News
4 May 2005
VATICAN - At the general Wednesday Audience Pope Benedict XVI continues the series of catechesis on the psalms and canticles prepared by John Paul II: “God emerges as a «custodian» ever awake, attentive and caring, like a «sentinel» who keeps watch over his people”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - “As I said last Wednesday, I have decided to continue the teaching on the Psalms and Canticles prayed at Vespers started by my predecessor John Paul II using the texts prepared by him”, ...
4 May 2005
EUROPE/FRANCE - PMS Assembly - Pauline Jaricot and the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The purpose of the Pontifical Mission Societies is to increase awareness of the Church’s missionary nature and the duty of all Christians to share in her missionary activity. World Missio ...
4 May 2005
EUROPE - Letter to the churches in Europe announcing 3rd European Ecumenical Assembly which will culminate in Rumania in September 2007
Geneva (Fides Service) - The Conference of European Churches (CEC) and the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE) have written a letter to all European Churches and Bishops’ Conferences announcing the 3rd Eu ...
4 May 2005
AFRICA/SOMALIA - “Increase pressure on Somali clans to help interim government exercise effective power” Apostolic of Mogadishu tells Fides commenting yesterday’s bomb blast
Mogadishu (Fides Service)- “There are contrasting reports with regard to yesterday’s explosion at the capital’s sports stadium” Bishop Giorgio Bertin, of Djibouti and Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu told Fid ...
4 May 2005
ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - Malcontent rural workers stage street protests but without provoking disorder or tension
Tashkent (Fides Service) - “The demonstrations of the past few days were minor events, society is calm and the little Catholic community continues its life of faith free of major difficulties” Fr Krzysztof Kukulka Of ...
4 May 2005
AFRICA/TOGO - Expectation for Opposition statement after Faure Gnassingbé Eyadéma is officially declared the winner of presidential elections
Lome (Fides Service)- The country is waiting for an official statement from the Opposition which will announce its intentions after the official proclamation of Faure Gnassingbé Eyadéma as the winner of presidential el ...
4 May 2005
ASIA/INDIA - “Evangelising means building bridges” says Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil
New Delhi (Fides Service ) - “The evangeliser must seek to enter the live of the person to whom he or she wishes to announce Christ and try to build bridges of understanding and friendship. Evangelisation is not a thre ...
4 May 2005
ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Increasing tension on the streets of Dili and some fear protests over education may lead to disorder
Dili (Fides Service) - The government has deployed security forces on streets and around major public buildings, as unrest grows and demonstrators refuse to stop the protest. The battle between the government and the peo ...
4 May 2005
AFRICA/CÔTE D' IVOIRE - West Côte d'Ivoire swings from hope and more tragedies. Testimony from Capuchin Fathers
Abidjan (Fides Service)- “Clashes in the past few days have been serious but also west Côte d'Ivoire will soon return to normality” said Capuchin Fathers in Man, the main town in western part of the country where cl ...
3 May 2005
EUROPE/SPAIN - President of Catholic University of Murcia issues a statement of total rejection of proposed amendments to the Spanish Civil Code which he considers “an unprecedented attack on history and an act of total disregard for marriage”
Murcia (Fides Service) - D. José Luis Mendoza, President Catholic University of Murcia and a consultor of the Pontifical Council for the Family issued a statement rejecting the proposed amendment to Spain’s Civil Code ...
3 May 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - International Association Amici di Raoul Follerau: death of Farhat Rahman, social activist and Referent for programme for community development and Community Base Rehabilitation in Pakistan
Rome (Fides Service) - Winner in 2004 of a civil gold medal Fatimah Jinna was one of the most important personalities for promoting respect for human rights in Pakistan
The AIFO referent for a programme for community d ...
3 May 2005
EUROPE/SPAIN - "Marriage is a natural institution inscribed in the order of creation and prior to all religion ": declaration by Archbishop Gil Hellín
Burgos (Fides Service) - In an article, The Church defender of Man, Archbishop Francisco Gil Hellín of Burgos (Spain) a member of the Spanish Bishops’ Commission for Family and Life reflects on the question of same ...
3 May 2005
AFRICA/TOGO - “Thank you Benedict XVI for calling for peace in Togo”
Lome (Fides Service)- “It is true there is no fighting on the streets but tension is still high and people are still frightened. The army continues to kill people known to oppose the regime” local sources in Togo tol ...
3 May 2005
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - 33 percent of the population in the Philippines does not eat enough food and lives under the poverty line on less than a dollar a day
Rome (Fides Service) - According to an inquiring involving 1,200 people, one third of the population in the Philippines does not eat enough food to live properly. 29% of those interviewed said the main concern is to find ...
3 May 2005
ASIA/SRI LANKA Post-tsunami efforts to build new homes and resettle the homeless continue, government re-launches tourism as a channel of solidarity
Colombo (Fides Service) - Post-tsunami return to normality in Sri Lanka proceeds with difficulty despite efforts by civic authorities, NGOs as well as local religious community aid agencies,.
The final toll for the Dec ...
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