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20 October 2005
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Cardinal Stephen Kim: “A collapsed building can be reconstructed, it is not so difficult. However if the sense of values and dignity of life collapses it will be very difficult to restore”.
Seoul (Fides Service) - Cardinal Stephen Kim, emeritus archbishop of di Seoul has reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s position that the “human embryo is a human life, with precise and undeniable dignity which demands to ...
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20 October 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - Catholic immigrants ‘at home’ with the Eucharist: “Since I left my family and came to Italy I try to spend some time with Jesus every day: in front of the Tabernacle I am in the company of Jesus and my parents and friends feel close”
Rome (Fides Service) - Homesick Peter Damian Mallam aged 26, in Italy in search of work to support his family in Sudan said he finds the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist an indispensable source of comfort and str ...
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20 October 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - Italian Paediatric Allergists and Immunologists say virus strategy to fight the virus can save 300.000 children at risk
Rome (Fides Service) - According to the national health ministry anti-flu vaccination could save the lives of 300,000 Italian children at risk.
Unfortunately only 10 per cent will be vaccinated and the Italian Society o ...
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20 October 2005
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Camillian Fathers in Ouagadougou report on health situation in Burkina Faso served by 100 Catholic health care structures
Ouagadougou (Fides Service) - Situated in central west Africa between the savannah and the Sahel desert, Burkina Faso has a population of 12 million, consisting for 80% in rural communities. Principle obstacles to develo ...
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19 October 2005
AMERICA/BRAZIL - “Eucharist, Bread of salvation and love” theme of 10th Regional Holy Childhood Meeting with 650 participants
Jussara (Fides Service) - “Eucharist, Bread of salvation and love” was the theme of 10th Regional Holy Childhood Meeting held 7 to 9 October in Jussara, Goiàs state, Brazil, the theme was chosen in keeping with th ...
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19 October 2005
EUROPE/LITHUANIA - “It is amazing to see how frequent communion brings peace and joy not only to the bedridden but to the whole family and the community” said Fr Marco Mikalonis from Argentina on mission in Lithuania
Pumpenai (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Marco Mikalonis a young priest from Argentina, member of the Institute of the Incarnate Word, presently on mission in Lithuania, sent this message to Fides: “Here is a brief report on our ...
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19 October 2005
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI to preside Mission Sunday Mass in St Peter’s Square for dolmen closing of Synod of Bishops and canonisation of five new Saints
Vatican City (Fides Service) - At 9.30 a.m. on Sunday October 23, World Mission Day, the Holy Father will preside at a Eucharistic concelebration in St. Peter's Square with the Synod Fathers for the conclusion of the Ele ...
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19 October 2005
AFRICA/REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Movement of Catholic Spouses: a lively reality in Congo
Brazzaville (Fides Service)- “The Movement of Catholic Spouses is a form of apostolate which has attracted me since I was a novice” said Sr Rolande Milandou, a young Franciscan Missionary of Mary an animator of this ...
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19 October 2005
AFRICA/ALGERIA - Catholic Archbishop of Algiers presents new pastoral year priroties
Algiers (Fides Service)- The Catholic Archbishop of Algiers Henri Teissier has described pastoral work in Algeria as a common mission with Muslims. Presenting pastoral activity for the coming year in the local Church bul ...
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19 October 2005
OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Sister relationship between Catholic schools in Solomons and Australia
Honiara (Fides Service) - Bishop Epalle School in Rove Honiara and Trinity School in Sale in Australia have established a new sister relationship which ties a double knot between the schools, pupils and teachers and hel ...
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19 October 2005
ASIA/INDIA - Priests and religious in Andhra Pradesh close year of the Eucharist with a Special Retreat
Hyderabad (Fides Service) - About a hundred priests and men and women religious in Hyderabad diocese who took part in a special retreat to reflect on the Year of the Eucharist and identify pastoral priorities, expressed ...
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19 October 2005
VATICAN - “Traditio ecclesiae in intercultural dialogue: reflections on the art of the catacombs”. Exhibition organised by the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology: a photograph of religious reality of Roman society from the 2nd to the 5th centuries
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 25 September a small exhibition was opened in the west part of St. Callisto catacomb on the Appian Way. The exhibition is part of initiatives organised on the occasion of European Herita ...
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19 October 2005
VATICAN - At his General weekly Audience the Pope teaches on Psalm 129: “God is not an inexorable sovereign who condemns the guilty, instead he is a loving father whom we should love not for fear of punishment, but because of his goodness and readiness to forgive”.
Vatican City (Fides Service) - “This is one of the most famous and loved psalms for Christian tradition: the ‘De profundis’, called after its opening words in Latin with the ‘Miserere’ has become a favourite p ...
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18 October 2005
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Marian capital of Brazil, Aparecida (São Paolo), will host 5th General Conference of the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences in May 2007
Rome (Fides Service) - On the way towards the 5th General Conference of the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences, CELAM on October 14 Pope Benedict XVI received in audience Cardinal Francisco Javier Erraz ...
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18 October 2005
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Forty years after Vatican II: context, institutions and challenges for the Church in Brazil today. Seminar in February 2006 to re-visit and implement that exceptional ecumenical event
Brasilia (Fides Service) - Vatican II: context, institutions and challenges for the Church in Brazil today is the theme of a Seminar organised by the Catholic Bishops of Brazil through the National Pastoral Institute. Th ...
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