News

• 25 February 2005
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - “The Pope’s pain is the same as the pain of war suffered by Burundians” a Catholic priest in Burundi told Fides Bujumbura (Fides Service)- “Burundians who suffered so much because of war are especially close to the Holy Father at this time of pain and suffering” Father Salvator Niciteretze, secretary of the Burundian Bishops� ...
• 25 February 2005
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “Muslims follow the condition of Pope John Paul II’s health with affection and concern” a missionary in Cairo tells Fides Cairo (Fides Service)- “Muslims in Egypt are showing concern for the health of Pope John Paul II whom they sincerely respect and admire” Italian Comboni missionary Giuseppe Scattolin an expert on Islam told Fides fro ...
• 25 February 2005
  EUROPA/SPAIN - Cardinal Archbishop of Madrid asks Catholics in the capital to pray for the health of the Pope; Archbishop of Toledo calls on contemplative orders to pray for the Pontiff Madrid (Fides Service) - Cardinal Antonio Mª Rouco Varala Archbishop of Madrid and the auxiliary Bishops asked for special prayers to be offered in monasteries, convents, parishes, church movements and associations in t ...
• 24 February 2005
  VATICAN - Pope John Paul II gives general Wednesday audience via video conference from his private library: “May selfishness give way to love so we may all experience the joy of forgiveness and profound reconciliation with God and with our brothers and sisters”. Special greetings in different languages for visitors from all over the world and a group of Italian missionaries Vatican City (Fides Service) - This morning because of very bad weather in Rome Pope John Paul II still recovering from ‘influenza’ gave his general Wednesday audience from his private library by means of a video con ...
• 24 February 2005
  EUROPE - Saturday 5 March: European University Day, Prayer Vigil with John Paul II in the Paul VI Audience Hall in the Vatican and simultaneous events in 10 European Cathedrals and sanctuaries Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Intellectual and scientific research, a way to meet Christ” is the chosen theme for European University Day, promoted by the University-Catechesis Office of the Council of European Epi ...
• 24 February 2005
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Pontifical Mission Societies promote Young Missionaries programme for 2006: a year of mission commitment and service in another diocese Bogota (Fides Service) - During their recent meeting in Bogota diocesan directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies from all over Colombia, aware of the need to encourage concrete commitment for mission among young pe ...
• 24 February 2005
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Four congregations of Sisters of Mercy decide to become one to face challenge of new evangelisation more effectively Wellington (Fides Service) - The four congregations of “Sisters of Mercy” in New Zealand announced that they will merge to form one new order “Sisters of Mercy of New Zealand”. The respective superiors have made ...
• 24 February 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Harmonising ancient Chinese culture with the teaching of the Church: Caritas puts into practice the Pope’s request for Lent 2005 to show more concern for the elderly Hong Kong (Fides Service) - According to the Kong Ko Bao bulletin of Hong Kong diocese Caritas Hong Kong says Pope John Paul II’s Lenten call for more concern for the aged is an encouragement for its activity. In his m ...
• 24 February 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - On mission in Africa with the charisma of don Luigi Giussani. Testimonial from Fr Alfonso Poppi, missionary of St Charles Boromeo Fraternity Rome (Fides Service) - “My friendship with Jemina, a young mother suffering from AIDS, grew even deeper after the terrible disease robbed of her husband and her little boy. When she too was close to death I baptised he ...
• 24 February 2005
  ASIA/SIBERIA - On mission in Siberia with the charisma of don Luigi Giussani. Testimonial from Fr Francesco Bertolina, missionary of St Charles Boromeo Fraternity Rome (Fides Service) - Italian Father Francesco Bertolina is a missionary of the priestly Fraternity of the Missionaries of St Charles Boromeo. For ten years he has been on mission in Novosibirsk, Siberia. His vocation m ...
• 24 February 2005
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic Bishops of the Philippines call for national reconciliation and peace Manila (Fides Service) - While in Jolo, southern Philippines, the regular army is in conflict with separatists Moro National Liberation Front and the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group, Archbishop Gaudencio Rosales of Manila has ...
• 24 February 2005
  ASIA /INDIA - All is ready for assembly of Latin Rite Catholic Bishops in Ranchi tribal area: the poor and the excluded are priorities for the Church Ranchi (Fides) - All is ready for the assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Latin Rite 4 to 8 March in Ranchi, Jharkhand, north east India. Some 120 Bishops of Latin will take part. In India there are also Catholic Bisho ...
• 24 February 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “New parchments” monks of the third millennium write on magnetic tape: Monastic Fraternity of Peace committed to proclaiming Christ from television aerials Alicante (Fides Service) - Since 1999 the monks of the Monastic Fraternity of Peace, while continuing to live their rule of life hidden for Christ in God in the monastery dedicated to their Trinity at Tangel, Alicante, ...
• 23 February 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic nun in Rajasthan attacked and beaten for being a Christian Ajmer (Fides Service) -A Catholic nun was attacked by a group of eight men near a railway station in Kota, diocese of Ajmer-Jaipur, in the north west Indian state of Rajasthan because she was a Christian. A spokesman of ...
• 23 February 2005
  EUROPE/GERMANY - World Youth Day Cross stops at Aachen: “The Cross is a sign of salvation and hope for the world” says National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies Germany Aachen (Fides Service) - As part of the initiative “kreuzbewegt - a cross moves the world”, the World Youth Day Cross which has already crossed 26 European countries, is now visiting the diocese of Germany in prepara ...