News
14 February 2005
ASIA/JAPAN - Saitama diocese holds 3rd ‘Latino to Obispo’ Meeting
Saitama (Fides Service) - Recently Saitama diocese held its third Latino to Obispo diocesan cultural exchange meeting between the bishop and the people of Latin American origin at the Sano church in Tochi prefecture. Abo ...
14 February 2005
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - A bridge of reconciliation in Mindanao’s Christian/Muslim society: priority mission of Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate in the Philippines and new provincial superior
Cotabato (Fides Service) - At this time of increasing tension in southern Philippines with fighting between the regular army and the separatist rebels of the Moro National Liberation Front the Oblate Missionaries of Mary ...
14 February 2005
AMERICA - El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua: dysentery epidemic affects mainly children under five
Rome (Fides Service) - The government of El Salvador has declared as state of emergency in three national departments after 15 children died in outbreaks of dysentery. The number of cases continues to increase. Some 51, ...
14 February 2005
ASIA/IRAQ - 6 Christians elected as members of national parliament and 5 in the Kurdish bloc. Father Nizar Semaan comments for Fides.
Baghdad ( Fides Service)- During the recent elections on 30 January in Iraq 6 Christians were elected members of the national parliament and 5 in the Kurdish bloc. These Christian MPs, elected in northern Iraq, belong to ...
14 February 2005
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Lendu and Hema clash in north eastern Ituri region of Congo: pastures and farmlands on top and gold, coltan uranium and oil underground! - Who aims for these resources?
Bunia (Fides Service)- “This is a humanitarian catastrophe, a war on civilians” said a local Church source in Bunia main town in the north western Ituri region of Democratic Congo, where at least 80,000 people have a ...
14 February 2005
AFRICA/TOGO - Pray to God who is Lord of difficult even impossible situations” : appeal from Christian religious authorities Togo in a situation of political crisis since the death of President Eyadema
Lome (Fides Service)- " In this political situation following the tragic events in our country Togo, the country’s religious communities cannot fail to voice concern" Christian leaders in Togo said in a message to the ...
10 February 2005
ASIA/INDIA - “Renounce your Christian faith, reconvert to Hinduism or you will die”: Hindu fanatics threaten Catholic villagers in west India
New Delhi (Fides Service) - Catholics in the tribal village of Rajura, Amravati district in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, are terrified after an attack by Hindu extremists on 7 February followed by threats of ...
10 February 2005
ASIA/TAIWAN - Cardinal Paul Shan issues Message for Lunar New Year
Taipei (Fides Service) - In a message of good wishes for Lunar New Year dated 9 February Cardinal Paul Shan, President of the Chinese Regional Bishops’ Conference, said among other things: “At the beginning of a new ...
10 February 2005
ASIA/HONG KONG - Bishop Joseph Zen of Hong Kong issues pastoral Letter for Lent: “Love life and treasure divine grace”
Hong Kong (Fides Service) - ““Love life and treasure divine grace”, was the title of a Lenten Message published by Bishop Joseph Zen of Hong Kong. In the message the Bishop remarks on the present day situation in H ...
10 February 2005
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Fighting in Jolo, peace threatened in southern Philippines- some fear that different guerrilla groups will join forces
Manila (Fides Service) - “Peace in southern Philippines is threatened”, a mission in Mindanao told Fides. There have been reports of violent clashes on the island of Jolo, part of the small archipelago of Sulu, in t ...
10 February 2005
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Archbishop of Bangui among guarantors for presidential elections in Central African Republic. Missionary comments for Fides
Bangui (Fides Service)- “The reaction has been positive. The local press welcomed the agreement reached by political groups in Central Africa” a missionary working in Central African Republic told Fides with regard ...
10 February 2005
AMERICA/MEXICO - "Maria, your priests want to see Jesus " theme of 5th International Retreat for Priests
Monterrey (Fides Service) - "Maria, we your priests want to see Jesus" is the theme of a 5th International Retreat for Priests organised by the Archdiocese of Monterrey in collaboration with Catholic Charismatic Renewal ...
10 February 2005
AMERICA/BRAZIL - “Christians who take part in efforts to promote peace and solidarity become valid channels of evangelisation”, says Pope John Paul II in a message to the Church in Brazil for the 2005 Fraternity Campaign
Brasilia (Fides Service) - In a message on the occasion of Brazil’s Fraternity Campaign 2005 Pope John Paul II said the Campaign organised every year by the local Church for the past forty years, and this year extended ...
10 February 2005
AFRICA/SUDAN - “May peace encourage cultural renewal and eventually bring democracy” says missionary in Sudan
Khartoum (Fides Service)- “There will be a real turning point for the country only if the peace process triggers cultural renewal which will eventually bring democracy. But this will take time” a missionary with yea ...
9 February 2005
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Archdiocese of Seoul launches mission to America: priests, religious and lay people on mission for new evangelisation
Seoul (Fides Service) - The Catholic Archdiocese of Seoul has set up a new office Catholic Seoul Mission to promote evangelisation in America. In addition to the Korean Foreign Mission Society, established by the Korean ...
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