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23 July 2005
ASIA/MACAO - Macao city centre with its Catholic churches and seminary, Buddhist temple and protestant cemetery declared “world heritage” by UNESCO
Macao (Fides Service) - Macao’s old city centre with its Catholic churches and other historic buildings is now “world heritage” for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. Monuments li ...
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23 July 2005
ASIA/CHINA - Evangelisation in Xi Kai Cathedral Tian Jin diocese bears abaundant fruit: rising annual numbers of baptised persons and catechumens, Cathedral opens Faith Information Office
Tian Jin (Fides Service) - Between 1986 and 1999 the annual number of baptisms in Xi Kai cathedral Tian Jin diocese was less than a hundred. But since the year 2000 and the beginning of the new millennium the number of p ...
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23 July 2005
AFRICA/KENYA - “Crime and Insecurity in Kenya Must be Halted Now!!!”: statement by Catholic Bishops of Kenya
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- We publish a Press statement issued 18 July by the Catholic Bihsops of Kenya with the title “Crime and Insecurity in Kenya Must be Halted Now!!!”, which can be summarised in the five points m ...
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23 July 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - Kidney dialysis and transplant Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital: in 12 years 130 operations and programmes for social reinsertion
Rome (Fides Service) - In 12 years 130 children of different ages with serious kidney trouble have resumed normal life thanks to transplants performed by doctors at Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital in Rome. Since this ...
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23 July 2005
EUROPE/CROATIA - Council of European Bishops' Conferences in Zagreb examines Europe, Ecumenism and Dialogue with Islam of Meeting
Zagabria (Fides Service) - The Presidency of the Council of European Bishops' Conferences (CCEE), the body comprising the continent’s 34 Conferences, met in Zagreb from 17-21 July. The CCEE Presidency planned the CCEE ...
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22 July 2005
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - 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 22 April 2005 confirmed as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Argentina for ...
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22 July 2005
EUROPE/SPAIN - “Young people are not indifferent to the Gospel they realise it helps them mature in their human experience which is a call to happiness in Christ. This Summer almost 11,000 young men and women will take part in annual mission initiatives or travel to mission countries” says national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies
Madrid (Fides Service) - At this difficult time Spain must be more united in efforts to regenerate society. We must “rediscover the meaning of life lifting our eyes to see what transcends life while keeping our feet on ...
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22 July 2005
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Operation Restore Order: German Bishops express solidarity with the poor of Zimbabwe in a letter addressed to the Catholic Bishops Conference of Zimbawe
Harare (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of Germany have written to the Bishops of Zimbabwe expressing deep concern for the plight of the people affected by the recent Operation Restore Order (see Fides May 30, 2005 ...
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22 July 2005
AFRICA/TOGO - President of Togo and main Opposition leader reach agreement in Rome
Rome (Fides Service)- Thanks to the intervention of the social activist S. Egidio Community based in Rome, the President of Togo and the main oppostion leader have agreed to work together to further to process of the cou ...
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22 July 2005
ASIA/HONG KONG - The mission of women to meet the challenges of the 21st century: East Asian Meeting on Women
Hong Kong (Fides Service) - The role of women to meet the challenges of the 21st century will be the theme of an East Asian Meeting on Women promoted by the Office of Laity Women’s Desk of the FABC (Federation of Asian ...
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22 July 2005
ASIA/TAIWAN - Honorary citizenship awarded to 8 missionaries of the Sisters of Mary of the Holy Cross on the 50th anniversary of the arrival of the first four women religious from Europe
Tai Tung (Fides Service) - “They love Taiwan as if it were home and they have spent the best years of their life, some 20 and some 40 years, serving the people of Taiwan” This was the motivation for the honorary citi ...
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22 July 2005
AMERICA/MEXICO - About 12,000 young people will attend 10th Youth Meeting organised by Charismatic Renewal Movement in the archdiocese of Guadalajara
Guadalajara (Fides Service) - “See how he loves you!” is the slogan chosen for the 10th Youth Meeting organised by Charismatic Renewal movement in the archdiocese of Guadalajara on Saturday 23 July and Sunday 24 July ...
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22 July 2005
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Strike the demand and create programmes to reinsert victims of sexual exploitation: video conference at US Embaasy in Rome
Rome (Fides Service)- On July 21 during a conference on “Supply and demand: Behind the Business of Trafficking in Persons” the director of the US State Deparment’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Person ...
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22 July 2005
ASIA/TAJIKISTAN - Tajikistan Catholic mission organises Summer activities for children and young people: camps and excursion are opportunities for evangelisation and education to human and spiritual values
Dushanbe (Fides Service) - Pastoral work in the Summer for the Catholic mission in Tajikistan does not take a holiday indeed it is even more intense. Besides routine pastoral activities the four Incarnate Word Missionari ...
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21 July 2005
ASIA/INDIA - The Pope creates new diocese of Jaipur and appoints first Bishop
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedic XVI on 20 July 2005 created the diocese of Jaipur (India) with territory taken from the diocese of Ajmer-Jaipur making it suffragan of the Metropolitan See of ...
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