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Sepe tells laity and seminarians "I count very much on your missionary activities…train yourselves in the Spirit as athletes at the stadium" Asia/Thailand - Card. Sepe encourages clergy, religious and laity Asia/Thailand -Funeral of Card. Wu in photos provided by Hong Kong diocese Oceania/Solomon Islands - Catholic leaders committed to honesty, fidelity and fairness in public life Africa./Ivory Coast - Missionaries on front line to help displaced persons Asia/India - Chapter General of Pilar Society 28/9/2002 Asia/China-Hong Kong - Papal Envoy missionary Card. Sepe presides funeral of Hong Kong's Catholic Bishop Europe/Vatican - "Life is an opportunity for love": young people from 84 countries will be at St Peter's for the canonisation of the founder of Opus Dei, Blessed Escriva Europe/Italy - International Colloquium on Holiness and Charity in Christianity, East and the West Africa/Republic of Congo - Holy Spirit Missionaries pray for dead confrere and his abductors Africa/Ivory Coast -Foreign civilians leave, missionaries stay to witness for peace Asia/Laos - new law will "control and protect religions" in Laos Asia/Pakistan - religious minorities prepare for legislative vote Asia/Vietnam - semi-official paper reveals regime's religious policy America/United States - research on AIDS discovers "defensins" 27/9/2002 Asia/Thailand - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples says Asia must evangelise Asia Info: Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences America/Ecuador - Church steps up commitment for Afro-American America/Peru - "Peace begins at Home" national children's rights week America/Argentina - Caritas Argentina joins campaign "Children's hunger is biggest emergency" Africa/ Ivory Coast - Only international mediation will avoid a blood bath Asia/East Timor today a member of the United Nations family Asia/India - 700 seminarians celebrate "Pope's Day" Europe/Italy - How the Evangelised become Evangelisers: a Video for Mission Sunday 26/9/2002 Asia/Hong Kong - "We will carry on his work of imbuing society with Christian values and ideals": successor Bishop Joseph Zen recalls late Cardinal Wu Asia/India - After Hindu temple massacre by fundamentalist Muslims, Bishops call for peace and harmony among religions Vatican - Pope's theme for world communications day 2003: communications media to build authentic peace Asia/Pakistan - Growing fear for fundamentalist violence 25/9/2002 Asia/India - St Thomas Church on roof of the world inaugurated: Nuncio Lorenzo Baldisseri presides Asia/India - Bishops of India urge Catholics to see through Minister's attack on Pope Africa/Ivory Coast - eye witness in Bouake centre of coup disorder America/Brazil - 26,000 children free from forced labour now able to go to school 24/9/2002 Vatican - Fides Service mourns death of colleague for many years Rev. Fr José Barriocanal, Spanish editor Africa/Ivory Coast - Who was behind the attempted coup? Africa/Mauritius Islands- Development takes off thanks to mini-loans Asia/Cina - Catholics in Beijing attend Requiem Mass for Cardinal John B. Wu of Hong Kong America/Brazil - PMS missionary campaign 2002 focuses on rights of native peoples the world over 23/9/2002 Asia/China/Hong Kong - Death of Cardinal John Baptist Wu Cheng-Chung Asia /Pakistan - Muslims and Christians dialogue with music Africa/Kenya - Ethnic violence against Turkana America/Haiti - Church in Haiti has its first Camillian novices America/Peru - "Science at the service of the person" 20/9/2002 Vatican - Trappist witness holiness through contemplation and dialogue Asia/China - First Apostolic Delegate arrived in China 80 years ago Asia/Korea - DSP Bible Courses at a distance increasingly popular Europe/Africa - Africa Mission in 30 years: 585 containers, 92 cargo and 45 trucks of aid Africa Burundi - Gitega Massacre ten days of silence…aim to sabotage peace? Europe/Italy - Dwarf-tech to protect environment 19/9/2002 Asia/Vietnam Redemptorist Fathers committed to evangelisation Asia/Philippines - Government will resume talks with Communist rebels Oceania/Noumea - After visiting the Pacific islands Relics of St Theresa return to France America/Guyana -Amerindian Heritage Month America/Argentina - Pontifical Mission Societies Nat. Congress Africa/Morocco - a heritage to help live "the Encounter with the Lord" Africa/Kenya - Church speaks out on Deteriorating Security Situation in Kenya Africa/ Equatorial Guinea - Statement Plenary Bishops' Conferences Central Africa Europe/Italy - Globalisation with respect for rights - Salesian Sisters 18/9/2002 Vatican - The Cross an eloquent sign of love, freedom and hope Asia/Korea - Catholics grateful for Pope's prayer for reconciliation of two Koreas Asia/India - Caritas marks 40 years of service Africa/Nigeria - Awara parish welcomes ordination of second local priest Africa/Mali -Muslim President visits Cathedral and prays at tomb of first local Archbishop Africa/Republic Congo - Youth a sign of hope Oceania/Wallis and Futuna - At last Catholics have Sunday Missal in Wallisian Asia/Indonesia - Papuan youth of all religions together to fight AIDS Asia/Pakistan - Japanese Buddhists march for peace between India and Pakistan Europe/Africa - Opus Dei solidarity fund with Africa to mark canonisation of Founder 17/9/2002 Vatican -"Love, forgive and live every moment in order to evangelise" late Vietnamese Cardinal Van Thuan, a life of witness Africa/Nigeria - Recognition of Church's role in African diaspora Asia/China - Growing number of students go abroad for higher studies Asia/China - Catholics mourn Vietnamese Cardinal Nguyen Van Thuan Asia/Vietnam - Catholic Church grows: government lessens pressure Europe/Italy - Hospital Sisters of Mercy hold Chapter: universality and daily mission Europe/Italy - Caritas and AIDS. 16/9/2002 Africa/Uganda - As October the missionary month approaches, Mission Today remembers missionaries, martyrs in particular Asia/India: children, true evangelisers, editorial in Asian Bishops Evangelization bulletin Africa/Zimbabwe: country needs different kind of education to heal division and rivalry Algeria - Young Muslims enjoy Church holiday camps Italy: emigration, past and present: a week dedicated to St Frances Cabrini Info: Cabrini Sisters today Asia/China: Bejing's "new look" for WTO and 2008 Olympics 13/9/2002 11 September one year on/ mercy and hope: reflection by Giancarlo Cesana of Communion and Liberation Asia/Thailand - Evangelisation symposium: paper by Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith Kazakhstan - Prayers in memory of the martyrs of the 20th century Europe/France "Christianity and the symbol of water" important for all religions Asia/China: a thousand kilometres bicycle pilgrimage Asia/India: First mission in Australia for Indian Camillian Fathers Russian Federation - Knocking on doors for dialogue, "only path possible" say Catholic Archbishop Kondrusiewicz 12/9/2002 11 September one year on - memory must generate reconciliation, peace, unity 11 September one year on - Only faith can surmount the insurmountable 11 September 11 One year on - Fire-Fighter Chaplain Ground Zero casualty number 0001 11 September One year on - Tragedy must herald new vision of humanity: all God's children, all one family Africa/Morocco - Local Catholics help start Beni Mellal Cultural Centre Asia/Bangladesh - Impoverished people now struggle with contaminated water Asia/China: Beijing Institute for Christianity and Culture promotes harmony among cultures Europe/Italy - Franciscan Missionaries of Mary Foundress beatification on Mission Sunday Asia/Philippines - Italian religious on mission in Asia 11/9/2002 On the first anniversary of September 11th: "Never again violence! Never again war! Never again terrorism! In the name of God may every religion bring to earth Justice and Peace, Forgiveness and Life, Love!" South Africa: Earth Summit - lots of talk and twenty-seven tons of refuse South Africa: Durban archdiocese opens new centre for refugees Japan: Franciscan complete Bible in Japanese Africa - Democratic Congo: Xavieri Africa's largest Catholic youth association September 11/ one year on - Without dialogue religions and cultures risk falling into fundamentalism Indonesia: Lay people: preaching retreats in seminaries Ireland: October Month of Mission Brazil: During World Youth Day we were bathed in the light of Christ. Now we must share this light with all young Brazilians that tell them that Christ is worth more than anything else 11 September 2002: New Catechumen Way founder Kiko Arguello ARCHIVE 2002 BREAKING NEWS may june july august september october november dicember

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