News

• 17 November 2003
  ASIA/SRI LANK – ANURADHAPURA, REV. NORBERT ANDRADI APPOINTED BISHOP Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has, (30 October 2003) appointed Bishop of Anuradhapura, (Sri Lanka) Reverend Father Norbert Andradi OMI, Superior of the OMI Scholasticate in Kandy and ...
• 17 November 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE SAYS AT THE ANGELUS: “ONCE AGAIN TERRORISM HAS COMMITTED ITS TERRIBLE ACT, PARTICULARLY DEVASTATING IN IRAQ AND TURKEY.... I RENEW MY FIRM CONDEMNATION ALSO FOR EVERY TERRORIST ATTACK IN THE HOLY LAND... THE HOLY LAND NEEDS NOT WALLS BUT BRIDGES!” Vatican City (Fides Service) – “Once again in the past few days, terrorism has committed its terrible act particularly devastating in Iraq and in Turkey. As I continue to pray for the victims, I confirm my spiritual ...
• 17 November 2003
  VATICAN - PRESIDENT OF PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE CARDINAL MARTINO DECLARES: “AS POPE JOHN PAUL II HAS SO OFTEN SAID UNEQUIVOCALLY, NO JUSTIFICATION CAN BE GIVEN TO INDISCRIMINATE MASSACRE OF HELPLESS AND INNOCENT VICTIMS ” Vatican City (Fides Service) – Referring to the tragic bombing in Istanbul, also on behalf of participants at a Seminar taking place at the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace in the Vatican on Leo XIII and the Ho ...
• 17 November 2003
  AFRICA/UGANDA - GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS OFFERING SAFE HAVEN TO GUERRILLA LEADERS TO STOP WAR IN NORTHERN UGANDA, BEFORE IT SPREADS TO INVOLVE MORE TRIBES Kampala (Fides Service)- “At the moment it is difficult to say whether there are concrete facts behind the news ” local observers in Kampala told Fides with regard to reports of a possible agreement between the Ugand ...
• 17 November 2003
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - BISHOPS CLOSE 86TH PLENARY ASSEMBLY: CONCERN ABOUT PROPOSED BILL TO LEGALISE ABORTION Rome (Fides Service) – At the end of their 86th plenary assembly the Catholic Bishops of Argentina voiced deep concern for a proposed bill to legalise abortion. The Bishops made an explicit request for “laws which pr ...
• 17 November 2003
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO – REVEREND CHARLES KIPILI APPOINTED RECTOR OF ST PAUL SEMINARY IN LUBUMBASHI Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, has (October 24th 2003) appointed Rector of St Paul Major Theology Inter-diocesan Seminary in Lubumb ...
• 17 November 2003
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - DEVELOPMENT, ASSISTANCE TO RETURNING REFUGEES, COMMUNICATIONS AND CULTURE TO PROMOTE EVANGELISATION IN MOZAMBIQUE Maputo (Fides Service)- “The fact that three of the newly created Cardinals are Africans from Ghana, Nigeria e Sudan demonstrates that the Christian faith has taken deep root in Africa and this is an encouragement to c ...
• 17 November 2003
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “I AM THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE”: NATIONAL BIBLE WEEK IN SOUTH KOREA 23 TO 30 NOVEMBER Seoul (Fides Service) – From 23 to 30 November the Church in South Korea will celebrate a National Bible Week promoted by the Biblical Commission of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference CBCK. The theme for reflection is ...
• 17 November 2003
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF CAMBODIA AND LAOS AT ANNUAL MEETING DISCUSS CATECHESIS, FORMATION AND MISSION IN DIFFICULT SOCIAL POLITICAL CONTEXT Phnom Penh (Fides Service) – “The meeting was a positive event lived in an atmosphere of brotherhood and sharing. We discussed priorities for the Church today, including the building of new communities, catechesis an ...
• 17 November 2003
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - VANIMO DIOCESE HAS FIRST HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: INCREASING EFFORTS BY LOCAL CHURCH FOR THE EDUCATION AND PROMOTION OF WOMEN Vanimo (Fides Service ) – The Catholic diocese of Vanimo has launched a bold plan for the education and promotion of young girls in Papua new Guinea. The plan will cost about 3 million Euro which Bishop Cesare Bonivent ...
• 17 November 2003
  AMERICA/CHILE - TOWARDS SECOND AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS CAM 2 - “CONGRESS DELEGATES PROMISE TO BE POINTS OF INFORMATION AND FORMATION FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE DIOCESES” Santiago (Fides Service) – “Through our publications “Chile Misionero” and “Pablito Misionero” read in parishes, formation centres, lay groups, families and among Missionary Childhood members, we have diffuse ...
• 14 November 2003
  ASIA/IRAQ - “WE DO NOT WANT IRAQ TO BE ANOTHER PALESTINE! NO STATE, A NATION LEFT AT THE MERCY OF TERRORISTS”: HEARTFELT PLEA TO FIDES BY SUPERIOR GENERAL OF CHALDEAN CATHOLIC MONKS Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – “We do not want Iraq to be another Palestine! No state, a nation left at the mercy of terrorist groups and its people dying of hunger!”. This was the heartfelt plea launched by Father Den ...
• 14 November 2003
  ASIA/CHINA - DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM MUST RESPECT THE HUMAN PERSON AND IT CAN HELP CHINESE CATHOLICS TO FULFIL THEIR DREAM TO MAKE A PILGRIMAGE TO EUROPE Beijing (Fides Service) – Following the summit meeting between China the European Union, the tourist industry is China has been fully alerted. A tourist operator in Beijing tells Fides “the China UE talks opened new ...
• 14 November 2003
  TOMORROW 1ST FIDES DOSSIER ON CAM 2, AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS IN GUATEMALA CITY From 25 to 30 November, the Second American Mission Congress CAM 2, will take place in Guatemala City, Guatemala. This is a missionary event of exceptional importance. See first Fides Dossier on CAM 2: • WHAT IS A MIS ...
• 14 November 2003
  VATICAN - “IT IS IMPORTANT TO PROPOSE TO PEOPLE, YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR, FIGURES AND EXPERIENCES THAT HELP THEM TO GROW AT THE HUMAN, PSYCHOLOGICAL, MORAL AND SPIRITUAL LEVEL”, POPE JOHN PAUL II ADDRESSES 18TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ORGANISED BY PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR THE PASTORAL CARE OF HEALTH WORKERS AND THE SICK Vatican City (Fides Service) – This morning in the Paul VI Hall in the Vatican Pope John Paul II granted a special audience to participants at the 18th International Conference organised by the Pontifical Council for t ...