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20 October 2003
AMERICA/CHILE - A MONTH OF CULTURAL EVENTS AND CELEBRATIONS TO MARK POPE JOHN PAUL II’s 25 YEARS OF PONTIFICATE
Santiago de Chile (Fides Service) – For the whole month of October the Church in Chile has organised a series of events to celebrate the 25 years of Pope John Paul II pontificate’s. The events are organised jointly b ...
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20 October 2003
AFRICA/MALAWI - FOOD EMERGENCY ACUTE SITUATION OVER. BUT POOREST PEOPLE STILL AT RISK. CATHOLICS OFFER FULL AID COMMITMENT
Lilongwe (Fides Service) - Zambia and Malawi have overcome the acute stage of a serious food crisis affecting various southern African countries. In fact the UN World Food Programme WFP reports that cereal harvests were ...
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20 October 2003
VATICAN - THE POPE BEATIFIES MOTHER TERESA: “WITH THE WITNESS OF HER LIFE MOTHER TERESA REMINDS EVERYONE THAT THE CHURCH’S EVANGELISING MISSION PASSES BY WAY OF CHARITY NOURISHED N PRAYER AND LISTENING TO THE WORD OF GOD”.
Vatican City (Fides Service) – On Mission Sunday, 19 October, Pope John Paul II presided a solemn Mass in St Peter’s Square during which he beatified Mother Teresa of Calcutta 1910-1997 foundress of the Missionaries ...
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20 October 2003
VATICAN - THE POPE CLOSES 25TH ANNIVERSARY SYMPOSIUM ORGANISED BY COLLEGE OF CARDINALS: THE ONE AND ONLY GOSPEL PROCLAIMED WITH ONE HEART AND ONE MIND: THIS IS CHRIST’S COMMANDMENT; THIS IS WHAT IS ASKED OF US, AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS A COLLEGE, BY THE CHURCH OF TODAY AND OF ALL TIMES; THIS IS WHAT IS EXPECTED OF US BY MEN AND WOMEN TODAY ”.
Vatican City (Fides Service) – At the end of the special Symposium organised by College of Cardinals to mark the 25th year of Pope John Paul II’s pontificate, on Saturday 18 October the Pope received in audience the ...
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20 October 2003
ASIA/PHILIPPINES – REV. GILBERT A. GARCERA NKURIKIYE APPOINTED NATIONAL DIRECTOR
Vatican City (Fides Service) – Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, has (1 October 2003), appointed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the Phili ...
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20 October 2003
AFRICA/GHANA – REV. RAPHAEL OSEI SOADWAH APPOINTED RECTOR OF SAINT PAUL MAJOR SEMINARY IN ACCRA
Vatican City (Fides Service ) – Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, has (9 October 2003) appointed rector of Saint Paul’s Inter-diocesan Major Seminary in Accra, R ...
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20 October 2003
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA – NO TO N. KOREA’s NUCLEAR PROGRAMME: “PEACE IN THIS LAND”. KOREAN BISHOPS CALL FOR RECONCILIATION ON THE PENINSULA
Seoul (Fides Service) – No to North Korea’s nuclear programme, yes to a resuming of peace talks and reconciliation between the two sides of the Korean peninsula, to lead in an era of peaceful and coexistence and harm ...
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20 October 2003
ASIA/CHINA – PASTORAL LETTER OPENS DIOCESAN YEAR OF EVANGELISATION: BISHOP ZEN CALLS CATHOLICS TO BE MORE MISSIONARY
Seoul (Fides Service) – “Proclaiming the Gospel: a joy par excellence” is the title of a Pastoral letter issued by Bishop Zen of Hong Kong for World Mission Sunday, which this year marks the beginning of a Diocesan ...
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18 October 2003
AFRICA/CAMEROON – NEW METROPOLITAN ARCHBISHOP OF YAOUNDE, MGR VICTOR TONYE BACKOT
Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, has (18 October 2003) appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of Yaounde, Cameroon, Mgr Victor Tonye Backot, until now Bishop of Edea. (Fides Service 18/10 ...
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18 October 2003
AMERICA/COLOMBIA – MOCOA-SIBUNDOY, BISHOP FABIO DE JESUS MORALES GRISALES RESIGNS, REV. LUIS PARRA MORA APPOINTED BISHOP
Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has, (4 October 2003) accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Mocoa-Sibundoy, Colombia, presented by Bishop Fabio De Jesus ...
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18 October 2003
EUROPE/SPAIN - WORLD MISSION SUNDAY: INTENSE PREPARATION IN PARISHES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY: “MISSION AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE LIFE OF EVERY BAPTISED CHRISTIAN”
Madrid (Fides Service ) – Material for Mission Sunday prepared by the Pontifical Mission Societies in Spain included catechesis for children of various age groups diverse; a guide for a prayer vigil and special Mission ...
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18 October 2003
EUROPE/SPAIN - “POPE JOHN PAUL II: THE BEAUTY OF A SOUL IN LOVE WITH GOD AND THE HUMAN PERSON” – REFLECTION BY BISHOP FRANCISCO PEREZ FOR THE 25TH YEAR OF POPE JOHN PAUL II’s PONTIFICATE
Madrid (Fides Service) – “With his testimony, perhaps today the Pope is writing an encyclical equally important as those he has written on paper … young people admire him not for his appearance but for his inward ...
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18 October 2003
AMERICA/URUGUAY - “IN THESE TIMES OF RELATIVISM HIS FIDELITY ON ALL FRONTS IS A LESSON OF COURAGE FOR ALL BELIEVERS” BISHOPS OF URUGUAY SAY OF JOHN PAUL II NOW IN HIS 26TH YEAR OF PONTIFICATE
Montevideo (Fides Service ) – The Bishops Conference of Uruguay issued a message to Catholics in which they express gratitude to His Holiness Pope Jon Paul II for the 25th anniversary of his election to the See of Pete ...
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18 October 2003
AMERICA/PERU - MISSION SUNDAY: “WITH MARY, OPEN YOUR HEART TO CHRIST’S MISSION”, 42.000 STUDENTS ANIMATE PRO MISSION COLLECTIONS
Lima (Fides Service ) – “With Mary open your heart to Christ’s Mission” was the slogan chosen for World Mission Sunday 2003 by the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Peru in collaboration with the Peruvian Ca ...
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18 October 2003
AFRICA/TANZANIA - MISSION SUNDAY: REMEMBERING POPE JOHN PAUL II’S VISIT AND CELEBRATING HIS 25TH YEAR OF PONTIFICATE
Dar es Salaam (Fides Service) – “Now it is your turn to be witnesses of Christ in Moshi diocese, in Tanzania the continent of Africa and to the ends of the earth”. These were Pope John Paul II’s stirring words du ...
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