News

• 4 June 2005
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - In a joint Pastoral Letter leaders of Christian Churches in Bolivia appeal to all sectors of society, institutions and government to put aside personal interests and defend life above all else La Paz (Fides Service) - In answer to a request from the President of Bolivia Carlos Mesa for the Catholic Church and the other Christian denominations in the country to promote national dialogue in order to overcome the ...
• 3 June 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Bishop of Hsinchu resigns Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 2 June 2005 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Hsinchu (Taiwan), presented by Bishop James Liu Tan-kuei in conformit ...
• 3 June 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Mission at the service of Peace: presentation of handbooks for mission campaign 2005. “Promoting Peace is a question of being faithful to the missionary mandate of Jesus Christ” Brasilia (Fides Service) - Accepting the challenge and appeal launched by the 2005 Fraternity Campaign promoted by the National Council of Churches in Brazil with which all are called to to promote and defend peace, this ...
• 3 June 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - In the Year of the Eucharist 400 people take part in pilgrimage on the history of Catholicism in Hong Kong Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Making a pilgrimage in the footsteps of the history of Catholicism in Hong Kong was a good way to celebrate the Year of the Eucharist and to build a closer bond with the Lord. This is why the ...
• 3 June 2005
  VATICAN - Mission Study Courses offered by the Pontifical Missionary Union at the beginning of the third millennium: “The Catholic School on Mission” and “Medicine and Mission” Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Pontifical Missionary Union PMU in its activity of missionary formation and animation of clergy, religious and laity and the entire people of God, offered at the beginning of the new mi ...
• 3 June 2005
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Sunday 5 June popular consultation on recognition of same sex unions. “the proposal is an unacceptable imitation of the law on matrimony” Secretary General of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Switzerland told Fides Friburg (Fides Service) - On Sunday June 5 Switzerland is called to a referendum on two questions: the Schengen Agreement with the European Union and the “civil pact of solidarity” or same ex unions. An affirmative r ...
• 3 June 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - First church dedicated to Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta New Delhi (Fides Service) - A new church in the village of Malvalayanvayal, Ramananthapuram district, in the southern India state of Tamil Nadu has been dedicated to Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta. The church was con ...
• 3 June 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - World Environment Day, the local Church proposes themes on creation protection and bio-ethics Seoul (Fides) - In view of World Environment Day on June 5 the Catholic Church in Korea issued information on a number of questions dear to the community of believers which can offer valid ideas for reflection for all Ko ...
• 3 June 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - May the month of Mary closes with pilgrimage to Hu Zhuang Marian Shrine Ji Nan (Fides) - During the month of May the parish of the Sacred Heart in Hong Jia Lou, archdiocese of Ji Nan, organised various initiatives to celebrate the Marian month of May and also in view of the major feast day o ...
• 3 June 2005
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - China signs new 52 million dollar agreement with Global Fund for the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria Rome (Fides Service) - China signed a new agreement for a fund for HIV/AIDS and TB for 52 million dollars in two years for a total value of 120 million dollars in the next five years. The funds are a result of an earli ...
• 3 June 2005
  AFRICA/CÔTE D' IVOIRE - Land dispute sets fire to west Côte d'Ivoire. Christian forgiveness is the only path to peace Abidjan (Fides Service)- “This is a tribal conflict triggered by land claims” said a local source in Côte d'Ivoire where the death toll resulting from violence in the western region of Duékoué, continues to rise ( ...
• 3 June 2005
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - Local elections: “An important test for the future of our democracy”. Tension, shooting and possible intimidation, hand grenade explosion kills voter at polling station Bujumbura (Fides Service)- “These local elections are a fundamental test for the electoral process which will culminate with presidential elections at the end of the Summer” a local source told Fides with regard to ...
• 2 June 2005
  AFRICA/CÔTE D' IVOIRE - Fides hears missionary’s tragic story of massacres in western Côte d'Ivoire: “We have opened our mission to shelter some 12,000 men, women and children running for their lives” Duekoue (Fides Service)- “I witnessed terrible scenes, at least 41 poor bodies abandoned in the middle of the road and no one to bury them” said a Catholic missionary in Duekoue western Côte d'Ivoire where during th ...
• 2 June 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - New Rector appointed for Morning Star College inter-diocesan Seminary at Barrackpore Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 29 April 2005, appointed Rector of Morning Star College inter-diocesan seminary at Barrackpore Rev ...
• 2 June 2005
  AMERICA/BARBADOS - Bishop of Bridgetown resigns Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 31 May 2005 accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Bridgetown (Barbados) presented by Bishop Malcolm Patrick Galt, C.S. ...