News

• 2 July 2004
  AFRICA/CHAD - Darfur Crisis: UN High Commission for Refugees continues to assist 100,000 Sudanese refugees in Chad. Massive air lift to supply aid. But unless the violence is stopped it is like pouring water into a bottomless bucket! Rome (Fides Service)- The United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNHCR has begun an air lift to carry extremely urgent emergency aid to tens of thousands of Sudanese who have fled to Chad from the western Sudanese r ...
• 2 July 2004
  VATICAN - “May Christians and Churches live in peace and harmony to bear witness together to the message of the Gospel in a credible and convincing manner”: John Paul II and Bartholomew I issue Joint Declaration Vatican City (Fides Service) - At the end of visit made by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople to Pope John Paul II on the occasion of the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, John Paul II and Bartholomew I signed ...
• 2 July 2004
  EUROPE/BELGIUM - Reverend Jan Dumon confirmed National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies for Belgium ...
• 2 July 2004
  EUROPE/HOLLAND Reverend Bernard Pex appointed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, has, 21 May 2004, appointed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Holland for a f ...
• 2 July 2004
  VATICAN “May the international community be ever bolder, more generous, more creative, more energetic in its struggle to finally end the division of the world into areas of poverty and plenty”. Prof. Mary Ann Glendon, president of the Pontifical Academy for Social Science addresses UN Economic and Social Council Vatican City(Agenzia Fides) - On June 29 in New York, Prof. Mary Ann Glendon, President della Pontifical Academy of Social Science and Head of the Delegation of the Holy See to the ECOSOC 2004 High Level Segment on Least ...
• 2 July 2004
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “The new law on firearms will be a u turn for South Africa’s Far West mentality” spokesman of Southern African Bishops’ Conference told Fides. It is also a victory for NGOs backed by the local Church Johannesburg (Fides Service)- “This is definitely positive fact and a step forward to change a widespread Far West mentality in South Africa ” Rev. Efrem Tresoldi, spokesman of the Southern African Bishops’ Confere ...
• 2 July 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - Christians threatened by extremists “but we are still here” Iraqi priest tells Fides. Concern that new Iraqi television speaks only of Islam ignoring other faiths in Iraq Baghdad (Fides Service)- “Christians are not running away from Iraq. Some media keep reporting that Christians are leaving en masse but this is not true,” Father Nizar Semaan, a priest in Mosul, northern Iraq told Fi ...
• 2 July 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - The Voice of Christianity, presented by Reverend Dominic Emmanuel on Jain Tv Private channel proclaims the Gospel and helps remove prejudice and promote interreligious dialogue New Delhi (Fides Service) - To evangelise the media culture is the aim of The Voice of Christianity programme broadcast by a private TV channel Jain TV. The programme produced by the Social Communications Office of the a ...
• 2 July 2004
  AMERICA/CUBA - Cuban Bishops’ statement with regard to economic measures decided by governments of Cuba and the United States Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Fides has just received a statement issued by the Catholic Bishops of Cuba dated 26 May 2004 (Year of the Family in Cuba). Here is our English translation of the statement: Concerned by ...
• 2 July 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - First meeting of Italian missionaries in Guinea Bissau: “Our two Churches can grow together in faith and promote spiritual renewal in their communities, supporting one another to face common challenges ” Bissau (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church in Guinea Bissau can help the journey of pastoral conversion in a missionary sense undertaken by the Church in Italy with itineraries of catechumenate for adults, vivacity of liturg ...
• 2 July 2004
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Prayers and freedom of expression at peaceful rally on July 1 anniversary of Hong Kong hand- over to China: Basic Law fundamental for Hong Kong Hong Kong (Fides Service) - The citizens of Hong Kong held a democratic rally, prayed in silence exercising the right sanctioned in Basic Law, Constitution of Hong Kong, in force since the hand-over from Britain to China ...
• 2 July 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Dramatic testimony of Filipino workers in regions where freedom of religion is non-existent Manila (Fides Service) - “At customs they took away my rosary a small cross and prayer book…but what most offended me was that they broke the crucifix in front of me! Mass on Sunday we can’t even talk about it!”. ...
• 2 July 2004
  VATICAN - “A Euro for a Child”: Bambino Gesù fund raising campaign for new department collects 1,100,000 Euro Vatican City (Fides Service) - Some 1,100,000 Euro have been collected with the campaign “A Euro for a Child” promoted by the Bambino Gesù Hospital in Rome to build a new Department. Monday 5 July 11, there will b ...
• 2 July 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Sport and rehabilitation: “Let me win but if I don’t let me try hard”. Showers of medals for Fatebenefratelli athletes Rome (Fides Service) - There is great satisfaction among the athletes of “St John of God” hospital in Genzano: a shower of medals rewarded efforts in regional and national events particularly qualification for Specia ...
• 1 July 2004
  EUROPE - European Congress on Vocations opens in Strasbourg: “Good Master what must I do? - Accompany young people on their vocational path” Strasbourg (Fides Service) - A Congress of National Vocation Services in European countries promoted by the Council of the European Bishops’ Conference opens today 1 July in Strasbourg. The theme of the encounter which ...