News
20 May 2005
VATICAN - The Pope addresses students of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy: “cultivate "the two constitutive and complementary dimensions of the Church: communion and mission, unity and passion for evangelisation
Vatican City (Fides Service) - This morning, the Holy Father received students of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy, accompanied by their president, Archbishop Justo Mullor, calling on them to use their formative yea ...
20 May 2005
VATICAN - After a Seminar ‘Liturgy a great school of peace’ Justice and Peace president Cardinal Martino promises paper on the subject
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The start of fruitful relations between scholars of liturgy and scholars of social doctrine was, according to Cardinal Renato Martino president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Pea ...
20 May 2005
AMERICA/MEXICO - “Euthanasia is always either homicide or suicide”: Church in Mexico harshly condemns propose law to allow euthanasia
Matehuala (Fides Service) - In a statement issued on 18 May the Catholic Bishops of Mexico strongly criticised a proposed “general law on the rights of persons who are terminally ill” presented in parliament by the D ...
20 May 2005
AMERICA/PERU - Bishops’ Conference calls for more communion among the peoples of Latin America and build hope in each of the countries
Lima (Fides Service) - “As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of CELAM and prepare with gratitude to commemorate 400 years after his passing to the Home of the Father of Saint Toribio de Mogrovejo - proclaimed patron o ...
20 May 2005
AMERICA/CUBA - 1st National Catholic Mission Assembly to give new impulse to missionary activity and respond to present day challenges
Havana (Fides Service) - The 1st National Catholic Mission Assembly to be held in Havana from 24 to 28 May Missioni will bring all the missionary forces of the Catholic Church in Cuba to reflect on the path outlined by t ...
20 May 2005
ASIA/TAIWAN - Catholic Bishops and Religious Superiors hold Spring Meeting
Taipei (Fides Service) - According to Christian Life Weekly publication issued by the archdiocese of Taipei, recently the Catholic Bishops and Superiors of Religious Institutes of Taiwan gathered for their Spring Meeti ...
19 May 2005
VATICAN - “Love, nourish and hand on the faith in your families as the most precious heritage! Bear witness to the faith!”: Benedict XVI encourages Peruvian Catholics
Lima (Fides Service) - The celebration and final lap of the great City Mission “Remar Mar Adentro” which for more than two years has involved more than 10,000 city missionaries mostly lay people in a programme of new ...
19 May 2005
VATICAN - Political commitment as a demanding way of living Christian commitment at the service of others: Cardinal Martino at a Seminar of the Social Doctrine of the Catholic Church
Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Lack of attention for its ethical dimension leads inevitably to the de-humanisation of life and institutions which transforms social and political life into a jungle at the mercy of viol ...
19 May 2005
ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - 7 attempts to answer one question: What really happened in Uzbekistan?
Tashkent (Fides Service) -What really happened on May 13 in the town of Andijan in eastern Uzbekistan? Pending the international enquiry requested by the United Nations and the European Union we offer the following set ...
19 May 2005
EUROPE/SPAIN - “This law offends humanity and society and it will cause an unprecedented social rift. This is mistruth claiming to be truth" says Catholic Bishop of Tarazona in a Pastoral Letter to his people.
Tarazona (Fides Service) - “Besides offending God and the institution of marriage as he intended it to be this law offends humanity and society on which it will inflict an unprecedented rift by using the same term to d ...
19 May 2005
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Catholic diocesan radio station Radio Musi O Tunya in Livingstone resumes broadcasts
Livingstone (Fides Service)- The local Catholic radio station, Radio Musi O Tunya opened by Livingstone diocese informed us that it has been able to resume broadcasts being closed some months ago. The radio was issued wi ...
19 May 2005
ASIA/BANGLADESH - More than 10,000 local people, including many Muslims, attend ordination of the new Catholic Bishop of Khulna
Khulna (Fides Service) - Crowds of at least 10,000 including many Muslims attended the ordination of the new Bishop of Khulna in Bangladesh, Bishop Bejoy D’Cruze OMI. The retired Bishop Michael Rosario, the papal nunci ...
19 May 2005
AFRICA/RWANDA - “The Church in Rwanda is a lively reality” Chairman of Bishops’ Conference tells Fides
Rome (Fides Service)- “Our young people are the future of the Church in Rwanda. We must start with them it we want to heal the wounds of the past” Bishop Alexis Habiyambere S.J. of Nyundo chairman of the Catholic Bis ...
19 May 2005
AFRICA/CONGO - Infected monkey meat could be the cause of new outbreak of Ebola. In Congo nine people died of Ebola in April and new cases await confirmation. For this virus which is mortal in 60 to 90 percent of cases, there is no treatment or vaccine
Rome (Fides Service) - The news of another outbreak of Ebola had been circulating for a couple of weeks but World Health Organisation WHO experts were cautious about confirming the report. Now it is official, the lethal ...
18 May 2005
AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Most people in Guinea want the elections, but supporters of former President Kumba Yala need help to overcome fear and diffidence
Bissau (Fides Service) - Calm has returned to Bissau, capital of Guinea Bissau where yesterday, 17 May there were clashes between the police and participants in a demonstration in favour of former President Kumba Yala ( ...
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