News

• 1 April 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - S. Egidio community prays for the Pope: 8.30 prayer vigil at the Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere Rome (Fides Service) - The S. Egidio community is particularly close to the Pope, John Paul II. Today Friday 1 April, the community’s regular evening prayer at 8.30 pm at the Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere will ...
• 1 April 2005
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - “We have prayed for the Holy Father non stop” says a missionary in Madagascar Antananarivo (Fides)- “Ever since the Pope was admitted to hospital the first time in February, the entire diocese of Antananarivo has prayed for the Pope unceasingly” Italian missionary Fr Cosimo Alvati, director of ...
• 1 April 2005
  EUROPA/ALBANIA - Terminally ill patients, poor families and disabled people pray for the Pope Tirana (Fides Service) - Quiet and constant prayer is the strength of the Missionaries of Charity in Albania who care for the terminally ill, the elderly and the outcasts from society. Their prayers and those of the peop ...
• 1 April 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - The poorest of the poor offer their suffering to God for the Holy Father Calcutta (Fides Service) - At Nirmal Hriday “Home of the Pure in Heart” in Calcutta, opened by Mother Teresa of Calcutta, her Sisters the Missionaries of Charity and the “poorest of the poor” and the dying whom ...
• 1 April 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - 15,110 Salesian Sisters all over the world pray for Pope John Paul II “father-mother, friend, courageous and gentle protector of the defenceless, especially concerned for the weaker members of society” Rome (Fides Service) - Sr Yvonne Reungoat, Mother General of the Salesian Sisters, the Daughters of Mary Auxiliatrix, sent a message to each of the 1,535 communities in the world addressed to each and all of the 15,110 S ...
• 1 April 2005
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Please God make the Pope get better!” kindergarten children pray with teachers Mocoa-Sibundoy (Fides Service) - Every day at the same time children at Mocoa-Sibundoy kindergarten go to the school chapel to say a special prayer to God the Father. Since the Pope was first admitted to hospital the chi ...
• 1 April 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - The Pope appoints new Metropolitan Archbishop of Madras-Mylapore Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II on 19 March 2005 appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of Madras-Mylapore (India) Bishop Malayappan Chinnappa SDB relieving him of the pastoral government of ...
• 1 April 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Pope appoints new Metropolitan Archbishop of Mombasa Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II on 19 March 2005 appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of Mombasa (Kenya) Bishop Boniface Lele relieving him of the pastoral government of the diocese of Kitu ...
• 1 April 2005
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - The Pope appoints Coadjutor Bishop of Inhambane Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II on 19 March 2005 appointed Coadjutor Bishop of the diocese of Inhambane (Mozambique) Bishop Adriano Langa, transferring him from the titular See of Baia a ...
• 1 April 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - The Pope appoints Bishop of Tuticorin Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II on 19 March 2005 appointed Bishop of Tuticorin (India), Reverend Yvon Ambrose. (S.L.) (Agenzia Fides 1/4/2005) ...
• 1 April 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - The Pope appoints Coadjutor Bishop of Sivagangai Vatican City (Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II on 19 March 2005 appointed Coadjutor Bishop Sivagangai (India), Reverend Mgr. Jebamalai Susaimanickam. (S.L.) (Agenzia Fides 1/4/2005) ...
• 1 April 2005
  AFRICA/ DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - The Pope appoints Bishop of Bunia Vatican City (Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II on 19 March 2005 appointed Bishop of Bunia (Democratic Republic of Congo), Reverend Mgr. Dieudonné Uringi Uuci. (S.L.) (Agenzia Fides 1/4/2005) ...
• 1 April 2005
  AFRICA/UGANDA - The Pope appoints Bishop of Lira Vatican City (Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II on 4 March 2005 appointed Bishop of Lira (Uganda), Reverend P. Giuseppe Franzelli, MCCJ. (S.L.) (Agenzia Fides 1/4/2005) ...
• 1 April 2005
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - The Pope accepts resignation of Military Ordinary and appoints successor Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II on 4 March 2005 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Military Ordinate of New Zealand presented by Cardinal Thomas Stafford William ...
• 1 April 2005
  ASIA/VIETNAM - The Pope accepts resignation of Bishop of Phan Thiet and succession of Coadjutor Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II on 4 March 2005 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Phan Thiet (Vietnam) presented by Bishop Nor Nicolas Huynh Van Ngh ...