News

• 17 July 2003
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - TOWARDS AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS CAM 2 – CREATING GREATER MISSION AWARENESS IS ONE OF THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF PMS IN UNITED STATES New York (Fides Service) – The Church in the United States, which will take part in the American Mission Congress in November in Guatemala, is defining the composition of the delegation which will attend CAM 2, Father ...
• 17 July 2003
  AMERICA/CHILE - TOWARDS CAM 2 AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS – YOUNG CHILEANS ATTEND MISSIONARY FORMATION SCHOOL Talagante (Fides Service) – For three consecutive years Melipilla diocese in Chile has organised a successful School in Missionary Formation for young people which intends to offer above all missionary, spiritual and h ...
• 17 July 2003
  AFRICA/UGANDA - 21st GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF CATHOLIC UNIVERSITIES: NEW TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN PROGRESS. COMMITMENT AND RESPONSIBILITY Rome (Fides Service) – Every three years the International Federation of Catholic Universities IFCU, which has about 200 member universities in various parts of the world, holds a general Assembly. This year the meetin ...
• 17 July 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - DISADVANTAGED YOUTH DISCOVER ARTISTIC TALENTS IN ART, CULTURE, LITERATURE THANKS TO SUMMER COMMUNICATIONS COURSE OFFERED BY JHABUA DIOCESE New Delhi (Fides Service) – The Church in India is multiplying initiatives for the growth and development of its activity in the field of communications, adopted as a pastoral priority for the new millennium. After the ...
• 17 July 2003
  AFRICA/SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE - SITUATION UNCERTAIN FOLLOWING COUP: IS OIL THE TARGET? Sao Tome (Fides Service) – There is confusion in Sao Tome and Principe, the small island nation in the Gulf of Guinea, after the army staged a coup during the night of 15 July. The rebel military led by the head of the ...
• 17 July 2003
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - ARCHBISHOP OF KUALA LUMPUR TO FIDES SERVICE: CHURCH UNITY AND DIALOGUE WITH MUSLIMS FOR AUTHENTIC LIVING WITNESS OF FAITH Kuala Lumpur (Fides Service) – “All our pastoral efforts focus on unity. We are working to render the Church in Malaysia a communion of communities, reflecting and putting into practice the spirituality of communion� ...
• 16 July 2003
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “BETWEEN WAR AND PEACE: RELIGIONS AND CULTURES MEET” IN THE HEART OF EUROPE INTERNATIONAL DIALOGUE MEETING PROMOTED BY S. EGIDIO COMMUNITY Rome (Fides Service) – The 17th International Meeting of Peoples and Religions sponsored by the Rome based S. Egidio Community will be held in the heart of Europe and it will focus on the new Europe. The Meeting which ...
• 16 July 2003
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - TOWARDS AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS (CAM 2) – A HOST OF INITIATIVES INVOLVING THE CHURCH AT ALL LEVELS AS THE GREAT EVENT DRAWS NEAR AND ENROLMENT CONTINUES Guatemala City (Fides Service ) – “As the American Mission Congress (CAM 2) draw near initiatives are multiplied and preparations enter final stages” Bishop Gerardo Flore Reyes, emeritus of Verapaz (Guatemala) tell ...
• 16 July 2003
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - TRUCE IN BUJUMBURA AFTER DAYS OF SHELLING, BUT FOR HOW LONG? CONCERN OVER DESPERATE CONDITIONS OF THOUSANDS OF DISPLACED PERSONS Bujumbura (Fides Service) – Calm has returned to Bujumbura capital of Burundi after the artillery attack on Tuesday 15 July targeting mainly the district of Gihosha. “There are only sporadic shootings in outlying are ...
• 16 July 2003
  EUROPE/FRANCE - NELSON MANDELA WARNS: WHERE AIDS IS WORSE, TREATMENT DOES NOT ARRIVE. 95% OF AIDS VICTIMS DIE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Rome (Fides Service) – Former South African president Nelson Mandela in Paris to attend the International AIDS Conference organised by the International AIDS Society from 13-16 July has called on rich countries to faci ...
• 16 July 2003
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - DECADE OF WAR - BACKGROUND Bujumbura (Fides Service ) – Civil war in Burundi exploded in 1993. The conflict involves the mainly Tutsi army and the mainly Hutu guerrilla a tribe which is the majority in the country. The root of the conflict is m ...
• 16 July 2003
  ASIA/VIETNAM - KONTUM – BISHOP . PIERRE TRAN TRANH CHUNG RESIGNS, REV. MICHEL HOANG DUC OANH APPOINTED Vatican City ( Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has (16 July 2003) accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Kontum in Vietnam presented by Bishop. Pierre Tran Tranh Chun ...
• 16 July 2003
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - FAMILY HAS MAJOR ROLE IN NEW EVANGELISATION: SYMPOSIUM ON PASTORAL CARE FOR FAMILIES Seoul (Fides Service) – “The future of the family is the future of the Church” was the theme of a symposium held last week at the auditorium adjoining Myongdong Catholic Cathedral in Seoul. The symposium was organi ...
• 16 July 2003
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - CARITAS HONG KONG RENEWS COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE FOOD, HEALTH AND FARMING ASSISTANCE TO IMPOVERISHED NORTH KOREA Hong Kong (Fides Service) – Caritas Hong Kong intends to continue helping North Korea and working to promote peace and reconciliation in the Korean peninsula. The was said in a statement issued by the recent General Me ...
• 16 July 2003
  ASIA/CHINA/HONG KONG - FROM HONG KONG TO AFRICA: FIRST DIOCESAN PRIEST GOES ON MISSION Hong Kong (Fides Service) – “We are delighted. This is a sign of the maturity of our local Church. Concern for the young Churches of Africa is a sign of growth: when a church is missionary it means that it is dynamic ...