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21 October 2004
ASIA/IRAQ - In Mosul Christian university students strike to protest Islamic fundamentalist violence
Baghdad (Fides Service)- “In the face of continued violence against Christians with deep regret Christian university students have staged a strike” a Catholic priest in Mosul Father Nizar Semaan told Fides. “Faced ...
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21 October 2004
EUROPE/ITALY - Public spending for development: Ethiopia spends 3 dollars per person for healthcare while most industrialised countries spend over 2,000 dollars per person
Rome (Fides Service) - The gap between industrialised countries and poor countries continues to expand, aid to the third world is diminishing and the little that does arrive is insufficient.
This was the tragic situatio ...
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21 October 2004
ASIA/LEBANON - Christians in Beirut organise torchlight march to show solidarity with Iraqi Christians
Beirut (Fides Service) - Lebanon’s Christians are staging a new action of solidarity with Christians in Iraq. This evening the Christian community in Beirut will hold a torchlight procession as a demonstration of sympa ...
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21 October 2004
VATICAN - On Sunday 24 October on behalf of Pope John Paul II Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, head of the Vatican’s Mission Department, will preside World Mission Day Mass in St Peter’s preceded by a Saturday prayer vigil in Santo Spirit church near the Vatican
Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Sunday 24 October on behalf of Pope John Paul II Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, will preside World Mission Day mass at the Altar ...
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21 October 2004
VATICAN - Via live TV link with Malta the Pope addresses clergy gathered for International Congress for Priests: “The Lord calls you to be his apostles first of all through holiness of life. It is up to you to make resound everywhere the power of the Gospel’s word of truth the only word which can work a profound change in the heart of the human person and give peace ”
La Valletta (Fides Service) - At 11am this morning October 21 thanks to a live Television link with Malta Pope John Paul II addressed participants at an International Congress for Priests 18-23 October at the Mediterrane ...
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21 October 2004
AFRICA - Conflict and dialogue between Islam and Christianity discussed by Catholic Bishops of Africa and Germany committed to enhancing communion between Churches of the two continents and fruitful relations with Muslims
Rome (Agenzia Fides)- Catholic Bishops of Africa and Germany met in Akosombo, Ghana, west Africa between October 10 and 16 to “enhance communion among the Churches on our two continents and strengthen the witness to th ...
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21 October 2004
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Preparations for 3rd American Mission Congress (2007) start with meeting of PMS national directors and presidents of mission commissions
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The first preparatory meeting for CAM 3, the third American Mission Congress scheduled for 2007 in Ecuador, was held from 11 to 13 October 2004 at the head offices of the Council of Latin America ...
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21 October 2004
AFRICA/KENYA - Each day 500 people die of AIDS: country acquires patent to produce ‘copies’ of antiretroviral drugs
Rome (Fides Service) - A Kenyan pharmaceutical company has been given permission to use the patent of a major European company to produce generic antiretroviral drugs to treat HIV/AIDS. In exchange the European company w ...
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21 October 2004
ASIA/HONG KONG - Valuable social commitment of Hong Kong’s Don Bosco Charitable Foundation in mainland China
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - For almost six years the Don Bosco Charitable Foundation DBF registered in Hong has assisted youth in mainland China with programmes of education, professional training and assistance for poor ...
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21 October 2004
ASIA/INDONESIA - Newly installed government faced with concerning signs of interreligious tension in eastern Indonesia
Jakarta (Fides Service) - As the new government led by newly elected President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, settles down to work, reports from the eastern Indonesian region of Sulawesi give rise to concern. In 2000-2002 Sul ...
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21 October 2004
AFRICA/BURUNDI - More than 8,000 attend funeral of Catholic priest killed in ambush: “the priest was a target” local sources told Fides
Bujumbura (Fides Service)- “We have lost another man of peace” said a priest who attended the funeral of Father Gerard Nzeyimana from Bururi diocese killed in an ambush on 19 October. The funeral was held in Bururi ...
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20 October 2004
EUROPE/ITALY - AIDS in Africa, access to treatment: Brother Dr. Fiorenzo Priuli St John of God Hospitaller Brothers, WHO expert for tropical diseases
Rome (Fides Service) - Almost 30 out of 90 million Africans are affected by HIV/AIDS. Recently the World Health Organisation approved a programme to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS led by Brother Fiorenzo Priuli, a medical Do ...
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20 October 2004
ASIA/BRUNEI - Prefecture Apostolic of Brunei (Brunei) now Apostolic Vicariate first Apostolic Vicar appointed
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has, 20 October 2004, raised the Apostolic Prefecture of Brunei (Brunei) to the rank of Apostolic Vicariate with the same name and territory. At the same ...
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20 October 2004
VATICAN - The Pope’s weekly teaching at the general audience: “Profound obtuseness takes hold of man when he thinks he can avoid death by frantically accumulating material wealth”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - During his weekly audience in St Peter’s Square this morning the Pope focused his teaching on Psalm 48 “Vanity of riches” (vespers week 2). The principle message of this poetic compos ...
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20 October 2004
ASIA/CAMBODIA - Australian Marist Brothers open special school in Cambodia for children with mental and physical disabilities
Phnom Penh (Fides Service) - Going to school or getting a job is taken for granted in Australia or in Europe but for many boys and girls in Cambodia, especially those with a disability, it is still an unattainable dream. ...
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