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16 December 2005
AFRICA/DR CONGO - “Spreading the word” method chosen by Missionary Sisters of Jesus Christ to explain the importance of the constitutional referendum 18 December
Kinshasa (Fides Service)- Initiatives organised by the local Church in DR Congo to spread awareness with regard to the referendum on a draft Constitution on Sunday 18 December include a ‘Spreading the Word’ mission s ...
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16 December 2005
EUROPE/POLAND - Holy Childhood Poland, now present in almost every diocese, dedicates annual Christmas aid campaign to Indonesian children victims of last year’s tsunami
Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - The Polish branch of the Pontifical Society of Holy Childhood now present in every diocese will send the proceedings of its annual Christmas fund raising campaign Kolednicy Misyjni, to children v ...
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16 December 2005
AFRICA/UGANDA - Holy Childhood Children in Kampala on solidarity mission to northern Ugandan children victims of violence and war
Gulu (Fides Service )- Catholic children members of Holy Childhood Mission Society from the archdiocese of Kampala, capital of Uganda, recently visited children living in relief camps in northern Uganda displaced and suf ...
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15 December 2005
AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Pope establishes new diocese of Uromi and appoints first Bishop
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 14 December 2005 established the diocese of Uromi (Nigeria) with territory taken from the archdiocese of Benin City making it suffragan of the same met ...
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15 December 2005
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies confirmed
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 8 December 2005 confirmed as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Madagascar ...
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15 December 2005
ASIA/HONG KONG - Formation seminar for middle school religious education teachers
Hong Kong (Fides Service) - “Aim, line and plan of Religious Instruction” was the theme of a seminar for middle school teachers organised by the middle school group of the Commission for Catechesis of Hong Kong Catho ...
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15 December 2005
The Pope’s missionary prayer intention for January 2006: “For migrants: may they be recognised as persons created in the image and likeness of God and welcomed with respect and charity ”.
Comment by Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi C.S., Holy See permanent observer to the United Nations and International Organisations in Geneva
Geneva (Fides Service) - Today more than 200 million people in the world live and work in a country which is not the one in which they were born. This is a sign of the times and a phenomenon which transforms whole countr ...
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15 December 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - Conference to mark the 100th anniversary of Saint Pope Pius X’s “Compendium of Catholic Doctrine”
Riese Pio X (Fides Service) - In 1905 Pope Pius X presented Rome diocese with a “Compendio della Dottrina Cristiana”, known as “the Catechism of Pius X”. It consisted of a series of simply worded questions and a ...
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15 December 2005
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - National award presented to San Camillo Hospital in Ouagadougou first centre in the country to offer HIV tests to pregnant mothers
Ouagadougou (Fides Service) - On World Aids Day December 1 San Camillo Medical Centre in Ouagadougou was among five hospitals awarded the national medal of merit for activity in the field of healthcare, in particular car ...
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15 December 2005
ASIA/MYANMAR - The Pope establishes new diocese of Pekhon and appoints first Bishop
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 15 December 2005 established the diocese of Pekhon (Myanmar), with territory taken from the archdiocese of Taunggyi, making it suffragan of the same me ...
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15 December 2005
AMERICA/MEXICO - Migration, Multicultural situation and Pastoral and Culture: 3rd national Congress January 2006 organised by Mexican Bishops’ Commission for Culture
Mexico City (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of Mexico are promoting a National Congress on Migration, Multicultural Society and Pastoral and Culture in order to launch a process of pastoral sensitisation and comm ...
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15 December 2005
AFRICA/MALAWI - “2005 will not go down in history as a year of glory” says Catholic missionary in Malawi where millions are faced with famine
Lilongwe (Fides Service) - From famine stricken Malawi a missionary with decades of experience writes a letter: “To continue in a few lines the history of a country anxious to see the end of a year which will not go do ...
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15 December 2005
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Constitutional Referendum: “voting is a moral and civic duty” say Catholic Bishops but the Church does not tell people how to vote
Kinshasa (Fides Service) - The Bishops’ Conference of the Democratic Republic of Congo has urged citizens to take part in the constitutional referendum on 18 December, but gave no indication as to whether people should ...
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15 December 2005
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - 2006 Diocesan Year of Christian vocation and mission in Nueve de Julio
Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - In order to foster spiritual and pastoral renewal and as part of five years of preparation for the 50th anniversary of its foundation Nueve de Julio diocese in Argentina has decided to make ...
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15 December 2005
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Earthquake emergency not over: The United Nations High Commission for Refugees sends more aid to help homeless survivors live through the Winter
Islamabad (Fides Service)- The 13 December 6.7 earthquake (Richter scale) which had its epicentre in the Hindu Kush area of north east Afghanistan was felt also in Pakistan, but so far there have been no reports of damag ...
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