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16 May 2005
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - The late Archbishop Prospero Penados del Barrio emeritus of Guatemala “worked passionately to promote reconciliation among the people whom he accompanied with humility and firmness” says adjunct secretary of the Guatemalan Bishops’ Conference
Guatemala City (Fides Service) - This morning the Church in Guatemala will pay its last respects to Archbishop Prospero Penados del Barrio emeritus of Guatemala who died on May 13 at the age of 79. The funeral will take ...
16 May 2005
ASIA/INDIA - Popular theatre in Rajasthan to promote and spread the values of the Kingdom of God
New Delhi (Fides Children) - Children of all ages in the Indian state of Rajasthan enjoy puppet shows, the traditional means to pass on popular traditions and myths. But instead of telling the usual tales and stories, th ...
16 May 2005
ASIA/IRAQ - “The violence used by Al Qaida reveals weakness not power. What has all this got to do with religion” asks a Catholic priest in Iraq
Rome (Fides Service)- “Terrorists, Al Qaida, are already defeated because they are unable to propose a credible model of society. All they can do is to kill” Fr Nizar Semaan a Catholic priest in the northern Iraqi to ...
16 May 2005
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Good turn out for parliamentary elections: “this is a positive sign for the country’s democracy”
Addis Ababa (Fides Service)- “The first results show the turnout was far higher than expected. This is a positive sign which confirms the progress of democracy in our country ” say local sources in Addis Ababa, capit ...
14 May 2005
“To Bear Witness” Kevin M. Cahill M.D.
New York (Fides Service) - Fides received this touching witness offered by medical doctor Kevin M. Cahill, one of two United States specialists asked by the Vatican to serve as consultants with regard to the condition of ...
14 May 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - The world and the challenge to humanise healthcare. St John of God Hospitaller Brothers: ““not only curing but most of all caring””
Rome (Fides Service) - Medical doctors, university professors and men and women religious from all over the world will meet in Palermo, Sicily, to discuss the humanisation of healthcare with input from the United States, ...
14 May 2005
EUROPE/FRANCE - PMS Assembly - Report on the past year’s activity of Holy Childhood Society, closes the Annual Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies
Lyon (Fides Service) - The annual Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies closed on Friday 13th May, feast of Our Lady of Fatima with a solemn Mass presided by Archbishop Henryk Hoser, President of the Societies and ...
14 May 2005
EUROPE/FRANCE PMS Assembly - Over 80.000 seminarians in mission territories prepare for the priesthood thanks to funds from the Pontifical Mission Society St Peter Apostle
Lyon (Fides Service) - The purpose of the Pontifical Mission Society St Peter Apostle is to support the formation of local clergy in mission territories. Last year 2004, the Society supported the formation of 80,297 semi ...
14 May 2005
EUROPE/SPAIN - Spanish NGO starts youth cultural centres to serve 280,000 people including 110,000 children
Rome (Fides Service) - INTERVIDA a Spanish NGO which works to improve the living standard of children supporting various programmes in Peru, Bolivia, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Ecuador, India, Philippines and Mal ...
14 May 2005
AFRICA/ETIOPIA - Tomorrow Young Ethiopian democracy goes to the polls to elect a new national parliament and eight regional parliaments
Addis Ababa (Fides Service)- “This is a democratic process which must be encouraged: Ethiopia’s elections cannot be read with Western spectacles. Ethiopia has only known democracy for 12 years” said local sources i ...
14 May 2005
ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - Info
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Tension in Uzbekistan is still high. To offer a picture of the situation in the central Asia republic Fides publishes this background note on Uzbekistan.
area: 447.400 sq. km - populatio ...
14 May 2005
ASIA/CHINA - On the feast of Our Lady of Fatima Catholics pray that the “intercession of Pope John Paul II and the great love of Pope Benedict XVI will bring unity with the universal Church closer”
Beijing (Fides Service) - Catholics in Beijing celebrated with enthusiasm the feast of Our Lady of Fatima on May 13. In many parishes after the Mass people stayed to watch recordings of the Masses for the funeral of Pope ...
13 May 2005
VATICAN - The Pope declares open the cause for the beatification of Pope John Paul II
Vatican City (Fides Service) - During his first audience with the clergy of Rome in St John’s Cathedral in the Lateran, Benedict XVI declared open the cause for the beatification of Pope John Paul II. Here is the text ...
13 May 2005
VATICAN - Benedict XVI meets the priests and deacons of his diocese of Rome: “The Risen Christ calls us to be his witnesses and he gives us the power of his Spirit to do so. It is therefore necessary to be with Him in order to render witness with our whole life”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - This morning the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI drove across Rome to the Vicariate office of Rome diocese at the basilica of St John Lateran where in the Hall of the Conciliation he had a m ...
13 May 2005
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses the Diplomatic Corps accredited to Holy See: “everyone is called to build a peaceful society in order to vanquish the temptation of clashes between cultures, ethnic groups and different worlds”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - On 12 May, in the Regia Hall, Pope Benedict addressed members of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See, in his first meeting with them as a group since his April 19 election to th ...
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