News

• 15 September 2004
  VATICAN - Study Seminar for Bishops - Cardinal Scola speaks on formation in Seminaries and institutes of theology: “The formation of candidates to the priesthood is not among the many tasks assigned to the Bishop” Vatican City (Fides Service) - In his address to the newly appointed Bishops from mission territories taking part in the Seminar organised by the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, Cardinal Angelo Scola, Pat ...
• 15 September 2004
  AFRICA/KENYA - Ten thousand celebrate opening of Catholic Bookshop and Media Centre in Nanyuki which will serve six dioceses in this northern area of Kenya Nanyuki (Fides Service) - At least ten thousand people flocked to the sports-ground of Christ the King parish in Nanyuki, Kenya, in the archdiocese of Nyeri, for a Mass to celebrate the opening of a “Paulines Bookshop ...
• 15 September 2004
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 48th International Eucharistic Congress “will be a great opportunity to contemplate and meditate on the Mystery of the Eucharist, in order to spread peace reconciliation and justice in the world…”: statement Mexican Bishops’ Conference Mexico City (Fides Service) - With less than a month to go to the opening of the 48th International Eucharistic Congress organised by the Catholic Church which will take place this time in Guadalajara, Mexico, 10 - 17 O ...
• 15 September 2004
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Despite much effort there is no end to armed violence in Colombia and the number of displaced persons continues to rise: Catholic Bishops of Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Venezuela voice concern Caracas (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Venezuela have expressed deep concern and dismay that despite efforts made by the local Church, governments, the United Nations Organi ...
• 15 September 2004
  ASIA/TIMOR EAST - In the young democracy of East Timor which faces many problems the Church can help overcome difficulties, Bishop Alberto Ricardo da Silva of Dili told Fides Vatican City (Fides Service) - Bishop Alberto Ricardo da Silva, newly appointed Catholic Bishop of Dili, capital of East Timor is convinced that “This is the time for the laity in the Church in East Timor. They are th ...
• 15 September 2004
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - New hopes for peace Sri Lanka with Norway’s mediation: it is fundamental to restore trust between the parties Colombo (Fides Service) - After months of stalemate and uncertainty there are new hopes for peace in Sri Lanka, according to local Fides sources. “Hopes for peace were low and we feared the situation would degenerate. ...
• 14 September 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope receives a group of Bishops from New Zealand: “pressing need for Christ’s liberating message in a society experiencing the tragic consequences of the eclipse of the sense of God” Vatican City (Fides Service) - “New Zealanders look to you to be men of hope, preaching and teaching with passion the splendour of Christ’s truth which dispels the darkness and illuminates the true path of life”. T ...
• 14 September 2004
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “Living mission - daring to meet others”: German PMS launches mission campaign for October 2004 to encourage Catholics to go out and meet people who are different, Muslims especially. Aachen (Fides Service) - “Living mission - daring to meet others” is the theme of a campaign launched in view of the missionary month of October 2004 by the national office of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Germ ...
• 14 September 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “Female genius can play a prominent part in the Church”: survey by CBCK Committee for Women Seoul (Fides Service) - The Church stands to benefit from more involvement of women in pastoral decision making and activity. This was said by the Committee for Women which is part of the Commission for Lay Apostolate of ...
• 14 September 2004
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “The Truth will make you free”: International Congress organised by the national Catholic University ten years after the publication of Pope John Paul II’s Veritatis Splendor encyclical Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - As part of various initiatives to mark the tenth anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s encyclical Veritatis Splendor, the John Paul II chair of the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentin ...
• 14 September 2004
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - “We have reached the point of having two generations who survive by begging. Silent suicides among adults, caused by the economic crash, are affecting children and adolescents”: dramatic statement by the Uruguay Council of Christian Churches (CICU) Montevideo (Fides Service) - Faced with the alarming deterioration of the standard of living in Uruguay, the national Council of Churches, CICU, issued a statement with the title “A call to the country, institutions, p ...
• 14 September 2004
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Every month as many as 10,000 people among the 1.2 million displaced persons in Darfur die, compared to about 1,500 average monthly deaths in poor regions of Africa Rome (Fides Service) - According to a recent survey by the World Health Organisation with regard to the humanitarian crisis in the eastern Sudanese region of Darfur, the mortality rate among 1.2 million persons displaced ...
• 14 September 2004
  HIV/AIDS: antiretroviral therapy, caesarean birth and artificial milk for babies reduce mother/child transmission of HIV/AIDS. Contagion risk drops from 20-25% without therapy to as low as 2-3% with treatment Rome (Fides Service) - Alarming results have been published by the Italian national monitoring programme for antiretroviral therapy among expectant mothers co-ordinated by the Higher Institute for Health. The programme w ...
• 14 September 2004
  ASIA/JAPAN - Japanese missionary Sister in Algeria shares the experience of a Franciscan Sister witnessing to Jesus by serving others Tokyo (Fides Service) - Sr Sano Mitsuko, aged 65, a member of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary spent 25 years on mission in Algeria. Those were the dark years of civil war, social violence among Islamic fundamentalist ...
• 14 September 2004
  ASIA/VIETNAM - “A Year of Evangelisation a new start for the Church in Vietnam”: Salesian Bishop Van Tiem of Bui Chu diocese speaks to Fides Vatican City (Fides Service) - “We are living a year of Evangelisation which is proving to be a new start for the Church in Vietnam. People are returning to the faith and there is growing awareness that every Christian ...