News

• 10 December 2003
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - NIVACLE PEOPLE PROUD OF SISTER CLARA: FIRST RELIGIOUS AMONG THE LOCAL INDIAN PEOPLE Asuncion (Fides Service) - Since 1925 the Oblate Missionaries of Immaculate Mary (OMI) have worked among the Nivacle Indian peoples in the Chaco region of Paraguay and since the 1940s also with the Guarani peoples in the ...
• 10 December 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE’S TEACHING AT GENERAL AUDIENCE: “THE LORD IS NEVER INDIFFERENT TO HUMAN VICISSITUDES INDEED HE INTERVENES TO DEMOLISH ARROGANT AND OPPRESSIVE EMPIRES, HE LOWERS THE PROUD WHO CHALLENGE HIM, HE JUDGES THOSE WHO PERPETRATE EVIL” Vatican City (Fides Service ) – On Wednesday 10 December the Pope addressed thousands of visitors gathered in the Paul VI Hall in the Vatican for his usual general audience. He focussed his teaching on the Canticle fro ...
• 10 December 2003
  ASIA/IRAQ - I HOPE IRAQI COURTS WILL NOT TURN INTO TOOLS FOR REVENGE. RELIGIOUS LEADERS SHOULD PROMOTE THE LOGIC OF FORGIVENESS Baghdad (Fides Service)- “Only the logic of forgiveness can free Iraq from the spiral of violence” Father Nizar Semaan of Ninive diocese told Fides with regard to the latest terrorist attacks and bloodshed in Iraq. � ...
• 10 December 2003
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - IN NAZARETH JEWISH, CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM STAFF WORK IN HARMONY AT HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL RUN BY ST JOHN OF GOD HOSPITALLER BROTHERS Rome (Fides Service) – Despite the hostility of former regimes, wars with related military occupation, damage due to earthquakes, the activity of the Catholic Holy Family Hospital in Nazareth run by the St John of God ...
• 10 December 2003
  ASIA/NEPAL - PROGRAMME FOR HEALTH-CARE AND DEVELOPMENT IN VIEW OF PROMOTING ROLE OF WOMEN Rome (Fides Service) – In Nepal the health situation is alarming: more than 60% of the people live in areas where malaria is endemic; tuberculosis affects 4-5% of every 1.000 people and 7.2 out of every 1.000 people a ...
• 9 December 2003
  NATIONAL DELEGATES FOR UNIVERSITY PASTORAL MEET IN ROME (9/11 DECEMBER): EXPERIENCE SHARING AND REFLECTION ON HOW TO IMPROVE CHURCH COMMITMENT ON CAMPUS Vatican City (Fides Service) – National delegates of University Pastoral Care are attending a meeting at the Pontifical Lateran University organised by the Council of the European Bishops’ Conferences CCEE 9-11 Decem ...
• 9 December 2003
  VATICAN - 4th COLLOQUIUM MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN: DIALOGUE “OPEN RESPECTFUL AND FRUITFUL” A PRELUDE TO NEW FORMS OF COLLABORATION Vatican City (Fides Service) – The 4th Muslim-Christian Colloquium was held from 29 November to 2 December 2003 (8 -11 Azar 1382) at the offices of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue in the Vatican, on ...
• 9 December 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE PRAYS AT THE FOOT OF THE STATUE OF IMMACULATE MARY IN PIAZZA DI SPAGNA: “MARY, QUEEN OF PEACE, GIVE US CHRIST, TRUE PEACE OF THE WORLD!” Vatican City (Fides Service) – On December 8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, braving the piercing cold in Rome Pope John Paul II went to Piazza to place his traditional floral tribute (the 26th time) at the ...
• 9 December 2003
  VATICAN - CARDINAL MARTINO, PRESIDENT OF PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE, WILL ADDRESS PERUVIAN PARLIAMENT ON RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND GIVE MAIN TALK AT 7TH NATIONAL CATHOLIC SOCIAL PASTORAL WEEK Vatican City (Fides Service) – The need for all sectors of society to work to promote respect for human rights and democracy will be the central theme of an address which Cardinal Renato R. Martino, president of the Po ...
• 9 December 2003
  AFRICA/MALI – REVEREND AUGUSTIN TRAORE APPOINTED BISHOP OF SEGOU Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has (30 October 2003) appointed Bishop of Segou in Mali, Reverend Father Augustin Traore, until now Rector of the major seminary in Bamako. The Bishop ...
• 9 December 2003
  AFRICA/NIGERIA – ISSELE-UKU DIOCESE: BISHOP EMMANUEL OTTEH RESIGNS, REV. MICHAEL ODOGWU ELUE APPOINTED Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has (14 November 2003) appointed Bishop of Issele-Uku in Nigeria, Reverend Father Michael Odogwu Elue, Dean of Theology at Uhiele major seminary. The ...
• 9 December 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE SAYS AT DECEMBER 8 ANGELUS PRAYER: “FAITH SHOWS US THAT THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF MARY IS A PROMISE OF SALVATION FOR EVERY HUMAN CREATURE PILGRIM ON EARTH. FAITH REMINDS IS THAT MARY IS OUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT IN THE DIFFICULT BATTLE AGAINST SIN AND ITS CONSEQUENCES ” Vatican City (Fides Service) – Addressing from his window the crowds gathered in St Peters Square for the midday Angelus prayer and blessing on December 8th Feast of the Immaculate Conception, a bank holiday in Italy a ...
• 9 December 2003
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - YOUNG GUERRILLAS DEMAND BETTER CONDITIONS TO DISARM: SHOOTING CONTINUES IN SOME PARTS OF MONROVIA Monrovia (Fides Service )-“Difficulties encountered with regard to the disarmament operation are a sign that the process to peace is still long” Father Mauro Armanino SMA Superior Provincial in Monrovia, capital of L ...
• 9 December 2003
  EUROPE/AZERBAIJAN – SPECIAL CHRISTMAS PRESENT FROM CONGREGATION FOR THE EVANGELISATION OF PEOPLES’ CHARITY AUCTION WILL HELP REBUILD CHURCH DESTROYED BY STALIN AND PROVIDE FOR ORPHANS AND HOMELESS PEOPLE Baku (Fides Service) – Catholics in Azerbaijan are a small community, 150 people, but they are deeply committed to fighting poverty and restoring hope among orphaned and abandoned children and homeless people. The Baku ...
• 9 December 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - HOW TO PROTECT THE ASIAN FAMILY: VARIOUS RELIGIONS AND ORGANISATIONS ATTEND STUDY WEEK Chennai (Fides Service ) – How to protect families in Asia from fragmentation and threats such as abortion, divorce, superficial and temporary relationships. This was the objective of a study week promoted by the Servi ...