News

• 24 March 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - The Pope creates new diocese of Jashpur and appoints first Bishop of Jashpur and new Bishop of Raighar Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, on 23 March 2006, created the diocese of Jashpur (India) with territory taken from the diocese of Raigarh making it suffragan of the Metropolitan archdio ...
• 24 March 2006
  AFRICA/EGYPT - Successful Comboni school in ‘refuse collectors’ district of Cairo attracts other similar initiatives Cairo (Fides Service)- A school opened by Comboni Fr. Luciano Verdoscia for children in the Mansheya ‘refuse collectors’ district of Cairo is giving rise to other similar projects. The district of the ‘refuse colle ...
• 24 March 2006
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Voice of the Catholic Church Association Taiwan holds first meeting of the year Taipei (Fides Service) - During Mass at Holy Family parish church in Taipei on the occasion of its first meeting this year the members of the Voice of the Catholic Church Association Taiwan prayed the Lord would bless th ...
• 24 March 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI presides first Consistory for 15 new Cardinals Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI presided this morning 24 March 2006 in St Peter’s Square his first Ordinary Public Consistory for the creation of fifteen new Cardinals. The first of ...
• 24 March 2006
  AFRICA/KENYA - American nun teaches sign language to children and adults with hearing and speech deficiencies in Mombasa Nairobi (Fides Service) - Maryknoll missionary Sister Caroline Stanfill from Richmond USA, teaches sign language to children and adults with hearing and speech deficiencies in a parish in the archdiocese of Mombasa, in K ...
• 24 March 2006
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - EU military mission for general elections on June 18 Kinshasa (Fides Service)- The European Union has approved the deployment of a small military contingent in Democratic Congo on the occasion of general elections in June this year. A group of 450 men will guarantee secu ...
• 24 March 2006
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - First woman to head government: Ms Han Myung Sook appointed Premier Seoul (Fides Service) - The president of South Korea Roh Moo Hyun has appointed Premier 62 year old Mrs Han Myung Sook, former minister for equal opportunities. Now parliament will be called to give her a vote of confide ...
• 24 March 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Children must be protected from “Internet Ogres” making web use safe and non violent Canberra (Fides Service) - Yes to new technology, but the use and immense cultural opportunities offered by the Internet must go hand in hand with protection of minors to save them from becoming victims of the web. This ...
• 24 March 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Present day society: the battle between culture of life and culture of death Sante Fe della Vera Cruz (Fides Service) - On the occasion of the Day of the Unborn Child in Latin America celebrated on March 25 the feast of the Annunciation, the Cursillos de Cristiandad movement in Argentina issued a ...
• 24 March 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Life of Jesus Musical video in Bengali Calcutta (Fides Service) - Jesus speaks Bengali and the Gospel message comes through music in a brand new video Musical in Bengali on the Life of Jesus being produced with the help of various supporters and benefactors i ...
• 24 March 2006
  ASIA/INDONESIA - S. Egidio Community appeal to save the lives of Fabianus, Domingus and Marinus, three local Catholics facing execution Poso (Fides Service) - The Rome based S. Egidio Community has launched an appeal for the lives of three Indonesian Catholics condemned to death: “Your excellency I am deeply concerned for the death sentence given by th ...
• 24 March 2006
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Plan to meet food emergency in an area neglected by public structures and other food aid services focuses on children and schools Rome (Fides Service) - Malawi is one of the country’s in Africa most at risk for famine because of its mono-culture, impoverished soil and progressive diminution of farmers. Malawi is now at the centre of a massive int ...
• 23 March 2006
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Pro-Life Week: “entrusted to us from the beginning: life starts before birth” Berlin (Fides Service) - “Entrusted to us from the beginning: life starts before birth”. This is the theme of a Pro-Life Week to be held in Germany from 29 April to 6 May. The initiative organised by the German Bisho ...
• 23 March 2006
  ASIA - Eucharist: theme of 9th Plenary Assembly of the Federation Asian Bishops’ Conferences Bangkok (Fides Service) - The Eucharist will be the main focus of the 9th plenary assembly of the Federation of the Asian Bishops’ Conference FABC in 2008. The Bishops’ chose the theme to follow up reflection propo ...
• 23 March 2006
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Lay Catholic Association issues new pastoral programme Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Spreading the Gospel, formation for the laity, contact with Basic Ecclesial Communities, social services, attention for the Church on the mainland are the principal points of a new programme f ...