News

• 6 May 2004
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “This is not a war about religion” local Church sources in Nigeria tell Fides with regard to violence in central Nigeria Lagos (Fides Service)- “We will never tire of repeating that this is not a battle between Christians and Muslims it is a question of ethnic identity and politics ” a local Church source in Nigeria told Fides with reg ...
• 6 May 2004
  AFRICA/UGANDA - “400 prisoners on death row. Ten years ago there were 90. The death penalty does not reduce crime” says Father Agostoni, missionary in Uganda, expert in prison pastoral Roma (Agenzia Fides)- “Today in Ugandan prisons there are about 400 prisoners awaiting execution” Comboni missionary Father Tarcisio Agostoni, on mission in Uganda since 1951, told Fides. The missionary, who has prov ...
• 6 May 2004
  ASIA/JAPAN - A year of evangelisation reaps harvest of 83 new adult Christians in a Tokyo parish Tokyo (Fides Service) - Evangelising society, leading catechumens to receive Baptism is the mission of all Christians and the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan keeps a steady record of these happy events. In Koeji ...
• 6 May 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Salesian heads NGO promotes technical training for young people in view of jobs in various sectors of the economy Guwahati (Fides Service) - A non confessional Non Governmental Organisation “Skills for Progress” (SKIP) has asked a Catholic missionary to be its new director. The Missionary chosen by the NGO, which promotes techni ...
• 6 May 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “The country needs a new era of peace and stability”: a local Missionary takes a look at the social and political scenario on the eve of May 10 elections Roma (Agenzia Fides) - Re-launch the economy, work for political and social unity, bring to conclusion the peace process undertaken with rebel groups. These are the main challenges which face the new President of the Phi ...
• 6 May 2004
  VATICAN - “Access to medicines in poor countries”: CUMVIVIUM organisation founded by the International Federation of Catholic Pharmacists in collaboration with representatives of Vatican office and pharmaceutical companies meets the press Vatican City (Fides) - On Friday 7 May at 12 noon at Vatican Radio offices, Sala Marconi, there will be a press conference to present activity and projects of CUMVIVIUM, an organisation founded by the International Feder ...
• 6 May 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - “The Church, a life which encounters other lives”: presentation of a new book by Mons. Luigi Giussani “Perché la Chiesa”. Rome (Fides) - “Perché la Chiesa” (Why the Church) is the title of book by Mons. Luigi Giussani which was presented to the public on 5 May at the Sala della Maternità in Rome. The event was organised by the Catholi ...
• 5 May 2004
  AFRICA/CHAD - More than 50,000 Sudanese refugees in Chad moved to safer camps Rome (Fides Service)-More than 50,000 refugees from Sudan in Chad have been moved by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNHCR to safer camps further in the interior. The UNHCR hopes to open two more camps ...
• 5 May 2004
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Catholic Church in Venezuela to open National Office for people whose human rights are violated Rome (Fides Service) - The Archbishop of Coro, Archbishop Roberto Lückert, has said the Church will take an important role to address violation of human rights in the country and announced the institution of a National ...
• 5 May 2004
  AFRICA/CHAD - Catholic Bishops voice seriously concern for fast deteriorating social and political situation in Chad and surrounding region and call on political leaders to “save Chad from a foreseeable tragedy Moundou (Fides Service) - “For some time we have noted a growing degradation of the socio-political conditions in Chad, aggravated by tension between countries in this region” the Catholic Bishops of Chad write in a ...
• 5 May 2004
  AFRICA/RWANDA - “Peace is built by offering opportunities for development and reintegrating former soldiers and child soldiers” say Catholic Bishops of Rwanda and Burundi Rome (Fides Service)- What is the situation in Rwanda and Burundi 10 years after the genocide in Rwanda? This was the questions which the Bishops of Rwanda and Burundi asked themselves during a meeting of the Association ...
• 5 May 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope’s weekly audience teaching: “Christ is the Lord of the history of salvation, which is manifested in the Church and achieved through the blood of his cross, source of peace and harmony for the entire human vicissitude ” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “From the hymn there emerges the magnificent figure of Christ, Lord of the cosmos. Like divine Wisdom-Creator exalted in the Old Testament, «He is before all else that is. In him everyth ...
• 5 May 2004
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Results of elections: Golkar Party scores a victory, General Wiranto is back on the scene Jakarta (Fides Service) - Indonesia’s General Electoral Commission has announced the results of parliamentary and administrative elections held a month ago on 5 April: the Golkar Party, of which former dictator Suharto ...
• 5 May 2004
  AFRICA/UGANDA - “We are against the formation of local militia groups because this could lead to ethnic conflict” says Archbishop Odama, Catholic Archbishop of Gulu in north Uganda Kampala (Fides Service)- “If recruitment of local militia groups continues we risk an ethnic conflict ” Archbishop John Baptist Odama Catholic Archbishop of Gulu, northern Uganda told Fides confirming a recent statem ...
• 5 May 2004
  INDIA - An “unreasonable and arbitrary” measure: missionary head master of two Catholic schools expelled from Kashmir New Delhi (Fides Service) - An “unreasonable and arbitrary” measure ” was the comment of India’s Global Christian Council with regard to an order of expulsion issued by the Foreign Citizen’s Registry Office in ...