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18 February 2005
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - 11th Meeting of Japanese-Korean Youth to promote Reconciliation
Seoul (Fides Service) - Peace and friendly relations between Japan and Korea, after the horrors of war which sowed hatred between the two countries, need to be built at grass roots and therefore among young people, who a ...
18 February 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - Paul, from Tarsus to the world: a film in seven parts on the missionary adventure of the Apostle of the Gentiles and the life of the first Christian communities
Rome (Fides Service) - A long journey by land and sea offers the viewer insight into the life and thought of Paul of Tarsus, Apostle of the Gentiles by revisiting the sites of his intense missionary activity: Turkey, Cre ...
18 February 2005
AFRICA/SUDAN - “We have inherited 20 years of war and 2 million dead” Pastoral Letter from Catholic Bishops of Sudan
Khartoum (Fides Service) - “True peace is much more than the absence of war - the Catholic Bishops of Sudan wrote in a Pastoral Letter issued on the occasion of the recent Peace Agreement which ended civil strife in so ...
18 February 2005
AFRICA/GHANA - “Unemployment, illiteracy, clashes among 22 different ethnic groups are main obstacles for evangelisation” says Bishop Naameh of Damongo diocese in northern Ghana
Accra (Fides Service)- “The presence of 22 different ethnic groups in our diocese is a problem but it is also a reason for hope for the future” Bishop Philip Naameh of Damongo diocese in northern Ghana told Fides. ...
18 February 2005
AMERICA/BRAZIL - New missionary animation and activity for missionary congregations in Brazil in the light of Vatican II: goal of 1st Inter-Congregational Mission ad gentes Congress in April
Brasilia (Fides Service) - In the context of the present debate on Mission ad gentes, encouraged by recent National Mission Congresses and the American Mission Congress CAM 2, and in the awareness that Consecrated Life i ...
18 February 2005
VATICAN - Letter from Cardinal Angelo Sodano to President of the John Paul II Foundation for the Sahel: “Twenty five years later we see the fruits of this providential institution and the aid which thanks to it was distributed to the peoples in the Sahel”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Twenty five years ago in Ouagadougou on 10 May 1980, Pope John Paul II launched a solemn appeal to help the people suffering the consequences of drought and progressive desertification of t ...
18 February 2005
VATICAN - “Quality of life and ethics of health salute, concepts of great importance and significance”: 11th general assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life
Vatican City (Fides Service) - ‘Quality of life and ethics of health’ is the theme chosen for the annual general assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life in the Vatican 21-23 February 2005 at the New Synod Hall, p ...
18 February 2005
ASIA/INDIA - 100 years of Salesian service in India
New Delhi (Fides Service) - Salesian Fathers in India are preparing to start celebrations for 100 years of service in education and professional training for young people. Celebrations will begin on 28 February in New De ...
17 February 2005
OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Little Church in the Pacific welcomes new vocations: new members for Dominican sisters and brothers
Honiara (Fides Service) - New vocations in Solomon Islands are a great encouragement for the local Church. In a report sent to Fides Honiara archdiocese says that an increasing number of young men and women are choosing ...
17 February 2005
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Doctors with Africa CUAMM provides basic health care material in country’s neediest Zambezi province
Rome (Fides Service) - In terms of health and the state of the health care system the Zambezi region is probably the area most in need in the whole of Mozambique. The mortality and mobility rates are unknown but they are ...
17 February 2005
ASIA/INDIA - Twenty five years of courses on Christianity in a state university help remove objections posed by radicals and fundamentalists of other religions
Bangalore (Fides Service) - For 25 years the State University in Mysore, in the south western Indian state of Karnataka, opened in 1980, has offered courses on Christianity, its history and development. The university w ...
17 February 2005
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Three days after bomb blasts people still afraid - President Gloria Arroyo may be given special powers
Manila (Fides Service) - While there is no let up in guerrilla warfare in the Sulu islands, the rest of the country is on the alert after the three bomb blasts on 14 February. Tension shows no sign of diminishing and fea ...
17 February 2005
AMERICA/PERU - Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Maldonado holds 6th Assembly in Lima on the theme “Lay Catholics helping to build a better world”
Lima (Fides Service) - “Lay Catholics helping to build a better world” is the theme of the 6th assembly of the Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Maldonado which started on 14 February at the Santa Rosa House of Spiritual ...
17 February 2005
AMERICA/PANAMA - Concerning scarcity of formation, accompaniment and sending of lay missionaries ad gentes says 3rd Continental Lay Missionaries Meeting in Final Statement
Panama (Fides Service) - “Basis and Processes for integral formation of laity for mission ad gentes” was the theme of the 3rd Continental Lay Missionaries Meeting ECOLMI 3 held 26-30 January in Panama. The meeting, ...
17 February 2005
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Italian Capuchins in Venice celebrate 100 birthday of most senior confrere in the world. Testimonial of a life given for Africa
Rome (Fides Service) - On February 12 the Capuchin community in Conegliano nel Veneto celebrated the 100 birthday of Father Alberto Bertoldo, the most senior Capuchin in the world. “Father Alberto wins hearts with his ...
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