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1 July 2003
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - “ WE MUST WORK WITH PATIENCE TO OVERCOME THE CULTURE OF VIOLENCE LEFT BY THE WAR PROMOTING THE VALUES OF THE GOSPEL” SAYS ARCHBISHOP OF MAPUTO
Vatican City (Fides Service) – “When the Pope placed the pallium on my shoulders I felt all the responsibility with which I have been charged”. This was how Archbishop Francisco Chimoio, OFM Cap., of Maputo in Moza ...
1 July 2003
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - CRISIS OR HITCH? THIS IS THE QUESTION AFTER REBELS DECIDE TO STOP DISARMING
Abidjan (Fides Service) “Let’s hope it is only a hitch in the process of peace” say local observers in Ivory Coast contacted by Fides Service with regard to the decision of rebels to suspend disarmament. United as ...
1 July 2003
ASIA/PAKISTAN - LARGEST NUMBER OF NEW PRIESTS ORDAINED IN LAHORE: FIVE CAPUCHINS WILL MINISTER IN PUNJAB
Lahore (Fides Service) – “The Lord has chosen you to be his messengers. You are called to carry out your pastoral duties with zeal and dedication”. With these words Archbishop Lawrence Saldhana of Lahore, encourag ...
1 July 2003
ASIA/MYANMAR - ARCHBISHOP OF YANGON: THE LITTLE CHURCH OF MYANMAR GROWS DESPITE TRIALS AND DIFFICULTIES, ALSO THANKS TO COMMITTED LAITY
Vatican City (Fides Service) – “We are a very close knit community and despite difficulties and trials we praise God, we pray, we evangelise and engage in social and charity work”. This is how Archbishop Charles Ma ...
30 June 2003
VATICAN - THE POPE GIVES THE PALLIUM TO 42 NEW ARCHBISHOPS ON THE SOLEMNITY OF SAINTS PETER AND PAUL “GOD’S FRIENDS”, AND RENEWS HIS PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO WORK FOR FULL COMMUNION AMONG CHRISTIANS
Vatican City (Fides Service) – “Peter and Paul are ‘friends of God’ in a singular way, because they drank the Cup of the Lord…if we think of the calling and personal story of the apostles, Peter and Paul, we se ...
30 June 2003
VATICAN - EUROPE’S CHRISTIAN ROOTS ARE MAIN GUARANTEE OF ITS FUTURE: THE POPE PROMULGATES APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION “ECCLESIA IN EUROPA” DURING FIRST VESPERS FOR THE SOLEMNITY OF SAINTS PETER AND PAUL
Vatican City (Fides Service) – “The Good News was and continues to be the source of life for Europe. Although it is true that Christianity cannot be limited to one particular culture instead it dialogues with each in ...
30 June 2003
VATICAN - ECCLESIA IN EUROPA JESUS CHRIST IS THE HOPE OF EUROPE
Vatican City (Fides Service) – In preparation for the Great Jubilee 2000, Pope John Paul II convoked a series of continental synods of Bishops (see TMA 38) the last of which devoted to Europe (1-23 October 1999) on the ...
30 June 2003
VATICAN - WHEN BUILDING A NEW EUROPE WE MUST NOT FORGET GYPSY PEOPLES SAYS ARCHBISHOP MARCHETTO OF PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR MIGRANTS AND ITINERANT PEOPLES
Conference on the Pastoral Care of Gypsies opens today in Hungary with the theme “The Church and Gypsies: for a spirituality of communion”. The Conference, which will last until 7 July, is organised by the Pontifical ...
30 June 2003
ASIA/CHINA - MACAO – BISHOP DOMINGOS LAM KA TSEUNG RESIGNS, SUCCEEDED BY COADJUTOR BISHOP JOSE LAI HUNG-SENG
Vatican City (Fides Service) –
The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, has accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Macao (China) presented by Bishop Domingos Lam Ka Tseung, in conformity wi ...
30 June 2003
ASIA/INDONESIA - MANOKWARI-SORONG – BISHOP FRANCIS XAVIER SUDARTANA HADISUMATRA RESIGNS, REV. DATUS HILARION LEGA APPOINTED
Vatican City (Fides Service) –
The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has accepted (12 June 2003) the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Manokwari-Sorong (Indonesia) presented by Bishop Francis Xav ...
30 June 2003
EUROPE/ITALY - THE FIGHT AGAINST MALARIA: NEW STRATEGIES, MEETING ORGANISED BY THE ITALIAN HEALTH MINISTRY AND MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES
Rome (Fides Service) – Malaria is a growing threat. According to recent estimates every year malaria kills as many as two million people. In this situation it is increasingly urgent to form a global alliance against ma ...
30 June 2003
AFRICA/LIBERIA - SITUATION CALM, BUT FEAR REIGNS. THREATS TO THE CHURCH
Monrovia (Fides Service) – “After the cease fire announced by the rebels at the weekend, in Monrovia there is a situation of calm charged with tension” a local Missionary in Monrovia tells Fides Service. Monrovia h ...
30 June 2003
ASIA/INDIA - CATHOLIC CITY YOUTH ON MISSION AMONG RURAL YOUTH – PREPARATION FOR ASIAN YOUTH DAY CONTINUES
Diphu (Fides Service) – “Young people on mission to other young people” initiatives are being undertaken by a number of Indian dioceses in preparation for Asian Youth Day in Bangalore 9-16 August 2003. The major yo ...
30 June 2003
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - A CHIP TO SPEED UP RESEARCH ON SARS
Rome (Fides Service) – To speed up research on the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, SARS the American National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Disease NIAID has made available a micro-array for rapid discernmen ...
27 June 2003
VATICAN - THE POPE ENCOURAGES INDIAN BISHOPS TO PREACH CHRIST DESPITE DIFFICULTIES: “CHURCH IN INDIA, RENEW YOUR MISSIONARY COMMITMENT!”
Vatican City (Fides Service) – “Evangelisation is a charge in which all the members of the Church share by virtue of their baptism. Therefore, all the baptised…How unfortunate it is then that even today in many pla ...
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