News

• 7 January 2005
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate share experience of helping seaquake refugees in northern Sri Lanka Jaffna (Fides Service) - The communities of Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate in Sri Lanka and India, who sad to say lost some of their confreres and family members in the December 26 tsunami disaster, have added ai ...
• 5 January 2005
  AFRIKA/KENYA - Catholic parishioners in Nairobi slums make special collection for seaquake victims in south east Asia: “they know what it means to sleep with an empty stomach” Nairobi (Fides Service) - Parishioners at Christ the King Catholic church in Kibera, Nairobi gave generously to a special collection to alleviate the suffering of victims of the terrible seaquake which struck south east ...
• 5 January 2005
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “Suffering teaches us not only to pray but also to give a helping hand”. Open Letter from the National Directors of the PMS in Germany Aachen/München (Fides Service) - “Suffering teaches us not only to pray but also to give a helping hand” the presidents of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Germany- missio Aachen e missio München - said in an Op ...
• 5 January 2005
  ASIA/THAILAND - The local Church and Caritas mobilised for the emergency: new operative humanitarian aid Centre - No alarm over trafficking of disaster orphans Bangkok (Fides Service) - The Thai Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Caritas Thailand, the Catholic diocese of Surath Thani (the most affected area) and Religious Institutes have opened a Humanitarian Aid Centre for organi ...
• 5 January 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - The Church in front line to help seaquake victims: A Religious Brother in Nagapattinam one of the most affected areas, reports to Fides Manithlayam (Fides Service) -“The local Church, missionaries and NGOs were the first to reach affected areas with material help for the victims of the tsunami”, Brother Victor General, Regional Superior of the Franc ...
• 5 January 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - International adoption? Better to help children in their own country than deprive South East Asian of a whole generation say Missionaries on the spot - Adoption at a distance is the right answer Rome (Fides Service) - According to the Milan based Italian association Amici dei Bambini, (Friends of Children), “since the December 26 seaquake hundreds of Italian families have offered to adopt children who lost the ...
• 5 January 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “We remain united with the families of more than 400 Spanish missionaries who suffer the anguish of uncertainty but know that one of their loved ones is spending his or her life for those in need” : report from Pontifical Mission Societies Spain Madrid (Fides Service) - According to the Pontifical Mission Societies in Spain there were no victims among the 441 Spanish missionaries of 23 different congregations working in countries affected by the December 26 seaq ...
• 5 January 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Ursuline Sisters of St. Jerome in Somasca missionaries in the state of Tamil Nadu plan to open home for homeless children and orphans Pudur Kundukulam (Fides Service) - Ursuline Sisters of St. Jerome in Somasca on mission in the state of Tamil Nadu plan to open a home for orphans for victims of the December 26 tsunami disaster. The Sisters have alre ...
• 5 January 2005
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Missionary in Sri Lanka told Fides: “Besides material help the Catholic community is working for moral rehabilitation of the population offering consolation and comfort” Colombo (Fides Service) - “Besides material help the Catholic community is offering consolation and comfort”, extremely necessary in these moments for the population victims of the disaster. We are also working for m ...
• 5 January 2005
  ASIA/CINA - Reflection by a Chinese priest: “The path evangelisation is still long. In China there is even more Christmas atmosphere than Paris and New York, but few have heard of the Infant Jesus” Beijing (Fides Service) - The Chinese Catholic community lived Christmas 2004 as a profound experience of faith: the bitter cold of Winter in Beijing was attenuated by a warm Christmas spirit and unity of prayer. At the ...
• 5 January 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “This disaster is an opportunity for the whole world to put aside egoism and show solidarity to our brothers and sisters” say the Catholic Bishops of Brazil Brasilia (Fides Service) - In a Letter “SOS Asia” the Catholic Bishops of Brazil urge their people to show solidarity towards the brothers and sisters victims of the seaquake in south east Asia and they express their ...
• 5 January 2005
  ASIA/THAILAND - “Most of the members of the Catholic parish at Phuket survived because they were in church for Sunday Mass, then the seaquake struck, but they lost everything and will have to start life all over again”, says PIME Father Claudio Corti on mission in Thailand Phuket (Fides Service) - Missionaries of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions PIME are sending aid to Thailand through Father Pietro Bancha, parish priest in Phuket, the Thai area most affected by the tsunami. ...
• 5 January 2005
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Sri Lanka and Indonesia to deal with emergency: shelter is a priority Colombo (Fides Service) - The United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNHCR is involved in aid operations in south east Asia for victims of the December 26 tsunami. UNHCR has started major 6 month plans of interventi ...
• 4 January 2005
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Pontifical Mission Societies establish ‘Solidarity Fund’ for long-term support of Church in Southeast Asia New York (Fides Service) — The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in the United States have established a special fund for long-term assistance for the Church in Southeast Asia, with special emphasis on the Church in I ...
• 4 January 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Immediate response from Chinese Catholics to help seaquake victims Beijing (Fides Service) - Chinese Catholics were quick to respond to provide relief aid for victims of the December 26 seaquake. In collaboration with international charity organisations the Bei Fang Jin De Foundation ha ...