News

• 30 August 2004
  Pope John Paul II’s missionary prayer intention for September 2004: “That in Africa authentic brotherly cooperation may develop among all those who work for the growth and development of ecclesial Communities” Comment by Sr. Giuseppina Tresoldi SMC, Missionary in Uganda Vatican City (Fides Service) - This month’s prayer intention calls our attention and reflection to Africa so that our prayer may be more intense and sincere. Africa is a continent of light and hope despite the shadow ...
• 30 August 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - The Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate start their 34th General Charter. Urgent challenges include: evangelisation of secularised world, interreligious dialogue and reconciliation and healing, speaking for the poor, first evangelisation in former Communist countries Rome (Fides Service) - “Witnesses of Hope: a call, our mission” is the theme of the 34th general chapter of the Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate which starts today, Monday 30th August. The Chapter, which will l ...
• 30 August 2004
  VATICAN - At the Angelus prayer the Pope recalls St John the Baptist and all martyrs for the faith “who have courageously followed his footsteps through the centuries... In a special way the many Christians victims in the last century of religious hatred in various countries of Europe ” Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Sunday 29 August, the date on which the Church recalls the martyrdom of St John the Baptist who “bore supreme witness to God offering his life for truth and justice”, in his address ...
• 30 August 2004
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Catholic Bishops of Sudan appeal for Darfur: “If the government of Khartoum is unwilling to shoulder its responsibilities then we call for an immediate intervention by the international community ” Khartoum (Fides Service)- “As Bishops we cannot overlook the annihilation of any ethnic group whatever their creed, nature or clan”, the Bishops of Sudan affirm in a declaration issued in late August with regard to t ...
• 30 August 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Signs of hope for the family in Asia: conclusions of 8th Assembly of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences FABC Daejon (Fides Service) - There are “great signs of hope” for Asian families who live and witness to Christian values. This emerged from the 8th Plenary Assembly of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences, FABC ...
• 30 August 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “Families in Asia can be the Church’s most effective agents of evangelisation” Archbishop Sarah, Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples told FABC assembly Daejon (Agenzia Fides) - Addressing the 8th plenary assembly of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences in Daejon, South Korea, 17-23 August, Archbishop Robert Sarah, Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangeli ...
• 30 August 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Christians and places of worship come under attack yet again: Indian Bishops voice concern and condemnation New Delhi (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of India have issued a statement condemning recent attacks by Hindu fundamentalists on Christians and Christian structures. In the statement, a copy of which was sent to F ...
• 30 August 2004
  AFRICA - AVSI helps Africa (Associazione Volontari per il Servizio Internazionale): rehabilitation of child soldiers, professional training, feeding programmes, farming programmes Rome (Fides Service) - For twenty years an Italian lay volunteer organisation AVSI, Associazione Volontari per il Servizio Internazionale has worked silently and diligently to alleviate suffering and to promote developme ...
• 30 July 2004
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Summer holidays under the banner of solidarity and mission: numerous initiatives involving adolescents, university students and Holy Childhood children Madrid (Fides Service) - Every year more young people in Spain decide to spend their holidays in activities of solidarity and mission. Various initiatives are organised all over the country; here we mention a few involvi ...
• 30 July 2004
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus on a mission of peace for Colombia: excited last minute preparations for the arrival of the relics of the patron saint of the missions, to make a pilgrimage to 100 different places all over Colombia from 1 August to 19 September Bogota (Fides Service) - The relics of Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus, patron saint of the Missions will be in Colombia from I August to 19 September. The Carmelite Fathers in Colombia with the support of the Bishops’ ...
• 30 July 2004
  ASIA/NEPAL - Christian community in Nepal lives fear and tension amidst growing alarm for child soldiers forcefully enlisted by Maoist rebels Kathmandu (Fides Service) - Daily life is a struggle with tension and fear in Nepal, also for the small Christian community. There is growing concern for the destiny of children abducted and enlisted among the ranks of t ...
• 30 July 2004
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Hsin Chu dioceses celebrates Our Lady of Mount Carmel with deep devotion and joy Hsin Chu (Fides Service) - With deep devotion and joy Catholics in the Taiwan diocese of Hsin Chu, gathered for a solemn mass on the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, 16 July, presided by the local Bishop Luke Liu Hsien ...
• 30 July 2004
  AFRICA/SUDAN - The situation in Darfur shows no sign of improvment: no food supplies since the end of May Rome (Fides Service) - A nutrition survey in May and June in 4 refugee camps in Darfur revealed serious situation of under-nourishment varying between 4.1 and 5.5 %. Although world politics and media are showing more i ...
• 30 July 2004
  OCEANIA/FRENCH POLYNESIA - After building up a local clergy and Church the Oblates Missionaries of Mary Immaculate take leave of the Pacific Islands which they served for 27 years Papeete (Fides Service) - After 27 years of mission, undertaken with enthusiasm, apostolic zeal, dedication and docility to the will of God and at the service of the people in French Polynesia, the Oblate Missionaries of ...
• 30 July 2004
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - “Mission and Europe of the Future” theme of three National Mission Days organised by the Church in Portugal 17 to 19 September Lisbon (Fides Service) - “Mission and Europe of the Future” is the theme of three National Mission Days which the Church in Portugal will celebrate 17-19 September at the Paul VI Pastoral Centre in Fatima. The Missio ...