News

• 8 November 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - 40th anniversary of “Nostra Aetate” declaration and its legacy of dialogue and peace Seoul (Fides Service) - In a ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of the declaration Nostra Aetate issued by the Second Vatican Council the newly elected president of the Korean Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Augustine C ...
• 8 November 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - November 12 Madrid protest against proposed new education law has full support of network of Family Policy Institutes in Europe: ‘the state has the duty to guarantee parents’ right to decide how children are educated’ Madrid (Fides Service) - Representatives of Family Policy Institutes in Europe and Latin America will take part in the November 12 demonstration in Madrid to protest against a proposed law which violates parents right to ...
• 8 November 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Catholic archbishop mediates to calm ethnic clashes in north east India Guwahati (Fides Service) - According to the local people the Catholic archbishop of Guwahati is admired and respected by all for his work to promote peace and justice. He is a man to whom people listen and has extraordi ...
• 8 November 2005
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - “We are planning with Muslim religious leaders how to restore calm” says Catholic archbishop of Dakar Dakar (Fides Service)- “We are planning with Muslim leaders necessary steps to help lesson tension in Senegal” says Archbisop Théodore Adrien Sarr of Dakar president of the Senegalese Catholic Bishops’ Conference. ...
• 8 November 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Commemorating 14 year old Mexican martyr José Luis who died with the cry “Long live Christ the King!” Rome (Fides Service) - On Thursday 10 November at 3.30pm Pontifical College Regina Apostolorum in Rome will host a Conference “Corazon Cristero. José Luis, a martyr aged 14” to commemorate José Luis Sanchez de Rio, ...
• 8 November 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christians and Muslims in the context of the Indian subcontinent share witness to God’s primacy: seminar 10 - 15 December Lahore Lahore (Fides Service) - ‘Christians and Muslims: common witness of God’s primacy in the context of the Indian subcontinent’, is the theme of a seminary to be held in Lahore 10 - 15 December. The aim is to foster c ...
• 8 November 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics commemorate loved ones on 2 November: 4,000 gather for Mass at Beijing Catholic Cemetery Beijing (Fides Service) - On November 2 in communion with the universal Church Catholics in China too prayed for the souls of the faithful departed. Over 4,000 Catholics from all over the city gathered at Beijing’s Ca ...
• 8 November 2005
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Malawi chaos ever more chaotic : corruption accusations against president could stop international food aid, famine ever closer Lilongwe (Fides Service)- The battle between Malawi’s national leaders continues other while the country’s serious food shortage is ever more critical and famine ever closer. On Thursday 3 November vice president Cas ...
• 8 November 2005
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - Presidential elections second round. Catholic Bishops urge electors to vote according to conscience Monrovia (Fides Service)- “The second round of presidential elections is taking place today 8 November in a climate of serenity without incidents” said local Catholic church sources in Monrovia capital of Liberia. Af ...
• 8 November 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Towards hospital without pain”: Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital project for bedside pain measuring system Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The first “Hospital without Pain” was started in Seattle by John Bonica in the 1950s. But it only in 1992 that St-Luc Hospital Montreal (Canada) launched an international project which has the ...
• 7 November 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - 26th Week of Theological Reflection 15-18 November in Lima on the theme “The presence of John Paul II in Peru” Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The John Paul II Superior Institute of Theological Studies has organised the 26th Week of Theological Reflection to be held 15-18 November in Lima on the theme “The presence of John Paul II in P ...
• 7 November 2005
  VATICAN - “Like Mary, may the Church be a docile handmaid of God’s word proclaiming it with ever firmer trust”: in his Angelus reflection Pope Benedict XVI recalls the 40th anniversary of the Dei Verbum Constitution issued by the Second Vatican Council Vatican City (Fides Service) - In his Angelus reflection on Sunday 6 November when he addressed people gathered in St Peter’s square to receive his Blessing, Pope Benedict XVI recalled the 40th anniversary of the Dei V ...
• 7 November 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “Rather than a subject to study, development is doing … and giving of self” says directress of Social Action Programme in Kimbondo, an outlying district of Kinshasa Kinshasa (Fides Service)- “The only means we had were a Christian spirit and a little common sense. Something had to be done to improve the standard of living of 12,000 people, the women especially” says Congolese la ...
• 7 November 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - In a message to participants at the 1st International University Eucharistic Congress Pope Benedict encourages them to "render worthy and constant homage to Christ present in the Most Holy Eucharist; meditate, live and teach its singular importance in the life of Christians” Murcia (Fides Service) - The 1st International University Eucharistic Congress to be held 9 to 13 November promoted by the San Antonio Catholic University in Murcia (UCAM) will reflect on the theme “The Eucharist, hear ...
• 7 November 2005
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - International community committed to fostering dialogue between government and opposition to avoid further incidents and victims Addis Ababa (Fides Service)- “Unfortunately there is little space for dialogue and the situation precipitated into violence” said local sources in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia where at least 40 people were killed ...