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18 July 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - Under the banner of Eugene de Mazenod OMI Missionaries accompany young people to Cologne for 20th World Youth Day
Rome (Fides Service) - On August 10 six buses will carry 300 young Italian boys and girls aged 16-29 connected with the Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate to the German village of Hünfeld to take part in days of pre ...
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15 July 2005
AMERICA/ECUADOR - 2nd edition of Mission Ecuador: over 1,000 university students to proclaim the Gospel to the poorest of the poor in the most remote parts of the country
Loja (Ecuador) - In the context of the Year of the Eucharist and to mark the 75th anniversary of the crowning of Our Lady Queen of Cisne, from 9 to 18 September young people all over Ecuador will take part in the 2nd ed ...
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15 July 2005
AFRICA/KENYA - Italian missionary Bishop murdered in cold blood: “Bishop Locati was a man of uprightness and honesty, a promoter of justice”: National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Kenya told Fides
Nairobi (Fides Service)- Yesterday evening in Isiolo in northern Kenya Italian born Bishop Luigi Locati, Vicar Apostolic of Isiolo, was brutally assassinated with two gun shots in the head as he was on his way home from ...
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15 July 2005
AFRICA/KENYA - “Forty years devoted to nomad peoples in northern Kenya”: the Bishop of Marsabit remembers Bishop Luigi Locati, Vicar Apostolic of Isiolo, assassinated yesterday
Nairobi (Fides Service)- “Bishop Locati was a Fidei Donum missionary and he devoted his life to Borana and Turkana nomads” said Bishop Ambrogio Ravasi of Marsabit, northern Kenya, referring to Bishop Luigi Locati, Vi ...
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15 July 2005
EUROPE/GERMANY - Aspects of Christ: representations of Christ from late Middle Ages to the 20th century art exhibition on the occasion of 20th World Youth Day in Cologne
Cologne (Fides Service) - One of the special cultural initiatives organised on the occasion of the 20th World Youth Day in Cologne Germany 11 to 21 August 2005) will be an exhibition of paintings “Aspects of Christ: r ...
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15 July 2005
AMERICA/BRAZIL - 5th General Conference of the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences will reflect on the theme “Disciples and Missionaries of Jesus Christ that our people may have Life”
Brasilia (Fides Service) - In a note addressed to Fides the press office of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Brazil said that the theme of the 5th General Conference of the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Confe ...
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15 July 2005
AMERICA/MEXICO - “The Formator of the 21st century: profile and mission” focus of National Assembly of the Organisation for Mexican Seminaries taking place in Mexico City
Mexico City (Fides Service) - To reflect on the profile and the mission of the seminary formator in the 21st century and the most suitable pedagogy and means to foster the formator’s growth as a person and outline the ...
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15 July 2005
ASIA/THAILAND - WHO: the next epidemic of influenza could kill between 2 and 7 million people: Bird flu most serious threat
Rome (Fides Service) - The United Nations World Health Organisation WHO warns that avian or bird flu is a major threat for the world. The disease present in south east Asia.
WHo says contagion in Asia is difficult to c ...
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15 July 2005
OCEANIA/TAHITI - Summer schools for young and adult lay Catholics in Polynesia: culture, catechesis and all round religious formation
Papeete (Fides Service) - At the beginning of July the annual Summer schools for lay formation promoted by the diocese of Papeete reopened. “We have six of these schools in the diocese, a good number for a modest area ...
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15 July 2005
ASIA/INDIA - Catholic Bishop visits flooded areas in Gujarat and calls for solidarity
Ahmedabad (Fides Service) - The number of dead and homeless as a result of serious flooding in a vast area of western Indian continue sto rise. The floods are said to be the worst in recent years. The most affected area ...
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15 July 2005
ASIA/TAIWAN - 24 graduates from the Institute of Theology at Fu Ren Catholic University receive their mandate for pastoral work in the local Church
Taipei (Fides Service) - At Fu RenCatholic University in Taipei 24 graduates from the Institute of Theology, 4 religious, 9 deacons, 3 Sisters and 8 lay men and women recently concluded their studies and are now ready fo ...
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15 July 2005
EUROPE/SPAIN - Now that the Spanish parliament has recognised same sex unions and equalled them to marriage, the country’s Bishops say Spanish Catholics will continue to fight for authentic marriage and the family
Madrid (Fides Service) - Now that the Spanish parliament has recognised same sex unions and equalled them to marriage, the country’s Bishops warn of the disastrous consequences for Spain and the rest of the world. In a ...
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15 July 2005
AFRICA/KENYA - The murdered Bishop’s generosity may have been misunderstood. “Bishop Locati lived very simply giving everything he had to the needy Christians and Muslim alike
Nairobi (Fides ) - “Bishop Locati lived very simply giving everything he had to the needy Christians and Muslim alike” said person who worked closely with Bishop Luigi Locati and asked not to be named. Bishop Locati ...
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14 July 2005
VATICAN - From 20 to 24 July in Lima Populorum Progressio foundation administrative council meeting to approve 200 projects for education, farming and small business development
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Archbishop Paul Josef Cordes, president of Populorum Progressio foundation and of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum will be in Lima, Peru, from July 20 to 24 for the annual meeting of the fou ...
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14 July 2005
ASIA/KUWAIT - The Pope accepts resignation of the Vicar Apostolic of Kuwait and appoints a successor
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 14 July 2005 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Apostolic Vicariate of Kuwait presented by Bishop Francis Micallef, O.C.D., in ...
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