News
9 February 2005
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “Lent forces us to come to terms with the ‘tsunami’ of sin and evil in our lives” Archbishop of Melbourne says in Lenten Letter 2005
Melbourne (Fides Service) - Archbishop Denis Hart of Melbourne has said that “parishes communities and individuals have been deep in prayer and practical and financial support for those who had their livelihood destroy ...
9 February 2005
ASIA/TAIWAN - Young people begin to sign up for pilgrimages to Germany for Word Youth Day 2005
Taipei (Fides Service) - Young people in Taiwan anxious to take part in the World Youth day celebrations in August in Cologne, Germany, may enrol from 30 January to 28 February for a place on one of 8 pilgrimages. The 8 ...
9 February 2005
ASIA/INDONESIA - Christians and Muslims will work together to care for “tsunami orphans”: running new Children’s Home in Aceh
Aceh (Fides Service) - In Indonesia a mission sent by the Youth Off the Streets Association based in Sydney, which provides assistance and education for abandoned children, has reached an agreement with one of the main I ...
9 February 2005
AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Bishops’ Conference signs important co-operation agreement with the Ministry for Education to re-launch the country’s school system
San Jose de Costa Rica (Fides Service) - On Wednesday 2 February at the offices of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Costa Rica, an agreement for co-operation to develop joint programmes, exchange experience and vari ...
9 February 2005
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Minute of Mission radio ‘pill’ of missionary animation produced by Pontifical Mission Societies in Ecuador informs, forms and animates
Quito (Fides Service)- Minute of Mission is a ‘radio pill’ lasting 60 seconds containing a brief, accurate and incisive message on the activities of the Church with testimonials from Ecuadorian missionaries ad gentes ...
9 February 2005
AFRICA/TOGO - part of the country wants “a return to constitutional rules to allow the country to vote”
Lome (Fides)- Protest on the part of the Opposition continues in Togo with two days of “dead country” with schools, offices and shops closed. Togo has still not recovered after the death of President Gnassingbe Eyade ...
9 February 2005
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “Pray for the conversion of hearts” says a Catholic Bishop in the Democratic Republic of Congo according to DIA new agency of the Congolese Bishops’ Conference
Kinshasa (Fides Service) - Pray for peace. This is the call for Lent launched by Bishop Stanislas Lukumwena, Bishop of Kole, in the centre of Congo, according to the news Agency of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference DIA. ...
8 February 2005
AFRICA/TOGO - “Unreal silence increases people’s fear” say Fides sources in Lome capital of Togo following death of President Eyadema in power for 38 years
Lome (Fides Service)- “A ghost city wrapped in unreal silence which only increases the fear of the people”. This is how Fides sources describe the situation in Lome, capital of Togo, following the death of President ...
8 February 2005
EUROPE/GERMANY - German Bishops launch annual Lenten Campaign: “United we share. United we fight disease”
Friburg (Fides Service) - “United we share. United we fight disease” is the theme of the annual Lenten Campaign launched by Misereor, the humanitarian agency of the Catholic Bishops of Germany, which will open offici ...
8 February 2005
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - National Youth Day on the theme “We have come to adore Him”, in preparation for World Youth Day in Germany
Caracas (Fides Service) - The Church in Venezuela will celebrate the 2nd National Youth Day on 13 February, David Miguel Gonzalez, executive director of department for youth and university pastoral of the Venezuelan Bis ...
8 February 2005
ASIA/HOLY LAND - “We are witnessing a renewed involvement of the international community. We thank God for this”: Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem issues Lenten Message 2005
Jerusalem (Fides Service) - “We are witnessing a renewed involvement of the international community. We thank God for this. We ask him to strengthen the leaders in their new visions” Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Mi ...
8 February 2005
ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics all over the world hope for a new year of peace and prosperity: Lunar New Year celebrated in mainland China and Chinese speaking communities overseas
Beijing (Fides Service) - Lunar New Year will be celebrated by Chinese speaking people all over the world in the modern society of many cultures and ethnic groups and in the era of globalisation. February 9 is the first ...
8 February 2005
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “Congo is ours: the time has come for full commitment for democracy” say Catholic Bishops of Congo
Kinshasa (Fides Service)- “The time has come for serious commitment to promote democracy” said the Bishop members of the Standing Committee of the Congolese Bishops’ Conference in a statement at the end of meeting ...
8 February 2005
AMERICA/ECUADOR - “Migration and development”: Andes-Hispanic Symposium 14-17 February in Quito on migration and ensuing pastoral challenges facing the Church
Quito (Fides Service) - Migration and Development is the theme of an Andes-Hispanic Symposium, 14-17 February in Quito, organised by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Ecuador, Caritas Spain, Migration and co-developm ...
8 February 2005
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Bishop of Mariannhill resigns
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, on 7 February 2005, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Mariannhill (South Africa) presented by Bishop Paul Themba Mng ...
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