News

• 31 March 2004
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - The Church in Europe and new religious movements: seminar promoted by Council of Catholic Bishops' Coferences of Europe (CCEE) Baar (Fides Service) - The Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE) organised a seminar 25-28 March for representatives of Bishops’ Conferences on “alternative” religions in Europe, including New Age group ...
• 31 March 2004
  AFRICA/SUDAN - From Sudan Bishop Macram Max Gassis of El Obeid comments for Fides the arrest of Hassan al-Turabi Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)-“The arrest of Turabi does not surprise me” Bishop Macram Max Gassis, Catholic Bishop of El Obeid, Sudan, told Fides commenting the arrest during the night of Hassan al-Turabi, opposition Isl ...
• 31 March 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope’s weekly teaching: “Christ is the Lamb sacrificed and risen, the great interpreter and Lord of history who reveals the secret thread of divine action in history.” Vatican City (Fides Service) - In his teaching during the Wednesday audience, today 31 March, Pope John Paul II encouraged those present to contemplate the figure of the paschal Lamb, the Lamb of God. Commenting the Cant ...
• 31 March 2004
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Comboni missionary found dead at mission house in Gulu, northern Uganda Gulu (Fides Service) - An Italian missionary, Comboni Father Luciano Fulvi, has been found dead in his room at Layibi mission in Gulu, northern Uganda. The priest was last seen going to bed at 9 yesterday evening, 30 Mar ...
• 31 March 2004
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Dramatic impasse. Dialogue between the President and the Opposition stalls. Ivory Coast stands at crucial point in history Abidjan (Fides Service)- “We have reached a dramatic unprecedented impasse. This is a crucial moment for Ivory Coast ” a local Church source in Abidjan, economic capital of Ivory Coast told Fides. The Ivorian Preside ...
• 31 March 2004
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - “Angola on the path to Hope”: Catholic Bishops of Angola issue pastoral letter on 2nd anniversary of peace agreement Luanda (Fides Service)- To mark the second anniversary of peace agreement the Catholic Bishops of Angola have issued a Pastoral letter “Angola on the Path to Hope” in which they reflect on the country’s social, eco ...
• 31 March 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - New nation wide plan to stop the advance of AIDS launched by fully committed local Catholic Church New Delhi (Fides Service) - A new nation wide plan to stop the advance of HIV/AIDS has been launched by the Catholic Church in India involving priests, religious, laity and seminarians, formation houses, religious congre ...
• 31 March 2004
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Catholic schools mark “Pakistan Day”: commitment to build a modern, liberal and tolerant country Lahore (Fides Service) - Christian and Muslim Catholic school pupils recently made a public commitment to building a country which is open, liberal and tolerant. The commitment was taken by some 300 boys and girls on the ...
• 30 March 2004
  Pope John Paul II’s Mission Intention for April 2004: “That the missionary spirit of "ad gentes" may become a theme of reflection and a matter of constant commitment in the ordinary pastoral activity of the Christian community” Comment by Rev. Father Antonio M. Pernia SVD, Superior General Society of the Divine Word Vatican City (Fides Service) - During the mission month of October last year (2003), four saintly missionaries were raised to the glory of the altars. Three of them were declared saints - Daniel Comboni, founder of the ...
• 30 March 2004
  EUROPE/ITALIA - About 30 more volunteers will be enlisted to show effectiveness of antiretroviral drug in Kaposi sarcoma therapy not related to HIV Rome (Fides Service) - The Italian Higher Institute for Health ISS intends before June this year to enlist 30 more volunteers to extend its study to demonstrate the effectiveness of Indinavir, anti-retroviral drug norma ...
• 30 March 2004
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Programme of new government led by Abdullah Badawi: eliminate corruption promote transparency, give special attention to ethnic and religious minorities Kuala Lumpur (Fides Service) - Eliminate corruption and promote transparency in public administration, start economic reforms, attention to ethnic and religious minorities, development in rural areas: these are the main ...
• 30 March 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - A “new mission” in the Church and society: Korean Catholic Lay movement valorises contribution of the elderly Seoul (Fides Service) - Life does not end at 60, the age when many men and women retire from active working life: senior citizens have a lot to offer the Church and society with their experience, patience, wisdom and abi ...
• 30 March 2004
  VATICAN - “Young people and universities: bearing witness to Christ in the university environment” - starting tomorrow 8th International Youth Forum organised by the Pontifical Council for the Laity Vatican City (Fides Service) - From 31 March to 4 April Palm Sunday, the 8th International Youth Forum organised by the Pontifical Council for the Laity will be held in Rocca di Papa (Rome) for young delegates from Catho ...
• 30 March 2004
  VATICAN - “Missionary and evangelising dimension of adult catechesis”: Prof. Ramon Peralta Pontifical Urban University Vatican City (Fides Service) - Here is an interesting paper by Prof. Ramón Peralta, a member of the Higher Institute of Missionary Catechesis and Spirituality at the Urban University, on an important theme: The promotio ...
• 30 March 2004
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Poverty which afflicts entire peoples and nations, focus of the first day of a pastoral visit to Mexico by Cardinal Martino, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace Mexico City (Fides Service) - The President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Cardinal Renato R. Martino, is in Mexico for a week long pastoral visit 28 March 2 - April 2 to take part in important church a ...