News

• 21 September 2004
  AMERICA - Franciscans the world over mobilised for the United Nation’s International Day for Peace New York (Fides Service) - Franciscan the world over are trying to increase awareness with regard to peace and to build a world of more justice and solidarity in view of the International Day for Peace instituted by the ...
• 21 September 2004
  AMERICA/HAITI - Another emergency in Haiti: Caritas appeals for help after tropical tempest Port de Paix (Fides Service) - “The tropical storm ‘Jeanne’ struck mainly the north eastern part of the country. The highest number of persons killed and the greatest damages are reported in the areas of Gonaives, ...
• 21 September 2004
  AMERICA/USA - More than 2 million HIV+ persons in Latin America and the Caribbean: the management council of American health ministers meets to examine the health situation in the region Rome (Fides Service) - From 27 September to 1 October health ministers of countries from all over the Americas will meet at the head offices of the Pan-American Health Organisation which is holding its annual Management ...
• 21 September 2004
  AFRICA/NAMIBIA - Bishop Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda appointed Archbishop of Windhoek Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has, 21 September 2004, appointed Archbishop of Windhoek (Namibia), Mgr Liborius Ndumbukuti Nashenda, OMI, until now titular Bishop of Pertusa and Auxilia ...
• 21 September 2004
  VATICAN - Cardinal Sodano in New York recalls “vast humanitarian activity of Catholic institutions all over the world especially in the missions and in the poorest countries” to fight hunger and poverty New York (Fides Service) - “The Holy See has always supported the many individual and community initiatives to solve the dramatic problem of hunger and poverty: it suffices to recall the vast humanitarian activity of ...
• 21 September 2004
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Mission central focus of German Bishops’ Autumn Plenary Fulda (Fides Service) - From 20 to 23 September the Catholic Bishops of Germany are meeting in Fulda for the Autumn Plenary Assembly of the Bishops’ Conference DBK. One of items on the agenda is an ample refle ...
• 21 September 2004
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Disappointment and concern in the local Church and Pro-Family Associations after the approval of a proposed Bill to change the country’s Civil Code with regard of divorce Madrid (Fides Service) - The Church in Spain is deeply distressed after the Spanish cabinet approved a bill to propose changes in Civil Law with regard to divorce. The Bill suppresses the former period of one year of sep ...
• 21 September 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Young people of www.comunicanto.it: new portal at the service of Christian music on-line world wide Rome (Fides Service) - Music and evangelisation through this universal language is the objective of a new portal www.comunicanto.it. opened by a group professional musicians working on the international market for the pr ...
• 21 September 2004
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The tragedy in Darfur: a list of the many militia groups responsible for oppressing innocent civilians Khartoum (Fides Service)- The so-called Janjaweed militia are at the centre of the crisis in Darfur which was the subject of recent resolution issued by the United Nations Security Council (see Fides 20 September 2004). ...
• 20 September 2004
  Vatican - The Pope’s reflection at the Angelus prayer: “The death of Jesus is the encounter between the apparent triumph of evil and the definitive victory of good; the darkest moment of history and the revelation of God’s glory… For believers the Cross of Christ is an icon of hope ” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “At this dawn of the third millennium, blessed by the Great Jubilee and so rich in potential, humanity is suffering from the terrible spread of terrorism. The succession of atrocious atta ...
• 20 September 2004
  VATICAN - “Holiness helps the Church to grow, it instils hope in human hearts and adheres effectively to the missionary command of the Lord”: Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe closes Study Seminar for newly appointed Bishops Vatican City (Fides Service) - A solemn Concelebration of Mass in St Peter’s Basilica on Saturday 18 September was the closing event of a study seminar for newly appointed Bishops of mission territories organised by th ...
• 20 September 2004
  VATICAN - A unique experience which has enriched us enormously and strengthened our communion with the Pope and with all Bishops”: student Bishops share their impressions at the end of the study seminar organised by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples. Vatican City (Fides Service) - “We Bishops also need formation. We studied for the priesthood in the seminary and we had teachers who accompanied our journey of formation. When we are appointed Bishops our task becomes ...
• 20 September 2004
  AFRICA/SUDAN - “We cannot leave them in the hands of their executors!”. Moving testimony from the region of Darfur Vienna (Fides Service) - “More than 250,000 people rely on foreign aid”, Salesian Father Jim Comino said when he paid a recent visit to the national office of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Vienna, Austria. For ...
• 20 September 2004
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Peaceful presidential elections second ballot - opinion polls put challenger Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in the lead Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - The second ballot in Indonesia’s first free presidential elections took place in an orderly manner today 20 September, only 11 days since the terrorist bomb blast which destroyed the Australi ...
• 20 September 2004
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - In Port Moresby, where violence and crime among youth is rampant, Salesian missionaries intend to build a new Marian shrine dedicated to “Our Lady Help of Christians” to be a haven of peace and a place for education to solidarity and non-violence Port Moresby (Fides Service) - Aware that violence and crime among young people can only be combated with positive socialisation and education to the values of mutual respect, love and solidarity Salesian Missionaries in ...