News

• 25 October 2004
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Catholics in Tanzania celebrate World Mission Sunday with enthusiasm and gratitude Dar as Salaam (Fides Service) - Catholics celebrated World Mission Sunday throughout Tanzania on 24 October by emphasising the theme “The Eucharist and Mission.” There was wide use of the Message of Pope John Paul II ...
• 25 October 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Accidental fire in Good Jesus Church shortly before for ten yearly exposition of St Francis Xavier’s relics Goa (Fides Service) - A month before a long awaited showing of the relics of Saint Francis Xavier, a great evangeliser in India, an accidental fire in the Catholic Basilica de Bom Jesus in Goa on October 21 caused widesp ...
• 25 October 2004
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Lay people give indispensable helping hand with pastoral work Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Lay Catholics in Hong Kong are increasingly aware of their role in the local Church and community which is becoming indispensable. According to the diocesan Office for the Formation of the Lai ...
• 25 October 2004
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Cholera kills two in overcrowded refugee camp: 60,000 people lack basic sanitation and assistance Rome (Fides Service) - The UN World Food Programme reported that ten people are in hospital with cholera symptoms after an epidemic of cholera broke out in an overcrowded refugee camp in northern Uganda lacking even basi ...
• 25 October 2004
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Trauma, violence, infant mortality rates rocket in Darfur where 2/3 of those affected are women and children. Rome (Fides Service) - According to the UNICEF office in Khartoum, thousands of children in Darfur die every day of preventable or curable diseases or as a result of violence suffered during attacks on villages and camp ...
• 23 October 2004
  World Mission Sunday Special Issue - CHURCH STATISTICS WORLD MISSION SUNDAY SPECIAL ISSUE: CATHOLIC CHURCH STATISTICS 2004: World Population, Catholics; Persons And Catholics Per Priest Ecclesiastical Circumscriptions; Bishops; Priests; Permanent Deacons; Religious, Secul ...
• 23 October 2004
  VATICAN - Interview with Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on the occasion of WORLD MISSION DAY Vatican City (Fides) - On the occasion of World Mission Day, Sunday 24 October, Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples was kind enough to answer a few questions put by Fid ...
• 23 October 2004
  Mission Sunday Special Issue - LATIN AMERICA the world’s most Catholic continent where the value of peace among nations is more than a hope for re-launching and development LATIN AMERICA: many countries, all at peace with one another; crises with common denominators; natural resources; why do countries rich in natural resources suffer from poverty? steady emigration in search of better liv ...
• 23 October 2004
  Mission Sunday Special Issue: UPDATE ON THE SITUATION OF WORLD HEALTH Mission Sunday Special Issue: UPDATE ON THE SITUATION OF WORLD HEALTH On the occasion of the World Mission Sunday we give figures on AIDS, malaria and other infectious forms that every day affect millions of innocent ...
• 23 October 2004
  Mission Sunday Special Issue: AFRICA: WHY ARE THE RICH SO POOR? Mission Sunday Special Issue: AFRICA: WHY ARE THE RICH SO POOR? AFRICA’S TREASURES Gas and oil exported all over the world Renewable energy Vast agricultural potential Tourism National gross product grows but ...
• 22 October 2004
  EUROPE/IRELAND - Mission Festival part of a long term plan to restore missionary awareness and commitment Dublin (Fides Service) - As part of the National Mission Council’s plan to restore October as Mission Month, a four day festival of mission was opened in Bishopstown, Cork City by Bishop John Buckley of the Diocese of ...
• 22 October 2004
  EUROPE/FRANCE - World Mission Sunday “prayer to embrace the world” at all latitudes Lyons (Fides Service) - Once again this year for World Mission Day the head office of the Pontifical Mission Societies in France has invited national offices all over the world to join in a round the world prayer success ...
• 22 October 2004
  ASIA/THAILAND - Salesian Father appointed chairman of South East Asian Catholic Press Association Bangkok (Fides Service) - Indian born Salesian George Plathottam from Guwahati, a priest and journalist, was elected chairman of the South East Asian Catholic Press Association during the 20th International Catholic Pre ...
• 22 October 2004
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Comboni Bishop Armido Gasparini: 52 years on Mission in Eritrea and Ethiopia dies at the age of 91 Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) - After 52 years as a missionary in Eritrea and Ethiopia, Bishop Armido Gasparini and Italian Comboni missionary died yesterday 21 October, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Bishop was emeritus V ...
• 22 October 2004
  AMERICA/CHILE - At least 90.000 young people “pilgrims, disciples and apostles of hope” expected to make pilgrimage to shrine of Saint Teresa de los Andes in Chile Santiago de Chile (Fides Service) -"Saint Teresa, disciple of Jesus " is the slogan of the 14th annual Youth Pilgrimage to the shrine of Saint Teresa de los Andes, 70 km north of Santiago (Chile), organised for 23 Octobe ...