News
23 May 2005
ASIA/MALAYSIA - Kuala Lumpur diocese celebrates 50th anniversary: “Harmony through reconciliation”
Kuala Lumpur (Fides Service) - Today is an important day for Catholics in Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia, the community is celebrating two major events, the 50th anniversary of the diocese established 25 February 1955 ...
23 May 2005
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - 5,000 young Catholics of Sydney receive the sacrament of Confirmation amidst jubilant crowds evoking memories of the Holy Year 2000
Sydney (Fides Service) - Local media gave ample coverage to a “great spiritual and social event” a solemn Mass during which 5,000 children of the archdiocese of Sydney received the Sacrament of Confirmation in the pr ...
23 May 2005
EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Although 28% lower than ten years ago, the poverty rate in Republic di Guyana is still high particularly in rural areas, minister of health tells General Assembly of the World Health Organisation
Rome (Fides Service) - The annual assembly of the World Health Organisation WHO will close on 25 May. One of the emerging questions was the budget of the health ministry in the central American Republic of Guyana.
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23 May 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - Papal Envoy Cardinal Ruini, opens 24th National Eucharistic Congress: “the Eucharist is the heart of the Church, nourishment for every individual member”
Bari (Fides Service) - “It is precisely in the Most Holy Eucharist, in the Mass we are celebrating at this moment and in every Mass all over the world that the mystery of God, three in one, is made present for us, is g ...
21 May 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - 24th National Eucharistic Congress opens this evening in Bari: “We cannot live without Sunday”. 29 May closing Mass presided by Benedict XVI
Bari (Fides Service) - At 5pm this afternoon, Saturday 21 May in Bari, the 24 Italian National Eucharistic Congress will be officially opened by the Archbishop of Bari-Bitonto Mgr Francesco Cacucci who will welcome the ...
21 May 2005
EUROPE/SPAIN - Thousands of people accompanied by 52 Bishops make pilgrimage to Saragozza to re-consecrate the country to the care of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in this Year of the Immaculate Mary in Spain
Saragozza (Fides Service) - Thousands of Catholics from all over Spain accompanied by 51 Spanish Bishops and the Pope’s representative in Spain, Papal Nuncio Archbishop Manuel Monteiro di Castro, are making a pilgrimag ...
21 May 2005
AMERICA/PERU - “We and our communities are in a state of mission… In this year of the Eucharist, may the Lord Jesus Christ stay with us so we are able to communicate him to our brothers and sisters””: Closing Message of 30th CELAM meeting
Lima (Fides Service) - During a media conference at the offices of the Peruvian Bishops’ Conference in Lima at the end of the 30th plenary assembly of the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences CELAM, 17 to 2 ...
21 May 2005
ASIA/INDIA - More than 50,000 gather to celebrate the raising of the head of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church Archbishop Cyril Mar Baselios to the dignity of Major Archbishop
New Delhi (Fides Service) - More than 50,000 people including cardinals, bishops, priests, men and women religious and civil authorities attended a ceremony to celebrate the raising of the head of the Syro-Malankara Cat ...
21 May 2005
ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Independence three years on: East Timor faces challenge of reconciliation and economic development
Dili (Fides Service) - Today 20 May it is three years since East Timor proclaimed its independence from Indonesia. This tiny Asian country continues its toil to achieve national reconciliation and a future of prosperity. ...
21 May 2005
AFRICA/TOGO - The number of Togo refugees in Ghana and Benin is stable says UN High Commission for Refugees
Rome (Fides Service)- The flow of refugees from Togo towards Benin and Ghana, which rose to a total 32,000 from the 26,084 registered last week, appears to have stabilised according to the UN High Commission for Refugees ...
21 May 2005
VATICAN - The Pope addresses Bishops from Rwanda: “May the Spirit of Pentecost render fruitful the efforts of those who strive to build brotherhood among all Rwandans in a spirit of truth and justice!”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - This morning, Saturday 21 May Pope Benedict XVI received the Bishops of Rwanda on ad limina visit to Rome”. “Through you I greet affectionately your communities” the Pope said, encour ...
21 May 2005
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - East Congo: violence on civilians “An unbearable situation. The international community must intervene”
Bukavu (Fides Service)- Sad faces of people who have suffered too much welcomed a caravan of Peace and Solidarity as it reached Kaniola, local sources said with regard to the caravan sent by the city of Bukavu to the tow ...
21 May 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - “Morning Watchmen” gather in first extended assembly
Rome (Fides Service) - The Morning Watchmen are a small group of young people in the diocese of Verona and other diocese in northern and central Italy since 1999. On 15 October 2004 they became a recognised association ...
20 May 2005
EUROPE/SPAIN - “This amendment to the Civil Code masks one of the most serious aspects of the project: violation of the basic rights of the child. The government’s reaction to our Memorandum was a wall of silence not to say scorn " said Association of Professionals for Ethics chairman interviewed by Fides
Madrid (Fides Service) - Fides spoke with Jaime Urcelay Alonso jurist and chairman of the Associations of Professionals for Ethics which strives to promote and defend ethic values in public life. To fight the law which ...
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 ...
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