News
10 December 2004
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - National Caritas Day in Korea December 12: “To God through love of neighbour”
Seoul (Fides Service) - In a message for National Caritas Day in Korea, 12 December, Bishop Lazzaro You Heung-sik, coadjutor Bishop of Daejeon, President of the Bishops’ Caritas Commission told Catholics that for every ...
10 December 2004
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Bishops Conference denounce forced interpretations of constitutional norms which threaten to plunge the nation into anarchy or dictatorship
Quito (Fides Service) - In a statement “For the Constitution and the Nation” dated 9 December 2004, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Ecuador CEE voiced deep concern for “forced interpretations of constitution ...
10 December 2004
AMERICA/PERU - With a series of crowded events of faith and devotion the Peruvian capital celebrated the 150th anniversary of the definition of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception within the framework of the Great City Mission “Remar Mar Adentro”
Lima (Fides Service) - About 12,000 people in Lima paid homage to the Blessed Virgin Mary on the 150th anniversary of the definition of the dogma on her Immaculate Conception. We mention only a few of many initiatives or ...
10 December 2004
AMERICA/BRAZIL - “Foster adult faith, witnessed with attitudes and actions consistent with personal conversion and social transformation as demanded by the Gospel ”: one objective of a National Advent Evangelisation Campaign in Brazil
Brasilia (Fides Service) - “Our campaign of evangelisation opens the way to channelling solidarity on the part of all Catholics to support the mission of the Church in Brazil ” Bishop Odile Pedro Scherer, Secretary ...
10 December 2004
AFRICA/RWANDA - Bishop of Kabgayi resigns
Vatican City (Fides Service) - On 10 December 2004, the Holy Father Pope John Paul II accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Kabgayi (Rwanda), presented by Bishop Anastase Mutabazi, in con ...
10 December 2004
ASIA/IRAQ - “Cost of living” in Europe and Iraq: in constant danger Christians in Baghdad and Mosulwill spend Christmas behind barred doors
Baghdad (Fides Service) - Despite an ever higher cost of living in Europe Christmas shopping and present hunting is in full swing while in the Iraqi cities of Baghdad and Mosul the cost of living is another matter and Ch ...
10 December 2004
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Grateful memory of heroic Father Carlito Colendres who gave his life to save typhoon victims - appeal for aid from Bishop of disaster zone Infanta
Manila (Fides Service) - “The words of Christ: ‘There is no greater love than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends’ were exemplified by the heroic act of Father Carlito Colendres who lost his life whi ...
9 December 2004
ASIA/IRAQ - “Iraq’s ancient Christian civilisation is in danger! Centuries of history, culture and peaceful coexistence were destroyed in a few second by ignorant fanatics”: Chaldean monk in Iraq launches appeal to Fides
Mosul (Fides Service) - “It only takes a few seconds, a bomb and a criminal act on the part of ignorant fanatics to destroy centuries of history, culture and peaceful coexistence in Iraq. The situation is unbearable. I ...
9 December 2004
ASIA/IRAQ - “They destroyed years of sacrifices made by countless Iraqis” Father Nizar told Fides with regard to the destruction of the Chaldean Archbishop’s residence in Mosul. “We are waiting for the Arab media to condemn the crime …”
Mosul (Fides Service) “Despite warnings which we launched through Fides with regard to the situation of Christians in Iraq, extremists continue to attack Christian individuals and institutions ”, Father Nizar Semaan ...
9 December 2004
VATICAN - In his homily on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception the Pope said: “To you, Immaculate Virgin Mary, predestined by God above every other creature to be advocate of grace and model of holiness for His people, today I renew in a special way the entrustment of the entire Church”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - “To you, Immaculate Virgin Mary, predestined by God above every other creature to be advocate of grace and model of holiness for His people, today I renew in a special way the entrustment ...
9 December 2004
VATICAN - “The Immaculate Conception, beacon of light for humanity of every epoch, illuminates especially the path of the Church committed to new evangelisation” the Pope said at the Angelus prayer. He also launched an appeal that the “beloved people of Iraq may at last experience times of reconciliation and peace ”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Pope spoke again in his reflection before the Angelus prayer from his study window at midday about the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception 150 years ago by Blessed Po ...
9 December 2004
VATICAN - The Pope prays at the feet of the statue of Immaculate Mary in piazza di Spagna: “Immaculate Mary help us to build a world where human life is loved and protected, all form of violence is banned, peace is tenaciously sought after by all”
Vatican City(Agenzia Fides) - In the afternoon of 8 December, feast of the Immaculate Conception, Pope John Paul II made his now traditional visit to Piazza di Spagna (for the 27th time) to pay homage to the statue of Im ...
9 December 2004
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - “We are back to where we started” say Fides sources a month after violence in Ivory Coast
Abidjan (Fides Service)- “We are back where we started at least apparently. After violence a month ago public order is stable and calm has returned. At the political level we see again the sort of dialogue between the ...
9 December 2004
AMERICA/PERU - United in the struggle against HIV/AIDS, working to build a better world without discrimination is the goal of “Alumbrando una vida” programme at Hogar San Camilo in Lima
Lima (Fides Service) - Hogar San Camilo in Lima is a home for HIV+ adults and children opened in 1995 by Father Zeffirino Montin and still directed by him. The essential character of Hogar is to help HIV+ persons to lead ...
9 December 2004
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies confirmed Nazionale
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 30 October 2004, confirmed as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Guatemala f ...
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