News

• 20 February 2004
  VATICAN - Pope John Paul II sends Iranian authorities a message of sympathy after the tragic train accident on 18 February Vatican City (Fides Service) - Pope John Paul II sent a message of condolence to the Iranian authorities after the train accident on 18 February in which hundreds of people lost their lives. In a telegramme, signed on be ...
• 20 February 2004
  EUROPE/SLOVENIA - The role of Consecrated Life in formation of a moral conscience in the new multi-cultural Europe: Meeting of the Union of European Conferences of Religious Major Superiors Ljubljana (Fides Service) - The Union of European Conferences of Religious Major Superiors U.C.E.S.M, established 23 years ago to promote cooperation and reciprocal help among Major Superiors in Europe and encourage col ...
• 20 February 2004
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “A poor Church encourages us not to pass by the afflicted but to be pilgrims following the footsteps of Jesus the Good Shepherd” says President of CELAM closing celebrations to mark the 25th anniversary of the Puebla Conference Mexico City (Fides Service) - The closing act of celebrations 12-15 February in Puebla, Mexico for the 25th anniversary of the 3rd general conference of the Council of Latin American Bishop’s Conferences CELAM in Puebl ...
• 20 February 2004
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Sacred Heart Missionaries (MSC): 150 years proclaiming God’s love for all men and women Rome (Fides Service) - On December 8, 1854, the day Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, in France Father Jules Chevalier (1824-1907) founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart MSC who thi ...
• 20 February 2004
  AFRICA/KENYA - “We must work to promote respect for the dignity of every human being ”. the president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace visits second largest shanty town in Nairobi Nairobi (Fides Service) - Cardinal Renato Martino, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace started his visit to Kenya in Kibera, the second largest slum in Nairobi. A report from the African Catholic n ...
• 20 February 2004
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Church in Brazil starts annual Lenten “Fraternity Campaign” to evangelise in a spirit of conversion, interior renewal and community commitment Brasilia (Fides Service) - As the Season of Lent opens, the Church in Brazil embarks on its 40th “Fraternity Campaign which will be presented in Brasilia tomorrow, 25 February, Ash Wednesday at the head quarters of the ...
• 20 February 2004
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - Everyday life of a missionary in Congo shared by missionary Father Sergio Vandini Rome (Fides Service)- Rev. Father Sergio Vandini, from Terni diocese in Italy, sent as a Fidei Donum priest to Ntambue, 10 km from Kananga, West Kasai, Democratic Republic of Congo, sent Fides a brief report on his life ...
• 20 February 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “No cloning of human embryos ”: local Catholic Church and associations in Korea protest against experiments carried out by local scientists Seoul (Fides Service) - Strong protest, street demonstrations, condemnation for morally incorrect and irresponsible behaviour: these were the reactions in Korea of the Catholic Church and several associations, Catholic a ...
• 19 February 2004
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Elections cannot be organised in 9 months: open debate Bujumbura (Fides Service)- “The enormous amount of work awaiting us cannot be completed in nine months. The political leaders must realise that elections cannot be organised in such a short time”, this opinion was ex ...
• 19 February 2004
  EUROPE/RUSSIAN FEDERATION - In Moscow Cardinal Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity, speaks on “Orthodox Christianity and the Catholic Church forty years after the Vatican II decree on ecumenism Unitatis redintegratio” Moscow (Fides Service) - At the invitation of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of the Russian Federation, Cardinal Walter Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian unity, is on a six da ...
• 19 February 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope announces that Blessed Luigi Orione and five other new Saints will be canonised on May 16 Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Orione family all over the world is rejoicing: during a public Concistory in the Vatican Pope John Paul II announced that Blessed Luigi Orione founder of the Piccola Opera della Divina ...
• 19 February 2004
  AFRICA/RWANDA - Clean water for 100,000 people Rome (Fides Service) - In mid January the Movement for the Fight Against Hunger in the World (MLFM) went on a mission to evaluate a water project underway in Humure, Rwanda. The work is progressing. With the help of a lo ...
• 19 February 2004
  AMERICA/HAITI - Haiti’s Catholic Bishops plead: “take necessary measures to prevent a blood bath of civilians” Port au Prince (Fides Service)- “We appeal to the consciences of our governors to take the necessary measures to put an end to this situation and avoid a blood bath of civilians”. The Bishops of Haiti launched this a ...
• 19 February 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Growing synergy among religious engaged in evangelisation through culture and publications: in January 2005 third meeting for operators in the sector Rome (Fides Service) - An increasing number of religious congregations are putting energies, funds and human resources into print and electronic media to evangelise culture. With this in mind the Union of Superiors Gene ...
• 19 February 2004
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - After the Olympic Games, World Youth Day: the Church in Australia is a candidate for World Youth Day 2007 Sydney (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of Australia would like to host the World Youth Day 2007. As preparations for WYD in Germany 2005 go ahead, in a statement issued at the end of a plenary assembly in Sydney t ...