News
23 April 2004
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Catholics to make a film on prison life in Nigeria
Lagos (Fides Service)- Prison apostolate is an important part of the activity of the local Catholic Church in Nigeria. “This apostolate involves visitation to warders and prisoners, trying to create an atmosphere of he ...
23 April 2004
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - Revolt by mercenaries from Chad does not affect life in the Central African capital. A missionary sends testimony to Fides
Bangui (Fides Service)- “Sporadic shots are heard coming from the PK11 district where President François Bozizé resides but the rest of the city is relatively calm” a local Church source in Bangui, capital of the C ...
23 April 2004
ASIA/INDIA - India and Pakistan to discuss peace, nuclear disarmament, disputed Kashmir region and persisting problem of drug trafficking
New Delhi (Fides Service) - While the people of the Republic of India are focussing on legislative elections now taking place, positive signals of peace come from the leaders of India and Pakistan, the two main political ...
23 April 2004
AFRICA - Making a dream come true for African children: “Malaria Free Future”, the theme of Africa Malaria Day
Rome (Fides Service) - Four years ago on 25 April 2000 African leaders from 44 malaria-endemic countries met in Abuja, in Nigeria, for the first African Summit on Malaria. At the end of the Summit they signed the histori ...
22 April 2004
VATICAN - The Pope’s Wednesday audience teaching: “Communion with God is the source of serenity, joy, peace, it is like entering an oasis of light and love”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Pope John Paul II took Psalm 26, “Trust in God in times of danger” (Vespers Wednesday week 1), as the subject of his teaching at the general Wednesday audience 21 April held in St Peter ...
22 April 2004
AMERICA/MEXICO - Members of parliament from almost 140 countries promise to protect children: “Handbook for Parliamentarians on Child Protection” presented at 110th International Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union IPU.
Mexico City (Fides Service) - During the 110th International Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union IPU, in Mexico City 18-23 April, UNICEF Ambassador Jessica Lange launched a “Handbook for Parliamentarians on Child ...
22 April 2004
AFRICA/TANZANIA - A “bank” to help eliminate poverty and AIDS by giving economic assistance and opportunities to poor women in outlying districts of Dar es Salaaam
Roma (Agenzia Fides) - HIV/AIDS increases poverty and poverty spreads AIDS. The is noted also in Tanzania, one of 21 developing countries where the development rate dropped between 1990 and 2001. AIDS effects every area ...
22 April 2004
AFRICA/BURUNDI - Last resistant rebel group says it is ready to talk about peace. Thousands take part in Peace Initiatives throughout the country organised by local Catholic Action
Bujumbura (Fides Service)- “We are waiting to see if the words are followed by deeds. Too often in the recent past announcements have been made but nothing has happened” a local Church source in Burundi told Fides af ...
20 April 2004
VATICAN - Promulgated 15 Decrees: Founder of Dehonian Missionaries among those to be beatified; recognised also the martyrdom of 7 priests and a nun killed during the Spanish civil war and the heroic virtues of a Sister who spent 30 years caring for lepers and a 10 year old girl who offered her suffering for the Church’s missionary work .
Vatican City (Fides Service) - In the presence of the Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, on 19 April in the Sala Clementina in the Vatican, Decrees regarding miracles, martyrdom and heroic virtues of 15 Servants of God were ...
20 April 2004
EUROPA/AUSTRIA - A future for child soldiers in Northern Uganda: “Missio Austria” launches a signature campaign for international commitment to reach peace after 18 years of civil war
Vienna (Fides Service) - An urgent appeal to the Austrian government and to Austrian members of the European parliament to press at the international level for commitment to help the suffering people of northern Uganda, ...
20 April 2004
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Caritas network offers emergency assistance following worst cyclones in 20 years with a project costing 522,000 Euro
Antananarivo (Fides Service) - The worst humanitarian tragedy in Madagascar in 20 years taking hundred of lives, affecting 774,000 people, 30,000 of whom in desperate need of food and emergency medical-care; 216,000 home ...
20 April 2004
EUROPE/ITALY - Intercultural Dialogue a tool for peace: 14th African Film Festival, including films from Asia and Latin America. Fides meets one of the founders Annamaria Gallone
Rome (Fides Service) - From 22 to 28 March the 14th African Film Festival was held in Milan. This year’s edition included a “Window on the World competition of films from Africa but also Asia and Latin America. A ...
20 April 2004
ASIA/IRAQ - Christians in Mosul send humanitarian aid to Muslims in besieged city of Falluja
Baghdad (Fides Service)- “We want to show that we are one with all Iraqis whatever their beliefs, and in joy and in sorrow ” Catholic priest Father Nizar Semaan, in Mosul diocese told Fides explaining a new humanita ...
19 April 2004
VATICAN - At the Sunday Regina Cæli prayer the Pope says: “Jesus is our peace, because he is the perfect manifestation of Divine Mercy” - Appeal for the peoples of the Holy Land and Iraq: “I am especially close in thought and prayer to the families who fear for the safety of their loved ones, particularly those taken hostage”.
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Peace, a gift of the Risen Christ, Divine Mercy Sunday, the serious situation in the Holy Land and in Iraq, and an appeal for the release of all hostages, were the main contents of Pope Joh ...
19 April 2004
EUROPE/ITALY “New wine in new skins” : Xaverian Missionaries in Italy open 12th regional Chapter
Ravenna (Fides Service) - At 5pm on Sunday 18 April in the St Peter in Chains House in Ravenna, 31 delegates of Italian Xaverian missionaries gathered in church to pray and to invoke the Holy Spirit for the 12th Chapter ...
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