News

• 17 March 2004
  VATICAN - What sort of assistance should be given to patients in a vegetative state? International Conference on “ Life-Sustaining Treatments and Vegetative State: Scientific Advances and Ethical Dilemmas” opens today in Rome Vatican City (Fides Service) - Some 370 participants from 42 different countries are in Rome to attend an International Congress on “Life-Sustaining Treatments and Vegetative State: Scientific Advances and Ethical Dile ...
• 17 March 2004
  AMERICA/USA - Iraqi Christians in the United States: a community spiritually united and strong Rome (Fides Service)- “It was a joy to see the community so spiritually united and strong” Iraqi Catholic priest Father Nizar Semaan, from Ninive diocese in Iraq told Fides after a recent visit to Catholics in the Un ...
• 17 March 2004
  AFRICA/KENYA - Discussion about presidential powers: government withdraws from National Constitutional Reform Conference Nairobi (Fides Service)-“This is a difficult time in Kenya’s political life” a local Church source in Nairobi told Fides with regard to the stall in the debate on the reform of the Constitution since the government ...
• 17 March 2004
  ASIA/ PHILIPPINES - “Reconciliation will only come through forgiveness” say Christians and Muslims leaders in the southern Philippines Manila (Fides Service) - “The only way to heal the trauma, the wounds of war victims is to promote reconciliation through forgiveness”: this affirmation was made by the Bishops-Ulema Conference, (BUC), formed in 1996 ...
• 16 March 2004
  VATICAN - How to connect the Christian City with Worldly City which seems to ignore God? Atheism and religious indifference at the centre of the recent plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for Culture Vatican City (Fides Service) - If we wanted to describe with an image the situation discussed by participants at the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Culture, held recently in the Vatican, we could give the ...
• 16 March 2004
  AMERICA/HAITI - Dialogue, tolerance, truth, justice, forgiveness and reconciliation are values needed for rebuilding the nation and respect for institutions: Catholic Bishops of Haiti issue message to the people. Port au Prince (Fides Service) - Concerned at the situation of spreading poverty and insecurity despite the presence of foreign troops, which provokes violence, revenge, hatred which like in a nightmare strike repeatedly ...
• 16 March 2004
  18 March: International Conference at Regina Apostolorum Pontifical College “Women and human rights ”. Rome (Fides Service) - Which is the most important of human rights? What is the role of women to defend and protect human rights? The building of a culture of peace is one of the most important challenges of the 21st ce ...
• 16 March 2004
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Children are the central focus and the first addressees of our evangelising mission”, says Bishop José Luis Mollaghan, Bishop of San Miguel. San Miguel (Fides Service) - In line with the call launched by John Paul II to put at the centre of Lenten reflection this year the tragic conditions of many children in the world, Bishop José Luis Mollaghan, Bishop of ...
• 16 March 2004
  AFRICA/ CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - “After a year of changed regime, social and economic situation still uncertain” says Bishop Mathos Auxiliary of Bangui Bangui (Fides Service)- A year after President Ange-Felix Patasse was forced to leave the country and President François Bozize took power, the Central African Republic has yet to find stability. “The whole country is ...
• 16 March 2004
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - National Liberation Forces rebels continue to fight to prove only they can restore peace in Burundi Bujumbura (Fides Service)-“This is an inextricable skein, let’s hope that with time and infinite patience Burundi will find the way out of this spiral of violence” a local Church source in Burundi told Fides, with ...
• 16 March 2004
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Holy Cross Congregation concludes celebrations for 150 years of evangelising activity in Bangladesh Dhaka (Fides Service) - Thanks to the evangelising work of the Holy Cross Congregation, in 150 years the number of Catholics in Bangladesh grew from 13,000 to more than 270, 000. The Congregation has just marked he 150th ...
• 16 March 2004
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Muslims and Christians share evening meal to break the Christian Lenten fast: Muslim leaders welcome Christian delegation to Pakistan’s most important Mosque Lahore (Fides Service) - In Pakistan collaboration among Muslims Christians is growing and acts of friendship are multiplying. Following a first visit in January by a Christian delegation to Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, th ...
• 15 March 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope speaks of the tragedy in Madrid: “Above all those who believe in God, Creator and Father of all men and women must feel the need to work to build a world of more brotherhood and solidarity despite the difficulties and obstacles encountered. Vatican City (Fides Service) - Before reciting the Angelus prayer with the people gathered in St Peter’s Square on Sunday 14 March, Pope John Paul II voiced “firm condemnation” for the March 11, terrorist attacks i ...
• 15 March 2004
  VATICAN - “You dear university students have an important role to play in building a united Europe, firmly rooted in the spiritual traditions and values by which it was shaped”: the Pope’s entrust this task to university students whom he met for the 2nd European Day for University Students Vatican City (Fides Service) - “This Marian prayer vigil is of great symbolic importance. It is in fact you dear university students who have an important role to play in building a united Europe, firmly rooted in the ...
• 15 March 2004
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - The family: first school of solidarity: The more solidarity is lived in the family, the more hope there will be for a future with more solidarity Lisbon (Fides Service) - On the occasion of national Caritas Day in Portugal, 14 March, 3rd Sunday of Lent, the Bishops’ Commission for Social and Charitable Action issued a message on The Family: first school of solid ...