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SAMBOU APPOINTED CEP Appointments - VATICAN - PARAGUAY REV. WALTER VON HOLZEN APPOINTED NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE PONTIFICAL MISSION SOCIETIES 21/02/2003 AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - FATAL EPIDEMIC IS CONFIRMED AS EBOLA: WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION SENDS PERSONNEL AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - LEST WE FORGET: HUNGER IN AFRICA - ALMOST SEVEN MILLION PEOPLE AT RISK AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES DISARM 8,000 MILITIA ACCUSED OF CANNIBALISM IN KATANGA ASIA/PHILIPPINES - MINDANAO AND THE MUSLIM STRUGGLE FOR A SEPARATE STATE BANGSAMORO AMERICA/COSTA RICA - BISHOPS OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA CALL FOR MIGRATION POLICY WITH HUMAN FACE 20/02/2003 VATICAN - THE POPE'S WEDNESDAY TEACHING: GLORY TO THE LORD WHO NEVER ABANDONS HIS CHILDREN VATICAN - POPE'S ENCOURAGES INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT TO KEEP UP THE BATTLE AGAINST POVERTY AND HUNGER, PUTTING ASIDE SELFISHNESS AND PRIVATE INTERESTS ASIA/INDONESIA- CHRISTIAN MUSLIM BUDDHIST HINDU LEADERS MEETING POPE TODAY TELL THE WORLD PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE IS POSSIBLE ASIA/VIETNAM - CATHOLICS SYMPATHISE WITH IRAQI PEOPLE AND PRAY THAT WAR MAY BE AVOIDED ASIA/THAILAND - NEW CARITAS OFFICES IN ASIA NEED SUPPORT AND ADVICE FROM LONG STANDING AID AGENCIES AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - BISHOPS PROTEST, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, THIS IS NOT PEACE AFRICA/BURUNDI - HUTU REBEL LEADERS COME HOME: A GOOD SIGN FOR PEACE CEP Appointments - CEP/SYRIA - NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE PMS REV. JULIUS BAGHDASSARIAN 19/02/2003 VATICAN - POPE'S REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY GERMAN CARD. KASPER IS OPTIMISTIC: NEW BEGINNING WITH ORTHODOX CHURCHES EUROPE/ITALY - UNIVERSITY AND CHURCH IN DIALOGUE ON EUROPEAN CULTURE AND CITIZENSHIP ASIA/CHINA - KOREAN MISSIONARIES LIVE THE GOSPEL HELPING LEPERS IN CHINA AFRICA/ DEMOCRATIC CONGO - NATIONAL REBUILDING PASSES ALSO BY WAY OF THE RADIO AMERICA/BRAZIL - ITALIAN VOLUNTEERS WILL OPEN CENTRE FOR 760 UNDERFED CHILDREN AND 500 FAMILIES IN NEED OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - FAMILY AND MARRIAGE AT CENTRE OF PASTORAL PLAN VANIMO DIOCESE OCEANIA/TAHITI - PAPEETE DIOCESE PREPARES FOR YOUTH SYNOD ASIA/BANGLADESH - ARCHBISHOP OF DHAKA SENDS MESSAGE OF PEACE AND DIALOGUE TO MUSLIMS AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC AFRICA/IVORY COAST - WAR TORN COUNTRY OFFERS CARDINAL GANTIN WARM WELCOME 18/02/2003 VATICAN - POPE'S MESSAGE FOR MISSION SUNDAY TO BE ISSUED ON 21 FEBRUARY VATICAN - POPE RECEIVES BISHOPS OF GAMBIA, LIBERIA AND SIERRA LEONE, EQUATORIAL GUINEA AND GUINEA CONAKRY: PEACE; HUMAN DIGNITY; INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE; EVANGELISATION AND VOCATIONS MAIN TOPICS EUROPE/ITALY - CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BAMBINO GESU HAS NEW COMPUTERISED DIAGNOSIS TO FIGHT RETINA CANCER IN CHILDREN VATICAN - DIALOGUE BETWEEN SCIENCE AND FAITH; COLLABORATION OF CHURCH TEACHING AND CATHOLIC RESEARCHERS EUROPE/ITALY OBLATES OF MARY IMMACULATE PREPARE TO HOLD GENERAL CHAPTER ON-LINE ASIA/MONGOLIA - CATHOLICS IN ULAAN BAATOR WILL HAVE NEW CHURCH IN APRIL AMERICA/MEXICO - NATIONAL MEETING OF MISSIONARY ANIMATION AND FORMATION FOR CLERGY AND RELIGIOUS IN VIEW OF CAM 2 AFRICA/MALAWI - RESPECT FOR HUMAN PERSON AND DIGNITY: GOVERNMENT POSITION EVER NEARER TO CATHOLIC TEACHING AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - NETWORK OF CATHOLIC JOURNALISTS AFRICA/ DEMOCRATIC CONGO - JOURNALISTS JOIN CAMPAIGN TO REHABILITATE CHILD SOLDIERS OCEANIA/TAHITI - CHURCH ORGANISED SOCIAL DAYS REFELCT ON LEARNING TO LIVE TOGETHER, ALL TOGETHER OCEANIA/TAHITI - MOBILISATION AGAISNT WAR:ARCHBISHOP COPPENRATH TAKES PART IN PEACE MARCH ASIA/INDIA - DELHI MAYOR PRAISES BIBLE SOCIETY MISSION ASIA/INDIA - DIVINE WORD FATHER IS NEW SPOKESMAN FOR INDIAN BISHOPS' CONFERENCE 17/02/2003 VATICAN - POPE AT ANGELUS PRAYER RECALLS EUROPE'S PATRON SAINTS CYRIL AND METHODIUS AND SAYS EUROPE'S CHRISTIAN ROOTS CAN SAVE ITS FUTURE VATICAN/ FIDES OPENS NEW SECTION ON RELIGIOUS CULTS SECTS AND SPIRITUAL TENDENCIES ASIA/PHILIPPINES - WOMEN FORM ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT: FEAR FOR 1.4 MILLION FILIPINO WORKERS IN THE MIDDLE EAST MOSTLY WOMEN EUROPE/ITALY - INSECT TRANSMITTED DISEASES AND HOW TO PREVENT THEM: ADVICE FROM EQUIP OF EXPERTS AT SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY IN ROME EUROPE/WORLD - OBLATE MISSIONARIES OF MARY IMMACULATE NOW 4,488, WORKING ON VARIOUS FRONTS ALL OVER THE WORLD AFRICA/ WOMEN, AND WAR AND PEACE AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - war always kills, wounds and puts to flight and many of its victims are women, many, many women AMERICA/BOLIVIA - BISHOPS CALL FOR CALM AFTER VIOLENT CLASHES BETWEEN POLICE AND ARMY 16 DEAD 150 INJURED 15/02/2003 ASIA-IRAQ - DOSSIER FIDES: THE CHALDEAN CHURCH IN IRAQ AND THE SYRO-MALABAR CHURCH IN INDIA ASIA/INDONESIA - LEADERS OF RELIGIONS UNITE ON PEACE MISSION TO WARD OF WAR ON IRAQ VATICAN - POPE SPEAKS TO BISHOPS, FRIENDS OF THE FOCOLARE MOVEMENT, ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SPIRITUALITY OF COMMUNION FOR THE LIFE AND ACTIVITY OF CHRISTIANS VATICAN - THE POPE RECEIVES CHIEF RABBI OF ROME IN AUDIENCE AND SAYS THAT JEWS AND CATHOLICS FEEL THE URGENCY OF THE MISSION TO IMPLORE FROM GOD THE CREATOR THE GIFT OF PEACE ASIA/KOREA - BISHOPS ISSUE MESSAGE TO SAY YES TO PEACE, NO TO WAR ON IRAQ, NO TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS AFRICA/UGANDA - 800,000 IN REFUGEE CAMPS NEED FOOD AND WATER: BISHOP OF GULU SAYS "PLEASE HELP US!" AFRICA/ERITREA - BISHOP OF ASMARA SAYS 601,000 TONS OF FOOD URGENTLY NEEDED FOR 2.5 MILLION STARVING PEOPLE 14/02/2003 EUROPE/GERMANY - PONTIFICAL MISSION SOCIETIES SAY "WE MUST BE BUILDERS OF PEACE" EUROPE/GERMANY - DIVINE WORD MISSIONARIES OPT FOR NEW MEDIA AFRICA/MOROCCO - ARCHBISHOP OF RABAT PREPARES FOR FIRST AD LIMINA VISIT AND MEETING WITH THE POPE ASIA/INDIA - ECUMENICAL PRAYER IN GUJARAT TO RESTORE HARMONY ASIA/INDIA - BISHOP OF GOA SAYS OLDEST LATIN CHURCHES POPULAR PILGRIMAGE SHRINES MUST BE SAVED CEP Appointments - CEP/GHANA - REVEREND FATHER MATTHEW EDUSEI, APPOINTED RECTOR OF ST PETER'S SEMINARY IN CAPE COAST CEP/BURUNDI - REVEREND FATHER BONAVENTURE NAHIMANA, APPOINTED RECTOR OF NATIONAL PROPAEDEUTIC SEMINARY IN BURASIRA 13/02/2003 VATICAN - PAPAL TEACHING: PRAISE TO THE LORD WHO ALWAYS PROTECTS THOSE WHO TRUST IN HIM ASIA/INDIA - BIBLE IN TAMIL NOW ON LINE VATICAN - TALK OF WAR AND TALK OF PEACE: SPIRITUAL RESOURCES OF RELIGIONS FOR PEACE ASIA/SRI LANKA - AFTER TWENTY YEARS OF CIVIL WAR MAJORITY LONGS FOR PEACE: ITS VOICE MUST BE HEARD CHRISTIANS MUST BE PEACE-MAKERS ASIA/INDIA - THREE SPANISH DOMINICANS SAY HOW HINDU-MUSLIM CLASHES AFFECTED THEIR MISSIONARY ACTIVITY ASIA/IRAQ - CATHOLIC NUN IN IRAQ DESCRIBES 1991 GULF WAR AFRICA/IVORY COAST - PRESIDENT SAYS: I ACCEPT THE SPIRIT OF THE AGREEMENT BUT ONLY WHERE IT RESPECTS THE CONSTITUTION AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - HUMANITARIAN AGENCY DENOUNCES UNBEARABLE PRISON CONDITIONS AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - MISSIONARIES WALK MILES IN THE FOREST TO VISIT REMOTE CHAPELS AND CELEBRATE MASS AFRICA - 2ND ADEA PRIZE FOR EDUCATIONAL JOURNALISM AMERICA/PERU - BLACK WOMEN AND AMERICA'S DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDING: 9TH AFRO-AMERICAN PASTORAL MEETING EUROPE/SPAIN - MORE SPANIARDS ASSIGN PART OF INCOME IN APPRECIATION OF SILENT WORK OF CATHOLIC CHURCH IN AID OF THE POOR Acta of the Holy See - ACTA/MALAYSIA - MELAKA-JOHOR - REVEREND PAUL TAN CHEE ING APPOINTED BISHOP 12/02/2003 VATICAN - THE POPE ENTRUSTS TO THE SICK IN THEIR "WEAKNESS" PRAYERS FOR PEACE AND THE FAMILY IN THE YEAR OF THE ROSARY VATICAN - POPE WELCOMES BISHOPS OF BELO-RUSSIA: AFTER YEARS OF PERSECUTION AND ATHEISM IT IS TIME TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE VATICAN/ FIDES OPENS NEW SECTION ON RELIGIOUS CULTS SECTS AND SPIRITUAL TENDENCIES AFRICA/KENYA - GOVERNMENT COMMITTED FOR NEW NATION AFRICA/ZIMBABWE- SABC BISHOPS TELL SA GOVERNMENT "ESTABLISH INQUIRY INTO "GREEN BOMBERS"" OR EXPEL ZIMBABWE EUROPE/ITALY - EVANGELISATION IN THAILAND: DELEGATION OF ITALIAN CHURCH ATTENDS MEETING WITH LOCAL ITALIAN MISSIONARIES EUROPE/ITALY - WORLD DAY OF THE SICK IS THE SYMBOL OF A JOURNEY AND IT MUST THEREFORE BE AN ITINERARY OF SENSITISATION AND INFORMATION ALSO BY MEANS OF THE MEDIA. FIDES SERVICE INTERVIEW WITH FR ARNALDO PANGRAZZI, VICE-RECTOR OF THE PONTIFICAL CAMILLIAN COLLEGE. AFRICA - WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION WITH OTHER PARTNERSHIPS OBTAINS NEW VACCINE AGAINST MENINGITIS AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - LOWEST LIFE EXPECTANCY IN THE WORLD BECAUSE OF AIDS VATICAN - CATHOLIC CHURCH IN FRONT LINE TO SERVE THE SICK: CHURCH HOSPITALS AND CHARITY CENTRES ALL OVER THE WORLD Acta of the Holy See - ASIA/INDIA - MYSORE - BISHOP JOSEPH ROY RESIGNS, REV. THOMAS VAZHALPILLY APPOINTED BISHOP Cep Appointments - CEP/LIBERIA - RECTOR OF ST PAUL'S COLLEGE SEMINARY GBARNGANA MGR GABRIEL BLAMO JUBWE 10/02/2003 VATICAN - THE CHURCH IN FIGURES: VATICAN STATISTICS OFFICE PRESENTS THE POPE WITH PONTIFICAL ANNUAL 2003 VATICAN - ANGELUS: ROSARY IN HAND WE IMPLORE GOD FOR THE GIFT OF PEACE ASIA/PHILIPPINES - TO LOVE, OBEY AND SERVE: FINGER FLICKING EVANGELISATION FOR CHILDREN AT WORLD MEETING OF FAMILIES AFRICA/SUDAN - CHURCH IN AFRICA AND ITALY MOURNS ITALIAN PRIESTS KILLED IN ROAD ACCIDENT 7/02/2003 VATICAN - "IT IS MORE BLESSED TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE" MESSAGE OF POPE JOHN PAUL II FOR LENT 2003 PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC VATICAN/EUROPE - STREET PASTORAL FOR PEACE AND HARMONY IN THE WORLD EUROPE/SPAIN - "Development Path to Peace" Manos Unidas campaign to eliminate hunger ASIA/KOREA - FAMILY PLAYS MAJOR ROLE; EXCELLENT RESULTS FROM PRGRAMME OF FAMILY CATECHESIS AND EDUCATION IN 100 PARISHES ASIA/JAPAN - CATHOLIC BISHOP URGES PRESIDENT BUSH TO TAKE LEADERSHIP IN FIELD OF POVERTY TO ACHIEVE WORLD PEACE VATICAN - CODE OF CANON LAW; NECESSARY TOOL FOR LIFE OF THE CHURCH IN THE LIGHT OF THE COUNCIL AND FOR THE PROMOTION OF ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF THE LAITY IN THE CHURCH'S MISSIONARY ACTIVITY: INTERVIEW WITH ARCHBISHOP HERRANZ, PRESIDENT OF THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATIVE TEXTS AFRICA/MALI - FRENCH-SPEAKING BISHOPS OF WEST REGION OPT TO PROMOTE HOLINESS THROUGHOUT AFRICA ASIA/SRI LANKA - RELIGIOUS LEADERS PROMISE TO WORK FOR UNITY AND HARMONY ASIA/SRI LANKA - PEACE WILL NOT FALL FROM THE SKIES THERE IS MUCH TO DO FOR ALL 6/02/2003 EUROPE/GERMANY - FUNERAL OF REV. FATHER WERENFRIED VAN STRAATEN "THE BACON PRIEST" FOUNDER OF AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED ASIA/KOREA - INCHON DIOCESE SENDS MISSIONARY TO TAIWAN ASIA/TURKEY - ANTIOCH WHERE CHRIST'S FOLLOWERS WERE KNOWN AS CHRISTIANS FOR THE FIRST TIME ASIA/INDONESIA - RELIGIOUS LEADERS DENOUNCE WAR WHICH "GRAVELY DAMAGES HUMANITY, ENVIRONMENT AND CIVILISATION" ASIA/INDIA - BISHOPS SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS' COMMISSION PROMOTES MEDIA EDUCATION IN SEMINARIES ASIA/INDIA - NATIONWIDE ANTI POLIO CAMPAIGN IN SIX DAYS AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - SACKING CONTINUES MISSIONARIES ON REBELS' ARREST LISTS AFRICA/IVORY COAST - PROTESTS AGAINST PARIS AGREEMENT CONTINUE 5/02/2003 America/Peru - Bishops appeal for help for 60,000 families victims of floods Africa/South Africa- Catholic Bishops say war at this stage on Iraq would be immoral and illegal Africa/South Africa - Theological Conference on AIDS and Responsibility Europe - 2003 "Year of the Disabled Persons" in 15 countries in the European Union Africa/Ethiopia - Italians generously support Aid to hungry Ethiopians project America/Mexico/USA - "Strangers no longer: Together on the Journey of Hope" A Pastoral Letter Concerning Migration from the Catholic Bishops of Mexico and the United States Asia/Turkey - Progress in Ecumenism: Christians in Antioch live the Acts of the Apostles Europe/Rumania - European Churches denounce terrible prospect of armed conflict with Iraq 4/02/2003 Vatican - "The Path to Solidarity" is the theme for the 11th World Day of the Sick on February 11: main celebration this year in Washington. Vatican - Pope presides Mass in Saint Peters for 7th World Day for Consecrated Life: "Religious men and women free to love, free to serve…epiphany of God's love in the world" Vatican - Pope says at Angelus "Human life can never be an object" an appeal for reconciliation and harmony in Ivory Coast Vatican - Jesus Christ the bearer of the water of life- A Christian reflection on the "New Age" Oceania/Papua New Guinea - Economy in crisis: government cuts free schooling and health-care Asia/Vietnam: Message of Love: Gospel in poetry appeals to Buddhists Asia/Indonesia - Bishops express unity and sympathy to Bishops of Iraq Africa/Ivory Coast - Frightening uncertainty about the future Asia/Korea - Catholic translation of Old and New Testament in Korean ready for 2005 Asia/Philippines - Christians and Muslims united for peace and dialogue in Mindanao 3/02/2003 Africa/Ivory Coast - Missionaries say Pope's appeal brings comfort to all Vatican - Renewal and Reunion were the themes of Lunar New Year celebrated in Rome Asia/Mongolia "Putting a smile back on the faces of street children": Father Gilbert Sales Scheut Missionary tells Fides Service about the Caring Centre in Ulaan Baator Asia/Korea - Caritas Korea determined to globalise love to eliminate poverty Europe/Germany Year of the Bible in German speaking countries 1/02/2003 Europe - Aid to the Church in Need beloved founder Fr Werenfried van Straaten dies at the age of 90 America/United States The greatest barrier to evangelization today is bad example says Archbishop Foley, president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications America/Mexico - priests, religious and laity evangelise among the shanty town poor Africa/Kenya - "Free state schooling is a good way to rescue street children" Asia/Indonesia - Catholic Church support workers in difficulty Acta of the Holy See - :Democratic Congo - Isiro-Niangara - Rev. Julien Mbia appointed Bishop -/- Ecuador - Zamora - Vicar Apostolic Bishop Serafin Cartagena Ocana resigns, Rev. Fausto Travez Travez appointed Vicar Apostolic ARCHIVE 2003 BREAKING NEWS january february march april may june july august ARCHIVE 2002   may june july august september october november dicember

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