News

• 10 May 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Final act of political elections while there is growing debate on the presence of Christians in civil and political life New Delhi (Fides Service) - While elections in India are at the final stage since mid April there is growing debate as to whether and how Christians should be involved in political. According to some Christian members o ...
• 8 May 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Why the Church”: Fides interviewed Cardinal Darío Castrillón Hoyos about Mons. Luigi Giussani’s latest literary labour. Rome (Fides Service) - In occasion del 50th anniversary of the founding of the church Movement “Communion and Liberation”, the most recent work of its Founder Mons. Luigi Giussani a book titled “Perché la Chiesa� ...
• 8 May 2004
  VATICAN - The work of the Annual General meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies continues with the revision of the statutes Rome (Fides Service) - The Annual General meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies which has brought together 117 national directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies from all over the world continues at the Pala Ca ...
• 8 May 2004
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Christian testimony of a prisoner about to be executed but convinced of God’s compassion Kampala (Fides Service)- “May the state kill? - a Challenge to the Death Penalty”, is the title of a book containing touching testimonies of Christian hope in the compassionate love of God. One of the testimonies is ...
• 8 May 2004
  VATICAN - Urban College offers missionary Church 14 new deacons from Africa and Asia ...
• 8 May 2004
  ASIA/CHINA - Death of first Bishop of Bameng, Bishop Guo Zhengji, a bold witness to faith in Christ Yinchuan (Fides Service) - Chinese Bishop Francis Xavier Guo Zhengji, Bishop of Bameng (mainland China) inner Mongolia, died at the age of 91 on Monday May 3, at Yinchuan Hospital where he had been in care for some month ...
• 8 May 2004
  ASIA/JAPAN - A gift of flower seeds with a message from Papal Nuncio welcomes new born babies at Red Cross hospitals all over Japan Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - “Flowers are a gift of the Creator and their beauty speaks a language all their own. To offer a flower is a sign of sharing and caring between the giver and the receiver”. This message, compos ...
• 8 May 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Special Mass for 20th anniversary of the canonisation of Korea’s 103 Catholic martyrs Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - To mark the 20th anniversary of the canonisation in Seoul by Pope John Paul II of Korea’s 103 Catholic Martyrs, a special Mass was celebrated on May 1 at Jeoldusan Shrine presided by Archbishop ...
• 8 May 2004
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Cardinal Paul Shan encourages Taichung diocese to promote a spirit of evangelisation among parish communities Taichung (Fides) -Cardinal Paul Shan, Bishop of Kaohsiung, recently illustrated a Pastoral Letter issued by the Bishops of Taiwan “Building up the Parish a community of faith, hope and love” to a group of 250 parish ...
• 8 May 2004
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Members of the Canossian Third Order take part in annual retreat reflecting on “How to live the Canossian charisma” Hongkong (Agenzia Fides) - More than 60 members of the Canossian Third Order took part in an annual retreat 24 and 25 April to reflect on the theme How to live the Canossian charisma”. One of the speakers was Sr. Li Mu ...
• 8 May 2004
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Bishops’ Commission for Pastoral Care of Workers discusses problem of jobs for middle aged unemployed Hong Kong (Fides Service) - On the occasion of the Feast of St Joseph the Worker, Labour Day May 1, this year, the Commission for Pastoral Care of Workers of Hong Kong’s Catholic Bishops Conference organised a Seminar ...
• 7 May 2004
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Burundi: parties and guerrilla movements. INFO Rome (Fides Service)- As announced, to better understand the political situation in Burundi we offer detailed information on political parties and guerrilla movements in that country Political Parties UPRONA (Unio ...
• 7 May 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Rev. Victor Joachim Machado appointed rector of St Joseph’s Inter-diocesan Seminary in Mangalore Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, has appointed, 30 April 2004, Rector of St Joseph’s Inter-diocesan Seminary in Mangalore, India, R ...
• 7 May 2004
  ASIA/INDIA Rev. Rethinam Vincent Mathias appointed rector of Inter-diocesan Christ Hall Seminary in Madurai Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples has, 30 April 2004, appointed rector of Inter-diocesan Christ Hall Seminary in the archdiocese of Mad ...
• 7 May 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Rev. Alphonse Devasahayam appointed Rector of St Paul Apostle Inter-diocesan Seminary at Tiruchirapalli Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples has, 30 April 2004, appointed Rector of St Paul Apostle Inter-diocesan Seminary in the diocese of Tir ...