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11 July 2005
AFRICA/COTE D’ IVOIRE - Calendar set for disarmament of rebels and government troops in view of new unified national armed force
Abidjan (Fides Service)- In Cote D’ Ivoire army and rebel leaders have agreed on a calendar for disarmament, an important step on the path towards presidential elections scheduled for 30 October. According to the agree ...
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11 July 2005
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - In a statement on the political and social crisis in the country the Catholic Bishops of the Philippines call for transparency, justice and prayers
Manila (Fides Service) - Rejection of violent solutions; call for serious discernment, based on criteria of transparency and justice; prayer that the common good may prevail in politics. The requests were contained in a ...
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11 July 2005
ASIA/HONG KONG - Hong Kong diocesan Justice and Peace Commission on-line radio programme tackles questions of Faith and politics
Hong Kong (Fides Service) - ‘The voice of the Justice and Peace Commission’ is a new on-line radio programme promoted by the Hong Kong diocesean Commission for Justice and Peace. According to the diocesan bulletin Ko ...
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11 July 2005
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Australian Christians unite in ecumenical prayers for victims of London terrorist attacks
Sydney (Fides Service) - The different Churches and communities in Australia urged all Christians to pray for the victims of the July 7 terrorist attacks on London and many met for ecumencial rpayer services and special ...
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9 July 2005
AMERICA/PERU - “I am deeply saddened and deplore these acts which dispose of human life as an object to destroy for political or ideological reasons”, said Cardinal Juan Cipriani Primate of Peru commenting the July 7 terrorist attacks on London
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Appalled by the latest acts of violence on innocent civilians which provoke grief, fear, indignation and many queries, Fides spoke with Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Archbishop of Lim ...
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9 July 2005
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Believers of different faiths form Civil Alliance to promote respect for life and the family
Seoul (Fides Service) - Believers of different faiths in Korea have united to form a Civil Alliance to protect life from natural beginning to end, protect the family and encourage couples to have more children, and to gu ...
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9 July 2005
ASIA/INDIA - Missionaries of Charity pray for the victims of the terrorist attacks on London: at the burial place of Mother Teresa Indians and visitors of all faiths pray for Londoners
New Delhi (Fides Service) - The July 7 bomb attacks in London caused deep shock and grief among the Missionaries of Charity at the general house in Calcutta who gathered immediately to pray in silence at the tomb of Bles ...
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9 July 2005
ASIA/CHINA - The Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church will be of great help with pastoral activity and catechesis a Chinese priest told Fides
Beijing (Fides Service) - The new Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, made public on June 28 in Rome, has been welcomed by Catholics in mainland China. A priest told Fides the new publication will be of g ...
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9 July 2005
EUROPE/PORTUGAL - 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 13 June 2005 confirmed Rev. Manuel Duraes BarbosaCSSp National Director of the Pontifical Mission S ...
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9 July 2005
ASIA/BANGLADESH - The Pope accepts resignation of Archbishop of Dhaka and appoints successor
Vatican City(Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 9 July 2005 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Archdiocese of Dhaka (Bangladesh) presented by Archbishop Michael Rozario in conf ...
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9 July 2005
AFRICA/KENYA - “Don't blame only the West for Africa's poverty” said Fr Eugenio Ferrari, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Kenya commenting the G8 meeting, terrorism and poverty
Nairobi (Fides Service)- “Even just the threat of an attack can damage the economy of a poor country like Kenya. In the end terrorism always strikes the ordinary citizens even those it does not actually kill” Italian ...
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9 July 2005
AFRICA/SUDAN - Former Southern Sudan rebel leader sworn in as vice President of Sudan
Khartoum (Fides Service)- Today 9 July in Khartoum former rebel leader John Garang was sworn in as vice President of Sudan. After the ceremony the President Omar al Bashir signed the country’s new Constitution as estab ...
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8 July 2005
ASIA/LEBANON - “East West dialogue is the only way to eliminate the causes of terrorism” Catholic priest in Lebanon tells Fides
Beirut (Fides Service)- “The only way to stop terrorism is to eliminate the causes” said Maronite Catholic priest Fr. Maroun Abouzeid parish priest of Notre-Dame de Maamarieh near Sidone, southern Lebanon. “Europe ...
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8 July 2005
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI expresses deep grief for the victims of terrorist attacks in central London
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Pope Bendedict XVI sent Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor a message of condolence for the people of Great Britain following the bomb explosions in central London yesterday. Here is the text ...
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8 July 2005
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Muslims and Christians join in prayer for the victims of London bomb blasts: Fides spoke with the Catholic Bishop of Multan
Multan (Fides Service) - “This is a tragedy for humanity. This morning in Multan we prayed for the dead and the injured and their families and I offered mass for them. Christian and Muslims here are still shaker by the ...
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