News

• 11 March 2005
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - “Bombers of peace” to carry real peace to the hearts of Angolans after 25 years of civil war. Head of “Pro Peace” speaks after the movement’s second congress Luanda (Fides Service)- “The goal is to build a climate of trust so elections will be transparent without protest or suspicion”, Angolan Catholic Bishop José Francisco Moreira dos Santo head of the Pro Peace Movemen ...
• 10 March 2005
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “John Paul II leans on the staff of our prayers, the prayers of the Church”: children, adolescents, young people, adults, the elderly, in the city and beyond, regardless of race or ideological divisions, unite in a crusade of prayer for the Pope Mexico City (Fides Service) - Every day at the end of mass in the chapel of Guadalajara minor seminary one of the students takes the microphone and says: “Let us pray for the Holy Father, Pope John Paul II. He needs us ...
• 10 March 2005
  VATICAN - Cardinal Sepe ordains new Bishop of Tarahumara in Mexico: “A Church called to offer from the riches of its faith and testimony of communion among its different peoples an important contribution to the universal Church” Guachochi (Fides Service) - “The Church entrusts you with the responsibility and care of a part of the People of God: the Particular Church of Tarahumara in western Sierra Madre resplendent in the beauty of creation. A ...
• 10 March 2005
  VATICAN - Cardinal Sepe meets the clergy in Tarahumara, Mexico: “Have trust in Jesus Christ who called you and trust the Church our Mother; offer your trust also to the new Bishop, who is the foundation of your own ministry” Guachochi (Fides Service) - Before presiding the Eucharistic concelebration for the Ordination of the new Bishop of Tarahumara, in the morning of Wednesday 9 March, Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation ...
• 10 March 2005
  EUROPE - Solidarity and commitment for peace in Colombia: from the network of Caritas Europe a new appeal to favour the process of reconciliation and support for 3 million internally displaced persons Rome (Fides Service) - An appeal for the needs of the victims of the conflict in Colombia to be at the centre of the search for a peaceful solution. Peace which, guarantees the verification of responsibility for violatio ...
• 10 March 2005
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Religion is a factor of peace. This was the subject of a meeting sponsored by the American Embassy to the Holy See held at the S. Egidio Community centre in Rome Rome (Fides Service) - Since the Treaties of Westphalia (1648) which marked the end of the Thirty Years War, the West has put aside the concept of a war of religion . The 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001 in the United Stat ...
• 10 March 2005
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Global Day of Prayer for Burma 13 March promoted by ‘Christians Concerned for Burma’ Brussels (Fides Service) - Many Christians in the world will be praying for Burma or Myanmar on March 13 a Global Day of Prayer for Burma promoted by Christians Concerned for Burma organistaion. They will pray for that t ...
• 10 March 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - “You young people have the task of building a better India!” Superior major of the Salesian Fathers present for centenary celebrations in India Guwahati (Fides Service) - “You are the reason for the existence of the Salesians. India offers you much hope and many challenges, you must build a better India” Salesian Superior Major Fr Pascual Chavez told a gathe ...
• 10 March 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - New monthly newsletter on the Internet on Mission and Spirituality, information service for Australian Catholics Sydney (Fides Service) - Internet is increasingly a field for evangelisation and the Australian Church is making an effort to follow the indications of the Holy Father who has repeatedly said, also recently in his messag ...
• 9 March 2005
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Largest organisation for Turkish Muslims in Germany sends best wishes to Pope John Paul II: “May the All Merciful God bless him and restore his health Cologne (Fides Service) - Best wishes for a speedy recovery were sent via Fides to Pope John Paul II by the Union of the Turkish Islamic Office for Religions (Diyanet Isleri Türk Islam Birligi, DITIB) which has its head ...
• 9 March 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Mission ad Gentes in Europe, missionary formation of young priests Fidei donum: themes of meeting for National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Europe Madrid (Fides Service) - National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Europe will gather in Madrid 12 to 16 March to reflect on themes regarding missionary animation and formation. Previous meetings of PMS ...
• 9 March 2005
  VATICAN - From the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe Cardinal Sepe makes new appeal for Mission: “There is no more urgent task, no higher vocation than that of co-operating like Mary with the apostolic mission of the Church” Mexico City (Fides Service) - “From this Marian Shrine, here at the feet of Our Lady of Guadalupe, I wish today to launch a new appeal for mission ad gentes. Humanity anxiously awaits the light and the Truth of the Lo ...
• 9 March 2005
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Women direct and indirect victims of 650 million small arms in the world Cape Town (Fides Service)- Women are the main victims of the proliferation of firearms in South Africa according to a report presented in South Africa on the occasion of International Women’s Day, yesterday. The report ...
• 9 March 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - “Women with their work and selflessness, at times heroic, make human life worth living, as the sign of the infinite love of God who desired to be born of a woman”. Lima (Fides) - “The woman, the heart of the Family” is the title of a message issued by the Pervian Bishops’ Commissions for Lay Apostolate and the Family on the occasion of the International Women’s Day. The sho ...
• 9 March 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Shan Xi Seminary resumes its original name “Seminary Giovanni da Montecorvino”, in memory of a great evangeliser of China Tai Yuan (Fides Service) - The Seminary Shan Xi, where countless Chinese priests prepared for the ministry, has gone back to its original name: “Seminary Giovanni da Montecorvino” (www.shanxixiuyuan.com). In modern t ...