News
24 July 2007
AMERICA/MEXICO - Catholic Hospital of Our Lady of Salvation marks 60 years of healthcare
Morelia (Agenzia Fides) - This year the Catholic Hospital of Nuestra Señora de la Salud in Morella, the main city in the central Mexican state Michoacan is marking its 60th anniversary
The hospital was an initiative o ...
24 July 2007
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - About 50% of HIV+ babies die before the age of 2 for lack of adequate testing and treatment. 4th IAS Conference on Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention in Sydney, closes with a call to governments to spend more on fighting the virus
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The 4th IAS Conference on Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention closes today in Sydney. The Conference, organised by the International AIDS Society and the Australasian Society for Medicine on ...
23 July 2007
VATICAN - Benedict XVI leads Angelus prayer from Cadore mountains: “From this place of peace… I renew my appeal to pursue with tenacity the path of rights, to refuse with determination the arms race, to reject more in general the temptation to face new situations with old systems
Lorenzago di Cadore (Agenzia Fides) - Before leading the recitation of midday Angelus prayer from the northern Italian mountain town of Cadore, where is spending a brief period of rest, the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, ...
23 July 2007
ASIA/SRI LANKA - Forced enrolment of minors, civilian casualties, fighting continues. The Island's forces for good appeal to international community
Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - In a telephone conversation with Fides the Papal Nuncio in Sri Lanka Archbishop Antonio Zenari outlined a situation of civil war and growing uncertainty and fear. “The situation is uncertain a ...
23 July 2007
EUROPE/SPAIN - Messengers of Peace Association delivers 15 tons of toys for hospitalised children in Lebanon and brings two little patients back to Spain for special treatment
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - Members of the Messengers of Peace Association, a Spanish NGO started by a Catholic priest Fr. Ángel García, have just returned from Lebanon where they distributed 15 tons of toys to children i ...
23 July 2007
AFRICA/MOROCCO - Important achievements for two Catholic schools celebrating 70th and 75th anniversaries
Marrakech (Agenzia Fides) - Two Catholic schools in Morocco are celebrating important 70th and 75th anniversaries this year.
La Saadia Catholic School in Marrakech was opened 75 years ago in 1932 by the Sisters of Our ...
23 July 2007
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Two dioceses start investigations for beatification of Witnesses to the Faith martyred in the 20th century
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The diocese of Chunchon and Hamhung have begun investigations in view of opening the diocesan stage for the beatification of Korean Catholics put to death during the last century. The respective ...
23 July 2007
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Time to listen to God, share testimony and pray: 26th Meeting of Catholic Charismatic Renewal Latin America commemorate 40th anniversary of Catholic Charismatic Renewal world Movement
São Paulo (Agenzia Fides) - The 26th Meeting of Catholic Charismatic Renewal Latin America will take place 24 to 28 July at the Community's premises in Canção Nova, Cachoeira Paulista (SP). The meeting, the most impor ...
23 July 2007
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Pastoral Letter in view of beatification of Zeffirino Namuncurá who longed to be a priest among his people and “never stopped being a missionary”
Patagonia (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Patagonia-Comahue region have addressed a Pastoral Letter to the Catholics of Argentina in view of the beatification on 11 November 2007 of Zeffirino Namuncurá, in Chimpay ...
23 July 2007
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The Catholic community mobilises for children and adolescents excluded from school system
Port Moresby (Agenzia Fides) -Papua New Guinea where many children in have no access to school, the local Catholic community seeks to provide instruction for children of various ages to open the way to a better future.
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20 July 2007
EUROPE/ITALY - “Newness in continuity” Xaverian Missions following General Chapter
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The 15th general chapter of the Xaverian Missions ended on 19 July (see Fides 13/3/2007 and 12/7/2007). For a month 47 missionaries from 20 countries prayed, reflected and made decisions. In a rep ...
20 July 2007
EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Youth without Frontiers (JSF) backs Summer mission: departures for Latin America and Africa, Mission Weeks in Portugal
Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - In Portugal many young Catholics, members of JSF Youth Without Frontiers, plan their Summer in a missionary key with a foreign mission experience or taking part in one of Portugal's Mission Week ...
20 July 2007
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - President and Bishops discuss state/Church collaboration
Lusaka (Agenzia Fides)- State/Church collaboration was the focus of a meeting on 12 July between the Catholic Bishops of Zambia and the Zambian president Levy Mwanawasa.
In a statement sent Fides the president of the B ...
20 July 2007
AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - Petroleum and tourism to boost national economy until now dependent on cacao and coffee exports
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides)- Not just coffee and cacao but petroleum and tourism too. Cote d'Ivoire intends to diversify its economy still mainly based on coffee production and export (Africa's 4th largest producer) and caca ...
20 July 2007
AFRICA/SEYCHELLES - Rosary Groups in Seychelles mark Silver Jubilee: “In the Church, through Mary to Jesus”
Port Victoria (Agenzia Fides) - The first Rosary Groups in Seychelles were formed in the diocese of Port Victoria-Seychelles in 1982 and the following year they were affiliated to the international movement. Today the d ...
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