News

• 11 October 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic Bishops urge President Gloria Arroyo to abolish capital punishment Manila (Fides Service) - On the occasion of the World Day Against the Death Penalty, October 11, 2004, the Episcopal Commission on Prison Pastoral Care of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines strongly ap ...
• 11 October 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - “Peace begins at home”: Catholic Bishops of north eastern India organise monthly First Friday for Peace to promote social harmony among at least 300 ethnic groups struggling with poverty and unemployment New Delhi (Fides Service) - The north eastern part of India, a region with situations of tension and conflict, feels neglected by the central government preoccupied with the question of Kashmir and problems caused by sp ...
• 11 October 2004
  AFRICA/CHAD - First day of school for 18,000 Sudanese children in refugee camps in eastern Chad thanks to UNHCR Rome (Fides Service) - In eight of the ten refugee camps in Chad run by the UN High Commission for Refugees this week school starts for some 18,000 children aged 5 to 17. In some camps adult refugees themselves had alrea ...
• 11 October 2004
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Dengue fever kills two people in the north of the island. 282 cases already this year and concern grows Rome (Fides Service) - Two persons, a Haitian and a local in the province of Montecristi north western part of the Island near the border with Haiti have died of Dengue fever. There is growing concern because since the ...
• 11 October 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christians in trenches in Mosul call to Fides. In this situation how can these barbaric threats and acts of violence be stopped, how can co-existence continue? Baghdad (Fides Service)- Father Nizar Semaan a Catholic priest in Iraq sent Fides following report on the situation: “People in Mosul, mostly Christians, are afraid since radical groups act in broad daylight and no one ...
• 9 October 2004
  ASIA/THAILAND - Bishop of Surat Thani appointed Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope John Paul II has (9 October 2004) appointed Reverend Joseph Prathan Sridanusil, SDB. Bishop of Surat Thani (Thailand). The Bishop elect was born on 9 February 1946 a ...
• 9 October 2004
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio Archbishop of Buenos Aires calls to the capital’s children to traditional October missionary month Children’s Mass: “together we will build communion, union and solidarity and worship God” Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - The Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio Primate of Argentina, has invited the children of the capital to attend the traditional Children Mass for the month of October ...
• 9 October 2004
  AFRICA - Anti-polio vaccination campaign aims to reach 80 million children in 23 countries. Already 786 cases registered this year in six different countries Rome (Fides Service) - More than one million health workers and volunteers will be engaged in the most ambitious anti-polio vaccination campaign ever organised to protect 80 million children in 23 African countries from ...
• 9 October 2004
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Tomorrow Parliament will elect new President Mogadishu (Fides Service)- Tomorrow, Sunday 10 October the Somali Parliament will elect a new Prime Minister/President of parliament. Some 275 members of parliament will meet in Nairobi, capital of Kenya, under the aegis ...
• 9 October 2004
  EUROPE/UNITED NATIONS - Following Pope John Paul’s repeated appeals to abolish capital punishment, Franciscans and many other Catholic groups say once again “no death penalty” Geneva (Fides Service) - Capital punishment violates the most important of human rights, the right to life. It is not only contrary to the values of love and forgiveness it violates the international declaration of human ...
• 9 October 2004
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Democratic Congo’s Vice minister of internal affairs says one thousand refugees from Burundi may return today. UNHCR concerned for their safety Bujumbura (Fides Service)- More than one thousand Congolese refugees in Burundi are on the border waiting for permission to return to Democratic Congo but the UNHCR says the situation is still too insecure. A first grou ...
• 9 October 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Putting ethics in business to ensure the economy, development, market is at the service of the person: Catholic Business Colleges among the best in India New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic education in India, famous for its quality, includes business studies. Besides offering excellent training, the Catholic vision of this type of education aims to instil moral values i ...
• 9 October 2004
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - One out of every 12 of the world’s children dies before the age of five. Each year 11 million children die of preventable diseases: UNICEF “Progress for Children” report. Rome (Fides Service) - Despite progress in medicine and development in many countries especially the poorest ones, living conditions for children are precarious. One out of every 12 of the world’s children dies before ...
• 9 October 2004
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Theological Pastoral Symposium concludes. Final day reflection on relation Church/Eucharist; necessity of correct liturgical pastoral. Today 40,000 children make First Holy Communion in parishes all over Guadalajara Guadalajara (Agenzia Fides) - The Pastoral Theological Symposium organised in Guadalajara in preparation for the 48th international Eucharistic Congress closed on October 7. The Congress will open tomorrow Sunday 10 Oc ...
• 8 October 2004
  VATICAN - "Mane nobiscum Domine" (Stay with us Lord!) latest Letter Apostolic written by John Paul II presented in the Vatican: the Pope does not ask for anything out of the ordinary, his wish is that everything we do may be “marked by deeper interior awareness” Vatican City (Fides Service) - "Mane nobiscum Domine" (Stay with us Lord!) is the title of the latest Letter Apostolic written by John Paul II which was presented this morning in the Holy See Press Room. African Cardina ...