News

• 2 April 2005
  VATICAN - John Paul II pilgrim to the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Krakow, Poland, near the burial place of Saint Faustina Kowalska: “From here went forth the Message of Divine Mercy which Christ himself wished to transmit to our generation through Blessed Faustina” Vatican City (Fides Service) - The mercies of the Lord I will sing forever (Cf. Ps 89,2). I come to this sanctuary as a pilgrim to join in uninterrupted chant in honour of the Divine Mercy. The Psalmist of the Lord had ...
• 2 April 2005
  VATICAN - Devotion to the Divine Mercy Vatican City (Fides Service) - The forms of worship of the Divine Mercy transmitted through Blessed Sister Faustina by John Paul II are the following: - the image of the Merciful Jesus; - the little rosary of the ...
• 2 April 2005
  VATICAN - John Paul II and the message of Divine Mercy Vatican City (Fides Service) - Tomorrow, the second Sunday of Easter, we celebrate the Feast of Divine Mercy. In the Year of the Eucharist the offering to God of the life of John Paul II takes on particular light. It ca ...
• 1 April 2005
  ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - The Pope creates Apostolic Administration of Uzbekistan and appoints first Apostolic Administrator Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope John Paul II on 1 April 2005 raised the Mission sui iuris of Uzbekistan to the rank of the Apostolic Administration and appointed first Apostolic Administrator Rev. Fat ...
• 1 April 2005
  AFRICA/UGANDA - A ‘Hail Mary’ for the Pope on the lips of an Italian missionary working among 1.5 million refugees in northern Uganda Kitgum (Fides Service)- “Pray for us now and at the hour of our death”, Father Tarcisio Pazzaglia, Italian missionary in northern Uganda prays instinctively as he learns from Fides the critical situation of the Pope� ...
• 1 April 2005
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Thousands of Catholics especially Manila’s poor and outcast fill churches to pray for ailing Pope Manila (Fides Service) - Thousands of Catholics, mostly the poorest and most neglected citizens are flocking to the capital’s churches to pray for the Pope amidst anguished silence. Manila Cathedral has been crowded si ...
• 1 April 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Messages of love and sympathy for the Pope come from JP II’s young people “papaboys” all over the world: “We his “boys and girls”, are close to him, we love him, he belongs to us” Rome (Fides Service) - Many spent the night in prayer, rosary beads in hand, in St Peter’s Square or at home. Others are connected to the Internet in search of the latest news and to acknowledge message of love and sym ...
• 1 April 2005
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Refugees in Cape Town pray for the Pope Cape Town (Fides Service)- “I informed my parishioners about the critical situation of the Pope’s health and we started to pray for him at this difficult time in his life” Scalabrini missionary Father Mario who wor ...
• 1 April 2005
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - At Xaverian missions the sick, the disabled, volunteers, charismatic Catholics all pray for the Pope Dacca (Fides Service) - From one of the poorest countries in the world there rises a pray to Almighty God for the Holy Father. At the mission run by the Xaverian Fathers in Dacca charismatic Catholics are gathered in pra ...
• 1 April 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Intense prayer for the Pope all over China, great media attention Beijing (Fides Service) - From Beijing it was confirmed to Fides that all Chinese Catholics are concerned for the health of the Pope and that they are praying intensely for the Holy Father, asking the Lord to “grant li ...
• 1 April 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - The editor of the main Catholic publication Faith says Catholic communities all over China are praying for the Pope Shi Jia Zhuang (Fides Service) - Rev. Zhang Shi Jiang, editor of Faith magazine, the most widely read Catholic publication in China, told Fides that since the news of the Pope ailing condition was released Catholic clerg ...
• 1 April 2005
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic prisoners in the National Penitentiary in Manila keep vigil for the Pope with fasting, Way of the Cross, non stop prayers Manila (Fides Service) - Catholic prisoners at the National Penitentiary in Manila fasted and took part in a Stations of the Cross liturgy to ask God to comfort the Pope at this time, the Catholic prison chaplain Rev. Ro ...
• 1 April 2005
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Uganda’s sick Catholics in hospitals and at home unite in prayer to sustain the Holy Father Lachor (Fides Service) - At St. Mary’s Hospital di Lachor Catholic patients pray intensely for Pope John Paul II at this difficult moment. The sick, in hospital and at home united now more than ever with the ailing and ...
• 1 April 2005
  ASIA/THAILAND - “His illness, suffering and old age, make him loved and venerated just as he is”, Catholics in Thai hospitals pray for Pope John Paul II Rayong (Fides Service) - Patients and staff in Catholic hospitals in Thailand are praying for the Pope. In this country Catholics care above all for people with AIDS and for AIDS orphans. The sick at the small Camillian ...
• 1 April 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - All Kenya is close to Pope John Paul II Nairobi (Fides Service) - “Christians in Kenya are close to the Pope with their prayers” Father Eugenio Ferrari, IMC, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Kenya told Fides. “The Holy Father is l ...