News
24 February 2004
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Official talks between government and Muslim separatists will resume in April: “A milestone” in the peace process, says president Arroyo
Manila (Fides Service) - “A milestone in the peace process” was what Philippines’ President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo described the official news of that talks between the government and Muslim separatists Moro Islam ...
24 February 2004
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Church in Brazil starts annual Lenten “Fraternity Campaign” to evangelise in a spirit of conversion, interior renewal and community commitment
Brasilia (Fides Service) - As the Season of Lent opens, the Church in Brazil embarks on its 40th “Fraternity Campaign which will be presented in Brasilia tomorrow, 25 February, Ash Wednesday at the head quarters of the ...
24 February 2004
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “No cloning of human embryos ”: local Catholic Church and associations in Korea protest against experiments carried out by local scientists
Seoul (Fides Service) - Strong protest, street demonstrations, condemnation for morally incorrect and irresponsible behaviour: these were the reactions in Korea of the Catholic Church and several associations, Catholic a ...
24 February 2004
AFRICA/CONGO RD - Everyday life of a missionary in Congo shared by missionary Father Sergio Vandini
Rome (Fides Service)- Rev. Father Sergio Vandini, from Terni diocese in Italy, sent as a Fidei Donum priest to Ntambue, 10 km from Kananga, West Kasai, Democratic Republic of Congo, sent Fides a brief report on his life ...
24 February 2004
AFRICA/KENYA - “We must work to promote respect for the dignity of every human being ”. the president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace visits second largest shanty town in Nairobi
Nairobi (Fides Service) - Cardinal Renato Martino, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace started his visit to Kenya in Kibera, the second largest slum in Nairobi. A report from the African Catholic n ...
24 February 2004
AFRICA/UGANDA -: “The army and rebels are locked in mortal combat to destroy each other but innocent citizens pay the price” Catholic Archbishop of Gulu tells Fides
Kampala (Fides Service)- “This is a human tragedy, a human tragedy ” Archbishop John Baptist Odama of Gulu repeats again and again over the phone to Fides Service. Gulu is in northern Uganda where rebels of the Lord ...
23 February 2004
AFRICA/UGANDA - Rev. Augustine Lukenge confirmed as Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Uganda
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples has 28 August 2003, confirmed as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Uganda, for ...
23 February 2004
AMERICA/JAMAICA - Archbishop Edgerton Roland Clarke of Kingston resigns, Archbishop Lawrence Burke appointed
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, has 17 February 2004 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica, presented by Archbishop Edgerton Rol ...
23 February 2004
AMERICA/BAHAMAS - New Metropolitan Archbishop of Nassau
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope John Paul II has, 17 February 2004, appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of Nassau (Bahamas) Mgr Patrick Pinder, hitherto titular Bishop of Case Calane and Auxiliary of Na ...
23 February 2004
VATICAN - On the feast of the Chair of Peter, at the midday Angelus prayer Sunday 22 February, the Pope reflected on “the singular ministry entrusted by the Lord to the head of the Apostles, to confirm and guide the Church in unity of faith” the special service which “the Bishop of Rome is called to render to the entire Christian people”.
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Feast of the Chair of Peter, 22 February, inspired the Pope to reflect on the ministry of Peter before the recitation of the Angelus prayer with thousands gathered in St Peter’s Squar ...
23 February 2004
AFRICA /KENYA AIDS in Kenya 750 people die of AIDS every day, more than 31 per hour, more than 1 every 2 minutes. First conference of Kenyan women
Rome (Fides Service) - In Kenya there are one million orphans whose parents died of AIDS, every day 750 people die of AIDS, more than 31 per hour, more than 1 every 2 minutes. These figures were quoted by Kenya’s Healt ...
23 February 2004
EUROPE/ RUSSIAN FEDERATION - See exclusive photos of German Cardinal Walter Kasper President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity visiting Orthodox Church leaders in Moscow
Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Fides web site see exclusive photos of German Cardinal Walter Kasper President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity visit to Orthodox Church leaders in Moscow: ...
23 February 2004
VATICAN - The Pope addresses the plenary of the Pontifical Academy for Life: “Ever more emergent the inseparable bond between the procreation of a new person by means of conjugal union... This plan of the Creator is inscribed in the very physical and spiritual nature of man and woman and as such it is universally valid”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Saturday 21 February Pope John Paul II granted a special audience to participants at a plenary assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life. In his address the Holy Father began by menti ...
23 February 2004
EUROPE/SPAIN - “International Days for Charity and Voluntary Work” organised by San Antonio Catholic University in Murcia: conferences, testimony, exhibitions and initiatives of solidarity
Murcia (Fides Service) - San Antonio Catholic University in Murcia UCAM is hosting the 3rd edition of International Days for Charity and Voluntary Work organised jointly by the university with the Pontifical Council Cor ...
23 February 2004
ASIA/JAPAN - An average of 600 new HIV carriers every year; numbers continues to rise; 87% of new infections due to sexual transmission: the Church in front line to fight the scourge of AIDS
Tokyo (Fides Service) - As part of a year long effort to fight AIDS in April 2003 the Church in Japan established an HIV/AIDS desk to succeed the bishops’ ad hoc committee on HIV issues. The desk’s present activities ...
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