News

• 14 April 2005
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “Thank you Holy Father for being a missionary shepherd and a master of mission!” The Auditorium which hosted the 2nd American Mission Congress re-named after John Paul II Guatemala City (Fides Service) - “The entire life of Pope John Paul II was a life of a Master of mission and a missionary Shepherd who incarnated the cry of St Paul: “Woe to me if I did not preach the Gospel! (1 Cor ...
• 14 April 2005
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - “Our country is falling to pieces. We have never witnessed such a serious crisis in the institutions”: Catholic Bishops express concern and say they “back the hopes of the people” Quito (Fides Service) - Profound concern was expressed by the Catholic Bishops of Ecuador at the end of their annual general assembly. In a message the Bishop said the country is falling to pieces because “personal or ...
• 14 April 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - World Haemophilia Day: initiatives to promote information about haemophilia which affects more than 400,000 people in the world Rome (Fides) - Sunday 17 April is World Haemophilia Day. The date marks the birth of Canadian Frank Schnabel who founded the World Federation for Haemophilia in 1963. This rare hereditary pathology due to a genetic defe ...
• 14 April 2005
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Catholic Church in Sudan identifies priorities after peace agreement: forgiveness and reconciliation, care and resettlement of refugees, better relations with donors and partners Khartoum (Fides Service)- Care and resettlement of refugees, fight AIDS and guarantee efficient healthcare and education systems were the priorities identified by the Catholic Bishops of Sudan for the reconstruction of s ...
• 14 April 2005
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Death of first Bishop of Mangochi: “I want to be a good religious today so I can be a good missionary tomorrow” Lilongwe (Fides Service) - “I want to be a good religious so I can be a good missionary tomorrow”. “I think this sentence reveals Mgr Assolari’s pastoral and missionary spirit” Fr Daniele Carraro, provincial su ...
• 14 April 2005
  ASIA/TURKEY - John Paul II champion of ecumenism: his teaching will inspire new paths of dialogue and peace Antioch (Fides Service) - The death of Pope John Paul II provoked sadness, sympathy and solidarity among national leaders and ordinary citizens as well as fruits of reconciliation, harmony and unity among the different r ...
• 14 April 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Time to reflect on how to continue along the path traced by John Paul II Beijing (Fides Service) - Chinese Catholics continue to render homage to their beloved Pope John Paul II a local Catholic in Beijing told Fides: “The Holy Father’s life was a witness of love for God and love of neigh ...
• 14 April 2005
  ASIA/JORDAN - Prayers and expectation for the new Pope, confident that he will speak in favour of peace and justice Amman (Fides Service) - Rev. Raymond Moussalli, Catholic Chaldean priest in Jordan told Fides “the faithful are praying, while waiting to see who the new Pope will be, confident he will be a Good Shepherd, filled with ...
• 14 April 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Mission in Oceania will draw new impulse from the figure of John Paul II: testimonial from Archbishop Francis Carrol of Canberra, president Australian Bishops’ Conference Sydney (Fides Service) - The Church in Oceania will draw great inspiration and new impulse from the figure and work of John Paul II said Archbishop Francis Carrol of Canberra, Australian Bishops Conference president, in ...
• 14 April 2005
  ASIA/LAOS - New hope for Laotian Catholics in the north; new church opened and Catholics await pastoral presence and care of Rev. Banchong Thopahong apostolic administrator Luang Prabang (Fides Service) - There is fresh life and fervour among Catholics in the Vicariate of Luang Prabang where on 11 March a new church the first since 1975 and the communist revolution was blessed and inaugurat ...
• 14 April 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Focolari Movement dedicates Saturday 16 April Familyfest to the memory of Pope John Paul II Rome (Fides Service) - Familyfest 2005, promoted by the New Families branch of the Focolari Movement was presented today in Rome. The event, Saturday 16 April 3pm to 4.30 will be broadcast live by Italian television . ...
• 14 April 2005
  AFRICA/ETIOPIA - 40 people have died of meningitis in the last five months: alarm for 433 people infected Rome (Fides Service) - At 40 people in Ethiopia, in the last five months have died as a result of an outbreak of highly infective meningitis which has infected 433 people. Tigrè in the north, Afar in the east and Bensh ...
• 13 April 2005
  AFRICA/ETIOPIA - Millions of Ethiopians face starvation. Guaranteed only 20% of what is necessary for healthcare, water, sanitation and farming Rome (Fides Service) - The United Nations World Food Programme launched an appeal for 33 million dollars to allow it to continue to feed 1.5 million people over the next two and a half months. The WFP warns that the futu ...
• 13 April 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Even at the heart of Congo Catholics pray to assist the election of a new Pontiff Bukavu (Fides Service)- “Yesterday 12 April the last requiem masses for Pope John Paul II were said every parish and our radio broadcast the last special evening prayers for the repose of the soul of the Pope” Italia ...
• 13 April 2005
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - “It is our holy duty to pray to God that during the election the Holy Spirit will show the college of Cardinals who is to guide the boat of Peter, the Church, in the future on the tumultuous waves of this beginning of the 21st century”, Archbishop Kondrusiewicz said to Catholics in Russia in view of the imminent opening of the Conclave Moscow (Fides Service) - “We mourn a Pontiff open to humanity and to the world, a man who defended the dignity of the human person, and human rights and freedom”, Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of the Archdiocese o ...