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9 May 2005
EUROPE/FRANCE - PMS Assembly - The Saintly Cure d’Ars and Pauline Jaricot: two models for Mission
Lyon (Fides Service) - On Sunday 8 May the participants at the general annual assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies, taking place in Lyon, made a pilgrimage to Ars, not far from Lyon, where Saint Jean Marie Vianne ...
9 May 2005
ASIA/INDONESIA - In Aceh severely affected by the December tsunami International Organisation for Migration opens first clinic
Aceh (Fides Service) - A small seed of hope has been planted in Aceh, still suffering the consequences of the tsunami last December. The International Organisation for Migration has opened a small clinic here, the first ...
9 May 2005
OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - School Games 2005: authentic sport key factor for education to values and integral development of the person
Honiara (Fides) - Sport is a valuable means of educating young people to values and can also be a carrier of the Christian message, the Catholic Bishops of Solomon Island said at the School Games 2005 organised by the Do ...
9 May 2005
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “Encourage in all Christian communities commitment to proclaiming and spreading the Good News of the Gospel at every latitude of the globe”: Pope Benedict XVI tells participants at National Mission Congress
Quetzaltenango (Fides Service) - On the occasion of the 2nd National Mission Congress in Guatemala held in Quetzaltenango 6 -8 May, Pope Benedict XVI sent a message to the thousands who took part expressing his affection ...
9 May 2005
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Church in Congo mourns Fr. René de Haes killed in a robbery
Kinshasa (Fides Service)- “Lord forgive them for they know not what they do” said the Jesuit provincial Fr. Bafuidinsoni Maloko-Mana when he heard the news that his Belgian confrere Fr. René de Haes SJ had been kil ...
9 May 2005
AFRICA/CÔTE D' IVOIRE - On the one hand there are the interests of extortionists, on the other “no programme” for real development. Peace has stalled” a local mission told Fides
Abidjan (Fides Service)- “Hope is last to die but it is sorely tried” a missionary told Fides commenting the failed agreement over the Disarmament, Demobilisation and Rehabilitation process in the country.
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9 May 2005
ASIA/SRI LANKA - “Benedict XVI is a man of humility who knows how to listen and he is a very holy man” said Archbishop of Kandy who addressed the Pope on behalf of the Bishops of Sri Lanka
Vatican City (Fides Service) - “It was a most touching encounter, not in the least formal. What struck us most about Pope Benedict XVI was his simplicity and his readiness to listen” Archbishop Vianney Fernando of Ka ...
9 May 2005
ASIA/THAILAND - More than 800,000 victims of human trafficking every year, new world wide scourge
Bangkok (Fides Service) - Human trafficking is a global scourge which calls for international efforts to put an end to this new slavery. Human trafficking is an emerging question in the field of protecting human rights ...
7 May 2005
EUROPE/FRANCE - PMS Assembly - Updated Statutes of the Pontifical Mission Societies signed in Lyon
Lyon (Fides Service) - On Friday 6 May near Lyon in France Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples presided a solemn concelebration of Mass to open the work of the annual ge ...
7 May 2005
EUROPE/FRANCE - PMS Assembly - General Annual Assembly opens: every Particular Church and every member of the Church should participate not only by right but also in effect in the Church’s missionary work.
Lyon (Fides Service) - The work of the annual general assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies opened with a concelebration of Mass on May 6 presided by Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the ...
7 May 2005
EUROPE/SPAIN - Same sex ‘marriage’: Spanish Bishops reflect on ‘conscientious objection’: “To oppose dispositions which are immoral and contrary to reason, does not mean going against anyone, but standing for the truth and the good of every human person”
Madrid (Fides Service) - “It is our duty to speak out clearly at this moment when Spain is about to retrograde on the path of civilisation with an unprecedented law which would seriously harm the fundamental rights of ...
7 May 2005
ASIA/INDIA - Catholic priest vicar general of Patna diocese dies of stab wounds after weeks of suffering
Patna (Fides Service) - Fr Matthew Uzhuthal vicar general of Patna diocese stabbed on 11 April at his parish offices died on May 1. The new reached Fides only today. The priest was attacked by a young man who demanded m ...
7 May 2005
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - National Director takes copy of Aboriginal Madonna to Pontifical Mission Societies Assembly in France
Sydney (Fides Service) - A painting of the Virgin Mary and Child Jesus as Australian indigenous people has been taken to France for the annual meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) directors by National PMS D ...
7 May 2005
ASIA/BANGLADESH - Re-structured church blessed in Chittagong diocese
Dacca (Fides Service) - Catholics in Chittagong diocese now celebrate the Sacraments in a newly renovated church blessed a few weeks ago at the beginning of April by papal Nuncio in Bangladesh Archbishop Paul Tshang In-N ...
7 May 2005
AFRICA/KENYA - Floods in north east Kenya affect 25,000 refugees from Somalia
Nairobi (Fides Service)- The United Nations High Commission for Refugees and partner agencies are working to repair heavy damage caused by torrential rains and devastating floods which hit refugee camps in Dadaab in nor ...
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