News

• 9 October 2004
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio Archbishop of Buenos Aires calls to the capital’s children to traditional October missionary month Children’s Mass: “together we will build communion, union and solidarity and worship God” Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - The Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio Primate of Argentina, has invited the children of the capital to attend the traditional Children Mass for the month of October ...
• 9 October 2004
  AFRICA - Anti-polio vaccination campaign aims to reach 80 million children in 23 countries. Already 786 cases registered this year in six different countries Rome (Fides Service) - More than one million health workers and volunteers will be engaged in the most ambitious anti-polio vaccination campaign ever organised to protect 80 million children in 23 African countries from ...
• 9 October 2004
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Tomorrow Parliament will elect new President Mogadishu (Fides Service)- Tomorrow, Sunday 10 October the Somali Parliament will elect a new Prime Minister/President of parliament. Some 275 members of parliament will meet in Nairobi, capital of Kenya, under the aegis ...
• 9 October 2004
  EUROPE/UNITED NATIONS - Following Pope John Paul’s repeated appeals to abolish capital punishment, Franciscans and many other Catholic groups say once again “no death penalty” Geneva (Fides Service) - Capital punishment violates the most important of human rights, the right to life. It is not only contrary to the values of love and forgiveness it violates the international declaration of human ...
• 9 October 2004
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Democratic Congo’s Vice minister of internal affairs says one thousand refugees from Burundi may return today. UNHCR concerned for their safety Bujumbura (Fides Service)- More than one thousand Congolese refugees in Burundi are on the border waiting for permission to return to Democratic Congo but the UNHCR says the situation is still too insecure. A first grou ...
• 9 October 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - Putting ethics in business to ensure the economy, development, market is at the service of the person: Catholic Business Colleges among the best in India New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic education in India, famous for its quality, includes business studies. Besides offering excellent training, the Catholic vision of this type of education aims to instil moral values i ...
• 9 October 2004
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - One out of every 12 of the world’s children dies before the age of five. Each year 11 million children die of preventable diseases: UNICEF “Progress for Children” report. Rome (Fides Service) - Despite progress in medicine and development in many countries especially the poorest ones, living conditions for children are precarious. One out of every 12 of the world’s children dies before ...
• 9 October 2004
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Theological Pastoral Symposium concludes. Final day reflection on relation Church/Eucharist; necessity of correct liturgical pastoral. Today 40,000 children make First Holy Communion in parishes all over Guadalajara Guadalajara (Agenzia Fides) - The Pastoral Theological Symposium organised in Guadalajara in preparation for the 48th international Eucharistic Congress closed on October 7. The Congress will open tomorrow Sunday 10 Oc ...
• 8 October 2004
  VATICAN - "Mane nobiscum Domine" (Stay with us Lord!) latest Letter Apostolic written by John Paul II presented in the Vatican: the Pope does not ask for anything out of the ordinary, his wish is that everything we do may be “marked by deeper interior awareness” Vatican City (Fides Service) - "Mane nobiscum Domine" (Stay with us Lord!) is the title of the latest Letter Apostolic written by John Paul II which was presented this morning in the Holy See Press Room. African Cardina ...
• 8 October 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Church in Korea commemorates its national martyrs, proudly honouring brothers and sisters who died for the faith Seoul (Fides Service) - Korea’s martyrs, the founding members of the Catholic Church in that country, are always commemorated with gratitude and joy as a precious heritage by Catholics throughout the peninsula. Recentl ...
• 8 October 2004
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - A mystery mutiny announced by the Premier. Could next year’s election bring hope to a country on the brink of collapse, a people left to fend for itself? Bissau (Fides Service)- “The revolt seems to be over but doubts and concern remain” local sources in Bissau, capital of Guinea Bissau, after the recent army revolt (see Fides 7 October 2004). “Since yesterday eveni ...
• 7 October 2004
  AFRICA/CHAD - New rector of St Luke major inter-diocesan seminary in N’Diaména Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples has appointed 8 July 2004, Rector of the St LUke’s major inter-diocesan seminary in N’Djamena, in ...
• 7 October 2004
  AFRICA/ CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, confirmed Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples has confirmed 24 August 2004, Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the Central African Rep ...
• 7 October 2004
  VATICAN - Year of the Eucharist: tomorrow, to mark the publication of the Pope’s latest Apostolic Letter, Fides opens a new section on the Year of the Eucharist October 2004 - October 2005 with information Papal teaching on the subject, Eucharistic Congresses, Synod of Bishops, how the Year will be celebrated around the world... Vatican City (Fides Service) - Tomorrow, 8 October when Pope John Paul’s latest Apostolic Letter for the Year of the Eucharist will be made public, Fides opens a new section (www.fides.org) offering information in view ...
• 7 October 2004
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - Christians of many confessions in the Middle East are closer thanks to a new web site opened by the Middle East Council of Churches Jerusalem (Fides Service) - The Middle East Council of Churches has opened a new web site to facilitate contact and exchange of information in a spirit of ecumenism friendship and collaboration among all the Christians ...