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23 April 2005
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “Benedict XVI is a man of humility, a father who knows how to listen and he will be a trusted guide” Cardinal Ricardo Vidal Archbishop of Cebu tells Fides
Vatican (Fides ) - “We are very happy for our new Holy Father. We have a new shepherd and we know he is the right man to lead the Church. We trust he will be our guide on our journey in this world, that he will preserv ...
23 April 2005
EUROPE/SPAIN - “The union of people of the same sex cannot be called marriage. They are acting outside all coherence and common sense" the Dean of the Alfonso VIII International University in Soria told Fides VIII
Soria (Fides Service) - “The law recently approved by parliament is another act of imprudence on the part of the Spanish government” D. Carlos de la Casa, Dean of the Alfonso VIII International University in Sorìa, ...
23 April 2005
EUROPE/SPAIN - “A homosexual union cannot be called marriage : this is a lie, a contradiction, a falsification, and moral perversion”: Archbishop Francisco Pérez González tells Fides
Madrid (Fides Service) - “The term ‘homosexual marriage’ is a contradiction, a perversion" Archbishop Francisco Pérez González military ordinary and national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Spain ...
22 April 2005
AMERICA/ECUADOR - “May the Holy Father Benedict XVI inspire and guide our people in search of its human and Christian face” says Ecuadorian Bishops’ Conference delegate for Health Pastoral
Quito (Fides Service) - Camillian Fr Alberto Redaelli Ecuadorian Bishops’ Conference delegate for Health Pastoral and chairman of the Foundation for Palliative Treatment Hospital opened by the Camillian Fathers, sent t ...
22 April 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - Cursillos of Christianity pray in St Paul’s Basilica for John Paul II and the new Pope Benedict XVI
Rome (Fides Service) - On Saturday 23 April in St Paul’s Basilica some 4.000 members of the Cursillos of Christianity Movement in Italy will hold an all day prayer event, 9am to 5pm, for the repose of the soul of John ...
22 April 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - Italian Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate Maria in Loreto to celebrate 10th anniversary of the canonisation of founder St. Eugene De Mazenod
Loreto (Fides Service) - Italian Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate with laymen and young people who share the same Oblate charisma will be in Loreto for two days, 23 and 24 April to celebrate the 10th anniversary o ...
22 April 2005
ASIA/CHINA - “We send messages to the Pope to tell him that we love him already a lot, China loves him, our people love him and we want him to come to China soon!”
Beijing (Fides Service) - “It’s so exciting”, “I am telling everyone to send messages to Pope Benedict XVI to let him know that China loves him”. “No matter whether he answers or not, I know he must be very ...
22 April 2005
ASIA/MALESIA - In Malaysia every day 20 more people are infected with HIV where already 58,000 are HIV+
Rome (Fides Service) - The Malaysian health ministry has reported that at the beginning of January the number of HIV+ people in the country was 58,000, that every day 20 more people are infected and two people die of AID ...
22 April 2005
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses the college of Cardinals: “the intense emotions experienced are followed by a deep desire for silence and two complementary feelings: an ardent desire of the heart to express gratitude and a sense of human inadequacy in the face of the lofty task awaiting me”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - This morning in the Sala Clementina in the Apostolic Building the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI received in audience all the Cardinal present in Rome. “The intense emotions experienced on ...
22 April 2005
AFRICA/BENIN - Catholics in Benin rejoice for the election of Benedict XVI
Cotonou (Fides Service)- “The election of Benedict XVI was welcomed with great joy here in Benin” a journalist working for “Radio Immaculate Conception” in Cotonou, capital of Benin told Fides.
“As soon as ...
22 April 2005
ASIA/CHINA - Death of Bishop Joseph Shi Hongchen auxiliary of Tianjin,
Tianjin (Fides Service) - The auxiliary Bishop of Tianjin Joseph Shi Hongchen, died on March 3 in Tianjin. The Bishop suffered an ictus in 2001 which left him in a wheel chair but lucid in mind. Joseph Shi Hongchen was b ...
22 April 2005
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - A person in central Bolivia has died of Hanta virus. A few particles of this virus are sufficient to infect thousands of people
Rome (Fides Service) - A patient being treated for Hanta virus at the state hospital in Cochabamba died last week and another patient is in a serious condition.
The patients come from different villages but the same tro ...
22 April 2005
EUROPE/SPAIN - Statement issued by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Spain with regard to marriage between homosexuals: “The State cannot recognise a non existent right except by acting in an arbitrary manner which oversteps its competencies and will cause serious harm to the common good”
Madrid (Fides Service) - Yesterday, 21 April, a Bill to Reform the Civil Code and allow marriage between two persons of the same sex was approved by the lower house of the Spanish parliament with 183 votes in favour and ...
22 April 2005
EUROPE/SPAIN - "The approval of the bill to legalise homosexual marriage is an attack on the family. They are promoting disorder social with serious consequences" the Rector of Marcia University told Fides.
Murcia (Agenzia Fides) - " The approval of the bill to legalise homosexual marriage is an attack on the family " Rev. José Luis Mendoza Pérez, Rector of Murcia Catholic University told Fides. Rev. Mendoza Pérez is al ...
22 April 2005
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “Civilian population caught in cross-fire”: report from the European network of NGOs active in Central Africa on the situation in eastern Congo
Bukavu (Fides Service) - Civilian population caught in cross-fire, subject to extortion and violence by the troops which should protect them. This situation is reported by EurAC the European network of NGOs active in Ce ...
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