News
14 February 2005
AMERICA/PANAMA - The Pope appoints new Vicar Apostolic of Darien
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has, 12 February 2005,
appointed Vicar Apostolic of Darien (Panama) Reverend Father Pedro Hernandez Cantarero, C.M.F., Director of the Claretian Centre o ...
14 February 2005
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Bishop of Cabinda resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has, 11 February 2005, accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Cabinda (Angola), presented by Bishop Paulino Fernandes Madec ...
14 February 2005
VATICAN - The Pope’s Angelus reflection: “We cannot enter eternal life unless we carry our cross united with Christ. We cannot obtain happiness and peace without facing with courage the interior battle”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Yesterday, 1st Sunday of Lent, Pope John Paul II was back once again at the window of his study in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican to recite the Angelus prayer with people gathered in S ...
14 February 2005
EUROPE/GERMANY - Mission of communities of consecrated life central topic of German Bishops plenary Assembly
Stapelfeld/Cloppenburg (Fides Service) - From 14 to 17 February the Catholic Bishops of Germany will gather in Stapelfeld/Cloppenburg for their annual Spring plenary assembly. Within the framework of the assembly the Bis ...
14 February 2005
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Camillian missionaries at Ouagadougou Hospital in front line for over 40 years in prima
Ouagadougou (Fides Service) - The World Day of the Sick, promoted by the Catholic Church, marked on 11 February all over the world, was celebrated in all six of the Camillian health centres in Burkina Faso in the spirit ...
14 February 2005
EUROPA/ITALY - Meeting for Italian missionaries in Peru: Church in Italy and Church in Peru dialogue on mission
Lima (Fides ) - A meeting for Italian missionaries in Peru will start this afternoon at the Neocatechumen Santa Rosa Centre in Lima. “About 120 men and women missionaries have signed up for the meeting - Mgr. Giuseppe ...
14 February 2005
ASIA/JAPAN - Saitama diocese holds 3rd ‘Latino to Obispo’ Meeting
Saitama (Fides Service) - Recently Saitama diocese held its third Latino to Obispo diocesan cultural exchange meeting between the bishop and the people of Latin American origin at the Sano church in Tochi prefecture. Abo ...
14 February 2005
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A bridge of reconciliation in Mindanao’s Christian/Muslim society: priority mission of Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate in the Philippines and new provincial superior
Cotabato (Fides Service) - At this time of increasing tension in southern Philippines with fighting between the regular army and the separatist rebels of the Moro National Liberation Front the Oblate Missionaries of Mary ...
14 February 2005
AMERICA - El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua: dysentery epidemic affects mainly children under five
Rome (Fides Service) - The government of El Salvador has declared as state of emergency in three national departments after 15 children died in outbreaks of dysentery. The number of cases continues to increase. Some 51, ...
14 February 2005
ASIA/IRAQ - 6 Christians elected as members of national parliament and 5 in the Kurdish bloc. Father Nizar Semaan comments for Fides.
Baghdad ( Fides Service)- During the recent elections on 30 January in Iraq 6 Christians were elected members of the national parliament and 5 in the Kurdish bloc. These Christian MPs, elected in northern Iraq, belong to ...
14 February 2005
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Lendu and Hema clash in north eastern Ituri region of Congo: pastures and farmlands on top and gold, coltan uranium and oil underground! - Who aims for these resources?
Bunia (Fides Service)- “This is a humanitarian catastrophe, a war on civilians” said a local Church source in Bunia main town in the north western Ituri region of Democratic Congo, where at least 80,000 people have a ...
14 February 2005
AFRICA/TOGO - Pray to God who is Lord of difficult even impossible situations” : appeal from Christian religious authorities Togo in a situation of political crisis since the death of President Eyadema
Lome (Fides Service)- " In this political situation following the tragic events in our country Togo, the country’s religious communities cannot fail to voice concern" Christian leaders in Togo said in a message to the ...
10 February 2005
ASIA/INDIA - “Renounce your Christian faith, reconvert to Hinduism or you will die”: Hindu fanatics threaten Catholic villagers in west India
New Delhi (Fides Service) - Catholics in the tribal village of Rajura, Amravati district in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, are terrified after an attack by Hindu extremists on 7 February followed by threats of ...
10 February 2005
ASIA/TAIWAN - Cardinal Paul Shan issues Message for Lunar New Year
Taipei (Fides Service) - In a message of good wishes for Lunar New Year dated 9 February Cardinal Paul Shan, President of the Chinese Regional Bishops’ Conference, said among other things: “At the beginning of a new ...
10 February 2005
ASIA/HONG KONG - Bishop Joseph Zen of Hong Kong issues pastoral Letter for Lent: “Love life and treasure divine grace”
Hong Kong (Fides Service) - ““Love life and treasure divine grace”, was the title of a Lenten Message published by Bishop Joseph Zen of Hong Kong. In the message the Bishop remarks on the present day situation in H ...
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