News
20 January 2005
ASIA/TURKEY - Dialogue and service: a year since the Franciscan Fraternity opened in Istanbul
Istanbul (Fides Service) - “A year of ecumenical and interreligious dialogue and service”, the members of the Franciscan Fraternity in Istanbul told Fides a year after the official opening of the Fraternity a Istanbu ...
20 January 2005
EUROPE/ITALY
S. Egidio initiatives in the world: Update
Rome (Fides) - On the occasion of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, (18-25 January 2005), S. Egidio Communities all over the world dedicate evening prayer meetings to this intention.
Here are some of the meeting ...
20 January 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - Help the poor and the abused bearing witness to the Gospel. Rev. Oreste Benzi founder of the Papa Giovanni XXIII Association joins FOSCIV and Caritas Italy in the Millennium Goals Campaign speaks with Fides
Rome (Fides Service) - “We are part of the Church and the Church has assigned to us a role in the world of slavery, poverty and abuse. Therefore we are happy to take part in the Millennium Campaign with other Catholic ...
20 January 2005
ASIA/TAIWAN - Debate on social communications in the Churches of Asia: believers should make more use of the media to evangelise
Taipei (Fides Service) - “Communicating through Dialogue” was the theme of a recent seminar held in Indonesia organised by the Department for Social Communications of the FABC, Federation of Asian Bishops’ Confere ...
20 January 2005
AFRICA/BURUNDI - “The present food shortage in Burundi is due to climatic conditions but it is also a quesion of structures and market ” local source told Fides
Bujumbura (Fides Service)- United Nations World Food Programme WFP has issued a hunger warning for Burundi, following a local alarm last week (see Fides 12 January 2005). According to the UN organisation, more than half ...
20 January 2005
ASIA/PAKISTAN - “May the 'feast of sacrifice' be source of reconciliation and brotherhood on the occasion of the annual Muslim feast of Eid-ul-Azha Catholic Bishops of Pakistan send good wishes message to Isalmic leaders and communities in the country
Lahore (Fides Service ) - Through its Commission for Inter-religious Dialogue, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Pakistan sent a message of good wishes to Muslim individuals and communities in Pakistan for the annual ...
20 January 2005
AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Secretariat of the Bishops’ Conferences of Central America denounces brutal attacks on “the sacredness of the unborn child, the holiness of the family and matrimony, the dignity of women and the education of youth”
San José de Costa Rica (Fides Service) - “Stay with us Lord” was the title of a message issued by the Secretariat of the Bishops’ Conferences of Central America SEDAC at the end of a meeting in November in the Cos ...
20 January 2005
AFRICA/GHANA - Regional crisis, currency, common agricultural policy and electicity were some of the topics discussed by heads of state at a meeting of the Economic Community of West African Countries which ended today
Rome (Fides Service)- A summit meeting of CEDEAO/ECOWS, Economic Community of West African Countries, held in Accra, capital of Ghana, closed today with the nomination of Niger President Mamadou Tandja, as presidente of ...
19 January 2005
ASIA/IRAQ - "Thank you Holy Father, my captors were moved your words" abducted Catholic archbishop Casmoussa said in an interview with Fides a few hours after his release
Mosul (Fides Service) - Gratitude to Pope John Paul for his prompt intervention was the first thought voiced by abducted Iraqi Catholic Archbishop of Mosul an interview a few hours after his release. "Thank you Holy Fath ...
19 January 2005
EUROPE/AUSTRIA - Missio Austria supports rescue and aid work by Dalit self-help organisation: the poorest of the poor involved in assisting seaquake victims in India
Vienna (Fides Service) - When the December 26 tsunami disaster hit coastal villages in the Tamil Nadu state of India, among the first to offer assistance to the victims were the Dalits, the poorest of the poor, the “un ...
19 January 2005
ASIA - International attention for seaquake disaster victims must not be allowed to slacken: Fides promises regular updates twice a week on situation and rebuilding
Vatican City (Fides Service) - After the vast media coverage and unprecedented international solidarity efforts to help victims of the 26 December tsunami in south East Asia, there is a danger that once the spotlight is ...
19 January 2005
ASIA/INDIA - Catholic men and women religious provide counselling for tsunami victims
New Delhi (Fides Service) - The Conference of Catholic Religious Institutes in India intends to form permanent psychological counselling teams. Although the training costs have yet to be estimated, many religious themsel ...
19 January 2005
AFRICA/KENYA - Dominican Community and locals mourn US born missionary Thomas Heath who died of injuries sustained when thugs attacked a religious house in north west Kenya
Nairobi (Fides Service) - Yesterday 18 January the Dominican community in Nairobi gathered for the funeral of American born Dominican Father Thomas Richard Heath who died at the age 85 on January 13, in Aga Khan Hospital ...
19 January 2005
VATICAN - “The pain of separation is ever more intensely felt in the face of the challenges of a world waiting for clear and unanimous witness of the Gospel from all believers in Christ” the Pope said at the general audience during this Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Vatican City (Fides Service) - During his general weekly audience this morning in the Paul VI Hall in the Vatican, Pope John Paul II reflected on the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity which has just started. “These da ...
19 January 2005
VATICAN - Special ecumenical vespers during this Week of Prayer for Christian Unity at the ancient Basilica built over the tomb of St Paul the apostle of the nations
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is held from January 18 to 25 January the feast of the Conversion of St Paul the apostle of the nations. In recent decades in Rome it became a ...
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