News
11 January 2005
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Tension in Democratic Congo for possible postponement of elections. Situation in the east still critical. Catholic Bishop of Butembo-Beni says “150,000 people without humanitarian assistance. European Union must intervene”
Kinshasa (Fides Service)- Tension is high in Kinshasa, capital of Democratic Congo where yesterday 10 January at least four people were killed in clashes during a protest against possible postponement of political electi ...
10 January 2005
AMERICA/MEXICO - The Pope appoints new Bishop of Tarahumara
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, on 4 January 2005, appointed Bishop of Tarahumara (Mexico), Rev. Rafael Sandoval Sandoval, M.N.M., parish priest at Monterrey and former Superior General ...
10 January 2005
AFRICA - Darfur, Ivory Coast, Democratic Congo: three crisis areas focal points of African Union Peace and Security Council Summit in Gabon
Libreville (Fides Service)- Heads of state and members of the African Union Peace and Security Council AUPSC will attend a summit meeting, today 10 January and tomorrow January 11, in Libreville, capital of Gabon to disc ...
10 January 2005
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic Missionaries and Muslim faithful work side by side in relief work: one good result of tsunami disaster
Manila (Fides Service) - The Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate OMI have started a campaign to collect money for the people affected by the December 26 tsunami in south Asia among the Philippines deeply saddened by t ...
10 January 2005
VATICAN - On the Feast of the Baptism of Jesus, the Pope recalls “the mission of the Christian starts with Baptism” and says “the rediscovery of Baptism through opportune itineraries of adult catechesis is an important aspect of new evangelisation”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Jesus’ baptism in the River Jordan and the rediscovery of the importance of Baptism were the subject of Pope John Paul II’s midday reflection on Sunday 9 January, before reciting the An ...
10 January 2005
AFRICA/TANZANIA - In Tanzania 1.5 million, 7.8% of the adult population aged 15 to 49, affected by HIV/AIDS. In 2001 AIDS killed 140,000 people. Catholic Sisters run Hope Village offering anti-retroviral treatment for HIV+ children orphans of both parents
Dodoma (Fides Service) - In Tanzania with a population of 28,700,000 and about 1.5 million HIV+ persons, there is one doctor for every 19,555 people. The Italian Rome based order of women religious, Adorers of the Blood ...
10 January 2005
VATICAN - Life, peace, food and freedom, four challenges for humanity today the Pope tells Diplomatic Corps in the Vatican: “The Catholic Church, because of her universal nature, is always directly engaged in the great causes for which the men and women of our age struggle and hope…wherever there are Christians, the whole body of the Church is called into play; indeed, wherever there is any one individual, we sense a bond of brotherhood”.
Vatican City (Fides Service) - This morning Pope John Paul II exchanged New Year wishes with the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See received in audience in the Vatican. In his address to the national representat ...
10 January 2005
EUROPE/GERMANY - The Church in Germany hosts ecumenical service for victims of South East Asia seaquake tragedy. “Love is stronger than death!” says Cardinal Lehmann, president of the German Bishops’ Conference
Berlin (Fides Service) - At an ecumenical service at the Berlin Catholic cathedral on Sunday 9 January Germany prayed for the victims of the tragic seaquake which struck south east Asia in which many German holiday maker ...
10 January 2005
AFRICA/SUDAN - What peace for Sudan? Southern Sudan is not Darfur
Rome (Fides Service) - Peace signed yesterday in Kenya, marks the end of more than 20 years of war in southern Sudan, but this conflict must not be confused with the war still going on in the western Sudanese region of D ...
10 January 2005
ASIA/SRI LANKA - Why did the tragedy push peace in Sri Lanka further away? What if the tsunami fails to stop the war …
Colombo (Fides Service) - Everyone hoped the tsunami tragedy would unite the people of Sri Lanka where for decades the two main ethnic groups Sinhalese (74%) and Tamil (12,5%) have fought a war of hatred and reciprocal ...
10 January 2005
ASIA/INDONESIA - Why are arms in Banda Aceh not silent? The tsunami and guerrilla warfare
Jakarta (Fides Service) - In northern Sumatra the tsunami hit a situation which was already difficult, marked by conflict and violence. For more than a year the Indonesian army has launched a massive offensive against re ...
8 January 2005
ASIA/INDIA - Families and refugees tsunami victims will be protagonists in rebuilding their future
Madras (Fides Service) - The Conference of Catholic Religious in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu seriously affected by the December 26 tsunami, has formed a study team to plan how to involve people made homeless by the di ...
8 January 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - In tsunami stricken south east Asia children one third of the dead and one third of the homeless and also the most exposed to possible outbreaks of preventable diseases: malaria and hepatitis A, typhoid fever and cholera.
Rome (Fides Service) - The tragic toll of the tsunami on 26 December which affected countries in south east Asia has now reached a total of 165,000 dead and several million homeless: 1/3 of the victims were children, ove ...
8 January 2005
EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Missionary Childhood children in Switzerland help their brothers and sisters in tsunami affected countries
Friburg (Fides Service) - In Switzerland as in all German speaking countries and some other countries, every year on and around the Feast of the Epiphany January 6 children members of Missionary Childhood love to take pa ...
8 January 2005
ASIA/INDONESIA - Aid to devastated area of Aceh comes also from the people of the Moluccas Islands still intent on rebuilding after disastrous ethnic clashes
Ambon (Fides Service) - Solidarity knows no boundaries and very often the poor are more generous than the rich when it comes to helping those in need. Despite their present post civil conflict situation and struggle to r ...
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