News
5 April 2005
ASIA/IRAQ - Syrian Catholic Bishop of Baghdad: “In our heart we are with Rome”. Iraqi Premier: “A man who sided with the poor”
Baghdad (Fides Service) - Syrian Catholic Bishop Matti Shaba Matoka of Baghdad gave the following statement to Fides: “Geographically we are at some distance from Rome but in our heart and in our prayers we are close. ...
5 April 2005
ASIA/HONG KONG - Catholic Bishops’ publish obituary tributes for John Paul II, a Shepherd with a deep love for China
Hong Kong (Fides Service) - The Kong Ko Bao bulletin of the Catholic diocese of Hong Kong published obituary tributes for John Paul II written by the Bishop Joseph Zen and Auxiliary Bishop John Tong Hon. Bishop Zen wrote ...
5 April 2005
AMERICA/PERU - Putting Pope John Paul II teaching into practice: Catholic Medical Centre Hogar San Camilo cares for HIV+ children and adults, and promotes solidarity and respect for AIDS patients
Lima (Fides Service) - Hogar San Camilo is an important point of reference point for people with AIDS and their families in Peru. The Centre, opened ten years ago, it has assisted 12,000 people directly and indirectly. I ...
5 April 2005
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Chinese Catholics in Hawaii recite the Rosary to accompany the Pope on his last earthly journey
Hawaii (Fides Service) - Chinese Catholics in Hawaii learned of the Pope’s death as they were reciting the rosary for Pope John Paul II. “To accompany the final lap of his earthly journey we recited the Rosary his fa ...
5 April 2005
EUROPE/FRANCE - Ex-patriot Iraqi Chaldean Catholics on their way to Rome to pay last tribute to Pope John Paul II
Paris (Fides Service) - “We are making the journey to show our love for John Paul II and to render him tribute. We are grateful to the Holy Father for all that he did for the Chaldean Catholic Church and for all Iraqis ...
5 April 2005
AFRICA/TOGO - Togo declares National Mourning for John Paul II: grieving Catholics fill churches
Lome (Fides Service)- “Our whole nation is mourning the passing of John Paul II” Father Carlos Olympio, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Togo told Fides. “Grieving Catholics attend the praye ...
5 April 2005
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Thousands expected to attend Requiem Mass for John Paul II in Bukavu at the same time as the Funeral Mass in Rome
Bukavu (Fides Service)- “We have organised a death watch for the Pope” said Xaverian Father Luigi Lo Stocco, Director of Radio Maria Queen of Peace in Bukavu, east Democratic Congo.
“We are in profound communion ...
5 April 2005
ASIA/HONG KONG - Catholics of Hong Kong offer prayers and acts of solidarity in memory of the Pope: special collections for tsunami victims
Hong Kong (Fides Service) - The Catholic diocese of Hong Kong has urged Catholics to make the passing of Pope John Paul II an occasion for showing generous solidarity with those in need, according to Kong Ko Bao, the dio ...
5 April 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - A Pope close to missionaries, and who wanted an ever more missionary Church
Rome (Fides Service) - The Pope was close to missionaries and they were close to him sharing the same missionary zeal, Fr Wilhelm Steckling Superior General of the Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate present in many p ...
5 April 2005
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - “For us, John Paul II was a Dominican born in Poland” says Fr Luis Rosario Pena, the responsible for youth pastoral care of the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo (Fides Agency) - “The news of the disease and death of John Paul II has reached the Dominican Republic as if it struck one of its dearest children” Fr Luis Rosario Pena, responsible for youth pastoral c ...
5 April 2005
ASIA/IRAQ - The “Mandeian” believers, a very ancient community of so-called “Christians of Saint John the Baptist”, expected at the Pope’s funeral
Stockholm (Fides Agency) - At the Pope’s funeral there will also be the “Mandeian” believers, belonging to an ancient cult connected to Saint John Baptist, which is present in Iraq and in diaspora communities in se ...
5 April 2005
ASIA/INDIA - He was also a Pope for the Sikh: the acknowledgment of the Indian believers with a turban
New Delhi (Fides Agency) - The Sikh believers in India pay homage, respect and honour to John Paul II, as they say in a message sent to Fides by a few Sikh leaders. Also Manmohan Singh, the present Prime Minister of the ...
5 April 2005
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The bishops of southern Africa mourn the Pope who asked for forgiveness for the slave trade carried out in the name of Christianity
Pretoria (Fides Agency) - “His death, after he bore his sickness with dignity and faith, put an end to 26 years of pontificate. During these years he has guided the Church with extraordinary charisma”. In a message s ...
5 April 2005
AFRICA/ALGERIA - “Your Father has died: we share your mourning”. Algerian Muslims offer their condolences to the local Catholics
Algiers (Fides Agency) - “Your Father has died: our condolences”. With these words the Algerian Muslims share the mourning of the small local Catholic Community for the death of Pope John Paul II. Sources of the Whit ...
5 April 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - Pax Christi: the Pope’s high esteem for us
Rome (Fides Agency) - The Pope has always shown high esteem for Pax Christi. He even expressed it explicitly during a private audience granted in 1995 for the fiftieth anniversary of Pax Christi International: “Movemen ...
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