News

• 16 June 2004
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics learn the joy of voluntary work: more Catholics serving at centres for disabled persons and leprosy sufferers Beijing (Fides Service) - A growing number of Catholics are volunteering to serve at “Hui Ling Community Service for People with disabilities” in Beijing, a Church run centre with the help of missionaries for childre ...
• 15 June 2004
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Universal mission at Germany’s 95th ‘Katholikentag’ opening tomorrow in Ulm: funds collected will go to help street children in various parts of the world Ulm (Fides Service) - From 16 to 20 June in Ulm, in the diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, the Church in Germany will celebrate its 95th “Katholikentag” with the motto “Drawing life from the Power of God”. The pro ...
• 15 June 2004
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Seminar on “Evangelisation and Ecumenical Encounter” for young Catholics and young Presbyterians Taipei (Fides Service) - In Taiwan, and not only in Taiwan, ecumenism and interreligious dialogue are fundamental for social harmony. Recently Father Albert Poulet-Mathis, head of the Commission interreligious dialogue a ...
• 15 June 2004
  ASIA/CHINA - Salesian Superior of the Chinese province leads course of spiritual theology for the Sisters of St Joseph in Beijing Beijing (Fides Service) - Salesian Father Savio Hon, Superior of the Chinese province, was recently invited to Beijing to give a series of conferences to the community of the Sisters of St Joseph. According to the local ...
• 15 June 2004
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - 3rd National Youth Mission Congress now imminent: about 700 participants will “celebrate, study and proclaim the gift of faith and the challenge of Mission Ad Gentes starting from the situation of youth in the Third Millennium” Caracas (Fides Service) - Last minute preparations for Venezuela’s 3rd National Youth Mission Congress to be held 24 to 27 giugno, at the parish of “Our Lady of the Rosary in Chiquinquirá del Santo Cristo della Vega ...
• 15 June 2004
  EUROPE/AFRICA - Dialogue with cultures and religions, particularly with Islam, building peace, fighting the AIDS pandemic, promoting African values: objectives discerned by White Fathers General Chapter which closes tomorrow. Fides interviewed new Superior General Father Gérard Chabanon. Rome (Fides Service) - Founded in 1868 in Algeria by Archbishop Charles Lavigerie of Algiers, the Missionaries of Africa came to be known as White Fathers because of the white habit they chose. Archbishop Lavigierie want ...
• 15 June 2004
  AFRICA - Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo humanitarian emergencies. UN sounds the alarm Rome (Fides Service)- At least 10 million people are unable to receive aid from humanitarian organisations because of 20 conflicts in different parts of the world. This was said by Jan Egeland UN co-ordinator for emergen ...
• 15 June 2004
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - Dramatic humanitarian situation in east Congo. “The alarm sounded by the UN is a positive fact but it should not be forgotten that war is the cause of all this” say local Fides’ sources Bukavu (Fides Service)- “ The alarm sounded by the UN is a positive signal. At last the spotlights are turned to Congo’s tragedy ” say Fides’ local sources in Bukavu, main town of the South Kiu region in Democrat ...
• 15 June 2004
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Catholic schools, appreciated for high quality education, teaching corps and structures, grow steadily in number and number of pupils Wellington (Fides Service) - Confidence in Catholics school education is growing among the people of New Zealand. According to a report by the NZ Catholic Education Office, the 2004 school year is starting out with new e ...
• 15 June 2004
  VATICAN - “The Church wished to ask forgiveness not in a disordered manner but with effective knowledge of that happened because from the truth there is nothing to fear ” Card. Georges Cottier said at the presentation of the Acts of a 1998 International Symposium on the Inquisition Vatican City (Fides Service) - “In the modern epoch in Europe there were roughly about 100,000 trials in civil and ecclesiastical courts. Of these 50,000 were trials by civil courts which led to condemnations to the st ...
• 14 June 2004
  EUROPE/IRELAND -Ireland rediscovers its rich missionary heritage through Mission Alive 2004: initiatives include three day Festival of Mission on evangelising activity Dublin (Fides Service) - A long term plan to help the country rediscover its rich missionary heritage is proving a success, the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Ireland, Father Edward Grimes C.S.S ...
• 14 June 2004
  VATICAN - At the Angelus prayer the Pope recalls Corpus Christi and newly called Year of the Eucharist: “Contemplating more assiduously the face of the Incarnate Word, truly present in the Sacrament, the faithful will learn the art of prayer and commitment themselves to that high measure of Christian life indispensable to development effectively new evangelisation.” Vatican City (Fides Service) - The celebration of the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ and the announcement of the Year of the Eucharist were the focal point of Pope John Paul II’s address on Sunday 13 June be ...
• 14 June 2004
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Following the example of the Good Shepherd: reflection by Archbishop John Dew, new Coadjutor of Wellington Wellington (Agenzia Fides) - “As Archbishop Coadjutor, I need to be reminded even more of the task of Shepherd. I ask for your ongoing prayers for me as I accept this responsibility so that I will listen faithfully, gu ...
• 14 June 2004
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Church in Mexico lives ‘national year of the Eucharist’ as it prepares to host 48th International Eucharistic Congress in October preceded by Theological Pastoral Symposium on “Ecclesia de Eucharistia” Encyclical Guadalajara (Fides Service) - The Church in Mexico is living with intensity and devotion its ‘national year of the Eucharist’ as it prepares to host the 48th International Eucharistic Congress 10 to 17 October 2004 i ...
• 14 June 2004
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Clashes in Nigeria: “the religious element is not the only provocation” Fides sources say. The shadow of oil stretches across the country Lagos (Fides Service)- Over the past weeks hundreds of people have been killed in episodes of violence in various parts of Nigeria. The highest numbers of victims were reported in riots in the north eastern state of Adam ...