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• 23 December 2005
  AFRICA/UGANDA - “Christmas finds children in northern Uganda in the same situation as the Holy Infant Jesus who had to flee into Egypt” a Catholic missionary says Gulu (Fides Service)-“Christmas finds children in northern Uganda in about the same situation as the Holy Infant Jesus who had to flee into Egypt” says a missionary in the north of Uganda where majority of the popula ...
• 23 December 2005
  We wish all our readers a Blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year “Christmas brings joy and peace to those who like the shepherds in Bethlehem hear and heed the words of the angel: "Let this be a sign for you: you will find a Child wrapped in swaddling clothes lying in a manger" (Lk ...
• 22 December 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - “Priests for New Evangelisation” is the theme of the 11th Course of Ongoing Formation for Clergy to be held 16 January - 3 February 2006 in Lima Lima (Fides Service) -The 11th course of ongoing formation for clergy to be held 16 January - 3 February 2006 at Villa Marista, Santa Eulalia in Lima. The aim of course of which the theme is “Priests for New Evangeli ...
• 22 December 2005
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - “Christmas is the irruption of something "new" which we can neither buy nor manipulate nor adapt to meet our own will or whim” says President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Uruguay San José y Flores (Fides Service) - Bishop Pablo Galimberti, Bishop of San José di Maggio and President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Uruguay (CEU), recently told Radio Maria Uruguay that “Christmas is th ...
• 22 December 2005
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Stars Singers “messengers of charity and peace”: “even children can do something to change the world and to help other less fortunate children” Berlin (Fides Service) - “You are messengers of charity and peace” Angela Merkel, the new Chancellor of Germany told a group of Holy Childhood children, known here as Stern Singers, who visited her at the Federal Ch ...
• 22 December 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Fu Ren Catholic University organises Christmas Market a moment of Chinese/German cultural exchange Taipei (Fides Service) - In view of Christmas Fu Ren Catholic University in Taipei has inaugurated a special Christmas Market. The occasion is also the 80th anniversary of the foundation the famous University and the pur ...
• 22 December 2005
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - “God created you not to fear or to kill each other but to love each other, to build and to cooperate together””: Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem addresses Christmas Message to all the people of the Holy Land Jerusalem (Fides Service) - The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Michel Sabbah sent a message addressed “to all Palestinians and to all Israelis” in which he reiterated the message of the Angels on Christmas day “not ...
• 22 December 2005
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - In Advent the Church holds Day of Charity “Blessed are the merciful” Seoul (Fides Service) - “Blessed are the merciful” is the theme of Advent Charity Day organised by the Catholic community in Korea. Bishop Lazzaro You Heung-sik, President of the Korean Bishops’ Commission for Cari ...
• 21 December 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - To highlight the real meaning of Christmas the Church in Arequipa organises reflection on various themes, community prayers and Nativity Scenes exhibition Arequipa (Fides Service) - The Peruvian diocese of Arequipa has organised a series of cultural and religious events to help people rediscover the authentic meaning of Christmas. Hundreds of people take part in the daily ...
• 21 December 2005
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “An anti conception and anti birth mentality deriving from a mentality of abortion has produced a plot against life which strikes at the development and growth of our young people, marriage and the family”: conclusion of Seminar on Bio-ethics Cuernavaca (Fides Service) - “At this moment the people of this Continent feel the need to hear the voices of the bishops who confirm the value and inviolability of life. If at the end of the last century the Church co ...
• 21 December 2005
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI at general audience: “While a certain modern and consumerist culture tends to remove Christian symbols from the celebration of Christmas may we all strive to retain the value of Christmas traditions which are part of the heritage of our faith and our culture, to transmit them to the new generations” Vatican City (Fides Service) - The mystery of Christmas was the theme of the catechesis given by Pope Benedict XVI at the general audience in St Peter’s Square this morning: “in this last week of Advent the liturgies ...
• 21 December 2005
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Catholic Festival at Hong Kong University draws crowds of students, non Christians in particular Hong Kong (Fides Service) - A successful Catholic Festival was recently organised by the Catholic Students Association at Hong Kong City University. The aim was to give non Christian students friends and benefactors an o ...
• 21 December 2005
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Pontifical Mission Societies in Pakistan involve Catholic school children in solidarity initiatives to help less fortunate children Lahore (Fides Service) - The Pontifical Mission Societies in Pakistan, Holy Childhood office, involves Catholic school children in songs, prayers and festivities to collect funds in aid of the poor. The children sing to ...
• 21 December 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - Christmas on television: TV programme in Bengali tells the life and message of Christ New Delhi (Fides Service) - The Life and Message of Christ is being shown on television at Christmas in India as part of a morning meditation programme. ETV Bangla launched a series of 15 episodes in Bengali to explain t ...
• 21 December 2005
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Clear lead of “yes” votes in referendum to approve new Constitution. “This is the civil and peaceful response from a people who suffered so much in so many years of violence and abuse” says local missionary Kinshasa (Fides Service)- “Yes” votes should make a clear win in the referendum on the Constitution in the Democratic Republic of Congo according to the first official results after a third of the votes had been coun ...