News

• 15 April 2004
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Fundamentalists target westerners. 5,000 dollars for a foreigner’s head Mogadishu (Fides Service) - According to reliable Fides’ sources in Mogadishu Al Qaida plans use local fundamentalist recruits to target westerners in Somalia. “Behind the murder of Italian medical doctor Annalena To ...
• 15 April 2004
  “Inter-ethnic Dialogue and Reconciliation”: 16 - 18 April in Rome international Symposium promoted by Friars Minor Rome (Fides Service) - From Friday 16 April to Sunday 18 in Rome at the Auditorium of the Pontifical Oratory of San Pietro (via S. Maria Mediatrice 22), there will be an international symposium on Inter-ethnic Dialogue a ...
• 15 April 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - “It is time for the Arab world to condemn acts of terrorism like the brutal killing of one Italian hostages ” says Father Nizar Baghdad (Fides Service)- “I am deeply grieved by the murder of Fabrizio Quattrocchi” Nizar Semaan, a Iraqi Catholic priest in Mosul told Fides who voiced his condolences for the killing of the Italian hostage in Iraq ...
• 15 April 2004
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - According to the exit poll the National African Congress is in the lead after elections yesterday; bad organisation affected voting in some parts Johannesburg (Fides Service)- In South Africans went to the polls in an orderly and peaceful manner to place their votes for legislative and regional elections yesterday 14 April (see Fides 14 April 2004). “The people ...
• 15 April 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Uphold values, avoid taking sides with political parties: Archbishop Fernando Capalla urges priests and religious in view of elections on May 10 Davao (Fides Service) - Uphold values, avoid taking sides with political parties is the advice to priests and religious offered by Archbishop Fernando Capalla, President of the Philippines Bishops’ Conferences , in vie ...
• 15 April 2004
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “To face the challenge of a globalised society we want to be a missionary Church with concrete commitment for mission in the Amazon region”: 6th national assembly of organisations of the People of God in Brazil. Belo Horizonte-Minas Gerais (Fides Service) - At the end of the 6th national assembly of organisations of the People of God in Brazil, held 26 to 28 March, the participants addressed a letter to the Brothers and Sisters ...
• 14 April 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christians flocked to Easter Liturgies. Gesture of solidarity with Sunni Muslims in Falluja trapped in the city in crossfire between US troops and guerrilla forces Baghdad (Fides Service)-“Despite the atmosphere anything but calm, Iraqi Christians came in great numbers to take part in all the Easter liturgies” local Catholic priest, Father Nizar Semaan, in Mosul told Fides. “ ...
• 14 April 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope’s teaching at weekly Wednesday Audience: Victorious over death, Jesus gives life that will never die to those who accept him and believe in Him… In our day too it is necessary, thanks to the commitment of believers, to make resound the announcement of Christ who died, and who, through the power of his Spirit now lives and triumphs”. Vatican City (Fides Service) - Pope John Paul gave his general Wednesday audience today April 14 in St Peter’s Square where visitors from all over the world had gathered for the occasion. The Pope meditated on the Seas ...
• 14 April 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope’s Easter Message: “On this the day of your triumph over death may humanity find in you, O Lord, the courage to face together the many evils by which it is afflicted. In particular may it find the strength to face the inhuman and unfortunately spreading phenomenon of terrorism, which denies life and renders dark and insecure the daily life of so many hardworking and peaceful people”. Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Resurrexit, alleluia. He is Risen alleluia! Again this year the joyous news of Easter which resounded powerfully during the Easter Vigil last night, comes to strengthen our hope.
• 14 April 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Hope for Africa: St Egidio receives Aquila University Award for anti-AIDS project Rome (Fides Service) - For the first time the St Egidio Community has received an award for its work in the field of health care in Africa. St Egidio launched its Drug Resource Enhancement against Aids and Malnutrition ( ...
• 14 April 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Popular Bible Correspondence Course in Santali language launched by two Catholics in Bangalore Bangalore (Fides Service) - The first Bible Correspondence Course in the Santali language has been launched in India to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ and the teachings of his Gospel. The initiative was undertaken ...
• 14 April 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Imbuing politics with the Gospel values: a duty for Christians in the 3rd millennium - Catholic Bishops of Korea issue message in view of general elections on 15 April Seoul (Fides Service) - Evangelise politics, bring Christian values to the management of public affairs, guarantee the common good by acting according to criteria of justice, solidarity and honesty: these are indications ...
• 14 April 2004
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Voting starts in South Africa: National African Congress expected to win despite delusion of part of the electorate Johannesburg (Fides Service) -“These elections are marked by disappointment, indeed much disappointment” Scalabrini Father Mario, of “Scalabrini Development Agency” in Cape Town tells Fides with regard to legisla ...
• 14 April 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Union of Major Superiors in Italy holds National Assembly: “Making hope visible in a changing world...” Rome (Fides Service) - About 500 General and Provincial Superiors of religious institutes from all over Italy have gathered in Rome at the Pontifical Urban University Roma, 13 to 16 April 2004, to discuss the role of con ...
• 7 April 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope’s Letter to Priests for Holy Thursday: ““Never forget that you yourselves are the first “Apostles” of Jesus the High Priest. Your own witness counts more than anything else”. Vatican City (Fides Service) - “It is with great joy and affection that I write you this Holy Thursday Letter, following a tradition which began with my first Easter as the Bishop of Rome twenty-five years ago ”. Thi ...