News

• 12 February 2004
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Officially the war in Darfur is over but some say the exact opposite is true and they ask for dialogue to prevail. “The government must behave like a father who has a problem with his son and sits down to talk to solve it together” says Sudanese Bishop Macram Max Gassis Khartoum (Fides Service ) - Opinions differ with regard to the war in the region of Sudan’s eastern region of Darfur. While the government says most of its military operations in the area have been concluded, others af ...
• 12 February 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Following attacks by fundamentalist Hindus in Madhya Pradesh, police mount guard in front of churches and schools Bhopal (Fides Service) - Concern is growing among Christians in Jhabua, western Madhya Pradesh on the border with Gujarat state. Following attacks by fundamentalist Hindus in recent weeks in Jhabua police positioned guar ...
• 12 February 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - AIDS: in Mozambique mother-child transmission stopped in 97% of cases by S. Egidio DREAM project. Report to Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infection in San Francisco one of the most authoritative meetings for the prevention and treatment of the virus Rome (Fides Service) - A Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infection CROI has just concluded in San Francisco USA. This is the 11th edition of this Conference a major appointment for the world of science and s ...
• 12 February 2004
  ASIA - New case of bird flu confirmed in Vietnam and new suspected outbreak in China Rome (Fides Service) - The World Health Organisation excludes that two sisters who died of bird flu in Vietnam were infected person to person. WHO says tests on the girls revealed that the genetic material is of aviary o ...
• 12 February 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Diverse understanding of the truth in philosophy, science and theology: searching for a common basis ”: Pontifical University Lateran Day of Study Rome (Fides Service) - On Tuesday 17 February the Pontifical Lateran University will host a Day of Study on the theme: “Diverse understanding of the truth in philosophy science and theology: searching for a common basi ...
• 10 February 2004
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Head Master of the Brothers of Christian Schools College in Bobo Dioulasso found murdered in his office Bobo Dioulasso (Fides Service) – Brother Ignacio Garcia Alonso, head master of the College of the Brothers of Christian Schools in Bobo Dioulasso was found dead in his office on 6 February, but the incident was reporte ...
• 10 February 2004
  Iran and the Holy See: Past, Present and Future”. To mark 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and the Islamic republic of Iran Vatican City (Fides Service) – On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Holy See on 12 February the Pontifical Gregorian University will host a Semin ...
• 10 February 2004
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Witnesses of Christ for a Europe of Hope”: 50.000 young people expected to make Youth Pilgrimage to Santiago di Compostela in August Santiago di Compostela (Fides Service) – Witnesses of Christ for a Europe of Hope is the slogan of the 2004 Pilgrimage of European Youth to Santiago di Compostela 5 to 8 August. Some 50.000 young people from various ...
• 10 February 2004
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - “It is Not Possible to be Living Members of the Body of Christ and Accomplices in Methods of Abortion”: Catholic Bishop of Honduras issue severe warning Tegucigalpa (Fides Service) – The Catholic Bishops of Honduras have firmly condemned a campaign to promote and distribute the day after pill undertaken by the Honduras Association for Family Planning ASHONPLAFA and the ...
• 10 February 2004
  ASIA/HOLY LAND – World Wide Web offers “Today’s Gospel” in Arabic, thanks to a team of volunteers in the Middle East Jerusalem (Fides Service) – With the help of a team of volunteers in the Holy Land, Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon the Gospel day by day with comments by the Fathers of the Church is now available to web users in Arabic. Today ...
• 10 February 2004
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - To mark ten years of service in Moscow the Daughters of St Paul have published the first edition of the Roman Breviary in Russian: the two volume work will be on sale from Easter this year Moscow (Fides Service) - This year 2004 the community of the Daughters of Saint Paul in Moscow is marking its 10th anniversary and to celebrate the event the Sisters have produced the first Russian language edition of th ...
• 10 February 2004
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Dismissed governor of Bukavu hands arsenal to United Nations Mission: details of disarmament operation: download photos of weapons consignment Bukavu (Fides Service )- A reconciliatory gesture has been made by Xavier Chiribanya former governor of South Kivu (Democratic Congo), dismissed on 7 February (see Fides 9 February). The former governor has consigned a ...
• 10 February 2004
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Catholic missionaries in Korhogo attacked and robbed by militia of “warlord” killed on Sunday Abidjan (Fides Service) - A clash between factions of the same rebel group which controls the northern part of Ivory Coast is at the basis of the death of Adam Couliby, one of the main leaders of the Ivorian militia kill ...
• 10 February 2004
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Missionary Childhood Day in Pakistan: all over the country Catholic children “Heralds of hope, peace and reconciliation” pray and celebrate Multan (Fides Service) - On 1 February with prayers, songs and dancing Catholic children in Multan diocese in northern Pakistan celebrated local Missionary Childhood Day. Children in Catholic schools and parishes lived t ...
• 10 February 2004
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - 130 million women victims of infibulation, one of the many faces of how women are tortured and abused. Every year two million girls risk the same destiny Rome (Fides Service) - “A traditional custom harmful for women and children”: this is how handbook on education issued by the Catholic Church in Ethiopia describes the practice of mutilating the female genitals, or i ...