News

• 22 November 2005
  AFRICA/EGYPT - In one of the poorest districts of Cairo 270 children learn to read and write thanks to a Catholic missionary Cairo (Fides Service) - A Centre opened by Italian Comboni missionary Fr. Luciano Verdoscia, who has worked for years among abandoned children in the garbage collectors village in Cairo’s Mansheyit Nasser district cont ...
• 22 November 2005
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - From Mindanao to all Asia: Archbishop Orlando Quevedo new General of the Federation of Asia Bishops’ Conferences Cotabato (Fides Service) - Archbishop Orlando Quevedo of Cotabato in Mindanao, southern Philippines, has been appointed secretary general (head) of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences. Archbishop Quevedo who ...
• 22 November 2005
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Tighter security measures in view of Christmas: Christians in Moluccas and Sulawesi fear terrorist attacks Ambon (Fides Service) - In the eastern Indonesian provinces of Moluccas and Sulawesi there is rising tension and people fear civil conflict between Muslim communities and Protestant Christian communities may break out ag ...
• 22 November 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Pakistan is promised more than enough money to rebuild earthquake hit area: donors offer 6 billion more than requested Lahore (Fides Service) - Thanks to international donors Pakistan can start the work of rebuilding after the October 8 earthquake in Kashmir which killed 73,000 and left 3 million people homeless. Donor governments and in ...
• 21 November 2005
  VATICAN - On the solemnity of Christ the King at the Angelus prayer Pope Benedict XVI recalls the Gaudium et Spes constitution : “The Mission of the Church yesterday, today and always is to announce and bear witness to Christ so that every man and woman may live the fullness of his or her vocation” Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the solemnity of Christ the King, the last Sunday of the Liturgical Year, at the midday Angelus prayer Pope Benedict XVI focused once again on the Second Vatican Council which closed 40 ...
• 21 November 2005
  AFRICA/CONGO - Savage murder of Catholic priest from Manono diocese who tried to convince rebel leader to disarm Manono (Fides Service) - A Catholic priest Fr Francois Djikulo has been savagely murdered by rebels in Democratic Congo. The priest, from the diocese of Manono, had gone, without asking permission or even informing his B ...
• 21 November 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - On 3 December Jesuits start celebrations for 5th centenary of the birth of St Francis Xavier and Blessed Pedro Fabro and 450 years since the death of St Ignatius Pamplona (Fides Service) - December 3 will mark the beginning of a Jubilee year for the Society of Jesus to commemorate three events: the 5th centenary of the birth of St Francis Xavier and Blessed Pedro Fabro (1506) and ...
• 21 November 2005
  AFRICA/KENYA - Eleven million electors vote in constitutional referendum and decide the destiny of the government Nairobi (Fides Service) - Kenya is living today 21 November a crucial day in its political history. Eleven million Kenyans are called to decide with a referendum whether to approve or reject a draft constitution which ha ...
• 21 November 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Catholic School of Social Doctrine, ten years of formation to help Catholics take an active and responsible part in social and economic and political matters Seoul (Fides Service) - Christian witness in society, the economy and politics is essential for promoting values and the centrality of the person. In a decade of activity the Catholic School of Social Doctrine in Seoul, ...
• 21 November 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics petition for a Museum in memory of Italian missionary Matteo Ricci in the grounds of the complex where the great missionary Jesuit is buried Beijing (Fides Service) - The 16th century Italian Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci is recognised by historians, theologians, scholars as a pioneer in cultural and religious exchange between the West and the Far East. The ...
• 21 November 2005
  OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Mass media can enhance lives and spread a culture of peace: local Church helps to educate young people Honiara (Fides Service) - “There is a real need for students and people who want to learn more, to use the media, as mush as possible to read papers, listen to the radio and watch TV, as all these are part of the deve ...
• 21 November 2005
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “The Church of go and preach is the missionary and martyr Church of the martyrs”: over 50,000 gather in Guadalajara for Beatification of 13 martyrs killed during persecution (10 laymen including an adolescent, and 3 priests) Guadalajara (Fides Service) - On Sunday 20 November at Jalisco Sports Centre in Guadalajara, there was a solemn Mass with the Beatification of 13 Mexican martyrs: laymen Anacleto Gonzalez Flores, Luis Padilla Gomez, Jorg ...
• 21 November 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholics in Orissa take up social challenges: fighting trafficking of tribal women Sambalpur (Fides Service) - In India’s north eastern state of Orissa the local authorities, NGOs and religious communities are working to put an end to the phenomenon of trafficking of tribal women. Catholic dioceses ...
• 21 November 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Don Oreste Benzi denounces: “month after pill RU486 plays into the hands of those who exploit prostitutes … this is slaughter” Rome ( Fides Service) - Don Oreste Benzi, founder of the Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII, has no doubts: “Tests on RU486, ‘month after pill, are yet another insult to Italian women and an act of violence against the un ...
• 19 November 2005
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - “It is urgent restore the foundations of social harmony, create spaces for dialogue and foster common efforts to promote solidarity, justice and respect for the truth” say Catholic Bishops of Nicaragua Managua (Fides Service) - The Bishops of Nicaragua denounce with concern growing spiritual and material poverty signs of which are “a loss of values and progressive social frustration” and underline the urgent need t ...