News

• 5 October 2004
  AFRICA - In Uganda 39 African countries discuss how to stop spread of light arms in Africa. Kampala (Fides Service)- To find ways to stop the spread of light arms in Sub-Saharan Africa defence Ministers and chiefs of security from 39 different countries of Africa are meeting in the Ugandan capital Kampala. The ...
• 5 October 2004
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “This is the hour of mission and missionary commitment,” says national Director Pontifical Mission Societies Archbishop Pérez. “We must work harder to achieve God’s plan and to meet the many needs of the world today” Madrid (Fides Service) - “It is time for your missionary commitment”: is the slogan chosen by the Church in Spain for World Mission Day 2004. In a dossier prepared for the occasion, a copy was sent to Fides, national ...
• 5 October 2004
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - “A year after Annalena Tonelli’s death, her life’s work is more than ever alive”: Bishop Bertin of Djibouti recalls the Italian doctor dedicated to caring for TB sufferers in northern Somalia Rome (Fides Service)- “Annalena Tonelli’s work continues beyond all expectations” Bishop Giorgio Bertin, Bishop of Djibouti and Administrator Apostolic Mogadishu told Fides, referring to the Italian doctor killed a ...
• 5 October 2004
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “Street children are hunted” Salesian fathers give details of massacres in southern Congo Kinshasa (Fides Service)- “Street children are hunted here and probably between 20 and 30 of them have already been killed” a Salesian missionary in the south eastern Congo region of Kasai where a group of street chi ...
• 5 October 2004
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Eucharist, Jesus source of Life and Peace in the heart of Africa. Sacramentini Fathers open Eucharistic Spirituality Centre in Kinshasa Kinshasa (Fides Service)- To ensure that the Eucharist, source of Life and Peace, is at the heart of Africa and to help Christian communities focus on the Eucharist the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament has opened a ...
• 5 October 2004
  VATICAN - Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital confirms front line action in global fight against AIDS Vatican City (Fides Service) - Two important agreements for collaboration for the development of a paediatric anti-HIV vaccine were recently signed by the Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital in Rome and Tor Vergata Uni ...
• 5 October 2004
  ASIA/INDONESIA - With regard to Catholic school surrounded on Sunday by radical Muslim youths local Catholics say: “We ask local authorities the central government and the new president Yudhoyono to show tolerance and respect with regard to religious minorities” Jakarta (Fides Service) - There is concern among Catholics in Indonesia since a group of radical Muslim youths surrounded Sang Timur Catholic school at Ciledug, in Banten province on the Island of Java, 40 km west of th ...
• 5 October 2004
  ASIA/INDONESIA - “New President faces major challenge: isolate Islamic fundamentalism which thrives on violence, corruption and unemployment” - says Father Ignazio Ismartono, spokesman of the Indonesian Catholic Bishops’ Conference Jakarta (Fides Service) - “Corruption, violence, Muslim fundamentalism, unemployment, destruction of the environment are some of the problems facing the newly elected President of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono,” ...
• 4 October 2004
  VATICAN - Pope John Paul II beatifies five Servants of God who “let themselves be guided by the Word of God like a bright and secure beacon which never ceased to illuminate their path”; a call to recite the “sweet prayer ” of the Rosary following the example of the newly beatified Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Sunday 3 October, during a concelebrated Mass in St Peter’s Square Pope John Paul II beatified 5 Servants of God: Pierre Vigne (1670-1740), priest, founder of the Congregation of the S ...
• 4 October 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Health Pastoral integrated in Ordinary Pastoral: National Meeting of the Italian Association of Health Pastoral Rome (Fides Service) - The Italian Association for Health Pastoral, concerned with church activity in the world of health, has organised a National Meeting with the theme Health Pastoral integrated in Ordinary Pastoral t ...
• 4 October 2004
  ASIA/TAJIKISTAN Using the web to proclaim the Gospel in central Asia: Tajikistan Catholic Mission opens web site on Feast of Saint Therese of Lisieux Dushanbe (Fides Service) - To mark the 7th anniversary of the opening of the Catholic Missio sui iuris in Tajikistan (29 September 1997), on the feast day of Saint Therese of Lisieux, patron of the Missions, Superior of ...
• 4 October 2004
  VATICAN - Cardinal Paul Poupard presides 1st Meeting for Catholic Cultural Centres in Brazil Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Pontifical Council for Culture and the Conference of Catholic Brazilian Bishops inaugurate today the first meeting for Catholic Cultural Centres in Brazil, taking place in Joao until Oc ...
• 4 October 2004
  VATICAN - Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital (www.ospedalebambinogesu.it) Portal is three years old: over 91 million ‘hits’ and 21.000 ‘registered visitors’ including 1,500 doctors. Vatican City (Fides Service) - Three years have passed since the Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital famous all over the world, opened its own Paediatric Health Portal, www.ospedalebambinogesu.it the first of its kind on ...
• 4 October 2004
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NUOVA GUINEA - The role of Catholic Encounter Centres for formation of individuals and groups in one of the most remote and beautiful parts of Papua New Guinea Port Moresby (Fides Service) - Christian spirituality is making headway in Papua New Guinea. People in this area of the Pacific Ocean are increasingly aware of the need for places in which to pray and reflect, draw near ...
• 4 October 2004
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Eucharistic Congress: Guadalajara mobilises more than 300 parishes to host participants and provide live coverage on large TV screens for the whole community. Saturday October 9 thousands of children will make their First Holy Communion Guadalajara (Fides Service) - Some 300 parishes in the archdiocese of Guadalajara are putting the finishing touches to preparations for the 48th International Eucharistic Congress, the first held in Mexico, to be celebra ...