News

• 18 May 2004
  EUROPE/GERMANY - New national director of Pontifical Mission Societies-Munich takes office. For Cardinal Wetter, Germany needs to “renew its spirit of mission”. München (Agenzia Fides) - The new national director of Pontifical Mission Societies-Munich-Germany Father Eric Englert OSA, appointed last October 16 by Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evan ...
• 18 May 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Tumours caused by virus can be prevented Rome (Fides Service) - 8.5% of tumours affecting people in industrialised countries and about 30% of those diagnosed in developing countries can be attributed to viruses. For example the Human Papilloma Virus HPV involv ...
• 18 May 2004
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Less than 7% of the world’s six million new cases of AIDS every year receive proper medical treatment. World Health Organisation starts annual meeting Rome (Fides Service) - The World Health Organisation WHO started its week long annual meeting yesterday 17 May in Geneva, attended by delegations from 192 nation members. Among the main topics on the busy agenda, how to ...
• 18 May 2004
  VATICAN - Day of Study organised by Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace 21 May to reflect on Social and economic development of Africa in the era of globalisation: Vatican City (Fides Service) - A day of study on the economic and social development of Africa in the era of globalisation will be held at the initiative of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace on 21 May at the C ...
• 18 May 2004
  ASIA/IRAQ - Torture, Islam for abuse fighting Islam for peace, as Iraq struggles to stay on the road to democracy Baghdad (Fides Service)- “ It is time to stop abuse and torture whoever the perpetrators” Father Nizar Semaan, an Iraqi Catholic priest in Mosul, told Fides with regard to torture inflicted on Iraqi prisoners by US t ...
• 18 May 2004
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “We not only want to be a nation, we need to be a nation whose identity is passion for truth and commitment for the common good ” the Bishops say after plenary assembly of the Bishops’ Conference Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - At the end of their 87th plenary assembly during which they addressed various problems relative to the present situation in Argentina and the pastoral challenges posed to the Church by th ...
• 18 May 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope receives the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Itinerant Peoples: “ Integration at the social level and interaction at the cultural level are therefore the necessary presupposition for authentic peaceful co-existence among individuals and nations ”. Vatican City (Fides Service) - “The Christian community today is called to face situations very different from the past. One of them is certainly the massive migratory phenomenon which often takes the form of tragedies ...
• 18 May 2004
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Diocesan group shares experience and plans for effective evangelisation Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Recently the Work Group for the Year of Evangelisation adopted by the diocese of Hong Kong for 2004 to promote more effective missionary activity organised a course to share experience and off ...
• 18 May 2004
  ASIA/CHINA - Mainland Catholics mark 80th anniversary of the first Council of the Church in China Primum Concilium Sinense and the founding of the Shrine in honour of Our Lady “Mary Queen of China” DongLu (Fides Service) - On Saturday 15 May, Catholics communities in various parts of mainland China celebrated the 80th anniversary of the first Council of the Church in China Primum Concilium Sinense 15 May1924 to12 ...
• 18 May 2004
  ASIA/THAILAND - “The Asian Face of Christ”: theological symposium organised by the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences Bangkok (Fides Service) - “The Asia Face of Christ” was the title of a Symposium held 10 to 15 May at the Sam Phran Pastoral Centre, a 30 km from Bangkok, organised by the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conference FA ...
• 18 May 2004
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A teacher of Islam among the group of Muslim fundamentalists who inflicted mortal torture on young Catholic Javed Anjum, victim of Muslim intolerance Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - Pursue legally those responsible for the murder, pray for all victims of fanaticism and intolerance. These two commitment were taken by Catholics in Pakistan following the death of a young Ca ...
• 17 May 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope canonises six new Saints: “Authentic peace is the fruit of Christ’s triumph over evil, sin and death. All who follow him faithfully become witnesses and builders of his peace.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the 6th Sunday of Easter, May 16, in St Peter’s Square Pope John Paul II gave the Church six new Saints: four priests, one woman Religious and a mother. “ ’My peace I give you (Jn ...
• 17 May 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope receives in audience Plenary of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue: “The years to come will see the Church ever more committed to meeting the great challenge of interreligious dialogue... However all religious relativism and indifferentism must be avoided and every effort made to offer with respect to all, joyful witness to the "the hope we nourish" Vatican City (Fides Service) - “In the past forty years your Council has carried out its ecclesial service with zeal and commitment, encountering response and fruitful convergence in many dioceses and also in Christian ...
• 17 May 2004
  ASIA/HONG KONG - People with mental disabilities deserve all the love we can give them, says Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong Bishop John Tong Hon at the inauguration of a new Catholic Care Home Hong Kong (Fides Service) - In his address for the opening of a new Catholic Care Home for people with mental disabilities in Hong Kong on May 10, Auxiliary Bishop John Tong Hon of Kong Kong underlined the hidden value o ...
• 17 May 2004
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Pastoral Letter “Adoring the Body of Christ in the Eucharist, giving our people loving care” to mark 80th anniversary the proclamation of Mary as “Queen of China” on the occasion of the Primum Concilum Sinense (15 May 1924 - 12 June 1924) Taipei (Fides Service) - In May 1924, 80 years ago in Shanghai the Catholic community in China gathered for its first council, Primum Concilum Sinense under the guidance of the first delegate apostolic, Archbishop Celso ...