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An appeal for pygmy peoples Vatican - Modern technology and the inviolability of human life: Holy See sends annual message to Hindus the world over for Diwali feast of the light Europe/Italy - Catholic University offers Master in Missionary Animation Asia/Thailand - Spanish missionary nuns help Chiangmai poor girls step into the future Asia/North Korea - Caritas: economic reforms will change life-style, but humanitarian aid still crucial Oceania/Australia - Church assists asylum seekers while advocating better conditions-Interview with Cardinal Edward Idris Cassidy 29/10/2002 Africa/Angola - Cardinal Sepe tells Seminarians "Love the Lord with all your heart, remain in his love and give yourselves to his service" Africa/D. Congo - A sign of hope from Eastern Congo Europe/Italy Mariannhill Missionaries elect new Superior General 28/10/2002 Vatican - The rosary helps contemplation of Christ Vatican - Pope tells Church university students, study of theology is a searching for God Africa/Angola - Card. Sepe offers pastoral support for peace process: charity is the path Africa/Angola - Cardinal Sepe meets clergy, religious men and women and seminarians Africa/Angola - Info on dioceses visited by Missionary Prefect Vatican/Benin -Card. Sepe Papal Envoy to Benin for 3rd National Eucharistic Congress Vatican - One of the oldest institutions in the Vatican, the Library, opens web site tomorrow Africa/Central Africa - Coup was a real surprise, says Fides Service source Congo/Democratic Congo - violence in east Congo puts thousands in flight Europe/Italy - "The frontiers of life: a confrontation between science, ethics and law " 26/10/2002 CEP Appointments - Oceania/Fiji Islands - Rev. Dovarua appointed Rector of Regional Pacific Seminary CEP Appointments - Asia/Myanmar - Rev. Paul Lo confirmed National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies Europe/Spain - Thousands of Children take Missionary Train from Madrid to Avila America/Ecuador - Missionary Parade, rosary and testimony to close October mission month Europe/Switzerland - Focolare founder addresses WCC Spirituality of Unity seminar Africa/Ivory Coast - Despite sporadic shooting cease-fire holds Africa/D.Congo - 1.3 million face starvation: UN denounces trafficking Africa/Angola - Cardinal Sepe tells Bishops: new evangelisation to renew Christians who have suffered political, economic and tribal divisions 25/10/2002 Africa/Angola - Card. Sepe makes pastoral visit to Angola to sustain peace process Africa/Angola - Info: Humanitarian tragedy threatens peace process Europe/Russia - Spare the Hostages' Lives! Appeal by the President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Russia, Metropolitan Thaddeus Kondrusiewcz 23/10/2002 Vatican/Urban University offers new MA in Environment-Peace-Development Asia/Indonesia-Moluccas- Neither euphoria nor sadness but Christians and Muslims avoid crossing paths Asia/Taiwan - Government promises to encourage more bigger families Asia/Japan - Jesuit priest helps homeless find jobs and shelter Asia/Bangladesh - Indian priest leads Dhaka Catholics to adore the Blessed Sacrament Asia/Singapore: Archbishop Nicholas Chia: We must speak out against terrorism and promote dialogue and harmony with believers of other faiths" Africa/Kenya - African posters aid to teaching Bible Europe/Albania - Orionini pastoral workers mark 10 years of service in new Albania 22/10/2002 Africa/Guinea Bissau - Rosary beads around ankles of fashion models: a false scandal Asia/India - For us the rosary is a link with heaven: it helps put a smile on the faces of our disabled children America/Brazil - Shantytown poor love their rosary beads which keep flame of hope alive Oceania/Samoa - We teach our people to love and live the Rosary says only priest in Funafuti Vatican/ Holy Father says new Blesseds are missionary models to imitate as well as powerful intercessors with God Vatican - Pope John Paul II appoints Card. Sepe Special envoy to celebrations to commemorate the arrival in India of St Thomas and the mission of St Francis Xavier America/United States : annual report of Catholic Near East Welfare Association America/Ecuador - Symposium on Amerindian Theology America/Colombia - 10th National Missionary Congress: texts and photos at Fides web site Africa/Ivory -Local sources optimistic for peace agreement by tomorrow 21/10/2002 Vatican - Pope presides 6 beatifications on Mission Sunday Vatican/Brazil Pope tells Brazilian Bishops Vatican - Cardinal Sepe says Rosary is a help to proclaim Christ with Mary Vatican - Polish clergy and religious: record number working abroad Europe/Italy - Missionaries on line: Oblates of Mary Immaculate step into the future India - Local people mourn Belgian Missionary "Babuji - daddy" pioneer of social work Asia/Vietnam - Thanks to diocesan bulletin North Vietnamese Catholics keep in touch Asia/Vietnam - Bishops concerned for Catholic tribal peoples whose rights are violated Africa/Ghana - Interreligious commission denounces culture of violence Africa/Angola - Signals of hope Africa/Madagascar - Christians will play their part in December elections 18/10/2002 Vatican/Mission Sunday Beatifications - Mary of the Passion: contemplation animates missionary commitment Vatican - Instruction issued by the Congregation for the Clergy: The Priest, shepherd and guide of Parish Community Vatican - Papal Letter to Focolare Foundress for a general assembly of the Work of Mary 17/10/2002 Vatican/ Mission Sunday Beatifications - Fr Marcantonio Durando, tireless promoter of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith Vatican -John Paul issues special Apostolic Letter and announces a Year of the Rosary, "a treasure to rediscover" Vatican - Fides opens "Year of the Rosary" page Vatican- International video-conference on the role of women in the Church Europe/Spain - October missionary month "Jesus Christ calls us to join a missionary relay" Asia/Korea - Passionist Fathers set up new province in Korean Martyrs Province Asia/India - Caritas Indian marks 40th anniversary with 40 new hostels for the poor Africa/Burundi - Alternative Nobel goes to Saverian mission Centre in Kamenge Africa/Democratic Congo - Formation on the field for seminarians America/Venezuela - Missionary family builds Hope City in Caracas shantytown America/Peru - 20002 Bible Week on "Paul apostle of Solidarity" 15/10/2002 Vatican/ Mission Sunday Beatifications - Daudi Okelo and Jildo Irwa: two Ugandan boy catechists, martyrs of our day Asia/Indonesia - Catholic Bishops deplore Bali attack: a "crime against humanity" Vatican - Common Declaration by Pope John Paul II and Rumanian Orthodox Patriarch Teoctist Vatican - Final message of Catechetical Congress Vatican/UN - Guaranteed education key to advancement of women America/Panama - Bishops against law on sterilisation of women Europe/Turkey - Women in migration: challenges and possibilities Africa/Democratic Congo - Bishops of Kivu issue message to nation "Peace is primary goal" Africa/Niger - Local Church in Doutchi opens Cultural Centre 14/10/2002 Vatican - The Pope and the Patriarch: Secularised Europe needs witness of Christian unity Vatican/ Mission Sunday Beatifications - Bishop Andrea Giacinto Longhin, a missionary who never left Italy America/Peru - Bishop call on government to keep promises to respect life America/Brazil - Church's commitment for street children comes from Catechism America/Argentina - Inter-religious Meeting in the "spirit of Assisi" Europe/Germany - Using the media to spread the Word of God to all continents Africa/Democratic Congo - Bishop of Kole calls for unity, brotherhood, reconciliation and universal charity Africa. Ivory Coast - Rebels advance and take Daloa America/Argentina - Media a gift from God 12/10/2002 Holy See/Korea - Rev. Lucas Kim Un-hoe appointed Auxiliary of archdiocese of Seoul Europe/Poland - Pope's Day marked by prayers, events and festivities Europe/Poland - Cardinal Sepe speaks on "The Pope and the evangelising mission" Vatican/Italy - Ecumenical prayers in honour of visit by His Beatitude Teocist, Patriarch of the Rumenian Orthodox Church Asia/Jordan - High-tech campaign makes more jobs and boosts exports Asia/Nepal - Attacks on Catholic schools do not deter local Church's dedication to mission Europe/Italy -Mission on the web: Dominicans renew web site Africa/Ivory Coast - Salesians appeal for rice to stem the hunger of thousands of internally displaced persons Africa/Egypt - Sacred Heart Sisters will soon mark 100 years of service 11/10/2002 Vatican 11 October Blessed John XXIII (Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli) Pope Vatican - From the Archives of Fides Service: the Second Vatican Council opens in Rome Vatican - Pope makes new appeal to "Africans to work together side by side as brothers and sisters" Europe/Italy - Franciscan Missionaries of Mary elect new general Council for a new world America/Argentina - "Communicator who is your neighbour?" Archbishop Foley addresses Third Communicators Congress Asia/India (Fides Service) - "Hindu fundamentalism is a political weapon of certain leaders, but the ordinary people reject violence, they want peace" 10/10/2002 Vatican - The Pope encourages young people, newly weds and the sick to pray daily Rosary Vatican - International Congress on Catechesis "Catechesis and Evangelisation" guidelines for mission ad gentes indicated by Cardinal Crescenzio Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Vatican - Urban University - Cardinal Sepe opens academic year, "Jesus is in a hurry to encounter everyone" Italy - Economic development must put the human person first Africa/Democratic Congo - Local Religious Congregations welcome new members Africa/ Democratic Congo - Bishop resumes pastoral visits in diocese hard hit in civil war Asia/Philippines - Death penalty: executions suspended thanks to popular action Europe/Italy - With St Francis for a culture of non-violence and solidarity Acts of the Holy See - Ivory Coast - Katoila - Bishop Jean-Marie Kélétigui resigns, Marie Daniel Dadie appointed Africa/Cameroon - Rev. Dieudonné Espoir Atangana new Rector of the inter-diocesan major Seminary of Yaoundé 9/10/2002 Vatican - Pope John Paul II calls for prayers to restore peace in Ivory Coast Africa/Ivory Coast - Pope's call for peace welcomed with joy- ethnic clash threatens Vatican - International Congress on Catechesis: Catechism for theological formation Africa/Burkina Faso - I am for peace for Ivory Coast, says President of Burkina Faso Europe/Turkey - Churches in Europe discuss "Women and families in migration". Muslim experts also taking part Asia/Lebanon - Thousands gather to visit relics of St Theresa of Lisieux Pacific/Samoa - Radio fundamental in evangelisation in the Pacific 8/10/2002 Vatican - The Pope greets thousands in Rome for Canonisation of Opus Dei founder: Rome lives another "Great Jubilee" day Vatican/World - Vatican Christmas tv webcast to feature choir groups Vatican - International Catechetical Congress opens: the Truth is our concern says Cardinal Ratzinger Europe/Gt. Britain - 13th International Christian Human Rights Conference turns spotlight on religious persecution Europe/Italy -Justice and Peace and missionary activity: interview with Rev. Hermann Schalück, National Director PMS Asia/Sri Lanka - Nazareth House is home for thirty street children Asia/Japan - Christians warn about possible restrictions on freedom including religious freedom Asia/Philippines - de La Salle Catholic University, teaching minds, touching hearts, transforming lives. Asia/Thailand - For fifty years Camillians have assisted the sick Africa/Kenya - Africans write about Africa from their point of view: women take ever higher positions Africa/Ivory Coast - Confusion reigns: missionaries caught in rebel-army cross fire Africa/Europe - Let Africa's diamonds be a source of progress not conflict Africa/Angola - Radio Ecclesia the voice of the local Church for peace and development 7/10/2002 Vatican - Saint Josemaria Escriva: prayer is the weapon for redeeming the world Vatican - Conventus Catecheticus Internationalis: reception, implementation of Catechism of the Catholic Church and General Directory for Catechesis Vatican - Holy See Observer tells UNHCR to guarantee rights of refugees Vatican - 65th Volume of Missionary Bibliography (2001) Africa/Niger - National Youth Camp, confirmations, first Bishop commemorated Africa/Morocco - Archbishop of Rabat comments election results Africa/Egypt - Violence and Health in the south of the World Europe/Italy - Franciscans hold European Justice and Peace Seminar Africa/America - Growing use of the internet and mobile phones in Africa 5/10/2002 Vatican - The Pope presides Ecumenical Vespers in honour of St Brigid of Sweden Europe/Spain - Mission formation full immersion America/Peru - Nation-wide day of prayer for peace in response to Pope's call Asia/India - Missionary recommended for Nobel peace Prize Asia/India - Dance and Music to spread the values of the Gospel Africa/Angola - More than one million displaced persons: World Food Programme crisis America/Ecuador - Customs and traditions of Cayapas Indians Europe/Italy - Christian volunteers thirty years service to the poor in the south of the world Africa/Ivory Coast - Cease fire imminent, missionaries in front line to help refugees Africa-Cameroon - Missionary Cafe for prisoners opened by Carmelite Africa/Niger - Niamey diocese reports on recent events. America/Peru - Andes mountain people turn to Austrian Camillian Father for spiritual and medical needs Africa/Mozambique - Ten years of peace obtained by many people of good will Africa/Algeria - Archbishop Teissier reports on situation of local Church 4/10/2002 Vatican - Religion and Communications in the teaching of Pope John Paul II Europe/Rome - Canonisation of Escriva -solidarity Africa campaign starts today in Rome Vatican - St Brigid of Sweden "model of holiness" for all women Papal Message to Brigittine Sisters Asia/Pakistan - Prayers and protests at funerals of murdered Christians attended also by Muslims Asia/Philippines - Religious traditions in Asia can help build peace Asia/Korea - North Korea offers new field for mission Asia/Brunei - Church grows in members by living Gospel values and dialogue Asia/Syria - Fraternity of Charles of Foucauld Africa/Ivory Coast - Missionaries bear witness amidst fighting Europe/Great Britain - step forward to fight Malaria Africa/Mozambique - Mozambican cinema in Rome to mark ten years of peace 3/10/2002 Vatican - General Audience Wednesday October 3: " God has built as a peaceful dwelling-place for all who put their faith in him" Vatican/Sweden - Celebrations for 7th centenary of the birth of St Brigid of Sweden for renewed ecumenical commitment Vatican/Sweden - Brigid a woman truly European and truly ecumenical Asia/Mongolia - Salesians and Missionaries of Charity working closely together Africa/Morocco - Second Fidei donum priest arrives from Benin Africa/Ivory Coast - All African Bishops' Conferences voice concern for civil war threat Europe/Italy - October 4 St Francis' day, Salesian Sisters pray and fast for peace 2/10/2002 Holy See/Madagascar - Archbishop Philibert Randriambololona of Fianarantsoa resigns, Bishop Fulgence Rabemahafaly appointed Asia/Korea - Buddhists and Christians have certain things in common which are good for dialogue, says former head of Interreligious Dialogue Cardinal Arinze Oceania/Solomon Islands - youth leadership at a time when youth are confused and challenged Asia/India - First Catholic television station Asia/Mongolia - First diplomas from Salesian schools Europe/Germany - "Give us Hope!": Pontifical Mission Societies national campaign for AIDS sufferers in southern Africa America/UN - Holy See Observer supports ban on embryonic cloning for any purpose America/Guatemala - A Out-Patient Clinic to celebrate canonisation of Escriva 1/10/2002 Holy See/Myanmar - Archbishop Gabriel Thohey Mahn-Gaby of Yangon resigns, Bishop Sotero Phamo appointed Apostolic Administrator Vatican/Spain - "Seeking holiness in daily life " Blessed Escriva - Canonisation Final preparations Europe/Spain - World Mission Sunday on the internet and donations on-line Africa/Democratic Congo - Josephite Brothers mark 65th anniversary Africa/Burkina Faso - meningitis crisis: Red Cross and WHO call for accessible vaccines Asia/Japan Buddhist-Christian Colloquium Asia/Japan - First diocesan priest from Japan goes on mission to Africa America/Argentina - Bishops describe "The nation we would like to see" America/Salvador - endemic dengue disease emergency, volunteers in action Europe/Italy - art exhibition to mark 10th anniversary of peace accords in Mozambique 30/9/2002 Vatican - The Pope entrusts world peace to world prayer of the Rosary Vatican - Missionary world rallies to Pope's call to pray for peace Vatican - Pope John Paul II's missionary prayer for October: Proclaiming Christ's love for the Poor. Comment for Fides Service by Chiara Lubich Asia/China - Hong Kong - In Hong Kong Card. Sepe CEP Prefect makes media statement Asia/Thailand - Card. 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 ARCHIVE 2002 BREAKING NEWS may june july august september october november dicember