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19 November 2003
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - “MISUNDERSTANDING OF DEFENCE MINISTER’S SPEECH CAUSE OF RISING TENSION IN IVORY COAST” SAYS MISSIONARY
Abidjan (Fides Service) – Tension is rising in Ivory Coast where New Forces rebels have declared a state of emergency fearing an attack by the regular army. “This tension probably rises from a misinterpretation of wh ...
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19 November 2003
ASIA/CHINA - CATHOLICS AND DIPLOMATS ORGANISE FRIENDSHIP DAY POT LUCK CHARITY LUNCH TO BUILD A NEW CHURCH AND SEND POOR STUDENTS TO UNIVERSITY
Beijing (Fides Service) – The Catholic community in Beijing has always had good relations with the diplomats and international organisations personnel stationed in Beijing.
Many foreign citizens attend Sunday Mass in ...
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19 November 2003
ASIA/PAKISTAN - WAVE STUDIO DISTRIBUTES “PEACE ON EARTH” CD AND AUDIOCASSETTE TO CATHOLIC FAMILIES SCHOOLS, RELIGIOUS CONGREGATIONS, PARISHES AND ALSO MUSLIM INSTITUTES AND ASSOCIATIONS
Lahore (Fides Service) – “Peace on Earth” is the title of a new Compact Disc produced by Lahore diocese’s Catholic Wave Studio whose director is Father John Nadeem.
Wave recording studios was opened by the Socia ...
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19 November 2003
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - CHURCH CONCERNED FOR IRREGULAR IMMIGRANT WORKERS WITHOUT RIGHTS OR ASSISTANCE, DESTINED TO BE REPATRIATED
Seoul (Fides Service) – Concern for the situation of irregular immigrant workers in South Korea, whose living conditions are often at the limit of survival and human dignity, was voiced by the Korean Bishops’ Commiss ...
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19 November 2003
AFRICA/ANGOLA - MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS: CAN THE TRAGICALLY HIGH INFANT DEATH RATE DUE TO LACK OF NORMAL HEALTH-CARE BE AVOIDED AND HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST?
Rome (Fides Service) – These are the questions which Saturday Cuamm on 22 November on the theme “Caring for Children 25 years after Alma Ata: the Angola case” will try to answer. Saturday Cuamm study days aim to he ...
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19 November 2003
EUROPE/ITALY - ART AND DISABILITIES CONCRETE COMMITMENT OF ST JOHN OF GOD BROTHERS: “PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY HAVE INTELLIGENCE OF HEART VISIBLE IN GESTURES, WORDS AND EVERY DAY LIFE ” – SAYS BROTHER GERARDO D’AURIA, SUPERIOR OF THE ST JOHN OF GOD HOSPITAL IN GENZANO
Rome (Fides Service) – Painting as a form of expression and rehabilitation. This is the objective of Il mattone Art Workshop sponsored by the “St John of God Institute” in Genzano not far from Rome which will show ...
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18 November 2003
ASIA/IRAQ - ON DAY OF STATE FUNERAL OF 19 ITALIAN SOLDIERS BOMB BLAST VICTIMS, CHALDEAN CATHOLIC MONK TELLS FIDES: “WE SYMPATHISE DEEPLY WITH THE FAMILIES AND WITH ALL ITALY AND WE ASK THE ITALIAN MISSION NOT TO ABANDON IRAQ BUT TO CONTINUE TO WORK FOR THE GOOD OF THE IRAQI PEOPLE!”
Rome (Fides Service) – Solidarity, prayers and a call on the Italian mission not to leave Iraq but to stay in Nassirya was the message sent to Fides by Iraqi Father Berjou Mansoor on behalf of the Chaldean Monks in Rom ...
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18 November 2003
ASIA/IRAQ - “MAY ITALIAN BLOOD SHED ON IRAQI SOIL HELP OLIVE TREE OF PEACE TO GROW AT LAST” IRAQI FATHER NIZAR SEMAAN SPEAKS FOR IRAQI CHRISTIANS
Rome (Fides Service)- “On behalf of the Christians in Iraq I wish to voice sympathy and solidarity to the families of the soldiers killed by the bomb attack on the Italian mission head quarters in Nassiriya on November ...
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18 November 2003
VATICAN - THE POPE TELLS INDIAN BISHOPS: “ANY SEMBLANCE OF A CASTE-BASED PREJUDICE IN RELATIONS BETWEEN CHRISTIANS IS A COUNTERSIGN TO AUTHENTIC HUMAN SOLIDARITY, A THREAT TO GENUINE SPIRITUALITY AND A SERIOUS HINDRANCE TO THE CHURCH’S MISSION OF EVANGELISATION”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - “It is not enough that the Christian community hold the principle of solidarity as a lofty ideal; rather it must be seen as the norm for human interaction” Pope John Paul II told a gro ...
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18 November 2003
VATICAN - ANNUAL MESSAGE TO ALL MUSLIMS FROM PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE ON THE OCCASION OF ‘ID AL-FITR, FEAST WHICH CONCLUDES RAMADAN: CONSTRUCTION OF PEACE FOLLOWING THE TEACHING OF BLESSED JOHN XXIII
Vatican City (Fides Service) – To mark the Feast of ‘Id al-Fitr, 1424 A.H. / 2003 A.D.) which closes the Muslim Ramadan month of prayer and fasting Archbishop Michael L. Fitzgerald President of the Pontifical Counci ...
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18 November 2003
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - TOWARDS SECOND AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS CAM 2 – CHURCH IN COLOMBIA COMPLETES LONG JOURNEY OF PREPARATION
Bogota (Fides Service) – “The Church in Colombia, with her characteristic missionary zeal, prepared with joy and confidence to face the challenges of evangelisation in this new millennium ” Reverend Luis Castano Ca ...
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18 November 2003
ASIA/TURKEY - “ISTANBUL MASSACRE FORGES STRONGER BONDS OF SOLIDARITY AND FRIENDSHIP AMONG BELIEVERS IN THE BOOK”: SPOKESMAN OF TURKISH BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE TOLD FIDES. DAY OF MOURNING RELIGIOUS LEADERS VOW TO ISOLATE FUNDAMENTALISM
Istanbul (Fides Service ) – Today 18 November is a day of mourning not only in Italy but also in Turkey where this morning funerals were held for those killed by two bomb blasts in Istanbul synagogues on Saturday 15 No ...
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18 November 2003
ASIA/INDIA - WORD OF GOD NOW ACCESSIBLE TO MORE THAN 200 MILLION PEOPLE THANKS TO 35 YEARS OF DEDICATED WORK TO PRODUCE BIBLE IN BENGALI
Calcutta (Fides Service) – The complete Bible has been translated and published in Bengali thanks to the Xavier Publications House in Calcutta. The Bengali Bible was presented to the press at the Jesuit Communications ...
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18 November 2003
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - PREVENT ABORTION AND SUICIDE “SAVE ANOTHER LIFE!”: “LIFE 31” CAMPAIGN TO SAVE AN ESTIMATED 4.000 UNBORN BABIES KILLED IN THEIR MOTHER’S WOMB EVERY DAY
Seoul (Fides Service) – The figures are frightening: it is estimated that in South Korea at least 4.000 women abort a child every day and this means that about 1,5 unborn babies are denied a chance to live. In this sit ...
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18 November 2003
VATICAN - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PASTORAL CARE FOR MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES: “WE VOICE THE CHURCH’S CONCERN FOR THE WORLD’S 175 MILLION MIGRANTS AND 40 MILLION REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS ”
Vatican City (Fides Service) – This morning, 18 November, the 5th International Conference on the Pastoral Care for Migrants and Refugees promoted by the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itiner ...
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