News
20 October 2004
EUROPE/MALTA - More than 1,300 priests from all over the world in Malta “in the footsteps of St Paul”, to take part in International Meeting for Priests organised by the Congregation for the Clergy
La Valletta (Fides Service) - More than 1,300 priests from 90 different countries are in Malta taking part in the now traditional International Meeting for Priests organised by the Congregation for the Clergy 18 to 23 Oc ...
20 October 2004
ASIA/IRAQ - “Ramadan holy month of violence, threats and kidnappings: what about prayer, peace and charity? A local Catholic Sister appeals to Fides: “More dialogue with Muslim leaders could persuade Imam to educate to peace and convince perpetrators to stop violence
Mosul (Fides Service) - Although Ramadan has started there is no letup in violence in Iraq where five churches were attacked on Saturday 16 October, a few days after the start of the Muslim holy month. “Ramadan is supp ...
20 October 2004
AFRICA/SUDAN - Massacres in Darfur continue: 10,000 deaths every month. Caritas engaged in assistance
Rome (Fides Service)- “The situation in Darfur is unbearable” Caritas Italy said in a report to Fides underlining the urgent need for decisive intervention on the part of the international community to put an end to ...
20 October 2004
ASIA/INDIA - Ethnic minority celebrates ordination of Garo Bishop, new coadjutor of Tura diocese in north east India
Tura (Fides Service) - More than 500,0000 people gathered for the ordination of coadjutor Bishop Andrew Marak for Tura diocese in the state of Meghalaya, tormented region of north east India. At the ordination the Bishop ...
20 October 2004
AFRICA/BURUNDI - “They killed a priest whose only aim was peace” local church sources in Bururi comment death of local Catholic priest
Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides)- “He was loved by all and his only aim was peace” local Church sources in Bururi (Burundi) said of Father Gerard Nzeyimana a Catholic priest in Burundi ambushed and brutally shot dead on 19 ...
19 October 2004
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Muslim holy month of Ramadan starts with initiatives to promote Christian/ Muslim dialogue
Zamboanga City (Fides Service) - In the southern Philippines the Muslim month of prayer and fasting Ramadan was marked by initiatives to promote dialogue and peace. Mindanao and surrounding smaller islands are home to th ...
19 October 2004
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Coadjutor Bishop of Wabag appointed
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has, 19 October 2004, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Wabag (Papua New Guinea) Bishop Arnold Orowae, until now titular Bishop of Gisipa and Auxiliary of the ...
19 October 2004
OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - The Pope accepts resignation of Bishop of Auki and appoints successor
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, has 19 October 2004, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Auki (Solomon Islands) presented by Bishop Gerard Francis Lof ...
19 October 2004
ASIA/AFRICA/HOLY LAND - Latin Bishops of Arab Regions and the Bishops of Northern Africa call Christians to take part in a Day of prayer and fasting to obtain the gift of peace in the Holy Land
Rome (Fides Service) - In a joint message issued at the end of respective assemblies held in Rome 11-16 October the Conference of Latin Bishops in Arab Regions CELRA and the Conference of Bishops of Northern Africa CERNA ...
19 October 2004
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - On the 40th anniversary of independence Zambia’s Christians confirm commitment to work for the country’s development
Lusaka (Fides Service) - “Looking to the Future with Hope, Four Decades of Grace” is the title of a statement signed by the three main Christian bodies in Zambia on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the country ...
19 October 2004
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “May the Korean Church be a missionary Church!” new papal Nuncio Archbishop Emil Paul Tscherrig starts his mission
Seoul (Fides Service) - On his arrival 6 October to start his mission in Korea, the newly appointed Papal Nuncio Archbishop Emil Paul Tscherrig assured the local Catholic community in Seoul he wished to help build a miss ...
19 October 2004
ASIA/CHINA - Local Catholics give the Year of the Eucharist a warm welcome
Beijing (Fides Service) - Since the Tianguang bulletin announced that the Pope had called a special Year of the Eucharist Catholics all over mainland China began to prepare for the event with great enthusiasm. Now that ...
19 October 2004
ASIA/TAIWAN - Taipei Archdiocese organises third Christian Theatre and Culture Review
Taipei (Fides Service) - The archdiocese of Taipei has discovered that plays on Bible stories and the history of Christianity are an excellent means of introducing non believers to the Good News of Jesus Christ, Saviou ...
19 October 2004
EUROPE/ITALY - Press Conference presents International Meeting on “Just sharing: World Unbalance in Healthcare” organised by Italian NGO CUAMM Doctors with Africa
Rome (Fides Service) - The difference in health conditions of people and the situation of healthcare in different parts of the world is clamorous, unnecessary and above all, it can be prevented. Every year 10 million of ...
19 October 2004
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Confusion grows as in addition to oppostion pressure for Prime Minister's resignation, farmers of the country's main export cacao call a strike
Abidjan (Fides Service)- The 15 October has come and gone, the programme to disarm militia has not started (see Fides 14 October 2004) and the political crisis in Ivory Coast is increasingly complicated. Supporters of Pr ...
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