News

• 17 September 2003
  AMERICA/PERU - TOWARDS AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS CAM 2 – MISSION CANNOT BEAR FRUIT WITHOUT SOUND MISSIONARY SPIRITUALITY: A PRIORITY EMERGING FROM FIRST NATIONAL MISSION CONGRESS IN PERU Chiclayo (Fides Service) – The spiritual dimension is a priority in the work of evangelisation because “mission cannot bear fruit unless it is based on convinced and sound missionary spirituality…. Those who evange ...
• 17 September 2003
  ASIA/INDONESIA - REMOVE PREJUDICE AND STEREOTYPES TO BUILD PEACE AND RECONCILIATION IN INDONESIA AND EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD: CHRISTIAN, MUSLIM AND BUDDHIST YOUTH EXCHANGE EXPERIENCES Padang (Fides Service) – The situation is not only one of violence and conflict in the tormented island of Sumatra where the army is waging a vast campaign to suppress separatists, there are also experiences of dialogu ...
• 17 September 2003
  ASIA/IRAQ - BISHOP SHELMON WARDUNI OF THE PATRIARCHATE OF BAGHDAD TELLS FIDES: "WE ASK ONLY FOR RESPECT FOR OUR RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND ETHNIC RIGHTS” - A NEW DOOR IS OPEN FOR DIALOGUE WITH MUSLIMS Baghdad (Fides Service) – In the new post-war Iraq all the different political parties and ethnic and religious groups are anxious to play a part in the rebuilding of the new nation. Chaldean Catholics, 80% of the enti ...
• 16 September 2003
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - PEACE TALKS COLLAPSE, WIDESPREAD BANDITRY STRIKES ALSO LOCAL CHURCH LAST OASIS OF ASSISTANCE FOR SUFFERING CIVILIANS Bujumbura (Fides Service) – “This is serious and could cause a new outbreak of civil war” a local source in Bujumbura, capital of Burundi, tells Fides Service after the collapse of peace talks between the Burundian ...
• 16 September 2003
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - NEW ARCHBISHOP OF MANILA GAUDENCIO ROSALES: “AT THIS DIFFICULT TIME I WILL WORK FOR CONTINUITY: GRATITUDE TO OUTGOING ARCHBISHOP CARDINAL SIN Vatican City (Fides Service) – “I am uneasy. I feel like Saint Joseph after he had the vision of angel telling him not to worry, when Mary was expecting Jesus, or troubled like the Blessed Mother after the annunciati ...
• 16 September 2003
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “THE CHURCH IS NOT AN NGO: IT IS GOOD TO WORK FOR SOLIDARITY, BROTHERHOOD BUT MORE IMPORTANT IS MISSION, THE PROCLAMATION OF CHRIST” BISHOP FRANCISCO PÉREZ GONZÁLEZ, SAYS ON THE EVE OF THE NATIONAL MISSION CONGRESS Burgos (Fides Service) – “The command given by Jesus ‘go into the whole world an teach the Gospel’ is the most important and we must all be aware that this is a task for all Christians. An experience, which is no ...
• 16 September 2003
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - AFTER SUNDAY’S COUP BISHOP OF BISSAU APPOINTED HEAD OF NATIONAL TRANSITION COUNCIL: COMMENT FROM BISHOP’S HOUSE Bissau (Fides Service) – “This is definitely recognition of the Church’s role in the past and in the present for peace in this country”, personnel at the Bishop’s Residence in Bissau say with regard to the appo ...
• 16 September 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - PRESIDENT OF AVSI ARTURO ALBERTI: EVERY MAN ON THIS EARTH ASPIRES TO HAPPINESS EVEN IN THE MOST DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH HE FINDS HIMSELF – THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE WORKING FOR THE FUTURE OF THE SOUTH OF THE WORLD WHILE INSTITUTIONS ARE STILL INDIFFERENT Milan (Fides Service) – “No condition of poverty can suffocate the longing for happiness which characterises the human heart. The thousands of people who seek refuge every evening in hospitals in northern Uganda (Gul ...
• 16 September 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - CATHOLIC CHARISMATIC RENEWAL LEADERS TO DISCUSS PRESENT SITUATION AND IDENTIFY CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE Rome (Fides Service) - Leaders of Catholic Charismatic Renewal from all five of the world's continents will meet in Castel Gandolfo (Rome) at the Maripoli Centre for a Consultation on the present situation and to identif ...
• 16 September 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - CATHOLIC TELEVISION COMPANIES IN EUROPE: A SYMPOSIUM TO VERIFY NATIONAL EXPERIENCES AND DISCUSS CO-PRODUCTION Rome (Fides Service) – “"Catholic initiatives in television throughout Europe: current reality and the future outlook" is the title of the seminar to be held in Rome on 18th September 2003. The Catholic Church's rela ...
• 16 September 2003
  ASIA/IRAQ - CHALDEAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS CALL FOR RECOGNITION AND REPRESENTATION IN THE BUILDING OF NEW DEMOCRATIC IRAQ Baghdad (Fides Service) – The Chaldean Bishops of Iraq sent a declaration on “the role of Chaldeans in the new Iraq” to the Civil Administrator of Iraq Mr Paul Bremer. In their statement signed by 19 Chaldean Bish ...
• 16 September 2003
  ASIA/INDONESIA - BISHOP MANDAGI OF AMBOINA SAYS THE MOLUCCAS ARE STARTING A NEW LIFE, STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED CLOSED ANOTHER STEP TAKEN TOWARDS LASTING PEACE Ambon (Fides Service) – “The Moluccas are starting a new life. There is a new atmosphere of confidence and hope. People realise that no good can come of conflict and violence. I am confident that a lasting peace agre ...
• 16 September 2003
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - FOLLOWING TYPHOON MAEMI CARITAS KOREA STARTS SOLIDARITY CHAIN - NEXT SUNDAY SPECIAL COLLECTION FOR DISASTER VICTIMS Seoul (Fides Service) – A chain of solidarity was set up by Caritas Korea as an immediate response to help victims of typhoon Maemi which struck the south and east of the peninsula a few days ago. Alex Lee, head of t ...
• 15 September 2003
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - COUP IN GUINEA-BISSAU: MILITARY PROMISE FREE ELECTIONS IMMEDIATELY Bissau (Fides Service) – There is relative calm in Guinea-Bissau after the army led coup on Sunday 14 September. The rebels arrested President Kimba Yalla and took control of strategic points, first of all national rad ...
• 15 September 2003
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - NEW SALESIAN MISSIONARY ARRIVES IN PNG FROM INDIA TO HELP LOCAL CHURCH WITH EVANGELISATION AND EDUCATION Port Moresby (Fides Service) – Indian Salesian Father Clifford Morais has arrived in Port Moresby to give a hand with teaching and youth pastoral. He will work at the Don Bosco Technical School in Port Moresby, as well ...