News

• 20 November 2004
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The Pope creates new diocese of Dori and appoints first Bishop Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II created, on 20 November 2004, the diocese of Dori (Burkina Faso) with territory taken from the dioceses of Fada N’Gourma and Ouahigouya, making it suffr ...
• 20 November 2004
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Bishop of Mangochi resigns, the Pope appoints successor Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II accepted, 20 November 2004, the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Mangochi (Malawi), presented by Bishop Alessandro Assolari, S.M ...
• 20 November 2004
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Many initiatives for the Year of the Eucharist include National Seminar to form pastoral animators and reflect on the impact of the Eucharist on the life of the Church in Brazil São Paolo (Fides Service) - In the context of the Year of the Eucharist and the next Synod of Bishops in Rome on the theme of the Eucharist and also in preparation for a National Eucharistic Congress in 2006 at Florian� ...
• 20 November 2004
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Info: Vatican City (Fides Service) - In the occasion of Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe's visit to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, here is some basic information on Myanmar. area 676.563 sq. km. population 48.85 million (mid ...
• 20 November 2004
  EUROPE/ BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA - Banja Luka Cathedral will host funeral of Catholic priest brutally murdered in his parish at Bosanska Gradiska Sarajevo (Fides Service) - The funeral of Father Kazimir Viseticki found dead in his home next to the parish church of Saint Roko at Bosanska Gradiska, in the north of the country near the border with Croatia will take p ...
• 20 November 2004
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Invasion of locusts combined with lack of rain destroys 90% of harvests in northern Burkina Faso Ouagadougou (Fides Service) -Harvests in northern Burkina Faso will be 90% less because of an invasion of locusts. The situation is most serious in the province of Oudalan, which has borders with Mali and Niger. The wors ...
• 20 November 2004
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Great Lakes Summit participants sign declaration of commitment to work for “A region of lasting peace and security”. Catholic Bishops of Tanzania urge them to take the “path of dialogue” Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides)- - Transform the Great Lakes region in an “area of lasting peace and security” was the goal established today 20 November by African heads of state taking part in the first Internationa ...
• 17 November 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope’s teaching at the general audience: “we must pull down walls of division, hostility and hatred so that the family of God’s children may find itself in harmony at the same table, to praise and bless the Creator for the gifts he gives to all” Vatican City (Fides Service) - Psalm 66 “All people will glorify the Lord” (vespers Wednesday week 2, reading: Ps 66,2-4.7-8) was the subject of Pope John Paul II’s weekly teaching during his Wednesday Audience thi ...
• 17 November 2004
  VATICAN - Cardinal Paul Poupard in Moscow to promote recognition of Europe’s shared Christian roots Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Paul Poupard, President of the Pontifical Council for Culture, accompanied by the Council’s Secretary Father Bernard Ardura, is visiting Moscow, 14 to 21 November to promote reco ...
• 17 November 2004
  EUROPE/GT. BRITAIN - Global Report on Child Soldiers 2004 says governments are incapable of stopping children’s involvement: “children are fighting in almost every major conflict, in both government and opposition forces. They are being injured, subjected to horrific abuse and killed” London (Fides Service) - In London this morning the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers released its report on child soldiers 2004. The report was presented by the Coalition international director Casey Kelso. ...
• 16 November 2004
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Second “Missione Gran Rio” International Meeting on lay missionary activity will discuss: “The missionary situation in America”: problems, challenges, future prospects La Plata (Fides Service) - Within the framework of the Year of the Eucharist, Missione Gran Rio”, will hold a second International Meeting on lay missionary activity from 19 to 21 November in La Plata with the slogan � ...
• 16 November 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Security measures intensified for traditional exposition of relics of Saint Francis Xavier starting 21 November Goa (Fides Service) - Last minute preparations are underway for the exposition of the relics of Saint Francis Xavier from 21 November 2004 to 2 January 2005. Security measures are being intensified at Bom Jesus Basilica ...
• 16 November 2004
  VATICAN - Situation, reflection, Action: International Conference organised by Pontifical Council for Health Care pastoral on “palliative care” comes to conclusion Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The work of the 19th annual Conference organised by the Pontifical Council for Health Care Pastoral, 11-13 November in the Vatican which focused on Palliative Care, was articulated in three ...
• 16 November 2004
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Anger and resignation after United Nations decision to impose sanctions on Ivory Coast Abidjan (Agenzia Fides)- “There is anger and resignation with regard to the UN sanctions on Ivory Coast. Many people telephoned the state radio asking for the government’s reaction. The national radio announced that ...
• 16 November 2004
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Hope mixed with fear in East Congo awaiting outcome of Great Lakes Region summit while rumours of imminent assaults on Bukavu continue Bukavu (Fides Service) -“They keep talking about peace while rumours of imminent assaults on the town continue” said a local source in Bukavu, main town in southern Kivu, in the east of Democratic Congo, in recent m ...