News
4 May 2004
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - National press opinions divide with regard to UN report on clashes in Abidjan on 25 March
Abidjan (Fides Service)- “So far there have been no official reactions, but a statement from the President is expected in the next few hours” a local Church sources in Abidjan, economic capital of Ivory Coast told Fi ...
3 May 2004
AMERICA/PERU - Caritas Puno in Peru opens two new healthcare centres in remote areas
Rome (Fides Service) - With a joint venture of Caritas Puno in Peru and the Peru -France Contravalor Fund, the construction of two healthcare institutes to serve peasants in the area of Puno in Peru began on April 17.
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3 May 2004
ASIA/INDONESIA - Could more than 12,000 radical Laskar Jihad Muslim paramilitaries be ready to land in Moluccas? The Pope prays for peace in the archipelago
Ambon (Fides Service) - “At this time of suffering and tension the Holy Father assures the entire Christian community of his paternal affection and solidarity and his prayers for a swift return of public order and peac ...
3 May 2004
VATICAN - On the annual Day of Prayer for Vocations, the Pope ordains 26 new priests for his diocese of Rome: “You have been ordained priests in an era in which, also here in Rome, there is a powerful cultural tendency to want to make people forget God... If you are filled with God you will be authentic apostles of new evangelisation, because we can only give what we possess in our heart”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - “ You have been ordained priests in an era in which, also here in Rome, there is a powerful cultural tendency to make people forget God, especially young people and families. But have no ...
3 May 2004
VATICAN - The Pope speaks of Europe at the Regina Cæli prayer: “If the unity of the peoples of Europe is to be lasting is cannot be only economic and political. Today the soul of Europe is still one because it refers to common human and Christian values.”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - After celebrating Mass in St Peter’s and ordaining 26 deacons as new priests for the Diocese of Rome, on Sunday 2 May, Pope John Paul II prayed the Regina Caeli prayer from his window wit ...
3 May 2004
INDIA - “Give us today our daily rice”: new Caritas India president launches campaign
New Delhi (Fides Service) - The new President Caritas India Bishop Peter Remigius, Bishop of Kumbakonam and also head of the Bishops Conference’s Commission for justice, peace and development, has shouldered his task w ...
3 May 2004
VATICAN - Children’s Hospital Bambino Gesu provides tele-medical care for children overseas with an Important agreement to benefit children in South America
Vatican City (Fides) - An agreement has been signed between Rome’s Bambino Gesu Children’s Hospital (donated by its founders in 1924 to the Holy See) and the Italo-Latin American Institute on 30 April. The hospital n ...
3 May 2004
AFRICA/LIBERIA - Disarmament proceeds but Catholic Radio Veritas in Monrovia denounces: “Some of the rebels are moving weapons across the border to Ivory Coast instead of handing them to the United Nations ”
Monrovia (Fides Service)- “The process of disarmament proceeds peacefully and with order” a Consolata Missionary Sister in Harbel told Fides. Harbel is 50 km south of Monrovia, capital della Liberia. “However yeste ...
3 May 2004
AFRICA/BURUNDI - Great success for Catholic Action Peace March in Burundi. Since January 964 demobilised child soldiers have returned home
Bujumbura (Fides Service)- “We launched a clear signal for peace” Father Salvatore Niciteretse, from Burundi told Fides with regard to a peace march organised in April by the local national branch of Catholic Action ...
3 May 2004
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - HOPE Campaign for Honest and Peaceful elections launched by local Church in view of May 10 vote
Manila (Fides Service) - A HOPE campaign for Honest and Peaceful Elections has been launched in view of May 10 elections in the Philippines by Cardinal Ricardo Vidal, Archbishop of Cebu City, and Archbishop Gaudencio Ros ...
3 May 2004
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Bishop José de Queirós Alves appointed metropolitan Archbishop of Huambo
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has, 3 May 2003, appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of Huambo, Angola, Mgr José de Queirós Alves, C.SS.R., until now Bishop of Menongue. (S.L.) (Agenzia ...
30 April 2004
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Latin America and Caribbean strive to eliminate hunger
Rome (Fides Service) - According to the Rome based United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, FAO, about half the 40 million poor people in Latin America and the Caribbean are subsistence farmers of whom 26 millio ...
30 April 2004
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Bishop Fritz Lobinger of Aliwal resigns
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has, 28 April 2004, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Aliwal (South Africa), presented by Bishop Fritz Lobinger, in c ...
30 April 2004
ASIA/INDONESIA - Merauke archdiocese: Archbishop Jakobus Duivenvoorde resigns, Reverend Nicolaus Adi Septura appointed
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has, 7 April 2004, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Merauke Archdiocese (Indonesia), presented by Archbishop Jakobus ...
30 April 2004
AFRICA/TANZANIA - “it is not money first, but people first that will bring effective development” says report from Justice and Peace Commission of the Tanzanian Bishops Conference
Dar es-Salaam (Agenzia Fides)-“ Reforms and the budget are yet to show their impact in combating poverty” the Justice and Peace Commission of the Tanzanian Bishops Conference affirms in a report “ BUDGET REVIEW AND ...
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