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• 12 April 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - “The memory of Pope John Paul II will inspire India to work for a society which gives more attention to spiritual values”, says Bishop Thomas Dabre of Vasai Mumbai (Fides Service) - “It is no wonder that in this predominant non-Christian country there was a tremendous interest in Pope John Paul II, extensive media coverage of the event and glowing tributes paid to the Bish ...
• 12 April 2005
  ASIA/LEBANON - Pope’s holiness and popularity captures even Lebanon’s Arab media Beirut (Fides Service) - Even Arab media and press in Lebanon continue to give ample space to the figure of John Paul II. This morning Al Anwar daily newspaper in Beirut had a large title “Pope John Paul II perhaps a S ...
• 12 April 2005
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - New radio, Voice of Peace, unites Israelis and Palestinians Jerusalem (Fides Service) - Peace takes to the air in the Holy Land. Two days ago a new radio station, the Voice of Peace, started broadcasting in Hebrew, Arabic and English with the objective of spreading a message of p ...
• 12 April 2005
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Oblate Missionaries in the Philippines say conflict in Mindanao must stop, families must be protected from destruction and evacuation Cotabato (Fides Service) - As a Religious Congregation present for over 65 years in Mindanao, in Sulu and Tawi-Tawi, the Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate (OMI) express “surprise” for the new explosion of violen ...
• 12 April 2005
  OCEANIA/ SAMOA - Not only school: Salesians in the Pacific Islands committed to evangelisation and formation of youth Alafua (Fides Service) - In the remote Pacific Ocean islands young Catholics talk about God, study the Bible and discern their vocation in life, socialise and build authentic friendships. This happened recently in Samoa, ...
• 12 April 2005
  VATICAN - Reduce infant mortality rate connected with pregnancy and birth. Bambino Gesù operates in more than 40 hot areas of the Planet Vatican City (Fides Service) - According to the World Health Organisation 11 million children die every year, 40% in the first month of life. Complications during pregnancy and birth are among the main causes of death am ...
• 11 April 2005
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Programme for preventive health care for women and children in Ethiopia: in the world every day 40,000 children die of curable diseases Addis Ababa (Fides Service) - According to the World Health Organisation every minute a woman dies of complications in pregnancy or while giving birth, and the mortality rate of infants in the early years of life is stil ...
• 11 April 2005
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - North Korean Catholics in Pyongyang attend Mass for repose of the soul of Pope John Paul II Pyongyang (Fides Service) - Catholics in Pyongyang in north Korea attended a requiem Mass for Pope John Paul II according to http://www.zaobao.com/ “Lian He Zao Bao (Union Morning Post)” in Singapore. What is more t ...
• 11 April 2005
  ASIA/IRAQ - Patriarch of the ancient Assyrian Church of the East in Iraq sends condolences to the Holy See - Iraqi Catholics also say John Paul II “A Saint Now! ” Baghdad (Fides Service)- Patriarch Mar Addi II of the ancient Assyrian Church of the East in Iraq expressed his sympathy to the Catholic Church for the death of Pope John Paul II in a message of condolence to the Holy S ...
• 11 April 2005
  EUROPE/GERMANY - On WYD 2005 web site young people of the world write messages about Pope John Paul II. German Bishops call Catholics to give generously to support World Youth Day and help renew missionary spirit. Cologne (Fides Service) - Young people of all ages and from all over the world are signing the book of condolence opened by the official World Youth Day web site (www.wjt2005.de) and leaving messages about Pope John Paul ...
• 11 April 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - “The role of persons with a disability in rehabilitation and integration”: Associazione Italiana Amici di Raoul Follereau collaborates with Disability and Rehabilitation department of the World Health Organisation Rome (Fides Service) - In collaboration with the department for Disability and Rehabilitation of the World Health Organisation WHO the Italian association Amici di Raoul Follereau AIFO organised an international meeting ...
• 11 April 2005
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - More than 200 reported cases of Marburg and 193 deaths. Epidemic still not under control Rome (Fides Service) - The epidemic of haemorrhaging fever caused by the Marburg virus is not yet under control: in fact there have been more than 200 reported cases, and of these 193 were mortal. This is the most seriou ...
• 11 April 2005
  Medicine and human rights: Meeting of Italian National Catholic Doctors Association Rome (Fides Service) - The Vercelli section of the Italian National Catholic Doctors Association has organised a National Meeting on Medicine and Human Rights 16 April 2005 at the S. Eusebio Salone , Vercelli Seminary. ...
• 11 April 2005
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “A Pope who will never be forgotten”, according to Cairo daily Al Arabi Ahram Cairo (Fides Service) - The Cairo daily Al Arabi Ahram has given ample space to the death and the life of Pope John Paul II. In today’s edition it refers to the late Pope as a “hero”, a man who helped end the cold ...
• 11 April 2005
  VATICAN - LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF AFRICA EMERGING FROM SPECIAL SYNOD FOR AFRICA CALLED BY POPE JOHN PAUL II - Apostolic Exhortation “Ecclesia in Africa” Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, signed the post synodal apostolic exhortation Ecclesia in Africa in Yaounde, Cameroon, on 14 September 1995. The document was drafted, the Pope said, at ...