News

• 25 May 2004
  Giuseppe Franzelli - MONDO COMBONIANO - Ed. Emi (Italian only) Rome (Fides Service) - Since 5 October 2003 the Church has a new saint, Saint Daniele Comboni, for Africa a protector and for the Comboni family a father and authentic and inimitable model of the missionary disciple of C ...
• 24 May 2004
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Wellington: Auxiliary Bishop John Dew appointed Coadjutor Archbishop Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has, 24 May 2004, appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Wellington (New Zealand) Mgr John Atcherley Dew, until now titular Bishop of Privata and Auxiliary of ...
• 24 May 2004
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Dunedin: Bishop Leonard Boyle resigns, Reverend Colin Campbell appointed Bishop of Dunedin Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has, 24 May 2004, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Dunedin (New Zealand), presented by Bishop Leonard Anthony Boyle, ...
• 24 May 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope urges families and institutions to “use the media with prudence and wisdom” so the they may provide “opportunities for education, cultural enrichment and spiritual growth”. He also invited those who will be in Rome to a special Vigil of Pentecost in St Peter’s next Saturday evening. Vatican City (Fides Service) - From his window on St Peter’s square where he came to pray the “Regina Cæli” hymn with visitors gathered for his Sunday blessing, the Pope spoke about the solemnity of the Ascension ...
• 24 May 2004
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - “Do not hide your faith!”: Bishops of central Europe voice 7 requests at the end of “Pilgrimage of Peoples” to Our Lady of Mariazell Mariazell (Fides Service) - Last weekend an estimated 80,000 to 100,000 Catholics from eight different central European countries made a Pilgrimage of Peoples to the shrine of Our Lady of Mariazell in Austria (see Fides ...
• 24 May 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Religious music is language everyone understands: a people which no longer sings is no longer a people Rome (Fides Service) - “Extreme care must be taken to preserve and increase the patrimony of sacred music and to promote scholæ cantorum, while encouraging active participation on the part of the faithful”, Sacrosan ...
• 24 May 2004
  ASIA/CHINA - Parish in inner Mongolia adopts pastoral programme to draw more people to church and frequent reception of the Sacraments BaoTou (Fides Service) -Qing Shan parish in Bao Tou, inner Mongolia is a very active community. Between 1998 and 2001 the people built their own church with a splendid bell tower 35 meters high. With the encouragement of ...
• 24 May 2004
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Focolare Movement reaps fruits of 25 years of service and evangelisation Taipei (Fides Service) - About 25 years ago the first small group of the Catholic church movement Focolare, started by Ms Chiara Lubich, was formed in Taiwan. In these 25 years the group has grown while offering tireless ...
• 24 May 2004
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Christians and Buddhists united to promote harmony and prosperity: Catholic Bishops address message to Buddhist leaders for the feast of Vesakh Seoul (Fides Service) - Both Christianity and Buddhism are religions which strive to help humanity on its spiritual journey and Christians and Buddhists can enter into dialogue and find ground for common activity: this w ...
• 24 May 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - A stable government to lead the country to an era of peace, prosperity and social harmony: local Church in India expresses hopes for the future New Delhi (Fides Service) - A stable government that will inaugurate an era of social harmony, peace, justice economic development and good relations with neighbouring countries: this was the wish voiced by the Catholic ...
• 22 May 2004
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops’ Solidarity Campaign 2004 focuses on tragedy of adolescent mothers: 13% of girls aged 15 to 19 are already mothers or are expecting their first baby. Lima (Fides Service) - According to ENDES, Peru’s National Demographic and Health Survey 2000, 13% of girls aged 15 to 19 in Peru already have a child or are expecting one. In view of this concerning situation the Cath ...
• 22 May 2004
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Malawi still waiting for results of presidential and political elections Lilongwe (Fides Service)- The results of presidential and political elections held on 20 May in Malawi have not yet been announced. “The counting of votes is still going on and it is not known when it will finish” lo ...
• 22 May 2004
  VATICAN - “Train qualified personal, build new health structures, guarantee medicines” Angola’s health minister Ms Albertina Nahosse Henrique Hamurkwaya illustrates her programme Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the occasion of a day of study on the theme “Economic and social development of Africa in the era of globalisation”, organised by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace in Rome ...
• 22 May 2004
  VATICAN - “Africa: a extraordinary resource of good for humanity” says Cardinal Martino at the end of a Conference on Africa and globalisation promoted by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace Vatican City (Fides Service)- “The many seedbeds of violence in Africa, AIDS and other pandemics, tragedies like poverty and injustices still weigh on the future of the continent producing negative effects which preven ...
• 22 May 2004
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Torture: American society in a moral dilemma Rome (Fides Service) - On May 17, John Bolton, US under-secretary of State for control of arms and international security, gave a press conference to US and Italian journalists at the American Embassy in Rome. Fides was ...