News

• 7 May 2004
  VATICAN - “We must help our sister Churches in difficult situations, who need to be sustained with prayer, sacrifice and material assistance” said Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe addressing the Annual General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies Rome (Fides Service) - “The first and most important duty of a National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies is to increase missionary awareness among the people of God to help every Christian realise his or he ...
• 7 May 2004
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo and Republic of Congo unite efforts to attend to problem of foreigners expelled from Angola Luanda (Fides Service)- The foreign ministers of Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo and Republic of Congo met on 5 May for a meeting of the Three-party Mechanism for Cooperation and Security, an institution set up by t ...
• 7 May 2004
  AFRICA/SUDAN - United Nations and Human Rights Watch launches alarm for situation in Darfur, west Sudan Rome (Fides Service)- The United Nations Organisation and US based Human Rights Watch, accuse the Sudanese government of serious violation of human rights civilians in Darfur western Sudan. In a report of the humanitaria ...
• 7 May 2004
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Caritas Guinea Bissau marks 25th anniversary of service and assistance Bissau (Fides Service)- Caritas Guinea Bissau recently marked the 25th anniversary of its founding. For the occasion a general meeting of parish Caritas offices in the dioceses of Bissau and Bafatà was held at the major ...
• 7 May 2004
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - According to the fifth annual State of the World’s Mothers report issued by Save the Children one million babies and 70,000 adolescent mothers die every year in developing countries Rome (Fides Service) - Pregnancy and childbirth in adolescence are often the cause of death in developing countries. The fifth annual State of the World’s Mothers report issued by Save the Children, a leading U.S.-base ...
• 7 May 2004
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - For 25 years on mission in the South Pacific: Salesians’ contribution to the evangelisation and education of the people of Papua Port Moresby (Fides Service) - Thousands of young people instructed in scholastic and professional knowledge; native tribes and villages in the heart of the forest have heard and welcomed the Gospel of Jesus; great suppo ...
• 7 May 2004
  ASIA/ NORTH KOREA - With its 2004-2005 Plan for Humanitarian aid in North Korea Caritas Hong Kong aims to help more than 500,000 children and offer wide range of social support Hong Kong (Fides Service) - “The humanitarian emergency in North Korea is not over. Results obtained thanks to international aid are threatened by persisting economic difficulties”: this is the appeal launched by Car ...
• 7 May 2004
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - Not only victims of recent train tragedy: hunger threatens more than 6.5 million people in North Korea Seoul (Fides Service) - A humanitarian alarm with regard the food situation in North Korea was launched yesterday by the United Nations’ World Food Programme WFP. “While the international community provided immediate ...
• 7 May 2004
  Saturday 8 May: Christians of different Churches and Communions “TOGETHER FOR EUROPE ” - International event involving more than 150 Movements, communities and groups. Stuttgart (Fides Service) - On Saturday 8 May in the German town of Stuttgart, a week after the European Union welcomed 10 new member countries, Christians of different Churches and communions will take part in an intern ...
• 7 May 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - The faculty of Bio-Ethics at the Pontifical College Regina Apostolorum in Rome, has organised a Congress “ The rice of hope. Biotech helps look ahead” to fight underdevelopment and food shortage which cases hundreds of thousands of cases of blindness and other diseases in poor countries Rome (Fides Service) -The faculty of Bio-Ethics at the Pontifical College Regina Apostolorum in Rome, has organised a Congress “The rice of hope. Biotech helps look ahead”, Wednesday 12 May 2004. Among the special gu ...
• 7 May 2004
  Andrea Tornielli - “La PASSIONE, i Vangeli e il film di Mel Gibson” (The PASSIONE, The Gospels and Mel Gibson’s Film) Publishers PIEMME Preface by Vittorio Messori, postscript by Gianfranco Ravasi. x Andrea Tornielli - “La PASSIONE, i Vangeli e il film di Mel Gibson” (The PASSIONE, The Gospels and Mel Gibson’s Film) Publishers PIEMME Preface by Vittorio Messori, postscript by Gianfranco Ravasi. Rome (Fi ...
• 6 May 2004
  AMERICA/USA - “I will put up a fight if anyone tries to remove the Crucifix from classrooms” says Imam Yahya Hendi, Muslim chaplain of Georgetown University Rome (Fides Service)- “I am convinced that the Cross is an important religious symbol for all people. And I would object to the cross being removed from classrooms at Georgetown University”. This statement was made y ...
• 6 May 2004
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - “Poverty is still a major problem in our country” say Catholic Bishops of Bolivia: “the majority of the population experiences poverty which in many cases is extreme”. Cochabamba (Fides Service) - A message to denounce the suffering afflicting the people of Bolivia but at the same time to restore hope to a nation on the brink of desperation seeing no sign of a better future: this was t ...
• 6 May 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - More than 200 million people in developing countries affected by “duodenal jardis” carried by parasite, Italian Health Institute organises workshop Rome (Fides Service) - To offer an updated picture of progress in the field of epidemology and diagnosis of “duodenal jardis” on Monday 10 May the Italian Health Institute will hold a workshop at which several inter ...
• 6 May 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Test for Health Systems: what can be done to win the challenge to guarantee everyone’s right to health? Rome (Fides Service) - Differences in health in rich countries and poor countries, are growing as statistics reveal with regard to health, infant mortality rate, infant life expectancy. For Dr Stefano Santini who works ...