News

• 12 October 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Torch light procession, all night prayer and special Mass in Manila cathedral will mark the start of the Year of the Eucharist in the capital: Catholics pray for ailing Cardinal Sin Manila (Fides Service) - The Church in the Philippines has organised a torch light procession through the streets of Manila on Saturday 23 October and a solemn Mass on the Cathedral on Sunday 24 October to mark the openi ...
• 12 October 2004
  AMERICA/MEXICO - International Eucharistic Congress: faith in the Eucharist in Oceania, Africa and Asia and the impact of present day situations Guadalajara (Fides Service) - On Monday 11 October, after the opening address by Cardinal Sandolval, continental delegates illustrated the present day situation in different parts of the world and its impact on faith in ...
• 12 October 2004
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “Our purpose is to revive Eucharistic wonder in our hearts and minds in order to live the experience of the disciples at Emmaus, to recognise the Lord in the breaking of the bread and enjoy his presence ever new” Cardinal Juan Sandoval Íniguez said in the opening address of the 48th International Eucharistic Congress Guadalajara (Agenzia Fides) - The main purpose of the Eucharistic Congress is to consider more profoundly the Mystery of the Eucharist as the Light and Life of the New Millennium. “Men and women of our day with their ...
• 12 October 2004
  AMERICA/MEXICO - International Eucharistic Congress: How Faith in the Eucharist in celebrated in the contexts of Europe and America Guadalajara (Fides Service) - Addressing the Eucharistic Congress on Monday 11 October, Cardinal Carlos Amigo Vallejo, Archbishop of Seville (Spain) and Delegate Europe, for said that perhaps Europe today is more a conti ...
• 12 October 2004
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Marian Day at international Eucharistic Congress with traditional pilgrimage in honour of Our Lady of Zapopan: “We celebrate this image with authentic love because if we believe in Jesus Christ, we cannot fail to believe in his Mother” Guadalajara (Fides Service) - Today the International Eucharistic Congress in Guadalajara will live an eminently Marian day with the traditional process of Our Lady of Zapopan, a major feast in the archdiocese of Guadal ...
• 12 October 2004
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - election of new President of Somalia could mark a turning point in the this country’s tormented history. An expert analysis for Fides Rome (Fides Service)- “This is a new fact which deserves attention. The election of Abdullahi Yusuf as President of Somalia, opens the way for inserting warlords in the process of restoring peace in this country of Afr ...
• 12 October 2004
  EUROPE/POLAND - “We aim to make the Church in Poland ever more open to mission Ad Gentes” says Father Jan Piotrwski National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Warsaw (Fides Service) - The national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Poland Father Jan Piotrwski told Fides about recent initiatives to increase mission awareness and missionary cooperation among Catholi ...
• 11 October 2004
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Bishop of Galle resigns Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, has, 11 October 2004, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Galle (Sri Lanka) presented by Bishop Elmo N.J. Perera, in c ...
• 11 October 2004
  VATICAN - Pontifical Urban University opens Academic year 2004/2005 Vatican City (Fides Service) - Today, 11 October with a solemn Concelebration of the Eucharist and an invocation of the Holy Spirit presided by Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation ...
• 11 October 2004
  VATICAN - At the Angelus prayer the Pope recalls the International Eucharistic Congress and the start of the Year of the Eucharist: “recognising the Risen Lord in the ‘breaking of the bread’ may Catholics be ready to bear witness to him with active charity ” Vatican City (Fides Service) - The opening of the 48th International Eucharistic Congress on Sunday 10 October and the start of the Year of the Eucharist on Sunday 17 October, were the main focus of Pope John Paul’s re ...
• 11 October 2004
  AMERICA/PERU - More than 1,200 missionaries at first Lay Missionaries Assessment Meeting in connection with Great City Mission “Remar Mar Adentro” in Lima Lima (Fides Service) - On 8 October at Rosenthal School in Lima lay Catholics taking part in the Great City Mission “Remar Mar Adentro held a first meeting to assess progress made. Some 1,200 lay people from the dist ...
• 11 October 2004
  VATICAN - Fides opens a new section on the Year of the Eucharist October 2004 - October 2005 with information on Papal teaching on the subject, Eucharistic Congresses, Synod of Bishops, how the Year will be celebrated around the world... Vatican City (Fides Service) - Fides has opened a new section (www.fides.org) offering information in view of this major Church event which involves Catholics all over the world. On Fides ‘Year of the Eucharist’ p ...
• 11 October 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - New diocese of Uijongbu on the border with North Korea takes first steps Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - With a meeting of all its priests the newly created diocese of Uijongbu, situated close to the border with north Korea, took its first steps to organise pastoral activity . The Council of Presbyte ...
• 11 October 2004
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Government and rebel soldiers who staged a revolt last week come to an agreement Bissau (Fides Service)- The government of Guinea Bissau and the authors of a military revolt last week (see Fides 7 and 8 October 2004) have reached an agreement. A statement, signed by prime minister Carlos Gomes Junior ...
• 11 October 2004
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Sixty thousand gather for Concelebration of Mass to open the 48th International Eucharistic Congress. “We have come to him to find light for our life, answers to our doubts, courage to bear witness among our brothers and sisters in difficulty to our faith in the Eucharist, nourishment for life” the Papal Envoy told those present. Guadalajara (Fides) - The 48th International Eucharistic Congress opened on Sunday 10 October in Guadalajara with a solemn Mass presided by the Pope’s envoy Cardinal Jozef Tomko, president of the Committee for Internat ...