi. Italian Father Attilio Ravasi, a Consolata missionary, who died on 13 ...
• 15 April 2005
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Marburg virus spreads: 203 dead. Italian ‘Doctors with Africa’ CUAMM part of co-ordination nucleus at Uige hospital Padua (Fides Service) - The outbreak of the Marburg virus is worse than ever, the number of cases registered so far in April is much higher than in the whole of March. The haemorrhagic fever caused by Marburg is similar ...
• 15 April 2005
  AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - New dilatory manoeuvres in Côte d'Ivoire. “It is time for the international community to exercise pressure on Ivorian political leaders” Fides sources say Abidjan (Fides Service)- Everything has been postponed until tomorrow Saturday 16 April. Representatives of the government and the New Forces rebels meeting yesterday 14 April, in Bouake, in the north of Côte d'Ivoire f ...
• 15 April 2005
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Formation and dialogue for Catholics and Muslim students in the southern Philippines in an area of conflict Zamboanga (Fides Service) - April is a month of intense activity of formation at Harmony Village, just outside Zamboanga City, in the extreme south of the island of Mindanao, southern Philippines. Harmony Village is th ...
• 15 April 2005
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - New year, an opportunity to forget the past, stop fighting and forgive! Sinhalese new year prompts common call for peace from civil and religious leaders Colombo (Fides Service) - Civil and religious organisations in Sri Lanka voiced the wish that New Year’s Day April 13, (Sinhalese new year), would mark the start of an era of peace and reconciliation. In Sri Lanka ther ...
• 15 April 2005
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - “I return to the United States to share with Catholics there the enduring, sustaining faith of these people": report from national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies after extensive visit to tsunami affected areas New York (Fides Service) - “I return to the United States to share with Catholics there the enduring, sustaining faith of these people, and how I have been uplifted by that faith - and to encourage them to continue to ...
• 15 April 2005
  ASIA/LEBANON - Religious leaders and youth march for peace: “Love, never again civil war” Beirut (Fides Service) - Peace march in Beirut in memory of civil war victims: on 13 April Christian and Muslim leaders and hundreds of young Lebanese stage a peaceful march through the capital to the national monument w ...
• 15 April 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Shen Yang Seminary renders homage to John Paul II on China’s traditional day for commemorating the dead Shen Yang (Fides Service) - Seminarians and teaching staff at ShenYang seminary in northern China, rendered homage to Pope John Paul II on China’s traditional day of commemoration of the dead, which fell a few days aft ...
• 15 April 2005
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - “We have heard the cry of our people asking for peace” the Bishop say urging all to “work together to build the new Bolivia as we want it and to which we have a right ” La Paz (Fides Service) - “Do not be afraid! Jesus is Risen” is the title of a statement issued on 13 April by the Catholic Bishops of Bolivia at the end of their 80th annual plenary assembly. In the wake of the Easte ...
• 14 April 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Sisters of Don Orione interrupt 10th chapter general to visit the grave of Pope John Paul II Rome (Fides Service) - “We decided to suspend our 10 general chapter to render homage to the Holy Father John Paul II and also to entrust to his protection the work of our chapter participants who will choose the new g ...
• 14 April 2005
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Cautious optimism in Burundi after news of cease-fire announced by the remaining group of active rebels Bujumbura (Fides Service)- “The news of a cease-fire offered by the remaining rebel group still active has been received with cautious optimism” local Church sources in Bujumbura, capital of Burundi told Fides. The ...