News
9 March 2006
ASIA/CHINA - Poor country children in Shan Xi province go to school thanks to a group of city Catholics in Beijing
Beijing (Fides Service) - Thanks to a group of city Catholics in Beijing poor country children in Shan Xi province can now go to school.: “We do not have a lot to give, our contribution is small, a drop in the ocean, a ...
9 March 2006
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Asia-Pacific religious leaders unite to stop terrorism and eliminate poverty
Cebu (Fides Service) - Leaders of different religions in the Asia-Pacific region have vowed to work together to help stop terrorism, eliminate poverty and injustice and promote peace and social harmony. The resolution wa ...
9 March 2006
ASIA/INDIA - Ahmedabad diocese starts “Year of the Family” 2006: vocation and mission of the Christian family in the third millennium
Ahmedabad (Fides Service) - To promote reflection on the Christian family, its calling and mission in the third millennium in an era of global culture and major social changes and in view of growing threats to the family ...
9 March 2006
ASIA/EAST TIMOR - East Timor ever poorer: economy and development among the slowest in Asia
Dili (Fides Service) - The youngest nation in Asia East Timor which will celebrate the 4th anniversary of its independence from Indonesia on May 20, lives in a situation of concerning economic under development and pover ...
9 March 2006
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Cardinal Etsou asks Catholics to support Kinshasa Catholic Radio and Television project: valuable and powerful means for necessary new evangelisation
Kinshasa (Fides Service)- The Archbishop of Kinshasa, Cardinal Frédéric Etsou has said that the country has urgent need of a Catholic Radio and Television station to face the present crisis in values, growing relativis ...
9 March 2006
AFRICA/GHANA - St. Joseph Knowledge Centre Jirapa for development in Sahalian territory
Rome (Fides) - Jirapa is a town in Upper West Region of Ghana near the border with Burkina Faso. In 1929 the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary built an orphanage here. The orphanage still exists but in terrible conditions. ...
9 March 2006
ASIA/INDIA - By 2020 India could be the world capital for HIV/AIDS. Catholic assistance for HIV/AIDS patients in Godavari
Andhra Pradesh (Fides Service) - By 2020 India could be the world capital for HIV/AIDS. Since 1987 the country has registered 4.5 million cases of infection.
It emerged from a recent Indian government survey that high ...
8 March 2006
AMERICA/COSTA RICA - 5th ordinary assembly of Latin America catechesis experts: Latin America Society of Catechists marks 10th anniversary
San José (Fides Service) - Members of the Latin America Society of Catechists from eleven different countries recently gathered at Casa San Benito, inSanta Barbara Heredia, Costa Rica, for the Society’s 5th ordinary ...
8 March 2006
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Flood emergency: Caritas Bolivia assists thousands of homeless
La Paz (Fides Service) - At least 25,000 families have been affected by serious floods in nine different regions of Bolivia. The worst hit areas are the eastern regions of Potosí and La Paz, where respectively 6,018 and ...
8 March 2006
AMERICA/PERU - 1st national Missionary Youth Meeting examines present situation of Missionary Youth in Peru and formulates a series of proposals
Lima (Fides Service) - “Jesus calls us to remain with Him and to announce Him to others” was the slogan of the 1st national Missionary Youth Meeting organised jointly by the Pontifical Mission Societies PMS and the n ...
8 March 2006
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Annual Catechists Meeting in Buenos Aires looks towards CELAM 5: deepen communion in Christ and live catechist vocation more fully
La Pampa (Fides Service ) - Disciples of Jesus and brothers and sisters for all people” is the slogan of the annual Meeting for the Catechists of the archdiocese of Buenos Aires. The meeting will be on Saturday 11 Marc ...
8 March 2006
OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - A radio produced by young people for young people: Radio Bosco marks 1st anniversary
Honiara (Fides Service) - Young people love Radio Bosco a Catholic radio station launched a year ago by the Salesian Fathers in Solomon Islands. The Radio started broadcasting on 27 February 2005 offering a competent and ...
8 March 2006
ASIA/CHINA - “Today our thoughts go our mothers and sisters and first of all to the most perfect of women, Mary, our heavenly Mother”, says a priest in Beijing
Beijing (Fides Service) - To mark March 8 international Women’s Day special prayers were said in many churches in Bejing: “Today our thoughts go to our mothers and sisters and first of all to the most perfect of wome ...
8 March 2006
EUROPE/ITALY - 4th Day for European University Students, meeting with Pope Benedict XVI: “May the Gospel open new ways for cooperation among the peoples of Europe and Africa”
Rome (Fides Service) - Speaking after the midday Angelus prayer on Sunday March 5, Pope Benedict XVI mentioned that next Saturday, 11 March, at 5 p.m. in the Paul VI Audience Hall, a Marian Vigil will be held, organised ...
8 March 2006
AFRICA/CHAD - Refugees from Sudan and Central African Republic
N’Djamena (Fides Service) - People continue to cross the insecure border which separates Chad from Sudan: every day between 100 and 125 more Sudanese refugees arrive at Gaga camp in east Chad. The United Nations High C ...
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