News
18 June 2004
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - More than 3,000 priests expected in Manila for National Clergy Congress 5 to 9 July: local families will provide accommodation
Manila (Fides Service) - Some 3,000 priests from all over the Philippines are expected to attend a National Congress of the Clergy in Manila on the theme “A new clergy, a new Church, a new nation” taking as their ins ...
18 June 2004
AFRICA/ CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - “Religious cults are a threat to public order ”. Central African government is concerned
Bangui (Fides Service)- The Central African Republic is concerned about the growing phenomenon of religious cults which it says are a threat to public order. According to local authorities some sects have hidden weapons ...
18 June 2004
ASIA/INDIA - Salesians receive award from State Labour Minister for commitment to eliminate child labour
Bangalore (Fides Service) - The mission of the Salesians in India, as elsewhere in the world, is educating young people and promoting their human, spiritual and professional development. Their work is appreciated by the ...
17 June 2004
VATICAN - A reflection on the occasion of the Church’s World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests: Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, 18 June 2004
Vatican City (Fides Service) - In Italy we have a saying: “you can tell by the way a priest celebrates the Eucharist, the devotion with which he lifts his hands during Mass how much love he has in his heart for Jesus! ...
17 June 2004
VATICAN - Papal Message to 95th Katholikentag in Germany: “Let us take the opportunities offered by united Europe to spread further the Gospel of Christ so that no one is denied God’s gift of salvation!”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Living in God”: is the motto, taken from the 2nd Letter of St Paul to the Corinthians, for the programme of Germany’s 95th «Katholikentag» being held in Ulm, diocese of Rottenburg ...
17 June 2004
ASIA/TAIWAN - Catechism for Children available for free downloading from the Internet
Hsinchu (Fides Service) - More then 50 Sunday School catechism teachers from every diocese in Taiwan met recently at Hsiang Shan Pastoral Centre for a Formation Seminar an exchange of experience and to discuss the conten ...
17 June 2004
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - CAM 2 bears more fruits: seven new vocations for mission sent by the Church in Argentina to Kazakhstan and Guatemala.
Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - “God continues to call missionaries, also through American Mission Congresses CAM. He continues to knock on the hearts of Argentinean Catholics giving rise to new missionary vocations. A ...
17 June 2004
ASIA/INDIA - The Pope creates new Ecclesiastical Province of Trivandrum of the Latins and appoints first Metropolitan Archbishop
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has, 3 June 2004, created the new Ecclesiastical Province of Trivandrum of the Latins separating it from the Ecclesiastical Province of Verapoly (India). ...
17 June 2004
ASIA/INDIA - Reverend Andrew Marak appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Tura
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has, 3 June 2004, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of the diocese of Tura (India) Reverend Andrew Marak, parish priest of St. Teresa’s parish in Dadengre.
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17 June 2004
EUROPE/ITALY - “The future as it is - new challenge to blood cancer”: European week against Leukaemia
Rome (Fides Service) - ““The future as it is - new challenge to blood cancer ” is the name of an awareness campaign organised by the Italian anti-Leukaemia Association (AIL) in occasion of the 9th European Week aga ...
17 June 2004
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Laity and youth active agents of evangelisation, thanks to Focolari Movement in Korea
Seoul (Fides Service) - The Catholic church Movement of the Focolari is bearing fruit in South Korea, encouraging laity to take part in evangelisation. Recently about 3,700 young people took part in a “Gen Fest” init ...
17 June 2004
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS - THE COURAGE OF LOVE!, “ten words inscribed on the human heart”: Wednesday evenings starting on June 23: seven 50 minute programmes on RAI UNO and RAI International.
Rome (Fides Service) - There is growing debate about “garbage TV” and “empty” television programmes especially in the Summer season which is just starting. In view of this we present a ‘different’ sort of pro ...
17 June 2004
ASIA/IRAQ - “Young people, please stay in Iraq!” says Iraqi Catholic priest Father Bashar Warda working to keep hope alive
Baghdad (Fides) - “Young people please stay in Iraq and help our society develop!”: this was the calllaunched by Iraqi Catholic priest, Father Bashar Warda, aged 32, who teaches in Baghdad at Babel College for Philos ...
16 June 2004
ASIA/INDONESIA - Bishop Darius Nggawa of Larantuka resigns, he is succeeded by Coadjutor Bishop Franciscus Kopong Kung,
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has, 16 June 2004, accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Larantuka (Indonesia), presented by Bishop Darius Nggawa, S.V.D., ...
16 June 2004
ASIA/MYANMAR - New institute of consecrated life opened in Myanmar based on the spirituality of Saint Theresa the Little Flower
Hakha (Fides Service) - “Sisters of the Little Way of Saint Theresa”: is the official name of an Institute of Consecrated Life of Carmelite spirituality, founded jointly by Bishop Nicholas Mang Thang, of Hakha dioces ...
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