News

• 3 March 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Old people, the sick and children pray for the Pope with the Sisters of St Joseph who ask Fides for latest news about the Pope Shi Jia Zhuang (Fides Service) - The Sisters of the congregation of St Joseph and the old people and children and sick people in their care, continue to pray for a speedy recovery for the Pope Superior General Sr Chiara ...
• 3 March 2005
  AFRICA/UGANDA - “Even here where the main preoccupation is how to stay alive and death is such a commonplace event that we are resigned to it, we find the strength to pray for the health of the Pope” a missionary in northern Uganda told Fides Kitgum (Fides Service)- “Even here where the main preoccupation is how to stay alive and death is such a commonplace event that we are resigned to it, we find the strength to pray for the health of the Holy Father” a ...
• 3 March 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - In remote areas of Ituri where the din of fighting is still heard Catholics pray for the Pope Bunia (Fides Service)- “Now calm has returned but yesterday we heard the noise of a fierce battle, only a few kilometres away with UN fighter helicopters flying back and forth over the town ” said a local Church sour ...
• 3 March 2005
  AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - “Since the Pope was admitted to hospital people all over the country are debating on the value of life and the role of the elderly” says a missionary in Sierra Leone, where in the 1960s children with polio were seen as “children of the devil” Freetown (Fides)- “The Pope’s stay in hospital is provoking reflection on the value of human life. This is particularly true in our youth groups because our children and young people are deeply saddened by the though ...
• 3 March 2005
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Young Christians and Muslims worked together to prepare for the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first Christians in the Moluccas Ambon (Fides Service) - The 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first Christians in the Moluccas was not a motive of conflict, it was a time for encounter, friendship, collaboration, the Crisis Centre in the Catholic ...
• 3 March 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - “Shalom Television”: new Catholic TV channel in Kerala, southern India Cochin (Fides Service) - “Shalom Television” is the name of a new Catholic TV channel launched on 26 February in Kerala state in southern India. The programmes are in Malayalam and the TV is sponsored by the Syro-Ma ...
• 2 March 2005
  EUROPE/BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA - Fifth meeting of the Presidents of the Bishops’ Conferences of South East Europe: common responsiblity for peace and the Gospel in this part of Europe Sarajevo (Agenzia Fides) - The Presidents of the Bishops' Conferences of South-East Europe (Albania; Bulgaria; Bosnia Herzegovina; Greece; the SS Cyril and Methodius Bishops' Conference of Serbia, Montenegro and Macedoni ...
• 2 March 2005
  AFRICA/CAMEROON - New rector for Notre Dame d’Espérance Interdiocesan major seminary in Bertua Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples has appointed 17 December 2004, rector of the major Notre Dame d’Espérance interdiocesan seminary ...
• 2 March 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - Hundreds of evangelisers ready to announce the Gospel door to door: Ica diocese launches Great Catholic Mission Ica (Fides Service) - To strengthen faith among local Catholics in the area, Ica diocese in Peru is starting a Great Catholic Mission which will continue from March to December 2005. To undertake this evangelising missio ...
• 2 March 2005
  ASIA/IRAQ - Iraqi Christians say they too are praying for the Pope's health Baghdad (Fides)- “The Iraqi people are devoted to the Holy Father who has always called for peace in our country. And at this time when he is ill in hospital, we wish to say that despite the difficulties we encounter w ...
• 2 March 2005
  EUROPE/GREECE - More than 500 are expected to attend to a Conference on World Mission and Evangelism organised by the World Council of Churches in Athens in the month of May Athens (Fides Service) - “Offer an opportunity to Christian individuals and Churches to share experience and reflect on priorities of mission and the future of Christian witness to be channels of reconciliation; promot ...
• 2 March 2005
  OCEANIA/ SOLOMON ISLANDS - Caritas Solomon Islands collaborates to fight AIDS in Papua New Guinea Honiara (Fides Service) - To intensify cooperation in programmes of healthcare and development in the Pacific, recently Caritas Solomon Islands sent one of its teams on a three week visit to Papua New Guinea. In Madang, ...
• 2 March 2005
  ASIA/NEPAL - Although still traumatised and suffering orphans, former child soldiers and street children cared for in Catholic institutions offer special prayers for the Pope Kathmandu (Fides Service) - The people of Nepal are traumatised by years of guerrilla warfare, the rebels are still strong and control various parts of the country. What is more the nation is still recovering from the la ...
• 2 March 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Two months after the tsunami solidarity effort of Catholic communities in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan continues Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Catholics in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan have not forgotten the victims of the December tsunami disaster and are keeping up their solidarity efforts. In mid February the Kong Ko Bao b ...
• 2 March 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - In a Guarani Indian reserve 290 children suffer from acute malnutrition and 35% of those under age six is underfed. The death of six Guarani children brings to the fore the drama of Brazil’s forgotten people Rome (Fides Service) - The deaths of six children caused by hunger in a Guarani Indian reserve bring to the fore the tragedy of Indians peoples in Brazil and the inefficiency of social assistance programmes. In the Dour ...