News

• 11 November 2004
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Growing atmosphere of insecurity: Europeans being evacuated, relative calmin Korhogo where rebels prepare to resist a government army assault Abidjan (Fides Service)-“Compared with a few days ago the situation seems to be calm , but tension is still high” local sources in the economic capital of Ivory Coast Abidjan, told Fides over the phone with the noise ...
• 11 November 2004
  EUROPE - In Cambodia almost 10% of new born babies die before they are weaned and more than 12% die before they are five years old: European Commission donates 3.5 million Euro to lower infant mortality rate Rome (Fides Service) - No access to clean water is one of the main factors which contribute to infant mortality in Cambodia which has the highest rate in South East Asia. Almost 10% of new born babies (98 per 1000) die w ...
• 11 November 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Christian leaders in Orissa state protest against forced re-conversion campaign by Hindu extremists Bhubaneshwar (Agenzia Fides) - Christian leaders in the eastern Indian state of Orissa say steps must be taken to stop the phenomenon of forced “re-conversion” among Tribals who have embraced the Christian faith and ...
• 11 November 2004
  EUROPE/AFRICA - First ever Symposium of African and European Bishops opens in Rome “an epochal event...a symposium with extended pastoral horizons” Rome (Fides Service) - Welcoming the participants at the Symposium of African and European Bishops which opened yesterday afternoon 10 November in Rome, the president of SECAM Symposium of the Bishops’ Conferences of A ...
• 11 November 2004
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Hong Kong Catholics share experience of International Eucharistic Congress in Mexico Hong Kong (Fides Service) - A delegation of Catholics from Hong Kong who took part in the 48th International Eucharistic Congress accompanied by Bishop Zen of Hong Kong and Father Fernando Montes, provincial superior of ...
• 10 November 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope’s weekly teaching focuses on Psalm 61: if we were more aware of our frailty and limits we would not turn to idols, we would place all our trust in the Lord, source of eternity and peace Vatican City (Fides Service) - This morning during his teaching at the Wednesday Audience Pope John Paul II reflected on Psalm 61 and said that love of violence, greed, covetousness, viewed as means for acquiring power a ...
• 10 November 2004
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Consecrated Life a “prophetic frontier presence”: 11th general assembly of the Spanish Conference of Religious - 6 inter-congregational projects to help socially excluded people Madrid (Fides Service) - To conclude celebrations for the 50th anniversary of its activity, the Spanish Conference of Religious will hold its 11th General Assembly 10 to 12 November at the Virgen del Recuerdo College in ...
• 10 November 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Father Justo Lacunza Rector of PISAI, the Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies in Rome, told Fides about burial rites in the Islamic world Rome (Fides Service)- “Islam has no rigid burial rituals which must be followed by all Muslims countries, only a few general indications” Father Justo Lacunza, Rector of the Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic S ...
• 10 November 2004
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Tension still high in Abidjan where thousands of pro-President supporters form protective barrier around the Presidential Palace. “Admirable missionaries stay put, despite danger determined not the leave the people at this difficult time” local Church sources told Fides. Catholic Bishops of Ivory Coast make an appeal for peace Abidjan (Fides Service)- Thousands of pro-government demonstrators have formed a protective barrier around the Presidential Residence in Abidjan, local Church sources told Fides. “They support President Laurent Gbagbo ...
• 10 November 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - Bishops in Ninive send best wishes message to Muslims for Ramadan and affirm: “this violence is totally foreign to the Iraqi people” Baghdad (Fides Service)- In a message dated 8 November to Iraqi Muslims for the end of the month of Ramadan, the Christian Bishops of Ninive in northern Iraq issued a call for peace and national unity. Besides sending be ...
• 10 November 2004
  AMERICA/PERU - “Migrants: weavers of equal integration at frontiers Bolivia, Chile and Peru”. Message from 2nd Meeting for Pastoral Care of Migrants at Frontiers Tacna (Fides Service) - “Migrants are weavers of social, political, economic, cultural and religious integration in the country”. In fact “processes of exchange between peoples and nations enrich communities with i ...
• 10 November 2004
  VATICAN - The Church has never opposed the use of opiates for terminally ill persons: “palliative treatment”, is the theme of the 19th International Conference organised by the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Healthcare Workers and the Sick Vatican City (Fides Service) - Punctual as usual, the annual appointment organised by the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral care of Healthcare workers and the Sick, will open tomorrow 11 November in the Synod Hall in t ...
• 10 November 2004
  ASIA/JAPAN - Association supports 351 Japanese missionaries involved in pastoral work abroad Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - Some 351 Japanese missionaries engaged in pastoral work abroad are supported by the Japan Catholic Association to Assist Overseas Missionaries. Supported by donors all over the country the Associ ...
• 9 November 2004
  AFRICA - Leaders of 11 African countries come together to discuss peace and security in Great Lakes region Kampala (Fides Service) - Leaders of 11 countries are meeting in Munyonyo on Lake Victoria, about 15 km from the Ugandan capital Kampala, to discuss, among other topics, defence and security, border questions, cooperatio ...
• 9 November 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Relics of Saint Augustine of Hippo brought to Rome to mark the 1650th anniversary of his birth in 354 Rome (Fides Service) - At the Basilica of Saint Augustine in Campo Marzio in Rome excited crowds gathered last Sunday evening, November 7, to welcome relics of Saint Augustine brought to Rome from Pavia on the occasion o ...