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27 October 2003
EUROPE/ITALY - THE DISTINCTIVE NATURE OF CATHOLICISM IN ITALY COMPARED TO OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: ASSISI MEETING COMES TO A CLOSE
Assisi (Fides Service) – A Congress on “Italian Catholicism from 1958 to today”, held 23 to 25 October at the Sacred Convent of Assisi promoted by various Universities (Sacred Heart Catholic Unviesrity in Milan, Ro ...
27 October 2003
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - AS NORMALITY GRADUALLY RETURNS IN CONGO RWANDAN ARMY STILL IN THE EASTERN REGION. 800 LOCAL BOYS RECRUITED FOR MILITARY TRAINING IN RWANDA
Kinshasa (Fides Service)- “It is difficult to believe Rwanda’s statements denying the presence of troops in this part of Democratic Congo” say local missionaries in north Kivu where representatives of the civil so ...
27 October 2003
EUROPE/ITALY - “CUORE AMICO” AWARD TO THREE ITALIAN MISSIONARIES FOR LIFE TIME OF MISSION IN SOUTH AMERICA, AFRICA AND ASIA
Brescia (Fides Service) - On Saturday 25 October in Brescia the 13th edition of “Cuore Amico” awarded was given to three Italian missionaries: Father Lorenzo Franzoni, who has worked in Brazil for more than forty ye ...
27 October 2003
AFRICA/SUDAN - SUDAN PEACE IN SIGHT BUT SOME MATTERS REMAIN TO BE SETTLED BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND REBELS
Khartoum (Fides Service)- There are growing hopes that peace in Sudan may be in sight at last. US Secretary of State Colin Powell has said he is convinced that peace in Sudan will be signed before the end of the year, ...
27 October 2003
ASIA/KOREA - FAMILY AND PRIESTS PASTORAL PRIORITIES FOR CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF KOREA
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – The determination to give more attention to families and clergy emerged from the recent annual Autumn Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Korea held in Seoul.
The Bishops will soon issue a Past ...
27 October 2003
ASIA/CHINA - SIXTEEN BAPTISMS TO CELEBRATE WORLD MISSION SUNDAY AND 25 YEARS OF JOHN PAUL II’s PONTIFICATE
Taiyuan (Fides Service) – Mission Sunday 19 October was a great day at Feng Sheng He parish in TaiYuan, ShanXi province central China: 16 catechumens received the Sacrament of Baptism. The parish priest and parishioner ...
27 October 2003
ASIA/TAIWAN - A WEB OF LIFE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT: IN COMMUNION WITH GOD, NEIGHBOUR AND CREATION. SISTER CELIA CHUA, CHAIRS 13th CONGRESS OF RELIGIOUS WOMEN IN ASIA AND OCEANIA IN TAIPEI
Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - "wang luo Chinese for web, symbolises communications at many different levels, directions and functions. Our aim is to weave a web of life filled with the Holy Spirit: in communion with God, neig ...
27 October 2003
EUROPE/GREAT BRITAIN - MORE THAN 80% LESS DEATHS FOR HIV/AIDS IN 2001 THANKS TO HAART HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY
Rome (Fides Service) – HAART is made up of five or more antiretroviral drugs, both new and recycled, as well as hydroxyurea. According to studies by British doctors HAART can reduce the HIV/AIDS death rate by 80%: pati ...
25 October 2003
AFRICA/ANGOLA – LUANDA REV. FILOMENO DO NASCIMENTO VIEIRA DIAS APPOINTED AUXILIARY
Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II on 25 October 2003, has appointed Auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Luanda (Angola) Rev. Filomeno do Nascimento Vieira Dias, Vice rector of the Catholic ...
25 October 2003
ASIA/IRAQ - FIRST CHRISTIAN CONGRESS CONCLUDES WITH FORMATION OF INDEPENDENT CHURCH COUNCIL
Rome (Fides Service) – The first Christian Congress in Iraq on the theme “Our unity and our Rights” held in Baghdad attended also by Patrick Kanadi, delegate of Paul Bremer civil administrator in Iraq. Kanadi said ...
25 October 2003
WHO/EUROPE - WHO SUPPORTS NEW INITIATIVES TO REDUCE AIDS DRUGS
Rome (Fides Service) – Reduce prices of drugs to treat AIDS in developing countries is one of the most recent initiatives sponsored by the World Health Organisation. “Guarantee therapy for Aids sufferers in the poore ...
25 October 2003
AMERICA/CHILE - “SUFFERING A VOCATION TO SERVE”: FOR AN INTEGRAL AND HUMANISED VISION OF SICKNESS AND SUFFERING
Santiago de Chile (Fides Service ) – As part of celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the Catholic University Hospital in Santiago de Chile and the Year of Vocations called by the Catholic Church in Chile, the Hosp ...
25 October 2003
WHO/USA - GUARANTEE EFFICIENT HEALTH SERVICE FOR THE POOR, INCREASE INVESTMENTS IN HEALTH SECTOR, GRADUAL ELIMINATION OF FINANCIAL RESTRICTIONS
Rome (Fides Service) – Health is an intrinsic right of every human person as well as a central factor in the reduction of poverty and the promotion of social-economic development. There are many interventions to contro ...
25 October 2003
VATICAN - THE POPE TELLS STUDENTS OF CHURCH UNIVERSITIES: “NEVER LET YOUR HEARTS BE DISTRACTED FROM CONTEMPLATION, BUT AT THE SAME TIME KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE EVENTS IN THE WORLD AND IN HISTORY!”
Vatican (Fides Service) – “If on the one hand, your hearts must never cease from contemplating the mystery of God, on the other it is necessary to keep your eyes on events in the world and in history. The Second Vati ...
25 October 2003
EUROPE/ITALY - SPECIAL ITALIAN POST MARK FOR DON ORIONE CENTENARY
Rome (Fides Service) – On Sunday 26 October 2003 a special post mark will be issued to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of Don Orione Society. The news was given by the Post and Telegraph Office of Alessand ...
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