News
7 January 2005
AFRICA/SOMALIA - Somalia: tsunami. “Tragedy worsened by non-existent state administration” Bishop Bertin, Apostolic Administrator Mogadishu told Fides
Rome (Fides Service) - Some African countries were also affected by the December 26 seaquake. The most serious situation is in Somalia at Rafi Hafun in the north eastern region of Bari also called Migiurtina. “At least ...
7 January 2005
VATICAN - the Pope’s Angelus reflection “Children are the present and the future of the Church”, “Whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - During his reflection before the Angelus prayer on January 6, feast of the Epiphany, Pope John Paul II spoke about the many children all over the world victims of “hunger, disease, war an ...
7 January 2005
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Believers unite to counter the tsunami tragedy: together Christians and Muslims pray for victims
Lahore (Fides Service) - Over the past few days in various parts of Pakistan Christian and Muslim communities came together to pray for all the victims of the recent tsunami disaster, Franciscan Fr Francis Nadeem, secret ...
7 January 2005
ASIA/INDONESIA - Catholic Bishops issue message of encouragement: the chain of solidarity must carry on even after the spotlights are turned off
Jakarta(Fides) - In response to a message issued by the Indonesian Catholic Bishops’ Conference every Catholic diocese in the vast Indonesian archipelago of 17,000 islands has been mobilised to provide aid for the thou ...
7 January 2005
ASIA/INDIA - Believers in India unite to pray for tsunami victims
Bangalore (Fides Service)- Members of different religions united to pray for victims of the December 26 seaquake in Bangalore, capital of Karnataka. Several hundred people attende an inter-religious prayer meeting for al ...
7 January 2005
EUROPE/SPAIN - “Banquet for Everyone” was the slogan chosen for the annual Catechists Day celebrated Yesterday by the Church in Spain
Madrid (Fides Service) - Yesterday, in the context of the year of the Eucharist and on the solemn liturgical feast of the Epiphany a clearly missionary feast, the Church in Spain celebrated its annual Day for Catechists ...
7 January 2005
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Catholic laity mobilises in solidarity for victims of seaquake
Seoul (Fides Service ) - The Catholic Church in Korea is multiplying efforts to help the victims of the December 26 tsunami. Archbishop Andreas Choi Chnag-mou of Kwangju president of the Korean Bishops Conference told Fi ...
7 January 2005
ASIA/INDIA - Catholic volunteers in Kottar diocese in front line to assist more than 65,000 refugees including many disoriented children in Tamil Nadu
Nagercoil (Fides) - Catholic volunteers in Kottar diocese, Tamil Nadu, are working 24 hours a day to assist local victims of the December 26 seaquake disaster now in refugee camps in the area. The camps are not yet organ ...
7 January 2005
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Catholic laity mobilises in solidarity for victims of seaquake
Seoul (Fides Service ) - The Catholic Church in Korea is multiplying efforts to help the victims of the December 26 tsunami. Archbishop Andreas Choi Chnag-mou of Kwangju president of the Korean Bishops Conference told Fi ...
7 January 2005
ASIA/TAIWAN - Meeting of Headmasters of Catholic schools at Fu Ren Catholic University
Taipei (Fides Service) - The Headmasters of Catholic Schools in Taiwan recently attended a meeting at Fu Ren Catholic University in Taipei. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the challenges of education today in v ...
7 January 2005
ASIA/CHINA - More than 50,000 Catholics attend Christmas Masses in Beijing
Beijing (Fides Service) - According to local church sources in Beijing more than 50,000 Catholics attended Midnight Mass in one of the many Catholic churches in the capital; an estimated 11,500 attended Christmas Day Mas ...
7 January 2005
ASIA/HONG KONG - Entertainment Stars from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan unite in sign of solidarity with tsunami disaster victims: charity musical marathon “Charity without frontiers” starts today
Hong Kong (Fides) - To meet the emergency caused by the seaquake disaster in south east Asia Chinese speaking people in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and all over the world are united in a great effort of solidarity ...
7 January 2005
AMERICA/PERU - Churches in Lima archdiocese send funds to Holy See for south east Asia victims in a campaign launched by Cardinal Cipriani
Lima (Fides Service) -Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, Archbishop of Lima, responding to the Holy Father’s call to help people affected by the tsunami December 26, launched a campaign in aid of these stricken brothers and ...
7 January 2005
ASIA/SRI LANKA - Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate share experience of helping seaquake refugees in northern Sri Lanka
Jaffna (Fides Service) - The communities of Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate in Sri Lanka and India, who sad to say lost some of their confreres and family members in the December 26 tsunami disaster, have added ai ...
5 January 2005
AFRIKA/KENYA - Catholic parishioners in Nairobi slums make special collection for seaquake victims in south east Asia: “they know what it means to sleep with an empty stomach”
Nairobi (Fides Service) - Parishioners at Christ the King Catholic church in Kibera, Nairobi gave generously to a special collection to alleviate the suffering of victims of the terrible seaquake which struck south east ...
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