News
25 April 2006
ASIA/INDIA - Two new churches dedicated to Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta
New Delhi (Fides Service) - The charisma of Mother Teresa of Calcutta continues to live and bear fruits of love and service in India, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India said when it announced the dedication of t ...
25 April 2006
AFRICA/REUNION - 204,000 people about one third of the population affected by chikungunya virus “bending disease” which strikes like dengue
Moroni (Fides Service) - In the French island of Reunion, near Madagascar, already 5,049 cases of chikungunya have been registered in a serious outbreak of the virus which started in March 2005.
According to the World H ...
24 April 2006
VATICAN- Pope Benedict XVI recalls “the mystery of the loving mercy of God ” the centre of the Pontificate of John Paul II: “Divine Mercy is no secondary devotion, it is an integral dimension of Christian faith and prayer ”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The apparitions of the Risen Jesus to the disciples and devotion to Divine Mercy central to the Pontificate of Pope John Paul II were the themes illustrated by the Holy Father Benedict XVI ...
24 April 2006
AFRICA/REPUBLIC OF CONGO - The Bishop of Ouesso resigns
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 22 April 2006 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Ouesso (Republic of Congo), presented by Bishop Hervé Itoua, in co ...
24 April 2006
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Okigwe resigns and is succeeded
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 22 April 2006, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Okigwe (Nigeria), presented by Bishop. Anthony Ekezia Ilonu, in c ...
24 April 2006
AFRICA/TANZANIA - The Pope appoints new Bishop of Mbulu
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, on 22 April 2006, appointed Bishop of Mbulu (Tanzania) Rev. Fr. Beatus Kinyaiya, O.F.M. Cap., formerly Provincial Superior for Tanzania.
The Bishop elec ...
24 April 2006
AMERICA - Pope Benedict XVI convokes 5th CELAM Conference in Brazil 13 - 31 May 2007
Vatican City (Fides Service) -"The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, taking into consideration the wish expressed by CELAM and for the good of the Church in the countries of Latin America has formally convoked for 13 to 31 ...
24 April 2006
AFRICA/UGANDA - Commission established for Catholic Education
Kampala (Fides Service- With a colourful and participated ceremony on 22 April at Cardinal Nsubuga Leadership Training Centre, the Church in Uganda established its own Commission for Catholic Education. Archbishop Paul B ...
24 April 2006
ASIA/TURKEY - Living the fruits of Easter 2006 among Muslims and Jews: experience of the Franciscan Fraternity in Istanbul
Istanbul (Fides Service) - “The joy of Easter floods human history with light. This certainty is announced wherever there are Christians. In our situation as a Christian minority in Turkey this joy is very special: th ...
24 April 2006
AFRICA/LIBERIA - Programme completed: 314,000 internally displaced Liberians return home
Monrovia (Fides Service)- The UN High Commission for Refugees UNHCR operation to help about 314,000 internally displaced Liberians return to their districts of origin was completed last week. During civil war in Liberia ...
21 April 2006
EUROPE - April 22 Triple Jubilee for the Society of Jesus all over the world celebrates, In St Peter’s meeting with the Pope
Rome (Fides Service) - Saturday 22 April feast of the Virgin Mother of the Society of Jesus is the day chosen by Prepositor General Fr. Peter-Hans Kolvenbach for the celebration of a Triple Jubilee of the first three com ...
21 April 2006
EUROPE/ITALY - Opening tomorrow in Rimini 29th National Meeting of Renewal in the Spirit: expected 20,000 participants from 1,900 groups from Italy and other countries
Rimini (Fides Service) - Tomorrow 22 April at the Fiera di Rimini there will be the opening of the 29th National Meeting of Renewal in the Spirit on the theme: “You are the people God has won for himself to proclaim Hi ...
21 April 2006
AFRICA/KENYA -President of Kenya announces national day of inter-religious prayer
Nairobi (Fides Service) - The President of Kenya Mwai Kibaki announced a national day of inter-religious prayer for today 21 April to commemorate the victims of the air crash last week (see Fides 12 April 2006). On 10 Ap ...
21 April 2006
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Also in Burkina Faso the Lord is Risen! During the Easter Vigil 470 catechumens receive the Sacraments of Christian Initiation
Ouagadougou (Fides Service) - Yes the Lord is truly risen also for the patients at Camillian Homes which care for the poor, the abandoned, the terminally ill and even people abandoned by their own family.
The Lord is r ...
21 April 2006
ASIA/NEPAL - Hospitals in Nepal overflowing with the wounded in need of blood transfusions, medicines etc. Abuse and discrimination of women continues.
Kathmandu (Fides Service) - For centuries women in Nepal have been victims of a rigid social system of castes and classes which still exists in rural areas and villages. In 1992 on 8 March to stop sexual abuse of women ...
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