News
31 August 2005
ASIA/HONG KONG - Carry Christ to the young people of Asia: on the eve of the centenary of the Salesian’s arrival in China Sisters Announcers of the Lord join the great Salesian family
Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Educate children and young people to the values of the Gospel, give them instruction and faith in Christ: this is the charisma of the Sisters Announcers of the Lord who work in and around Hong ...
31 August 2005
ASIA/ INDONESIA - Anti Polio vaccination given to 24 million children under five
Rome (Fides Service) - Although the number of new cases registered is in decline, polyomyelitis, which the World Health Organisation promised by means of a vast vaccination campaign to eradicate by the year 2000, still r ...
31 August 2005
AFRICA/BURUNDI - This high number of female ministers in Burundi’s new executive is a tribute to the part played by Burundi’s women in the peace process
Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides)- Less Ministries and more women Ministers are the novelties of Burundi’s new government according to a local Church source in the capital Bujumbura where yesterday 30 August President Pierre N ...
31 August 2005
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - 6th Meeting of Portuguese Speaking Bishops’ Conferences in Mozambique 6 - 9 September to boost cooperation and evangelisation
Maputo (Fides Service)- From 6 to 9 September in Maputo capital of Mozambique the Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Portugese speaking countries will hold their 6th CPLP Assembly. “These meetings, the first of which w ...
31 August 2005
ASIA/SRI LANKA - Local Catholic Church more than ever committed to reconciliation and peace
Colombo (Fides Service) - “Despite considerable progress in the last three years, Sri Lanka still stands at the crossroads. The interruption of peace talks and recent clashes among the Tamil rebels themselves threaten ...
31 August 2005
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Celebrating 50 years of service the Society of Jesus institutes new Jesuit Province of Korea
Seoul (Fides Service) - The Prepositor general of the Society of Jesus, Fr Peter-Hans Kolvenbach is in South Korea to take part in celebrations to mark the 50th year of Jesuit service in that country. On the occasion Fr. ...
31 August 2005
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “World Youth Day in Sydney 2008: a great opportunità for growth and evangelisation for the Church in Australia”, said retired Archbishop of Sydney Cardinal Edward Clancy
Sydney (Fides Service) - “World Youth Day’s injection of spiritual values could break the spirial of self-indulgence that is responsible for the cycle of suicide and alcohol that kills a signficant number of young A ...
30 August 2005
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Resignation of Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi and succession
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 25 August 2005 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Tunduru-Masasi (Tanzania), presented by Bishop Magnus Mwalunyungu ...
30 August 2005
AFRICA/ANGOLA - New Bishop of Menongue
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 3 August 2005 appointed Bishop of Menongue (Angola) Rev. Mário Lucunde, until now Rector of the major seminary of Benguela.
The new Bishop was born on ...
30 August 2005
AMERICA/PERU - Resignation of Vicar Apostolic of Requena and succession
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 30 July 2005, accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the Apostolic Vicariate of Requena (Peru) presented by Bishop Victor De la Peña P ...
30 August 2005
AFRICA/COTE D’ IVOIRE - New Bishop of Odienne
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 29 July 2005 appointed Bishop of Odienne (Cote d’ Ivoire) Rev. Salomon Lezoutié of the clergy of Yopougon until now spiritual director at the major ...
30 August 2005
AMERICA/BRAZIL - “Every vocation is for mission, at the service of the human person, the poor and the excluded in particular”: objectives of 2nd National Vocations Congress in Brazil
Indaiatuba (Fides Service) - “Church, people of God at the service of life” is the slogan of the 2nd National Vocations Congress in Brazil to be held 2 to 6 September in Itaici, Indaiatuba, São Paulo, on the theme ...
30 August 2005
ASIA/CHINA - Catholic community in Qing Hai celebrates feasts of the Transfiguration and the Assumption in newly consecrated church
Xi Ning (Fides Service) - About 500 Catholics attended Mass on 6 August feast of the Transfiguration for the consecration of a new church in Hei Zui Er parish, diocese of Xi Ning, a mainly Muslim area. The same amount of ...
30 August 2005
ASIA/CHINA - Death of two bishops: Bishop Thomas Zhao Fengwu, a life of poverty and penance and Bishop James Xie Shiguang who spent 30 years in prison
Rome (Fides Service) - On 15 August, feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Bishop Thomas Zhao Fengwu of Yanzhou, Shandong (mainland China) died at the age of 85. The Bishop was born in 1920, ordained a pri ...
30 August 2005
AMERICA/CUBA - “May every child be an apostle for other children”: 370 children take part in 2nd National Holy Childhood Congress in Cuba
Camagüey (Fides Service) - About 370 children and adolescents gathered with 50 animators all members of the Pontifical Holy Childhood Society for Cuba’s 2nd National Holy Childhood Congress held at La Merced diocesan ...
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