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12 September 2005
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Alarm for massive return of Congolese refugees from Tanzania and Zambia. Caritas Uvira offers help
Uvira (Fides Service )- A return en masse of refugees from Tanzania and Zambia to Uvira in eastern Democratic Congo is causing serious problems. Local Caritas said the people started arriving in July. Transit centres in ...
12 September 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - TB still not defeated: every year 3 million die. Rising number of cases in Italy, also among minors
Rome (Fides Service) - According to the World Health Organisation the most widespread disease in the world is tuberculosis. Every year 8 million new cases and 3 million deaths are registered. TB is the main cause of deat ...
12 September 2005
ASIA/INDONESIA - “Local Church works to defeat terrorism in the Moluccas”, says Fr Carl Bohm in Amboina diocese
Ambon (Fides Service) - “Catholics in Moluccas are committed to promoting harmony and reconciliation and making sure terrorism is defeated”, Fr Carl Bohm, in Amboina diocese told Fides.
“Life in Ambon - said Fr. ...
12 September 2005
EUROPE/BELGIUM - Pro-family demonstration in Brussels: “Different cultures, faiths and political tendencies united to defend a common value: the family. Family Movements ever more international”
Brussels (Fides Service) - “To speak of the family is to speak of life, handing on of values, stability, future” said Lola Velarde vice president of the Euroepan network of the Institute for Family Policy (IPF) which ...
12 September 2005
AFRICA/NIGER - At least 3 million people in Niger still suffering from serious food shortage. Local Catholic community and Caritas in front line to provide aid and rebuild farming system
Niamey (Fides Service)- In Niger 2.7 million people are in danger of dying of hunger in an ongoing serious food crisis due to prolonged drought. In a detailed report Caritas Niger says that despite recent rainfall at lea ...
10 September 2005
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI sends president of Pontifical Council "Cor unum" to New Orleans with a message of solidarity and material aid for hurricane victims
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI has charged Archbishop Paul Josef Cordes president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum with a message of solidarity and material help for the people affect ...
10 September 2005
AFRICA/BURUNDI - New major inter-diocesan Seminary in Buta appointment of Rector
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 22 August 2005 gave his approval for the establishment of the Major Inter-diocesan Seminary of Bu ...
10 September 2005
AFRICA/KENYA - Rehabilitation therapy, support and social re-integration of people with a disability
Rome (Fides Service) - Fifty years ago Medici con l’Africa (CUAMM) (Doctors with Africa) sent its first doctor member on mission to Kenya. CUAMM has since offered assistence to ten different hospitals in various places ...
10 September 2005
AMERICA/ARGENTINA “Starting from our family reality we intend to respond to the Church’s call to obey Christ’s command: go and make disciples of all peoples”: conclusions of 6th National Meeting of Missionary Families
Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - “We want to make the Kingdom of God a reality in our families and to announce it without hesitation to other families with joy and hope”. This statement was part of conclusions issued b ...
10 September 2005
ASIA/CHINA - Lay Catholics fully active in the life of the Church thanks to on-going formation and in-depth study in the faith
Shi Jia Zhuang (Fides Service) - Over 120 lay Catholics actively involved in the life of the Church in the diocese of Shi Jia Zhuang, He Bei province, followed courses of religious formation for laity offered by the loc ...
10 September 2005
ASIA/INDIA - New Catholic College to be opened in Gujarat state
New Delhi (Fides Service) -The local government has granted permission for the opening of a new Catholic College in Gandhinagar in the state of Gujarat, west India. The news was announced by Archbisop Stanislaus Fernand ...
10 September 2005
ASIA/AZERBAIJAN - Small Catholic community comes to life in former Communist country
Baku (Fides Service) - Azerbaijan facing the Caspian Sea to the west in the south-west of Asia a former Soviet Union satellite republic has a population of 6.2 million, 84% Muslim mainly Shiite. The is a community of 350 ...
10 September 2005
ASIA/AZERBAIJAN - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe to bless foundation stone for a church in Baku: after decades of persecution little flock of 150 Catholics takes new hope
Baku (Fides Service) - “The laying of the foundation stone for a Catholic church in Baku, the first in 70 years of suffering, is an important event for the city and the nation: it is a sign that the Catholic Church her ...
10 September 2005
AFRICA/GHANA - Local Catholics organise collections in aid of Hurricane Katrina vcitims in America
Accra (Fides Service)- The Bishops of Ghana have asked Catholics to give generously in aid of people in the United States of America suffering the tragic consequences of Hurricane Katrina.
“The Catholic Bishops’ C ...
10 September 2005
AFRICA/ CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Flood alarm exaggerated, real problem is extreme poverty of most people in this country
Bangui (Fides Service)- “The alarm is somewhat exaggerated although havy rains have caused serious damage” said local sources in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, with regard to appeals from internatio ...
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