News
7 December 2004
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Local Church starts construction of Good Samaritan Home for AIDS sufferers
Rome (Fides Service) - Archbishop Antonio Arregui of Guayaquil presided a ceremony to lay the foundation stone for a new hospital unit which will be known as the Good Samaritan Home at Sabanilla, Pedro Carbo, for people ...
7 December 2004
AFRICA/TANZANIA - The Pope appoints Coadjutor Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi
Vatican City (Fides Service) - On 7 December 2004, the Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi (Tanzania), Reverend Castor Paul Msemwa, of the clergy of Njombe diocese, Spiritual Dir ...
7 December 2004
AFRICA/CAMEROON - The Pope appoints new Coadjutor Archbishop of Bamenda
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 7 December 2004, the Holy Father Pope John Paul II appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Bamenda (Cameroon), Bishop Cornelius Fontem Esua, until now Bishop of the diocese of Kumbo. (S.L.) ( ...
6 December 2004
VATICAN - At the Sunday Angelus prayer the Pope invites Romans and visitors to join him in paying honour to immaculate Mary, 150 years since the definition of this “important Marian Dogma”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - “We are preparing to celebrate with intimate joy the feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary’s Immaculate Conception, which assumes special significance this year when we commemorate the 150th ...
6 December 2004
VATICAN - Fides dedicates a new Section to the 150th anniversary of the definition of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception
Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, Fides has a added a new Section to its web site www.fides.org, which will include: ...
6 December 2004
ASIA/TAIWAN - Bishop of Hsinku resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Fides Service) - On 4 December 2004, the Holy Father Pope John Paul II accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Hsinchu (Taiwan), presented by Bishop Lucas Liu Hsien-tang, in c ...
6 December 2004
EUROPE/ITALY - 150th anniversary of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception- “Immaculate Mary is God God crying out in human history”: from the shrine of the Holy House of Nazareth in Loreto (Italy)
Loreto (Fides Service) - “Immaculate Mary is God crying out to human history. Here is what he cries: "Be careful! Sin is evil which brings evil: sin does not bring happiness”. It is enough to see the haste, anxiety ...
6 December 2004
EUROPE/PORTUGAL - 150th anniversary of the dogma Immaculate Conception - Shrine of Sameiro receives the Golden Rose donated by Supreme Pontiff: from the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Fatima (Portugal)
Fatima (Fides Service) - “All through its history the Portuguese people have been deeply devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary. At critical moments of its consolidation and expansion, Portugal has always turned to Mary fo ...
6 December 2004
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - “Health care offered in the spirit of St Camillo is for everyone, whatever their religion, social condition, ethnic origin or skin colour”: reflection by Camillian Brother Grigoletto
Ouagadougou (Fides Service) - Camillian Brother Giovanni Grigoletto, a trained nurse on mission for 30 years at the San Camillo Medical Centre for Adults in the capital of Burkina sent Fides a reflection on this work in ...
6 December 2004
EUROPE/SPAIN - Church in Spain announces “Year of Immaculate Mary” in the context of the Year of the Eucharist to reflect on Mary “woman of the Eucharist” a model for the Church
Madrid (Fides Service) - During their plenary assembly in November the Catholic Bishops of Spain announced a national “Year of Immaculate Mary” from 8 December 2004 to 8 December 2005. The reason given was the 150th ...
6 December 2004
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Chain of solidarity for flood victims in northern Philippines
Manila (Fides Service) - A chain of solidarity is being organised to provide aid for victims of the tropical storms which struck the eastern part of the island of Luzon, the largest of the archipelago, on which the capit ...
6 December 2004
OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Law and family: open debate in society today. No to homosexual couples and de facto unions: open Letter from New Zealand Bishops
Wellington (Fides Service) - ‘Civil rights, such as rights of inheritance, next-of-kin status, benefits and grants, can be ensured by other appropriate legislation, without any need to give same-sex and de facto relati ...
6 December 2004
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Church is committed to protecting and promoting human rights: message from Justice and Peace Commission of Korean Bishops’ Conference
Seoul (Fides Service) - “The Church has always worked to protect the inalienable rights of every human person and to promote respect for the human dignity of every person from birth to death and it will continue to do ...
6 December 2004
AMERICA/MEXICO - 150th anniversary of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception - “Immaculate Mary of Mexico” on Juan Diego’s cloak was immediately recognised as Mother of all peoples: from the Basilica of Santa Maria of Guadalupe
Mexico City (Fides Service) - “We will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the definition of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception with enthusiasm and joy of a dream come true because Mexico like Spain, of which it was ...
6 December 2004
EUROPE/ITALY - “New season of presence of lay Christian movements is opening in our country” Luigi Bobba, president of ACLI told Fides in a reflection on movements and their initiatives
Rome (Fides Service) - Luigi Bobba, president of ACLI sent Fides the following reflection on movements and their initiatives. “To say that the summer season of Catholic movements is a series of events dominated more b ...
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