News
9 December 2005
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Catholics spread awareness of importance of December 18 constitutional referendum
Kinshasa (Fides Service) - The Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo does not intend to give instructions with regard to voting in the referendum on the Constitution on 18 December. However Church structur ...
9 December 2005
AFRICA/MALI - Restore Light mission in Africa concluded: 210 cataracts removed and 1,400 ophthalmological examinations carried out
Rome (Fides Service) - With a total 210 cataracts removed and 1,400 opthalmological examinations carried out, AFMAL concluded its last humanitarian mission ‘restore light’ in Gao, Mali. AFMAL (Associazione con i Fate ...
7 December 2005
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Kinshasa joins archbishop Cardinal Frédérick Etsou for 75th birthday celebrations
Kinshasa (Fides Service)- The archdiocese of Kinshasa celebrated on Sunday 4 December the 75th birthday of its Archbishop Cardinal Frédéric Etsou. The date also marked 50 years of priesthood for the cardinal.
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7 December 2005
AFRICA - Bats, a delicacy in central Africa, may carry Ebola.
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Three kinds of bats eaten by humans in central Africa could be carriers of the Ebola virus which has caused the death of hundreds humans and large monkeys. This is the opinion of researchers at the ...
7 December 2005
ASIA/INDIA - The Pope establishes new diocese of Miao and appoints first Bishop
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 7 December 2005 created the diocese of Miao (India) with territory taken from the diocese of Dibrugarh making it suffragan of the Metropolitan see of G ...
7 December 2005
ASIA/INDIA - The Pope establishes new diocese of Itanagar and appoints first bishop
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 7 December 2005, established the diocese of Itanagar (India), with territory taken from the diocese of Tezpur, making it suffragan of the metropolitan ...
7 December 2005
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Archbishop of Antananarivo resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 7 December accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Antananarivo (Madagascar), presented by Cardinal Armand Gaétan R ...
7 December 2005
VATICAN - “We must be certain that however burdensome and stormy are the trials that await us, we will never be left alone, we will never fall from the Lord's hands, the hands that created us and now follow us on life's itinerary”: Pope Benedict XVI explains Psalm 137
Vatican City (Fides Service) - In his reflection addressed to some 20,000 visitors at the Wednesday audience this morning in St Peter’s Square Pope Benedict XVI focused on Psalm 137 (“thanksgiving”) - vespers Tuesd ...
7 December 2005
EUROPE/POLAND - “Living the faith and communicating it to others” : 4th PMU National Meeting marks 85th anniversary of PMU Poland
Czestochowa (Fides Service) - “We hope this meeting will leave the Church in Poland stronger in missionary spirit ready for greater effort for mission ad gentes” said National director of the Pontifical Mission Socie ...
7 December 2005
ASIA/FILIPPINES - President and standing council of Catholic Bishops’ Conference take office
Manila (Fides Service) - The new Standing Council of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines began a two year mandate on 1 December with Archbishop Angel Lagdameo of Jaro as president and Bishop Antonio Led ...
7 December 2005
ASIA/PAKISTAN - As rigid Kashmir Winter sets in more mountain people may move to lower valleys
Lahore (Fides Service) - The UN High Commission for Refugees which has been operating in Pakistan to assist earthquake victims since the October 8 tragedy, is preparing for a possible exodus of mountain village people to ...
7 December 2005
ASIA/TAIWAN - Good Shepherd Catholic Foundation joins civil foundations to help integration of women immigrants
Taipei (Fides Service) - Life is not easy for women immigrants from Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines who marry local Taiwan husbands; they have to learn a new languages, new customs and bring their children up in a way th ...
7 December 2005
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic Bishops of Australia plan to open New National Office for Evangelisation to mark the 30th anniversary of encyclical Evangelii Nuntiandi
Sydney (Fides Service) - To mark the 30th anniversary of Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Evangelii Nuntiandi the Catholic Bishops of Australia announced they will consider setting up a National Office of Evangelisation, like ...
6 December 2005
ASIA/INDIA - Missionaries of Charity, Sisters and Brothers, care for people with AIDS at two Catholic centres in Calcutta
Calcutta (Fides Service) - In Calcutta Missionaries of Charity, Sisters and Brothers, spiritual sons and daughters of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta care for people with AIDS at two centres for people with AIDS and of ...
6 December 2005
ASIA/TAIWAN - Fu Ren Catholic University gives new students warm welcome in a spirit of Christian charity and brotherhood
Taipei (Fides Service) - Recently Fu Ren Catholic University in Taipei held a ceremony to welcome new students. The ceremony concluded with a blessing by the university chaplain.
According to Christian Life Weekly pub ...
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