News

• 10 July 2003
  ASIA/KOREA - KWANGJU ARCHDIOCESE, REV. HYGINUS KIM HEE-JONG APPOINTED AUXILIARY Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has, (24 June 2003) appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Kwangju (Korea) Reverend Father Hyginus Hee-jong parish priest at Kumba Dong, assig ...
• 10 July 2003
  AFRICA/MALAWI - MALAWI’S FIRST CONVENT OF CLOISTERED NUNS: INCESSANT PRAYER TO COMFORT ONE OF WORLD’S HUNGRIEST AND POOREST COUNTRIES Zomba (Fides Service) – Malawi will soon have its first Convent of enclosed nuns, Discalced Carmelites. The official inauguration of a Carmelite church and convent at Zomba will take place on 15 October, feast of Saint ...
• 10 July 2003
  AFRICA/KENYA - IN NAIROBI A HISTORY MAKING MEETING TO SET UP A CONTINENTAL CONFERENCE OF RELIGIOUS MEN AND WOMEN IN AFRICA Nairobi (Fides Service) – “Africa may soon have an All-Africa association of all Religious men and women”. This was affirmed by Consolata missionary Father Vincenzo Salemi, co-ordinator of a Meeting for Religious M ...
• 10 July 2003
  EUROPE/POLAND - ANNUAL MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN VOCATIONS SERVICE: VOCATIONS PASTORAL, ORDINARY PASTORAL AND NEW EVANGELISATION Warsaw (Fides Service) –“The integration of the New Vocations Ministry into the broader structures of pastoral life” was the theme of the Annual Meeting of the European Vocations Service (EVS) held in Warsaw 2-6 Ju ...
• 10 July 2003
  ASIA/IRAQ - CHALDEANS WANT TO PLAY THEIR PART TO PROMOTE DEMOCRATIC, CIVIL AND MORAL GROWTH OF NEW IRAQ Baghdad (Fides Service) – After years of exclusion and absence from public life Chaldeans in Iraq want to take part in the political activity of their country. Following the news that Iraq will soon have a Leadership C ...
• 10 July 2003
  AFRICA/ETHOPIA - “THESE PEOPLE NEED SOMEONE TO TAKE THEIR SIDE”: DESPERATE APPEAL FROM SALESIAN SISTERS IN ZWAY Zway (Fides Service) – For the people of Zway it is normal to see their children die. In this year of hunger, the only thing that is different is the number of those who die: it is higher. We found one father who had l ...
• 10 July 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - SISTER JOURNALISTS TRAIN MEDIA WORKERS IN ELECTRONIC JOURNALISM New Delhi (Fides Service) – Sister journalists teach communications to young people. The Notre Dame Communications Centre in Patna, Bihar State, run by the Saint Peter Claver Notre Dame Sisters is offering a new course ...
• 9 July 2003
  VATICAN - POPE TELLS MISSIONARY PRIESTS OF THE REGALITY OF CHRIST: “MAY YOUR DESIRE TO EVANGELISE LEAD YOU TO AN APOSTOLATE WHICH KNOWS NO FRONTIERS” Vatican City (Fides Service) – “I am happy to welcome you to this special audience on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the foundation of your Secular Institute…My greeting goes to those present and to all yo ...
• 9 July 2003
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - “ONLY CHANGED HEARTS CAN BRING PEACE AND SECURITY TO THE HOLY LAND” INTERVIEW WITH FATHER DAVID JAEGER OFM, FRANCISCAN CUSTODY SPOKESMAN Jerusalem (Fides Service) – There is an atmosphere of new hope and optimism in the Holy Land since a cease fire was agreed in the Israel-Palestine war. In this critical stage which could open the way to a resuming of p ...
• 9 July 2003
  EUROPE/GERMANY - AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED IN 2002: 71.6 MILLION EURO FOR 6,200 PROJECTS IN 127 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES TO REBUILD CHURCHES, SUPPORT CATHOLIC CLERGY AND CATHOLIC MEDIA Konigstein (Fides Service) – Offerings to Aid to the Church in Need increased in the past five years. In 2002 the Catholic aid agency, founded by the late Father Werenfried van Straaten collected 71.6 million Euro whic ...
• 9 July 2003
  EUROPE/HUNGARY - FINAL STATEMENT FROM CONGRESS ON THE PASTORAL CARE OF GYPSIES: FOCUS ON EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND FAMILY HARNESSING ALSO RADIO AND THE INTERNET Budapest (Fides Service) – “It is necessary to show more understanding and solidarity to gypsy peoples, putting aside any egoistic temptation of diffidence and indifference”: this is a passage from Pope John Paul I ...
• 9 July 2003
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT OFFERS HOPE FOR AFRICA SAYS FATHER RICHARD MENATSI SECRETARY GENERAL OF SOUTHERN AFRICAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE Maputo (Fides Service) – “I think that the AU meeting in Maputo which starts on July 10 will begin to map out a way of bringing about greater unity and solidarity between the 53 member countries from the continent o ...
• 9 July 2003
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - WILL TAYLOR RELINQUISH POWER? UNCERTAINTY REIGNS IN LIBERIA; LOCAL AND MISSIONARY CHURCH PERSONNEL SUSTAIN POPULATION Monrovia (Fides Service) – The news that President Taylor may accept Nigeria’s offer of asylum leaves many incredulous” a missionary in Monrovia tells Fides Service. “But there are signs that the President really ...
• 9 July 2003
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - CHURCH FOCUSES ON PASTORAL CARE FOR POLICEMEN: MORE THAN 200 OFFICERS RECEIVE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION Seoul (Fides Service) – To be a professed Christian but with a job which often requires the use of arms is the spiritual challenge lived daily by members of police and security forces all over the world. In Korea, in 2 ...
• 9 July 2003
  ASIA/NEPAL - FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT BY NEW NUNCIO ARCHBISHOP PEDRO LOPEZ QUINTANA: THE GOSPEL WILL TAKE ROOT ONLY IF IT HAS A PROFITABLE MEETING WITH CULTURES AND TRADITIONS OF THE PEOPLE AMONG WHOM IT IS PROCLAIMED Kathmandu (Fides Service) – To see the country, meet the people and the authorities and encourage church personnel Archbishop Pedro Lopez Quintana, newly appointed Papal Nuncio to India and Nepal made a first official ...