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26 September 2005
ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - Year of the Eucharist: “Sunday Mass and Eucharistic adoration have a central place in the life of the small Catholic Mission of Tajikistan” said Fr Carlos A. Ávila
Dushanbe (Fides Service) - “The centre of the life of the Catholic Mission of Tajikistan is Sunday Mass and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and the meditation of the mysteries of the Rosary” said Fr Carlos Antoni ...
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26 September 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - 2nd international meeting of Youth Groups for Adoration of the Eucharist 4 to 9 October in Rome on the theme “Eucharist and the identity of the human person”
Rome (Fides Service) - The 2nd International Meeting of Youth groups of Eucharistic Adoration will be held 4-9 October in Rome while the Bishops of the world are assembled for their ordinary Synod to reflect on the Eucha ...
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26 September 2005
AMERICA/PERU - Eucharistic Congress of southern Andes region will close the Year of the Eucharist: poor people will start fund solidarity as a sign of the bond between the Eucharist and charity
Ayaviri (Fides Service) - Among many initiatives in parishes, communities, associations, groups etc., to mark the Year of the Eucharist now coming to an end, there will be a Eucharistic Congress of southern Andes region ...
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26 September 2005
OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand welcomes relics of mission patroness Saint Therese of Lisieux at the start of a pilgrimage across the islands coinciding with the end of the Year of the Eucharist
Wellington(Fides Service) - This year in New Zealand the feast of St Therese of Lisieux, patroness of the missions, 1 October, will be celebrated in style thanks to the presence of the relics of Saint Therese Little Flow ...
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26 September 2005
ASIA/VIETNAM - Hanoi major seminary has permission to accept new students every year
Hanoi (Fides Service) - The Catholic community in Vietnam has welcomed the decision of the government to allow Hanoi Major Seminary to accept more new students every year. Prior to this change the college could take in n ...
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26 September 2005
ASIA/HONG KONG - Two missionaries from Congo ordained deacons in Hong Kong in the presence of many African immigrants
Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Francis Mfesao Bakongo and Jean-Sylvere Mbuela Pfuti from Congo, members of the Congregation of the Immaculate Mary (CICM), were recently ordained Deacons in Hong Kong.
According to Hong K ...
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26 September 2005
ASIA/INDIA - High quality education and studies: a tradition at Catholic schools and universities
Ahmedabad (Fides Service) - Catholic schools and universities in India must continue to provide high quality education and studies said Archbishop Stanislao Fernandes of Gandhinagar president of the Council of Catholic ...
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26 September 2005
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - About 20 Catholic Bishops from Burundi and Rwanda and Congo present for consecration of a new church in Bukavu eastern Democratic Congo.
Bukavu (Fides Service)- About 20 Bishops from Burundi, Rwanda and Congo were present for the blessing of a new parish church dedicated to St John the Baptist in the southern outlying Cahi Cidasa district of Bukavu.
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24 September 2005
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - International Congress on “Evangelium Vitae: 10 years of Bio-ethics and Life ”
Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - An international two day Congress “Evangelium Vitae: 10 years of Bio-ethics and Life” organised by the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina will take place 26 and 27 September in ...
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24 September 2005
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses third group of Mexican Bishops on ad limina visit: “I urge you not to be discouraged but to continue the mission of teaching and announcing the Gospel of Christ … we must not lose our courage or enthusiasm in our pastoral programming”
Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) - “Your pastoral ministry should be addressed to everyone, the faithful who take an active part in the life of the diocesan community and those who have distanced themselves and are sear ...
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24 September 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - Fidei donum Enclycal 50 years on: a resource for the missionary Church
Rome (Fides Service) - Fidei donum was the last encyclical issued by Pope Pius XII on 21 April 1957. Faced with the situation of extreme need in Africa at that time, the Pope called on Bishops of long established Churche ...
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24 September 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - “Spiritual care for the sick must help them realise that even alone and immobile at home they can do something for society”. 1st meeting of the International confederation of Centro Volontari della Sofferenza
Rome (Fides Service) - The International confederation of Centro Volontari della Sofferenza CVS, organism of pontifical rights which operates in about 20 different countries has just ended its first meeting .
Pastoral w ...
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24 September 2005
AMERICA/ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - “Childhood has a right to a world without arms” slogan for National Day for Children’s Rights 29 September organised by national Youth Pastoral Commission
Santo Domingo (Fides Service) - National Day for Children’s Rights in the Dominican Republic 29 September is celebrated to confirm commitments taken in the World Summit for Children, the Convention on Children’s Righ ...
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24 September 2005
ASIA/TAIWAN - Theology and service: besides teaching young people Prof. Li also shares his experience after working with the Sisters of Mother Teresa
Taipei (Fides Service) - “I hear the song of happiness” is the theme of a course in theology for young people given by Prof. Li who not only teaches but also shares his experience of faith and service at a Home for t ...
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24 September 2005
ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - this year already 400,000 refugees have returned: encouraging sign for the country
Kabul (Fides Service) - Recent elections went off peacefully and the country is also dealing with the difficult question of refugees a problem which has lasted for decades. According to the United Nations High Commission ...
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