News

• 8 June 2004
  AMERICA/PERU - “Eucharist, nourishment for Mission”: as part of the great city Mission in the archdiocese of Lima the month of June is dedicated to the Sacrament of the Eucharist. Sunday June 13 solemn procession for Corpus Christi. Lima (Fides Service) - For the whole of the month of June, the second lap of the Great City Mission “Remar Mar Adentro”, opened with the solemn sending of more than 10,000 evangelisers who are going from door to door ...
• 8 June 2004
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - “Caring for the sick helps me realise their agony and distress”, Camillian Missionary reports to Fides… Ouagadougou (Fides Service) - “For some time now I have been working at the Centre for Care and Solidarity in Ouagadougou to replace a confrere away on a refresher course. I came from the S. Camillo Medical Centre Oua ...
• 8 June 2004
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - “The Pope’s visit will certainly give fresh impulse to new evangelisation in Switzerland” Bishop Kurt Koch of Basle told Fides. Rome (Fides Service) - “The Pope’s visit will certainly give fresh impulse to new evangelisation in Switzerland” Bishop Kurt Koch of Basle told Fides. Switzerland and the whole of Europe need more than ever re-evan ...
• 8 June 2004
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - Bukavu: situation of confusion persists after official withdrawal of guerrillas. “Vexation of civilians continues ” say local Fides sources Bukavu (Fides Service) - There is a climate of uncertainty and confusion in Bukavu the main town in the South Kivu region in the east of Democratic Congo, at the heart of a crisis which could throw the country back into ...
• 8 June 2004
  ASIA/NEPAL - Bomb blast in a Catholic school in Nepal: no casualties - the local Church carries on with its pastoral and service of education Kathmandu (Fides Service) - “Institutes of education in Nepal, including Catholic schools, are closed at the moment because of the danger of attacks by Maoist guerrillas. The bomb which exploded in our school caused a ...
• 8 June 2004
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Combining sport with solidarity: city march to raise funds for evangelisation among prison inmates Hong Kong (Fides Service) - “From the very beginning Christians have brought, along with the bred and the wine for the Eucharist, gifts to share with those in need. This custom of the collection, ever appropriate, is i ...
• 8 June 2004
  AFRICA/SUDAN - World Health Organisation and UNICEF launch measles immunisation campaign to protect millions of children in Darfur Rome (Fides Service) - Children are increasingly affected by the humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan. The World Health Organisation and UNICEF have said that by the end of this week they will start vaccinat ...
• 8 June 2004
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Disappointment in Malawi when an Opposition candidate joins President’s Party Lilongwe (Fides Service)- There is widespread disappointment in Malawi after an Opposition leader Gwanda Chakuamba, announced he had joined the party in power United Democratic Front UDF. Chakuamba came third in presiden ...
• 8 June 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Reconciliation among communities: a task for all religious beliefs”: Seminar on Dialougue among religions and cultures Mumbai (Fides Service) - “Conflict between religious communities destroys the authentic essence of religion”: this was the conclusion reached by participants at a Seminar “Reconciliation of Communities a task for a ...
• 8 June 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Globalising hospitality, health care, humanisation of treatment: challenges launched by St John of God Hospitaller Brothers Rome (Fides Service) - Promote globalisation of hospitality at a particular time in human history: this is the challenge launched by the Order of the St John of God Hospitaller Brothers during a meeting at the end of a ...
• 8 June 2004
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Is peace ever further way in Ivory Coast? Fighting in the north, fierce protest in the economic capital Abidjan (Fides Service)-“Perhaps we are back to where we started. The peace agreement has been practically annulled” say local Fides sources in Abidjan, economic capital of Ivory Coast. “The national unity interim ...
• 8 June 2004
  EUROPE/SPAIN - King and Queen of Spain offer warm welcome to group of children members of Holy Childhood Society and are amazed to learn that every year with their efforts these missionary children help as many as 20 million less fortunate little ones all over the world Madrid (Fides Service) - Tuesday June 7 will surely be a day to remember for a lucky group of Spanish children, members of the Holy Childhood Society, who went to the Royal Palace in Madrid to visit the King and Queen. T ...
• 8 June 2004
  ASIA/INDONESIA - The church attacked on June 6 in Jakarta belong to a protestant community: religion exploited in view of presidential elections Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - A Christian protestant church at Ciputat, Tangerang, south of the Indonesian capital Jakarta was attacked on Sunday June 6 and in the violence Pastor Jonathan Wijaya was injured. This was confir ...
• 8 June 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - “The aim of occult and satanic organisations is to try eliminate the presence of God from society” says Rev. Oreste Benzi, who for years has worked to rehabilitate young people caught in the trap of satanic sects Rome (Fides Service) - With regard to recent news of crimes committed by members of satanic groups in various parts of Italy, Fides asked the opinion of Rev. Oreste Benzi, Fonder of the Associazione Comunità Papa Giovan ...
• 7 June 2004
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Fresh fighting in Bukavu, martyr city in east Congo. Rwanda says it has closed its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. Religious leaders call on politicians to stop the tragedy Bukavu (Fides Service)- There has been a fresh outburst of fighting in Bukavu, main city of southern Kivu in eastern Democratic Congo for weeks the scene of conflict between the regular army and rebels of the RCD-Goma (C ...