News

• 8 October 2003
  ASIA/NEPAL - LORETO SISTERS THREATENED, MISSION TORCHED BY REBELS Kathmandu (Fides Service) – Despite a situation of fear and tension the Catholic community in Nepal continues its work of evangelisation, human promotion and education. In the small mountain kingdom there are about 6,0 ...
• 8 October 2003
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “THE POPE’S CONCERN FOR ALL THE CHURCHES IN THESE 25 YEARS OF HIS PONTIFICATE HAS BEEN A SPECIAL GIFT OF GOD FOR WHICH WE WISH AND WE MUST GIVE THANKS” STATEMENT TO MARK 25 YEARS OF PONTIFICATE ISSUED BY STANDING COMMITTEE OF SPANISH BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE Madrid (Fides Service) – “His concern for all the Churches in these twenty five years of pontificate is undoubtedly a special gift from God for which we can and we must give thanks” the Standing Committee of the Sp ...
• 8 October 2003
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - CHILD PROSTITUTES, CHILD SOLDIERS, SEX TOURISM ARE NEW FORMS OF SLAVERY AND EXPLOITATION IN AFRICA SAYS ARCHBISHOP MONSENGWO PASINYA PRESIDENT OF SCEAM/SECAM Dakar (Fides Service) – “The emotion at this African shrine of black suffering (John Paul II) is strong and intense for us Christians and it is an expression of the special presence of the Holy Spirit, the first prot ...
• 8 October 2003
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATION HAS PROMISED TO REMOVE ALL WEAPONS FROM MONROVIA IN 72 HOURS, BUT THE ARMS WILL ONLY BE HIDDEN SOME FEAR Monrovia (Fides Service) - The United Nations Organisation has promised to collect all the weapons from the hands of civilians in Monrovia, capital of Liberia. “The UN leaders promised to make Monrovia a weapon free c ...
• 7 October 2003
  ASIA/HONGKONG - PUBLIC ROSARY PRAYER AT THE HEART OF MISSION SUNDAY CELEBRATIONS IN HONG KONG: 20,000 EXPECTED Rome (Fides Service) – On Sunday 19 October Hong Kong diocese will mark Catholic World Mission Day 2003 with a major event of prayer and evangelisation in the city sports centre. The occasion will also mark the start ...
• 7 October 2003
  VATICAN - CHURCH’S SOCIAL TEACHING AND GLOBALISATION CLOSELY CONNECTED: SECRETARY OF JUSTICE AND PEACE COUNCIL GIVE PROLUSION TO OPEN ACADEMIC YEAR OF THE PONTIFICAL SALESIAN UNIVERSITY Vatican City (Fides Service) – There is close connection between the epochal challenges of globalisation and the Church’s social teaching. In fact the Social Doctrine of the Church, rooted in the message of the Gospe ...
• 7 October 2003
  VATICAN - PONTIFICAL LATERAN UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL MEETING FOR 25TH YEAR OF PONTIFICATE: FIDE ET RATIO ENCYCLICAL, FIVE YEARS ON Vatican City (Fides Service) – Within the framework of celebrations to mark the 25 years of pontificate of Pope John Paul II, the Pontifical Lateran University PLU has organised 9-11 October an international meeting wi ...
• 7 October 2003
  AFRICA - BREAKING THE CHAIN OF COMMUNICATIONS COLONIALISM: AFRICAN SATELLITE NETWORK FOR AFRICA WILL HELP TO RE-DIRECT RESOURCES TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT Rome (Fides Service) – At last Africa will have its own satellite communications system. The 32nd council of administration of RASCOM, Regional African Organisation for Satellite Communications, examined a report on t ...
• 7 October 2003
  “VERONIQUE. DIALOGUE OF THE HISTORY AND THE CARNAL SOUL” BY CHARLES PEGUY Rome (Fides Service) – On Thursday 9 October at 9pm at the Church of St Louis dei Francesi there will be a reading of excerpts from “Veronique. Dialogue of the history and the carnal soul” by Charles Peguy publishe ...
• 7 October 2003
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - ANY MOMENT NEW OUTBREAK OF WAR IN SOUTH EAST CONGO, AN ANALYSIS FOR FIDES: WHY ARE RWANDAN SOLDIERS DEPLOYING, WHY HAS RECRUITMENT OF TROOPS RESUMED HERE AT THE HEART OF THE POOREST AND RICHEST PART OF CENTRAL AFRICA? Kinshasa (Fides Service) –Messages expressing fear of a new outbreak of war in south Kivu in the south east of Democratic Congo continue to arrive at Fides Offices. In a careful analysis sent to Fides Service, local ob ...
• 7 October 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - EXHIBITION ON MOTHER TERESA: A FEW POOR BELONGINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS, LETTERS, WRITINGS REVEAL HER SOUL – AND AFTERWARDS VISITORS ARE INVITED TO STOP A WHILE FOR EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Rome (Fides Service) – Mother Teresa is a personality known and loved all over the world, but few people know about her spirituality: this is why the Postulators of her Beatification Cause have organised an exhibition ...
• 7 October 2003
  VATICAN/ITALY - POPE JOHN PAUL II AT POMPEI: THE ROSARY, RENEWED COMMITMENT FOR NEW EVANGELISATION AND BUILDING PEACE IN THE WORLD Pompei (Fides Service) – “The call of the Rosary rising from Pompei, a crossroads of people of all cultures attracted to the shrine and to the archaeological site, evokes also commitment by Christians, in collaborati ...
• 7 October 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - YOUNG PEOPLE FOR YOUNG MISSION: 30,000 MEMBERS OF JESUS YOUTH INTERNATIONAL FOCUS ON PRAYER AND EVANGELISATION – LOOKING TOWARDS 20TH WORLD YOUTH DAY IN COLOGNE GERMANY 2005 Rome (Fides Service) – To bring Jesus Christ to young people with young talk and young ways is the aim of Jesus Youth International a Catholic charismatic movement started in Kerala, India. The movement is growing rapi ...
• 7 October 2003
  REPUBLIC OF CAPE VERDE/ FOGO ISLAND - CAPUCHIN FRIARS OPEN SOCIAL-HEALTH CARE CENTRE FOR POOREST OF THE POOR Rome (Fides Service) –Fogo, Island, Cape Verde will soon have a new Centre for Health Care and Social assistance thanks to the Capuchin Friars Foreign Missions Centre, the Missionary Association Solidarity and Developm ...
• 6 October 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - “WITH THE POPE WE WILL PRAY FOR PEACE IN THE WORLD” SAYS ARCHBISHOP SORRENTINO DELEGATE FOR THE MARIAN SHINE OF POMPEI Rome (Fides Service) – The community of Pompei is waiting with fervid expectation for the arrival of his Holiness, while spiritual and material preparation continues” Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino tells Fides Servic ...