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• 30 September 2003
  AFRICA/BURUNDI - HUTU FIGHTING HUTU. THOUSANDS OF CIVILIANS IN FLIGHT. UNLESS PEACE COMES SOON PEACEKEEPERS WILL BE WITHDRAWN Bujumbura (Fides Service) – For two weeks there has been fierce fighting around Bujumbura the capital of Burundi. Local sources tell Fides Service that the conflict is between FDD Forces for the Defence of Democracy an ...
• 30 September 2003
  ASIA/CHINA – DESPITE FEAR AND DIFFICULTIES CATHOLICS IN SHANDONG CELEBRATE CANONISATION OF FATHER JOSEPH FREINADEMETZ MISSIONARY TO CHINA Shandong (Fides Service) - The deep faith of Chinese Catholics sustains them even amidst difficulties and persecution. Over a century ago when the Catholic community in Shandong province in eastern China was struck by an ...
• 30 September 2003
  VATICAN - IN UKRAINE FIRST CONGRESS FOR LAY CATHOLICS IN EASTERN EUROPE: IN THE SITUATION OF NEWLY FOUND FREEDOM CATHOLIC LAITY ARE CALLED TO HELP REBUILD THE CHURCH AND SOCIETY Vatican City (Fides Service) – The first Congress for Catholic Laity in Eastern Europe, organised by the Pontifical Council for the Laity, will be held from 8-12 October in Kiev, Ukraine. Some 300 people are expected t ...
• 30 September 2003
  “CONTEMPORARY IMMIGRATION IN ITALY –CURRENT TRENDS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS” CARITAS ROME PRESENTS TO OTHER COUNTRIES BOOK ON ITALY’S MIGRATION SITUATION Roma (Fides Service) – Caritas Roma, sponsored by CNEL and International Organisation for Migrants IOM, will present “Contemporary Immigration in Italy - Current trends and future prospects”, on Wednesday 1 Octobe ...
• 30 September 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - WOMAN CURED OF CANCER BY MOTHER TERESA’S INTERCESSION WILL ATTEND BEATIFICATION IN ROME Bangalore (Fides Service) – The poor will play a major role in celebrations for the Beatification of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Among the special guests for the Mass presided by Pope John Paul II in Rome on 19 October ...
• 29 September 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE ENTRUSTS TO MARY NEXT CONSISTORY 21 OCTOBER WHEN HE WILL CREATE 31 NEW CARDINALS, ONE ‘IN PECTORE’ Vatican City (Fides Service) - Before praying the Angelus at midday on Sunday 28 September from his window overlooking St Peter’s Square, Pope John Paul II announced that he will hold a Consistory – the 9th of his po ...
• 29 September 2003
  VATICAN - The CONSISTORY Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Consistory, (meaning, “where they come together") is a solemn meeting of Cardinals presided by the Pope to discuss important issues regarding the government of the Church. In the la ...
• 29 September 2003
  VATICAN - THE COLLEGE OF CARDINALS Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Cardinals, who oversee the presbyterates of 25 titular and quasi parish churches of Rome, of which 7 are regional deaconries and 6 Palatine deaconries, and 7 (7th century: 6) Suburban S ...
• 29 September 2003
  VATICAN - CARDINAL PREFECTS OF PROPAGANDA FIDE Vatican City (Fides Service) – Propaganda Fide College, (today the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples) established in 1622 has had 31 Cardinal Prefects 2003, not counting “Vice-Prefects” e “Pro-Prefe ...
• 29 September 2003
  VATICAN/CANONISATIONS 5 OCTOBER - ARNOLD JANSSEN “TEACHES US TO FIND NEW WAYS TO PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL ESPECIALLY IN DIFFICULT TIMES” INTERVIEW WITH FATHER ANTONIO PERNIA, SUPERIOR OF THE DIVINE WORD MISSIONARIES Rome (Fides Service) – On Sunday 5 October Pope John Paul II will canonise Arnold Janssen founder of the Divine Word Missionaries and Joseph Freinademetz first missionary of this Congregation. On this occasion Fides Se ...
• 29 September 2003
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “MAKE THE EUCHARIST THE VITAL, THROBBING HEART OF PARISH LIFE” SAY KOREAN BISHOPS TO THEIR PRIESTS,DIOCESAN AND RELIGIOUS Seoul (Fides Service) “The Church draws her very life from the Eucharist” is the title of a Letter issued by the Commission for the Clergy and the Religious of the Korean Bishops’ Conference in which the Bishops ur ...
• 29 September 2003
  AMERICA/BRAZIL – VIGOROUS DEFENCE OF LIFE, PROMOTION OF HUMAN DIGNITY AND FAMILY VALUES: BRAZIL’S BISHOPS ISSUE MESSAGE TO MARK 25 YEARS OF PONTIFICATE FOR JOHN PAUL II Brasilia (Fides Service) – In a Message to the People of God dated 25 September 2003 to mark the occasion of the 25th year of Pontificate of Pope John Paul II”, the Conference of the Catholic Bishops of Brazil CNBB e ...
• 29 September 2003
  ASIA/TAIWAN - PARISH ARCHIVES GET ORGANISED WITH COMPUTERS: CHURCH KEEPS UP WITH THE TIMES PUTTING MODERN TECHNOLOGY AT SERVICE OF THE APOSTOLATE Taipei (Fides Service) – Every parish in every diocese in Taiwan will soon have a computer to improve communication within the local Church, be more effective in the field of social communications, update parish archiv ...
• 29 September 2003
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - RE-ORGANISATION OF FARMS AND SCHOOLS, PRIORITIES FOR SLOW REBUILDING OF ANGOLA. LOCAL CATHOLIC CHURCH CONTRIBUTES Luanda (Fides Service) – “The country still feels the effects of so many years of civil war and hardship. People are disappointed with the government which promises a lot but does little. Nevertheless there are some ...
• 29 September 2003
  ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - BARNABITE FATHERS 70 YEARS OF SERVICE IN AFGHANISTAN: KABUL MISSION FIRST STEP FOR GROWTH OF LOCAL CHURCH” SAYS NUNCIO TO PAKISTAN, ARCHBISHOP ALESSANDRO D’ERRICO Kabul (Fides Service) – Sincere gratitude to the Barnabite Fathers for their pastoral zeal and also the Catholic humanitarian agencies, Caritas Internationalis, Caritas Germany Trocaire (Caritas Ireland) Misereor (Germ ...