News

• 25 October 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope voices gratitude to missionaries at the Mission Sunday Angelus prayer: “I offer warm greetings and express profound gratitude to all missionaries working on the frontiers of evangelisation. And I remember especially those who crowned their witness to Christ and service of others with the sacrifice of their lives” Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Sunday 24 October, World Mission Day, Pope John Paul II prayed the Angelus with the crowds in St Peter’s Square and recalled the work of missionaries with deep gratitude. Here is our E ...
• 25 October 2004
  VATICAN - “The mission of the Church, which is a sign and means of communion between God and peoples and among peoples is realised in the Body of Christ the unifying centre of all humanity”: Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe said in his homily at Mission Sunday Mass in St Peter’s Basilica Vatican City (Fides Service) - “This Day is an event of grace for the whole Church called to be ever more aware of the universal nature of her mission with humility, boldness and trust in the presence of the Risen Chri ...
• 25 October 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - To mark World Mission Sunday OMI missionaries in Catanzaro and a youth group launch a web site In Italian on Father Mario Borzaga Oblate Missionary of Mary Immaculate who died on mission in Laos at the age of 28 Rome (Fides Service) - On the occasion of World Mission Sunday, with Italian Oblates missionaries in Catanzaro young members of a movement in Calabria called Costruire have opened a web page in memory of young Father Mar ...
• 25 October 2004
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Bishop of Kiyinda-Mityana resigns, successor takes over ...
• 25 October 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ Lay Christian in Baghdad calls for help: “This is civil war and if it continues Christianity could very soon disappear from Iraq. Many Christian families have fled Baghdad where Christians are forced once again to worship in catacombs” Baghdad (Fides Service) - “We have Mass in the crypts of our churches, the only places which are safe. Our lives are in danger. We ask the international community and the universal Church to help us” 30 year old Chri ...
• 25 October 2004
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Uganda hosts Anglophone African Regional Meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies NDESA Kampala (Fides Service)- The National Direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) with the Episcopal Commission for Missions in Uganda is hosting this year’s regional meeting of the National Directors of Engli ...
• 25 October 2004
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Catholics in Tanzania celebrate World Mission Sunday with enthusiasm and gratitude Dar as Salaam (Fides Service) - Catholics celebrated World Mission Sunday throughout Tanzania on 24 October by emphasising the theme “The Eucharist and Mission.” There was wide use of the Message of Pope John Paul II ...
• 25 October 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Accidental fire in Good Jesus Church shortly before for ten yearly exposition of St Francis Xavier’s relics Goa (Fides Service) - A month before a long awaited showing of the relics of Saint Francis Xavier, a great evangeliser in India, an accidental fire in the Catholic Basilica de Bom Jesus in Goa on October 21 caused widesp ...
• 25 October 2004
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Lay people give indispensable helping hand with pastoral work Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Lay Catholics in Hong Kong are increasingly aware of their role in the local Church and community which is becoming indispensable. According to the diocesan Office for the Formation of the Lai ...
• 25 October 2004
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Cholera kills two in overcrowded refugee camp: 60,000 people lack basic sanitation and assistance Rome (Fides Service) - The UN World Food Programme reported that ten people are in hospital with cholera symptoms after an epidemic of cholera broke out in an overcrowded refugee camp in northern Uganda lacking even basi ...
• 25 October 2004
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Trauma, violence, infant mortality rates rocket in Darfur where 2/3 of those affected are women and children. Rome (Fides Service) - According to the UNICEF office in Khartoum, thousands of children in Darfur die every day of preventable or curable diseases or as a result of violence suffered during attacks on villages and camp ...
• 23 October 2004
  World Mission Sunday Special Issue - CHURCH STATISTICS WORLD MISSION SUNDAY SPECIAL ISSUE: CATHOLIC CHURCH STATISTICS 2004: World Population, Catholics; Persons And Catholics Per Priest Ecclesiastical Circumscriptions; Bishops; Priests; Permanent Deacons; Religious, Secul ...
• 23 October 2004
  VATICAN - Interview with Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on the occasion of WORLD MISSION DAY Vatican City (Fides) - On the occasion of World Mission Day, Sunday 24 October, Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples was kind enough to answer a few questions put by Fid ...
• 23 October 2004
  Mission Sunday Special Issue - LATIN AMERICA the world’s most Catholic continent where the value of peace among nations is more than a hope for re-launching and development LATIN AMERICA: many countries, all at peace with one another; crises with common denominators; natural resources; why do countries rich in natural resources suffer from poverty? steady emigration in search of better liv ...
• 23 October 2004
  Mission Sunday Special Issue: UPDATE ON THE SITUATION OF WORLD HEALTH Mission Sunday Special Issue: UPDATE ON THE SITUATION OF WORLD HEALTH On the occasion of the World Mission Sunday we give figures on AIDS, malaria and other infectious forms that every day affect millions of innocent ...