News

• 31 August 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Local Church launches new plan and guidelines to fight AIDS Nuova Delhi (Fides Service) - The Catholic Church in India is launching a new plan to fight HIV/AIDS. Cardinal Telesphore Toppo, President of the Conference of the Catholic Bishops of India CBCI will preside the launchin ...
• 31 August 2005
  VATICAN - “A sound society is the result certainly of commitment from all its members, but it needs the blessing and help of God who, unfortunately, is instead often excluded or ignored”: the Pope’s teaching at the general audience Vatican City (Fides Service) - Psalm 126, “Without the Lord, all our efforts will ultimately fail”(vespers Wednesday week 3), was the subject of the teaching given by Pope Benedict XVI during the weekly Wednesday aud ...
• 31 August 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Africa Mission: Cooperation and Development Movement commemorates founder Rev. Vittorio Pastori, ‘commuter of charity’ between Italy and Africa Piacenza (Fides Service) - Friday 2 September will be the 11th anniversary of the death of Rev. Vittorio Pastori, known in Italy as “Don Vittorione”, who founded the Africa Mission - Cooperation and Development Movem ...
• 31 August 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Carry Christ to the young people of Asia: on the eve of the centenary of the Salesian’s arrival in China Sisters Announcers of the Lord join the great Salesian family Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Educate children and young people to the values of the Gospel, give them instruction and faith in Christ: this is the charisma of the Sisters Announcers of the Lord who work in and around Hong ...
• 31 August 2005
  ASIA/ INDONESIA - Anti Polio vaccination given to 24 million children under five Rome (Fides Service) - Although the number of new cases registered is in decline, polyomyelitis, which the World Health Organisation promised by means of a vast vaccination campaign to eradicate by the year 2000, still r ...
• 31 August 2005
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - This high number of female ministers in Burundi’s new executive is a tribute to the part played by Burundi’s women in the peace process Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides)- Less Ministries and more women Ministers are the novelties of Burundi’s new government according to a local Church source in the capital Bujumbura where yesterday 30 August President Pierre N ...
• 31 August 2005
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - 6th Meeting of Portuguese Speaking Bishops’ Conferences in Mozambique 6 - 9 September to boost cooperation and evangelisation Maputo (Fides Service)- From 6 to 9 September in Maputo capital of Mozambique the Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Portugese speaking countries will hold their 6th CPLP Assembly. “These meetings, the first of which w ...
• 31 August 2005
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Local Catholic Church more than ever committed to reconciliation and peace Colombo (Fides Service) - “Despite considerable progress in the last three years, Sri Lanka still stands at the crossroads. The interruption of peace talks and recent clashes among the Tamil rebels themselves threaten ...
• 31 August 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Celebrating 50 years of service the Society of Jesus institutes new Jesuit Province of Korea Seoul (Fides Service) - The Prepositor general of the Society of Jesus, Fr Peter-Hans Kolvenbach is in South Korea to take part in celebrations to mark the 50th year of Jesuit service in that country. On the occasion Fr. ...
• 31 August 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “World Youth Day in Sydney 2008: a great opportunità for growth and evangelisation for the Church in Australia”, said retired Archbishop of Sydney Cardinal Edward Clancy Sydney (Fides Service) - “World Youth Day’s injection of spiritual values could break the spirial of self-indulgence that is responsible for the cycle of suicide and alcohol that kills a signficant number of young A ...
• 30 August 2005
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Resignation of Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi and succession Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 25 August 2005 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Tunduru-Masasi (Tanzania), presented by Bishop Magnus Mwalunyungu ...
• 30 August 2005
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - New Bishop of Menongue Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 3 August 2005 appointed Bishop of Menongue (Angola) Rev. Mário Lucunde, until now Rector of the major seminary of Benguela. The new Bishop was born on ...
• 30 August 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - Resignation of Vicar Apostolic of Requena and succession Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 30 July 2005, accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the Apostolic Vicariate of Requena (Peru) presented by Bishop Victor De la Peña P ...
• 30 August 2005
  AFRICA/COTE D’ IVOIRE - New Bishop of Odienne Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 29 July 2005 appointed Bishop of Odienne (Cote d’ Ivoire) Rev. Salomon Lezoutié of the clergy of Yopougon until now spiritual director at the major ...
• 30 August 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “Every vocation is for mission, at the service of the human person, the poor and the excluded in particular”: objectives of 2nd National Vocations Congress in Brazil Indaiatuba (Fides Service) - “Church, people of God at the service of life” is the slogan of the 2nd National Vocations Congress in Brazil to be held 2 to 6 September in Itaici, Indaiatuba, São Paulo, on the theme � ...