News
-
18 May 2005
ASIA/CAMBODIA - Salesians celebrate 14 years at the service of young Cambodians offering education, and caring for street children and those with HIV/AIDS
Phnom Penh (Fides Service) - This year on 24 May the Salesian community in Cambodia will celebrate fourteen years of service to promote the human, cultural and spiritual growth of young Cambodians. According to the Sales ...
-
18 May 2005
ASIA/SYRIA - Ecumenical reflection and experience in Aleppo: how long must we wait before all Christians celebrate Easter together on the same date?
Aleppo (Fides Service) - There is an air of ecumenism and brotherhood in Syria. Recently the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Aleppo invited Catholic Bishop Luigi Padovese vicar apostolic of Anatolia to Aleppo to give a conf ...
-
18 May 2005
ASIA/PAKISTAN - President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan will stay on the political scene even after 2007
Islamabad (Fides) - President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan will stand for re-election when his mandate expires in 2007, Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed announced. “He will remain after 2007 because Pakistan ne ...
-
18 May 2005
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Cardinal George Pell urges government to review immigration policies
Sydney (Fides Service) - “It is time for the government to reconsider its position. The flood of illegal immigrants has dried up and the immigration policy is too tough” Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney sa ...
-
18 May 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - The Prelate of Opus Dei will ordain 42 new priests from 13 different countries on 21 May
Rome (Fides Service) - Saturday 21 May at St Eugenio Basilica, Valle Giulia, Rome, the Prelate of Opus Dei Bishop Javier Echevarría will ordain 42 new priests: 28 Europeans (Spanish, Italian, French, German, Portuguese ...
-
18 May 2005
VATICAN - The Pope’s Wednesday Audience teaching “the Lord stoops attentively to our smallness and indigence which would make us draw back in fear” on Psalm 112
Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Psalm 112 is a short hymn which in the original Hebrew consists of only sixty words all filled with sentiments of trust, praise and joy.” During the general audience this morning in St ...
-
18 May 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - Monfort Missionaries elect new Superior General Santino Brembilla the first ever Italian to lead the Missionaries of the Company of Mary.
Rome (Fides Service) - On 15 May Pentecost Sunday, the General Chapter of the Monfort Missionaries of the Company of Mary, meeting in Rome 1 to 21 May elected as new superior general Italian Father Santino Brembilla, age ...
-
18 May 2005
VATICAN - “I wish to recommend CELAM to give special attention to pastoral of the family threatened in our day by serious dangers which undermine the very foundation of Christian marriage and family”: Pope Benedict XVI sends message to Latin American Bishops for 50th CELAM anniversary
Vatican City (Fides) - On the occasion of the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences CELAM, Pope Benedict XVI has sent a message of good wishes dated 14 May 2005 in which ...
-
18 May 2005
EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Meeting of General Secretaries of European Bishops' Conferences: on the agenda the role of Christianity and the Churches in Europe, bio-ethical issues, urgent pastoral themes
St Gallen (Fides Service) - From 26th - 30th May 2005, the CCEE Secretariat at St Gallen is organising a meeting of the General Secretaries of Europe's 34 Bishops' Conferences. The representatives from the Bishops' Confe ...
-
18 May 2005
EUROPE/SPAIN - Adoption of a child by same sex couples cannot be justified if we consider the rights of the child
Madrid (Fides Service) - “To subordinate the interests of a child to the desires of adults is an ignoble experiment of social engineering which damages something which should be sacred for every legislator: the primary ...
-
18 May 2005
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - While waiting for official election results, government and opposition both claim victory in parliamentary elections on 15 May
Addis Ababa (Fides Service)- In Ethiopia a growing number of Opposition members are claiming victory after parliamentary elections held on Sunday 15 May. According to the Opposition 92 seats went to the main group CUD, ...
-
17 May 2005
ASIA/INDIA - “Christians must be barred from public administration” say Hindu extremists: “this goes against the country’s Constitution and human rights” Indian Christians reply
New Delhi (Fides Service) - Hindu extremists have launched another fierce anti-Christian campaign the eastern Indian state of Orissa. Member of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (World Hindu Council) calling on the state governm ...
-
17 May 2005
ASIA/VIETNAM - Bird flu: second outbreak in less than a week. Experts fear virus may change
Rome (Fides Service) - Since the end of 2003 bird flu has killed 36 people in Vietnam, twelve in Thailand and four in Cambodia. Now in Vietnam two cases of human infection by bird flu have been reported in less than a we ...
-
17 May 2005
ASIA/CINA - Cases of parasitic disease increase by 75 per cent. 12 million people in China infected by a parasite in the liver
Rome (Fides Service) - Diseases caused by food parasites are a growing threat for public health and a serious problem for food security. According to a survey by the Chinese health ministry in 31 provinces and regions of ...
-
17 May 2005
ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - UN High Commission for Refugees assists Uzbekistan people fleeing violence
Bishkek (Fides Service) - While tension is still high in eastern Uzbekistan and clashes between insurrectionists and government troops continue, more civilians fleeing the fighting are heading for the border with Kyrgy ...
Total articles: 43400 - Page 2571 of 2571