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2 June 2004
ASIA/THAILAND - Young Buddhists and Christians united in interreligious and intercultural dialogue
Bangkok (Fides Agency) - “The bonds joining us together are stronger than the barriers which divide us”: it is what young Buddhists and Christians said at a recent five day seminar organised in Bangkok by the Institu ...
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2 June 2004
ASIA/CINA - The Catholic Church in China helps poor children to continue their studies
Zun Yi (Fides Agency) - The local Church in the province of Gui Zhou, the poorest area in Continental China, always focused much of its attention on child education. The catholic community has built schools, offering the ...
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2 June 2004
ASIA - For Asian Bishops interreligious dialogue represents their hope to build harmony throughout the whole continent
Bangkok (Fides Agency) - Interreligious dialogue is an effective way of bringing reconciliation and building peace throughout the Asian continent: the Bishops of Asia believe this is true and they are working to increase ...
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2 June 2004
ASIA PHILIPPINES - “In the Philippines we need a government of national unity to bring peace to the country and resolve economic problems” is the opinion of a Fides Agency missionary
Manila (Fides Agency) - “In the Philippines we need a government of national unity to bring peace to the country and resolve the problems affecting economy, politics and society as a whole. There is a high rate in unem ...
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2 June 2004
ANNOUNCEMENTS - Acli and Focsiv join the wake of prayer on June 3rd organised by the Community of Sant’Egidio in Rome.
Rome (Fides Agency) - “The anniversary of June 4th is part of our DNA - explain Acli president, Luigi Bobba, and Focsiv director, Sergio Marelli - because that day, sixty years ago, was a milestone along the path of ou ...
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2 June 2004
BOOK REVIEW - EUROPE/ITALY - Guarire fino in fondo (To Recover Completely) - Elisabetta Garuti - Maria M. Rossi - Antonio Pari - Sandra Malacci -EMI, 2004, pp. 176, Euro 9,00
Rome (Fides Agency) - The cause for the outburst of AIDS is the HIV virus, but poverty helps its widespread contagion. Where there is poverty, there is AIDS. If only we think that in Africa there are 70% of the HIV posit ...
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1 June 2004
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - From Colombia missionaries for Africa and Asia: 14th edition of Course for Missionaries ad gentes promoted by Colombian Bishops’ Conference
Bogota (Fides Service) - The 14th edition of a four week Course for Missionaries ad gentes promoted by Colombian Bishops’ Conference June 6 - July 2, will be held at the Conference’s offices. The Course is unusual be ...
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1 June 2004
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Health emergency in one of the world’s poorest countries. Tuberculosis continues to be the third cause of death for people who cannot afford treatment for 16,00 Euro. St John of God Brothers helping far away sick (AFMAL) promote initiatives for the people of the Philippines
Rome (Fides Service) - The Philippines is one of the world’s poorest countries. This country has no national health service and people who fall ill are condemned. Because of poverty which affects most of the people, ev ...
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1 June 2004
ASIA/CHINA - More than a thousand young Catholics take part in 1st Diocesan Youth Congress in Cang Zhou on the theme “Rise and go your way ” (Lk 17, 19)
Cang Zhou (Fides Service) - In Cang Zhou diocese, Hebei province, where most of the Catholics in mainland China live, (more then 1 million) 2004 is the Year of Youth. To mark the year the diocese held its 1st Diocesan Yo ...
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1 June 2004
VATICAN - Papal message at the end of the Marian Month of May: “Be light in your homes, in every place and under every circumstance of life. Be light with your faithful witness to the Gospel, learning day after day from Mary the perfect disciple of her Divine Son.”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - “The month of May closes with the liturgical feast of the Visitation: the second joyful mystery which fills hearts with ever new hope. The encounter between Mary and Elisabeth is animated ...
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1 June 2004
AFRICA/SOMALIA - Quarrel among merchants caused clashes in Mogadishu in which at least 100 died
Mogadishu (Fides Service) - A simple quarrel between merchants which degenerated into a real battle with heavy weapons. This was the scenario of recent clashes over recent days in Mogadishu; capital of Somalia, in which ...
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1 June 2004
AFRICA/CONGO RD - “Split among guerrillas besieging the city”: report from Fides sources in Bukavu in east Congo
Bukavu (Fides Service)-“Two souls are emerging in the RCD-Goma (Union Congolese for Democracy, guerrillas connected with Rwanda), one extremist and one moderate” local sources in Bukavu, north Kivu in the Democratic ...
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1 June 2004
ASIA/TAIWAN - Cardinal Paul Shan tells Fides: “The Church is working to get the death penalty abolished in Taiwan and to promote full respect for life at eve level of society ”
Kaohsiung (Fides Service) - “We have called on the government to abolish the death penalty in Taiwan. Many times I have spoken with President Chen Shui-bian and the Minister of Justice making an explicit request for th ...
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1 June 2004
ASIA/SRI LANKA - New hope for Sri Lanka’s peace process with Indian mediation
New Delhi (Fides Service) - There may be new hope for the difficult path to peace in Sri Lanka: during a visit to New Delhi, Sri Lanka’s foreign minister Lakshman Kadirgamar obtained the support of India’s new Prime ...
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1 June 2004
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Respect for human rights, religious freedom, and tolerance, to build a better: appeal from Forum of Religious Leaders
Lahore (Fides Service) - Abolish discriminatory laws; promote respect for minority rights, human rights and freedoms especially freedom of conscience and religion; equal dignity for women; more democratic participation f ...
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