News
9 September 2005
AFRICA/BURUNDI - Catholics make priceless contribution to national peace, reconciliation and education
Bujumbura (Fides Service)- “Catholics have always worked hard to promote peace and reconciliation in Burundi and will continue to do so” say local Church sources in Bujumbura, capital of Burundi where newly elected P ...
9 September 2005
AFRICA/COTE D’ IVOIRE - Postponement of October 30 elections must not mean hope for peace is lost
Abidjan (Fides Service)- “The fact that there will be no election on 30 October does not mean that there will be no election at all” say local sources in Abidjan where yesterday 8 September UN representative for Cote ...
9 September 2005
ASIA/CHINA - Reactions to apointment of mainland Chinese bishops as members of Vatican Synod of Bishops in October: “with faith and hope we pray before the Eucharist and hope with all our heart that they bishop may travel to Rome in response to the Pope’s call”
Beijing (Fides Service) - Yesterday rumours un China with regard to the presence of Chinese bishops at the October Synod of Bishops in Rome were confirmed when the Holy See press office announced that Pope Benedict XVI h ...
8 September 2005
AMERICA/PERU - Promote and support reflection on the family the “domestic church”: objective of Diocesan Family Week 18 to 23 September in Callao
Callao (Fides Service) - “To promote and support reflection on the family as a “domestic church’ and consolidate family pastoral care in the local Church is the goal of a Diocesan Family Week 18 23 September organi ...
8 September 2005
AMERICA/CANADA - Over 40 million HIV positive people in the world, 37 million are adults and of these 17.6 million are women
Rome (Fides Service) - The AIDS Vaccine 2005 International Conference organised by CANVAC Canadian Network for Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics being held in Montreal, Canada, closes tomorrow 9 September.
An overall pict ...
8 September 2005
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - English version of New Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church soon on sale in Australia
Sydney (Fides Service) - The new Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church is “concise and valuable” said Bishop Kevin Manning of Paramatta diocese in Australia where the English version of the book will soo ...
8 September 2005
EUROPE/POLAND - Media, young people’s languages and handing on the faith: Plenary Assembly of the European Bishops' Media Commission
Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - Some 80 people - bishops, communications experts, spokespersons for Europe's 34 bishops' conferences and representatives of various Catholic communications agencies - will gather at the Barnabite ...
8 September 2005
ASIA/INDIA - New national monthly religious publication launched by Catholic Religious Conference of India editor Sr Mary Saroja
New Delhi (Fides Service) - 'Religious India' is a new religious monthly launched by the Catholic Religious Conference of India. The editor is highly qualified and experienced Sr Mary Saroja of the congregation of the Si ...
8 September 2005
ASIA/BANGLADESH - Installation of new Catholic Archbishop of Dhaka in a country in the grip of tension and threat of lurking terrorism
Dhaka (Fides Service) - The new Catholic Archbishop of Dhaka Paulinus Costa will be installed in the city’s Cathedral tomorrow 9 September during a solemn Mass in the presence of civil and religious authorities, numero ...
8 September 2005
ASIA/CHINA - Priests from mainland China attend Hong Kong academic seminary on Christianity and Chinese Culture Beijing
(Fides Service) - About forty philosophers, theologians, scholars and experts on Chinese religion and culture from mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, United States, Gt Britain and Jerusalem took part in an academi ...
8 September 2005
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “Promote Bible Centres throughout Africa”: intervention by president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Democratic Congo at Meeting of Catholic Exegetes in Kinshasa
Kinshasa (Fides Service)- Promote national and diocesan Bible Centres in view of organising Bible apostolate. This proposal was launched by Archbishop Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of Kisangani who is President of the Cathol ...
8 September 2005
AFRICA/UGANDA - Religious, civil and military leaders of northern Uganda and southern Sudan meet to promote peace in both countries
Gulu (Fides Service)- To consolidate peace in southern Sudan and increase the chances of reaching an agreement to end the civil war in northern Uganda religious leaders, traditional chiefs and high ranking military offic ...
8 September 2005
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - United Nations warns that 10 million people in southern Africa face serious food shortage. Governments take action. But will it suffice?
Lusaka (Fides Service)- “This is not yet an emergency but the situation must be kept under control” say local sources in Lusaka, capital of Zambia, one of the countries considered at risk of food shortage according t ...
8 September 2005
EUROPE/BELGIUM - Defending the family and rights of children on 10 September Brussels World Family Capital
Brussels (Fides Service) - After the successful demonstration to defend authentic marriage and the rights of children organised June 18 in Madrid, Spain, it is the turn of the Belgian capital Brussels, where parliament ...
7 September 2005
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Second Mission Ecuador 2005: the missionary’s day
Loja (Fides Service) - In general, apart for some variations due to situations in different mission posts, the day of young university student missionaries taking part in Second Mission Ecuador 2005 will be marked by com ...
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