News

• 5 April 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - More than 60 priests concelebrate Mass for the Pope attended by about 100 seminarians and thousands of people. The parish priest recalls the Pope’s love and concern for China and Chinese Catholics’ sense of communion with the Pope Beijing (Fides Service) - According to the official Catholic bulletin published in Beijing which bore a large coloured photograph of Pope John Paul II, at least 2000 people including about 50 foreigners, mainly Poles, to ...
• 5 April 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Security Council chairman, Chinese Ambassador to the UN, leads minute of silence in honour of the Pope describing the late Pontiff as a “tireless promoter of peace and a pioneer of inter-religious dialogue” Beijing (Fides Service) - “Pope John Paul II was a tireless promoter of peace and a pioneer of inter-religious dialogue” the Chinese ambassador to the United Nations Wang Guang Ya, presently chairman of the UN Secur ...
• 5 April 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Bangalore diocese will dedicate Eucharistic Congress to the Pope, a man of the Eucharist Bangalore (Fides Service) -Bangalore diocese in the south eastern state of Karnataka has decided to dedicate its diocesan Eucharistic Congress 29 April 1 May to the memory of Pope John Paul II. About 5,000 people mainly ...
• 5 April 2005
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “In love the salvific meaning of suffering is completely accomplished and reaches its definitive dimension”, National Commission for health pastoral in Guatemala remembers the Pope Guatemala (Fides Service) - Ninety five percent of Guatemala’s population of 13 million are Catholics and they are mourning Pope John Paul II, who “illuminated our commitment of health pastoral and will continue to d ...
• 5 April 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Continual catechesis for our life”. St John of God Brothers particularly close to the figure of the Holy Father Rome (Fides Service) - Father Pascal Piles, Superior general of the Hospitaller Brothers of St John of God is about to go to Mozambique and Senegal. He sent us a comment on the figure of Pope John Paul in the world of t ...
• 5 April 2005
  ASIA/IRAQ - Syrian Catholic Bishop of Baghdad: “In our heart we are with Rome”. Iraqi Premier: “A man who sided with the poor” Baghdad (Fides Service) - Syrian Catholic Bishop Matti Shaba Matoka of Baghdad gave the following statement to Fides: “Geographically we are at some distance from Rome but in our heart and in our prayers we are close. ...
• 5 April 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Catholic Bishops’ publish obituary tributes for John Paul II, a Shepherd with a deep love for China Hong Kong (Fides Service) - The Kong Ko Bao bulletin of the Catholic diocese of Hong Kong published obituary tributes for John Paul II written by the Bishop Joseph Zen and Auxiliary Bishop John Tong Hon. Bishop Zen wrote ...
• 5 April 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - Putting Pope John Paul II teaching into practice: Catholic Medical Centre Hogar San Camilo cares for HIV+ children and adults, and promotes solidarity and respect for AIDS patients Lima (Fides Service) - Hogar San Camilo is an important point of reference point for people with AIDS and their families in Peru. The Centre, opened ten years ago, it has assisted 12,000 people directly and indirectly. I ...
• 5 April 2005
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Chinese Catholics in Hawaii recite the Rosary to accompany the Pope on his last earthly journey Hawaii (Fides Service) - Chinese Catholics in Hawaii learned of the Pope’s death as they were reciting the rosary for Pope John Paul II. “To accompany the final lap of his earthly journey we recited the Rosary his fa ...
• 5 April 2005
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Ex-patriot Iraqi Chaldean Catholics on their way to Rome to pay last tribute to Pope John Paul II Paris (Fides Service) - “We are making the journey to show our love for John Paul II and to render him tribute. We are grateful to the Holy Father for all that he did for the Chaldean Catholic Church and for all Iraqis ...
• 5 April 2005
  AFRICA/TOGO - Togo declares National Mourning for John Paul II: grieving Catholics fill churches Lome (Fides Service)- “Our whole nation is mourning the passing of John Paul II” Father Carlos Olympio, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Togo told Fides. “Grieving Catholics attend the praye ...
• 5 April 2005
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Thousands expected to attend Requiem Mass for John Paul II in Bukavu at the same time as the Funeral Mass in Rome Bukavu (Fides Service)- “We have organised a death watch for the Pope” said Xaverian Father Luigi Lo Stocco, Director of Radio Maria Queen of Peace in Bukavu, east Democratic Congo. “We are in profound communion ...
• 5 April 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Catholics of Hong Kong offer prayers and acts of solidarity in memory of the Pope: special collections for tsunami victims Hong Kong (Fides Service) - The Catholic diocese of Hong Kong has urged Catholics to make the passing of Pope John Paul II an occasion for showing generous solidarity with those in need, according to Kong Ko Bao, the dio ...
• 5 April 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - A Pope close to missionaries, and who wanted an ever more missionary Church Rome (Fides Service) - The Pope was close to missionaries and they were close to him sharing the same missionary zeal, Fr Wilhelm Steckling Superior General of the Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate present in many p ...
• 5 April 2005
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - “For us, John Paul II was a Dominican born in Poland” says Fr Luis Rosario Pena, the responsible for youth pastoral care of the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo Santo Domingo (Fides Agency) - “The news of the disease and death of John Paul II has reached the Dominican Republic as if it struck one of its dearest children” Fr Luis Rosario Pena, responsible for youth pastoral c ...