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Giorgio Vito, missionary in Rwanda (Nyanza) VATICAN - POPE ENTRUSTS ONCE AGAIN TO MARY: "PEACE IN IRAQ AND IN EVERY OTHER REGION OF THE WORLD" AND ANNOUNCES LATEST ENCYCLICAL ON THE EUCHARIST VATICAN - POPE ADDRESSES PARTICIPANTS AT APOSTOLIC PENITENTIARY FORUM: AS A MINISTER OF DIVINE PARDON MAY THE PRIEST OFFER THE CHARITY OF RECEPTION IN FULL ADHESION TO THE MAGISTERIUM OF THE CHURCH VATICAN - WATER, AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT FOR LIFE: STATEMENT BY PONTIFICAL COUNCIL JUSTICE AND PEACE EUROPE/BELGIUM - Catholic Bishops of Europe call for a more united Europe to promote peace AFRICA/MOROCCO - PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS FOR PEACE SCIENCE, MEDICINE AND TECHNOLOGY AT THE SERVICE OF MAN - VATICAN - ALSO IN FORM ON LINE A NEW PROGRAMME OF FORMATION FOR DOCTORS AND HEALTH PERSONNEL PROMOTED BY THE BAMBINO GESU HOSPITAL INDONESIA - POPE TELLS BISHOPS OF INDONESIA: "AUTHENTIC RELIGION DOES NOT SUPPORT TERRORISM OR VIOLENCE BUT TRIES TO PROMOTE IN EVERY WAY UNITY AND PEACE OF THE WHOLE HUMAN FAMILY" ASIA/INDIA - UNITY OF CHRISTIANS AGAINST IDEOLOGICAL ANTI-DEMOCRATIC LAWS WHICH DENY RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN THREE STATES OF INDIA. GROWING CONCERN FOR RADICALISATION ALL OVER THE INDIAN SUB CONTINENT AFRICA/NIGERIA - THE CHURCH STARTS COLLECTING FUNDS FOR THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA 29/03/2003 VATICAN - POPE SPEAKS TO PLENARY ASSEMBLY OF THE PONTIFICAL COMMISSION FOR LATIN AMERICA: MAKE THE CHURCH, HOME AND SCHOOL OF COMMUNION AMERICA/COLOMBIA - OUR LIFE IS MISSION AD GENTES: FINAL STATEMENT OF THE SECOND CONTINENTAL MEETING OF AMERICAN MISSIONARY LAITY EUROPE/SPAIN - ARCHBISHOP OF VALENCIA: "CHRISTIANS CANNOT FORGET THOSE WHO SUFFER BECAUSE OF THE WARS FORGOTTEN BY PUBLIC OPINION OF RICH COUNTRIES AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - AN UNMENTIONED WAR CLASHES AND ALWAYS NEW REFUGEES ASIA/INDIA - PREOCCUPATION AND DISCOMFORT OF CHRISTIANS AFTER MASSACRE OF KASHMIR ASIA/UZBEKISTAN - EASTER VIGIL AT LAST IN CHURCH EUROPE/RUSSIA - THREE NUNS IN MOSCOW: A STORY 28/03/2003 ADAM WHERE ARE YOU? - Father Gianfranco Girotti OFM Conv., Regent of the Apostolic Penitentiary VATICAN - CONVENTION ON THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CHINEA BETWEEN 1840 AND 1911 OPENS WITH POPE'S BLESSING Fides for the right to water - News - ASIA/JAPAN - WORLD WATER FORUM: 400 OPERATIVVE PLANS APPORVED IN KYOTO ASIA/INDIA - REV. MICHAEL ANIKUZHIKATTIL APPOINTED RECTOR OF HOLY TRINITY MAJOR SEMINARY JULLUNDUR BOOK REVIEW - THE AUDACITY OF REASON AND THE INCULTURATION OF THE FAITH 27/03/2003 LENT: WE GO TO THE DESERT TO MEET GOD - Fr Pio del Prete, PIME, professor at the Urban University VATICAN - POPE CALLS FOR PERSEVERANCE IN PRAYING FOR PEACE AMERICA/MEXICO - WE HOPE FOR AN AMERICA OF SOLIDARITY : MESSAGE FROM 15TH LATIN AMERICAN CARITAS CONGRESS AND THE 2ND CONTINENTAL MEETING OF SOCIAL PASTORAL- CARITAS ASIA/IRAQ - CARITAS IRAQ RESPONDS TO APPEAL FROM ARCHBISHOP OF BASRAH ASIA/IRAQ - 1,000 CATHOLIC COMMUNITIES JOIN THE INITIATIVE FOR A VAST CAMPAIGN OF ROSARIES AND OTHER PRAYERS FOR PEACE ASIA/IRAQ - STATEMENT BY MONS JACQUES ISAAC SECRETARY OF THE SYNOD OF BISHOPS OF THE CHALDEAN PATRIARCHATE IRAQ/UNITED NATIONS - HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN IRAQ: UNCHR SENDS AID AND PERSONNEL ASIA/JORDAN - INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION FOR MIGRATION HELPS NON IRAQIS FLEEING IRAQ TO REACH HOME COUNTRY AFRICA/KENYA - WHAT TO DO ABOUT CRIMES AND INJUSTICES OF THE PAST? ARCHBISHOP OF NAIROBI SAYS: NOT REVENGE BUT TRUTH AND JUSTICE AFRICA/IVORY COAST: UNMENTIONED WARS - REBELS REFUSE TO ATTEND CABINET MEETING: IN THE WEST FIGHTING CONTINUES ASIA/INDIA - SISTER NIRMALA RE-ELECTED SUPERIOR OF MOTHER TERESA' S MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY 26/03/2003 WITH JESUS IN THE DESERT - Fr Patrick Marie of the Fraternity of the Most Holy Virgin Mary VATICAN - THE POPE PIN-POINTS THE TASK OF THE MEDIA TODAY: MAKING THE TRUTH EVER MORE WIDELY KNOWN, AND INCREASING SOLIDARITY WITHIN THE HUMAN FAMILY VATICAN - POPE ADDRESSES ARMY CHAPLAINS: EVERYONE MUST WORK TO SEE THAT THE WORD WAR IS REPLACED BY THE WORD PEACE ASIA/INDONESIA - MUSLIM STUDENTS STAGE DEMONSTRATIONS ANTI-US AND ANTI UN: RELIGIOUS LEADERS CONTINUE TO PROMOTE DIALOGUE ASIA/INDONESIA - BISHOPS CONCERNED THAT WAR IN IRAQ MAY PROVOKE CONFLICT BETWEEN RELIGIONS ASIA/CHINA - CHINESE MUSLIMS PRAY FOR PEACE AND PROTEST AGAINST WAR IN IRAQ CEP APPOINTMENTS - CEP/JAPAN - REV. PAUL MASANORI KOGA APPOINTED NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF PONTIFICAL MISSION SOCIETIES AFRICA/NIGERIA - CHRISTIANS ASK FOR APRIL 19 ELECTION DATE, HOLY SATURDAY, TO BE CHANGED AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - CATHOLIC BISHOPS SAY "DO NOT FORGET THE WAR IN CONGO" AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - UN SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR WITHDRAWAL OF FOREIGN TROOPS FROM DEMOCRATIC CONGO 25/03/2003 JOHN PAUL II'S TOTUS TUUS IS A REGAL PATH TO PEACE - Rev. Luciano Alimandi AFRICA - POPE'S LETTER ON THE ROSARY A BEST SELLER IN AFRICA ASIA/INDONESIA - CHRISTIANS IN W. TIMOR PROTECT CREATION: GOD'S GIFT TO MAN ASIA/PAKISTAN - YOUNG CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS SHARE LENTEN PRAYER, FASTING AND GOOD WORKS AFRICA/BURUNDI - BURUNDI'S FORGOTTEN WAR: CATHOLIC BISHOPS CALL FOR HELP FROM INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO RESTORE PEACE AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - FOOD EMERGENCY; FOOD AID RECEIVED COVERS ONLY 40% OF NEED ASIA/MALAYSIA - SISTERS AND LAITY WORK TOGETHER FOR EVANGELISATION AMERICA/PERU - MIGRATION, A GLOBAL PHENOMENON FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE GOSPEL: INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR IN LIMA EUROPE/SPAIN - SALESIAN "CULTURE BROWSING" INTER-ETHNIC EXHIBITION DRAWS MORE THAN 10,000 VISITORS 24/03/2003 ASIA/IRAQ - MOTHER TERESA'S MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY CHOOSE TO REMAIN AT CHILDREN'S HOME IN BAGHDAD: "THEY NEED US" VATICAN - POPE SAYS AT THE ANGELUS PRAYER: "WE IMPLORE THROUGH THE INTERCESSION OF MARY THE GIFT OF PEACE" IN DYING WE ARE BORN TO NEW LIFE - From the booklet for the "Day of prayer and fasting to commemorate missionary martyrs" VATICAN - 11TH DAY OF PRAYER AND FASTING IN MEMORY AND THANKSGIVING FOR MISSIONARY MARTYRS ASIA/INDONESIA - CHURCH COMMITTED TO WORKING TO PRESERVE NATIONAL UNITY AND RECONCILIATION. PRIORITIES: EDUCATION, SOCIAL ASSISTANCE AND DEVELOPMENT CEP Appointments - CEP/GABON - REV. SIMON NKOULOU ONDO APPOINTED RECTOR ST AUGUSTIN'S MAJOR SEMINARY LIBREVILLE CEP/JAPAN - REV. TOYOHIKO HIRATA APPOINTED RECTOR MAJOR SEMINARY TOKYO VATICAN - HOLY SEE OFFERS A CONTRIBUTION TO THE THIRD WORLD WATER FORUM IN JAPAN: WATER, AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT FOR LIFE VATICAN - POPE BEATIFIES THREE SPANISH NUNS, A FRENCH PRIEST AND A HUNGARIAN LAY DOCTOR: MAY THEIR HOLINESS INSPIRE US TO TEND TO PERFECTION AS REQUIRED BY THE GOSPEL 22/03/2003 ACTA/INDIA - MADURAI - ARCHBISHOP AROKIASAMY RESIGNS, ARCHBISHOP FERNANDO APPOINTED ACTA/KENYA - HOMA BAY - NEW BISHOP PHILIP ANYOLO ACTA/KENYA - KERICHO - REV. OKOMBO APPOINTED BISHOP 21/03/2003 CONVERSION FOR MISSION - Sister Maria Patrizia Minelli, a Dominican Missionary of San Sisto VATICAN - STATEMENT BY DIRECTOR OF HOLY SEE PRESS OFFICE VATICAN - CHRISTIANS AROUND THE WORLD CALLED TO PRAY THE ROSARY TWENTY FOUR HOURS A DAY TO IMPLORE THE GIFT OF PEACE VATICAN/BEATIFICATION 23 MARCH - PIERRE BONHOMME (1803-1861): A MAN OF FAITH AND HOPE, MODEL FOR TODAY JUANA MARÍA CONDESA LLUCH (1862-1916): EVANGELISER OF WOMEN WORKERS CARITAS BRADER (MARY JOSEPHINE CAROLINE) (1860-1943):FROM THE CLOISTER TO MISSION AMONG INDIANS IN SOUTH AMERICA AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - DON ORIONE CONGREGATION - BROTHERS OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE - MARK CENTENARY WITH NEW CENTRE FOR VICTIMS OF ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES AFRICA - LEST WE FORGET: HUNGER IN AFRICA - ZAMBIA ASIA/INDONESIA - BUILD BROTHERHOOD, FIGHT SECULARISATION, SIDE WITH THE POOR: CHALLENGES FOR EVANGELISATION Fides and the right to water - AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - A WATER HOLE IS A BLESSING IN ZWAY WHERE WOMEN WALK HOURS TO DRAW A LITTLE DIRTY WATER. FIDES AND THE RIGHT TO WATER - AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - IF EVERYONE HAD WATER…THERE WOULD BE HEALTH, LIFE AND WELLBEING EUROPE/ITALY - PLAYING WITH WATER NAOMBA MAJI A GAME TO HELP CHILDREN REALISE THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - THOUSANDS CELEBRATE DIOCESAN CENTENARY: WE CAN FACE SITUATIONS OF CRISIS, BUT NOT ALONE ONLY AS THE CHURCH, FAMILY OF GOD, SAYS BISHOP ASIA/INDONESIA - RELIGIONS IN INDONESIA AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - ONE OF THE MANY FORGOTTEN WARS: BUTEMBO-BENI DIOCESE COPES WITH 100,000 DISPLACED PERSONS 20/03/2003 UNLESS THERE IS LOVE THE WORLD WILL DIE - Fr Willi Cruz missionary in Cameroon VATICAN - WE PRAY TO SAINT JOSEPH, A MAN OF PEACE, FOR THOSE THREATENED BY WAR AND WE INVOKE THE PRECIOUS GIFT OF HARMONY UPON THE WHOLE HUMAN FAMILY. ASIA/INDONESIA/VATICAN - INDONESIAN BISHOPS ON AD LIMINA VISIT TELL THE POPE ABOUT THEIR DYNAMIC AND ENTHUSIASTIC CATHOLICS OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - PRAYER AND FASTING FOR THE PEOPLE OF IRAQ AND FOR POLITICAL LEADERS OF THE WORLD OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - FLEDGLING SALESIAN REGION EAST ASIA, AUSTRALASIA AND OCEANIA WELCOMES REGIONAL AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - PERSISTENT CIVIL WAR DOES NOT DAMPEN CENTENARY FESTIVITIES FOR DIOCESE OF KASONGO AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - SLOW RETURN TO NORMALITY: NEW LEADER BOZIZE COURTS INTERNATIONAL APPROVAL AFRICA/IVORY COAST - NEW NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT CABINET 2ND MEETING TODAY: REBELS EXPECTED TO ATTEND; MEANWHILE CHURCH TIRELESS IN EFFORTS FOR RECONCILIATION EUROPE/ITALY - "THEY SHED THEIR BLOOD FOR THE CHURCH": MARCH 24, DAY TO REMEMBER MISSIONARY MARTYRS WITH PRAYERS AND FASTING PROMOTED BY ITALIAN PMS Acta of the Holy See - ACTA/KOREA - SUWON - REV. LEE YONG-HOON APPOINTED AUXILIARY BISHOP ACTA/GABON - NEW DIOCESE PORT-GENTIL, FIRST BISHOP MGR MADEGA; NEW APOSTOLIC PREFECTURE MAKOKOU, FIRST PREFECT REV. KOERBER 18/03/2003 LENT A JOURNEY OF FORGIVENESS - Fr Claudio Pighin PIME, Director of the Social Communications Centre, Pontifical Urban University VATICAN/BEATIFICATIONS 23 MARCH - A WOMAN OF COURAGE, CONTEMPLATION AND ACTION: DOLORES RODRÍGUEZ SOPEÑA (1848-1918) VATICAN/BEATIFICATION 23 MARCH - LADISLAUS BATTHYÁNY-STRATTMANN (1870-1931): THE DOCTOR OF THE POOR EUROPE/ITALY - THE GOD OF PEACE HAS NOT ABANDONED US: MESSAGE FROM FRANCISCAN MINISTER GENERAL AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - BACKGROUND INFORMATION ASIA/PAKISTAN - HOLY GHOST MISSIONARIES IN PAKISTAN MARK 25 YEARS OF SOLIDARITY AND DIALOGUE EUROPE/ITALY - STREET NEWSPAPER TERRE DI MEZZO MARKS 100TH ISSUE EUROPE/ITALY - STREET NEWSPAPERS UNITE PEOPLE IN DIFFICULT SITUATIONS WITH THOSE WHO CARE ABOUT THEM Fides and the right to water - EUROPE/ITALY - DON BOSCO SISTERS WANT WATER POLICY FOUNDED ON WATER AS A RIGHT AND A COMMON GOOD AND NOT A CONSUMER GOOD Water: in figures Acta of the Holy See - ACTA/KENYA - MACHAKOS - BISHOP KIOKO RESIGNS, REV. MUSONDE KIVUVA APPOINTED BISHOP ACTA/UGANDA - FORT PORTAL - BISHOP KALANDA RESIGNS, REV. MUHIIRWA APPOINTED BISHOP 17/03/2003 LENT: WALKING WITH JESUS - Fr Luigi Vitulano, of the Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate (OMI) VATICAN - THE POPE MAKES ANOTHER PRESSING APPEAL TO AVOID WAR: THERE IS STILL TIME FOR NEGOTIATION; THERE IS STILL ROOM FOR PEACE! VATICAN - THE POPE ADDRESSES UNIVERSITY STUDENTS OF EUROPE: MAY THE NEW GENERATIONS BE FAITHFUL TO THE LOFTY SPIRITUAL AND MORAL PRINCIPLES THAT INSPIRED THE FATHERS OF UNITED EUROPE AFRICA/ CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - REBELS TAKE CAPITAL, MISSION CENTRE SACKED. RELATIVE CALM IN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY ASIA/SINGAPORE - ARCHBISHOP OF SINGAPORE STRESSES IMPORTANT MISSION OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS Fides for the Right to Water - NEWS - EUROPE/BELGIUM - WATER FOR EVERYONE IN AFRICA ASIA/INDIA - CHRISTIANS FALSELY ACCUSED OF TAKING LAND FROM TRIBAL PEOPLES WHOM THE CHURCH HAS ALWAYS SERVED OFFERING INSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT Cep Appointments - CEP/MOZAMBIQUE - REV. ERNEST MAGUENGUE APPOINTED RECTOR OF ST PIUS X SEMINARY IN MAPUTO CEP/GREECE - REV. Mario Rigos national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies 15/03/2003 EUROPE/ITALY - INTELLECTUAL CHARITY: 1ST EUROPEAN DAY FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN THE YEAR OF THE ROSARY AND 25TH YEAR OF PAPACY AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - MISSIONARIES COMMENT GOOD NEWS OF PEACE AGREEMENT EUROPE/ALBANIA - BISHOPS OF S. E EUROPE SAY ECUMENISM CAN LEAD TO SCHOOLS OF RECONCILIATION IMPORTANT FOR WHOLE OF EUROPE VATICAN - PONTIFICAL ACADEMY FOR LIFE PROPOSES MORAL COMMITMENTS FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCHERS AFRICA/ IVORY COAST - REBELS AND GOVERNMENT CANNOT AGREE ON DISARMAMENT: CHURCH CONTINUES TO WORK FOR RECONCILIATION ASIA/KOREA - FAMILY, NUCLEUS OF THE CHURCH AND SOCIETY, COMMUNITY OF LOVE AND SERVICE Asia/India - INDIA'S CHRISTIANS RISK ISOLATION: BISHOPS REJECT SURVEY OF CHRISTIANS STARTED EXTREMIST GROUPS IN GUJARAT Acta of the Holy See - ACTA/UGANDA - KABALE - BISHOP ROBERT GAY RESIGNS, REV. CALLISTUS RUBARAMIRA APPOINTED 14/03/2003 JESUS SAID TO THE SAMARITAN WOMEN: GIVE ME A DRINK - Father Salvatore Catalano, Rogationist, seminary Formation staff ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - SOUTH KOREAN POLITICIANS, INTELLECTUALS AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS SAY NO TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS, YES TO PEACE AND LIFE AFRICA/MOROCCO - CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF NORTH AFRICA CERNA ISSUE STATEMENT AFTER AD LIMINA VISIT TO ROME ASIA/THAILAND - CHURCH DEFENDS WOMEN FROM ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AND EXPLOITATION 13/03/2003 LENT A SEASON FOR BROKEN HEARTS - Comment by Cardinal Roger Etchegaray OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - YOUTH LEADERSHIP SEMINAR : AS LEADERS WE NEED TO BE EXAMPLES EUROPE/ITALY - DOMINICANS THE WORLD OVER COMMITTED TO CAMPAIGNS FOR PEACE IN IRAQ AND SUPPORTING CHRISTIANS IN THE HOLY LAND AMERICA/GUATEMALA - MISSIONARY SPIRIT IS BORN IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO HAVE ENCOUNTERED THE LIVING CHRIST AND COMMIT THEMSELVES TO BEARING WITNESS TO HIM WITH THEIR LIVES AMERICA/CHILE - CONTINENTAL MEETING ON THE CHALLENGES OF EVANGELISATION IN LARGE CITIES ASIA/IRAQ - MIDDLE EAST COUNCIL OF CHURCHES SAYS NO TO WAR BUT PREPARES TO ASSIST INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS AND REFUGEES ASIA/MYANMAR - SECRETARY OF WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES VISITS CHRISTIANS IN MYANMAR FIDES IS FOR THE RIGHT TO WATER - NEWS - AMERICA/BOLIVIA - CATHOLIC CHURCH APPEALS FOR PROTECTION AND CORRECT ADMINISTRATION OF WATER, "SOURCE OF LIFE AND GIFT FOR ALL PEOPLE" AMERICA/CANADA - AMERICA'S CATHOLIC BISHOPS DISCUSS GLOBALISATION - OPPORTUNITIES AND DANGERS: INTERDEPENDENCE REVEALS HUNGER FOR PEACE, JUSTICE AND COMPASSION AFRICA/NIGERIA - ARCHBISHOP OF ABUJA WARNS CATHOLICS IN POLITICS NOT TO USE THE STATE TO PROMOTE PRIVATE INTERESTS AFRICA: WAR ON IRAQ - FOR OR AGAINST - GUINEA: MAY ABSTAIN FROM VOTE AFRICA: WAR ON IRAQ - FOR OR AGAINST - CAMEROON: NO TO WAR AFRICA: WAR ON IRAQ - FOR OR AGAINST - ANGOLA:PROBABLY YES TO WAR AFRICA/BURUNDI - PRESIDENT BUYOYA MAY NO RESPECT THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD 12/03/2003 "IN YOUR PRAYER DO NOT RATTLE ON…(MT 6,7-8).- Father Antonio Leuci, Rogationist, Italian missionary in Albania VATICAN - PAPAL MESSAGE FOR 18TH WORLD YOUTH DAY: TAKE UP YOUR ROSARIES, MARY WILL LEAD YOU SAFELY TOWARDS HER SON ASIA/PHILIPPINES - MOVEMENT URGES PEOPLE TO UNITE TO PRAY FOR PEACE AT TWO MINUTES TO NOON TO EMPHASISE THAT THE WORLD IS JUST "TWO MINUTES AWAY" FROM WAR ASIA/JAPAN - WWW.OFMCONV.OR.JP FRANCISCAN WEBSITE IN JAPAN BRINGS SPIRITUALITY OF FRANCIS TO THE MODERN HI TECH SOCIETY ASIA/THAILAND - FIRST MEETING BETWEEN LOCAL CHURCH PERSONNEL AND ITALIAN MISSIONARIES IN SOUTH EAST ASIA: DIALOGUE ON THE PROGRESS OF THE CHURCH'S MISSION AFRICA/IVORY COAST - WAITING FOR NEW GOVERNMENT TO PUT AN END TO WAR. PERSONAL REVENGE IS A PROBLEM Acta of the Holy See - ACTA/PERU - SAN RAMON - BISHOP JULIO OJEDA PASCUAL RESIGNS, SUCCEEDED BY BISHOP GERARDO ZERDIN BUKOVEC FIDES IS FOR THE RIGHT TO WATER - NEWS - EUROPE/AUSTRIA - PMS NATIONAL OFFICE SAYS ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER MUST REMAIN A RIGHT 11/03/2003 SEASON OF LENT: SEASON OF SINCERITY - Fr Giuseppe Scattolin, Italian Comboni missionary in Egypt OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - WORLD COMMUNICATIONS DAY Communicating truth, justice, charity and freedom ASIA/KOREA - FOR THE FIRST TIME CATHOLICS FROM THE NORTH ATTEND MASS IN SEOUL: AN IMPORTANT STEP IN NATIONAL RECONCILIATION AND REUNIFICATION ASIA/KOREA - CARITAS HK REPORTS: HUMANITARIAN AID, REHABILITATION AND DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS REQUIRED IF WE WANT NORTH KOREAN PEOPLE TO BECOME PART OF INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AFRICA/MALAWI - ITALIAN MISSIONARY REPORTS ON DRAMATIC FOOD SHORTAGE AGGRAVATED BY FLOODS ASIA/PHILIPPINES - MILITARY LIFE IS NOT ONLY ARMED EXERCISES AND OPERATIONS ANTI-GUERILLA, IT IS ALSO PRAYER AND SOLIDARITY SAYS MILITARY ORDINATE BISHOP RAMON ARGUELLES ASIA/KOREA - CATHOLICS LAUNCH LENTEN CAMPAIGN TO ADDRESS WATER SCARCITY 10/03/2003 THE ASHES WE RECEIVE REMIND US OF THE DUST EATEN BY THE POOR, THE CROSS WE ALL CARRY AROUND OUR NECKS REMINDS US THAT MANY CARRY THE CROSS IN THEIR BODIES VATICAN - POPE SAYS AT ANGELUS: "IN THE PRESENT INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT WE FEEL EVER MORE STRONGLY THE NEED FOR PURIFICATION OF CONSCIENCE AND CONVERSION OF HEART TO TRUE PEACE" AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - NEW MISSION OF VIS TO BRING ITALY'S CONCRETE SOLIDARITY TO STARVING MILLIONS AMERICA/CUBA - CARDINAL SEPE INAUGURATES HOUSE OF ST BRIGID AND SAYS IT IS A NEW SEED OF THE GOSPEL IN THE FERTILE SOIL OF CUBA Acta of the Holy See - ACTA/EQUATORIAL GUINEA - EBEBIYIN REV. ALFRED OBURU ASUE APPOINTED BISHOP 7/03/2003 LENT: "Perfume your head and wash your face" (Mt 6,17) - Father Carlos A. Azpiroz Costa, Master General of the Dominicans VATICAN - POPE PERFORMS THE RITE OF IMPOSING THE ASHES AT SANTA SABINA BASILICA: WE ARE ALL CREATURES STRIVING TO BRING A LITTLE OF THE PROMISED HEAVENLY PEACE TO THE PRESENT DAY VATICAN - CARDINAL SEPE VISITS CUBA TO COMMEMORATE HISTORY MAKING 1998 VISIT BY POPE JOHN PAUL II AND THE 25TH YEAR OF THE PONTIFICATE ASIA/INDIA - TELL THE TRUTH WITH COURAGE, PROMOTE HUMAN VALUES, SHOW LOYALTY WITH DOWNTRODDEN: CHRISTIAN MEDIA COMMITMENTS ASIA/INDONESIA - LONDON BASED INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC-CHRISTIAN ORGANISATION WILL HELP RECONCILIATION AND RECONSTRUCTION IN MALUKU AFRICA - HUNGER IN AFRICA/LEST WE FORGET: THE SURVIVAL OF ONE QUARTER OF MALAWIANS DEPENDS ON INTERNATIONAL FOOD AID UNITED NATIONS - UN INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF FRESHWATER UNITED NATIONS - WORLD WATER DEVELOPMENT REPORT "WATER FOR PEOPLE WATER FOR LIFE" AMERICA/BRAZIL - LENTEN FRATERNITY CAMPAIGN: LIFE, DIGNITY HOPE; RESPECT FOR RIGHTS OF OLD PEOPLE AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - NO END IN SIGHT TO CONFLICT IN NORTH EAST CONGO: UGANDAN TROOPS TAKE BUNIA. ROOTS OF CONFLICT ASIA/SRI LANKA - A YEAR SINCE SIGNING OF CEASE-FIRE CATHOLIC BISHOPS VISIT NORTHERN CONFLICT AREA TO PROMOTE NATIONAL RECONCILIATION AND UNITY VATICAN - POPE TELLS US DIOCESAN PMS DIRECTORS: THE INTERNET OFFERS AN UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY FOR EXPANDING THE CHURCH'S MISSIONARY OUTREACH VATICAN - PAPAL WEDNESDAY TEACHING: DISCOVER AND TO LIVE CONSTANTLY THE BEAUTY OF PRAYER AND OF THE LITURGY VATICAN - POPE ADDRESSES ACADEMY FOR LIFE: SCIENTIFIC AND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH MUST RESIST EVERY TEMPTATION TO HUMAN MANIPULATION VATICAN - CHILDREN SAVING CHILDREN: THE CHURCH ENTRUSTS HER MISSION TO EVANGELISE TO THE PRAYERS OF LITTLE ONES VATICAN - CULTURES AND RELIGIONS TOGETHER TO OVERCOME CONFLICT: POPE TELLS RELIGIOUS LEADERS FROM INDONESIA 6/03/2003 LENT: A DAILY MISSION - Mons Francesco Ceriotti, editor of Popoli e Missione magazine VATICAN - WEDNESDAY AUDIENCE TEACHING: ALL OVER THE WORLD TRUE PEACE-MAKERS, BOTH IN OUR OWN FAMILIES AND IN THE WORLD EUROPE/SCOTLAND - "NEW EVANGELISATION MUST BE MARKED BY HOPE" POPE URGES SCOTLAND'S CATHOLIC BISHOPS AFRICA/KENYA - MOTHER AND CHILD HAVE SAME RIGHTS SAY CATHOLIC BISHOPS AS GOVERNMENT PLANS TO LEGALISE ABORTION AFRICA/REPUBLIC OF CONGO - GOVERNMENT ORDERS QUARANTINE FOR REGION STRUCK BY EBOLA BUT WE MUST NOT FORGET THAT MALARIA AND AIDS KILLS MILLIONS ASIA/PHILIPPINES - FOLLOWING ATTACK ON DAVAO AIRPORT CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS WORK TOGETHER TO RESTORE HARMONY AND TRANQUILLITY SAYS ARCHBISHOP EUROPE/ITALY - ITALIAN BISHOPS VOICE SOLIDARITY WITH ITALIAN MISSIONARIES AND SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR LIFE OF WITNESS AND FAITH CEP Appointments - CEP/MOROCCO - REV. ANDRE JOGUET APPOINTED NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF PONTIFICAL MISSION SOCIETIES 5/03/2003 FORTY DAYS TO FREEDOM - Mons. Massimo Camisasca, founder and superior of the Priestly Fraternity of the Missionaries of St Charles Borromeo IN THE HOLY LAND LENT IS "PERPETUAL" - Fr David Maria Jaeger OFM, spokesman for the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land ASIA/INDONESIA - BISHOPS PUSH FOR NEW TECHNOLOGY: COMPUTERS EVEN IN REMOTEST AREAS TO PUT CATHOLIC COMMUNITY ON LINE AFRICA/RWANDA - A COUNTRY STRUGGLING TO FORGET AND REBUILD AFTER TRAGIC WAR GENOCIDE KNOWS HOW TO PRAY FOR PEACE ASIA/INDONESIA - PRAYER AND FASTING FOR PEACE FROM ACEH TO KALIMANTAN: MUSLIMS PLEASED AMERICA/CHILE - BISHOP DON'T WAIT FOR OTHERS TO BRING PEACE, LET'S BUILD IT OURSELVES AMERICA/PERU - DAY OF PRAYER, FASTING AND MEDITATION TO HELP PEACE CONQUER HATRED LATIN AMERICA/EUROPE - EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA:A NEW OPEN WINDOW ON COLLABORATION AFRICA/SENEGAL - THOUSANDS FAST AND PRAY FOR PEACE AMERICA/ARGENTINA - CATHOLICS AND OTHER BELIEVERS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY RESPOND TO THE POPE'S CALL FOR PRAYER AND FASTING FOR PEACE ASIA/INDIA - IN EVERY STATE OF THE FEDERATION BELIEVERS OF THREE FAITHS PRAY FOR PEACE 4/03/2003 AMERICA/MEXICO - CONTINENTAL CONFERENCE ON THE CHURCH AND INFO-TECHNOLOGY "TOWARDS A NETWORK OF ANSWERS AND AID" EUROPE/ITALY - EUROPEAN YEAR OF THE DISABLED: ITALY OPENS NEW STRUCTURES FOR DISABLED HOLIDAY MAKERS ASIA/BANGLADESH - RADIO VERITAS AWARDS GO TO CATECHIST POET, ITALIAN MISSIONARY, MUSLIM TEACHER FOR THEIR EFFORTS TO PROMOTE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PARTICULARLY IN THE FIELD OF COMMUNICATIONS ASIA/JAPAN - CATHOLIC BISHOPS ISSUE STATEMENT AGAINST WAR ON IRAQ URGING THE USE OF PEACEFUL MEANS TO SETTLE THE CRISIS AFRICA/KENYA - MILL HILL MISSIONARIES ONE HUNDRED YEARS AT THE SERVICE OF THE GOSPEL AND THE POOR IN KENYA EUROPE/ITALY - MOTHER TERESA OFFICIAL WEB SITE: PASSES CAN BE BOOKED FOR BEATIFICATION ON MISSION SUNDAY 19 OCTOBER EUROPE/SERBIA-MONTENEGRO UNION - PREPARATIONS FOR FIRST EVER MEETING OF CATHOLIC AND SERB-ORTHODOX BISHOPS IN APRIL ASIA/HONG KONG - HONG KONG CHRISTIANS JOIN UNIVERSAL PRAYER AND FAST FOR PEACE: PRECIOUS GIFT TO BE DEFENDED AFRICA/KENYA - ROSARY FOR PEACE IN A COUNTRY THAT HAS LEARNED TO SAY NO TO VIOLENCE 3/03/2003 VATICAN - POPE RALLIES CATHOLICS TO PRAY AND FAST FOR PEACE THIS ASH WEDNESDAY: WE WILL PRAY FOR PEACE EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY IRAQ AND THE HOLY LAND ASIA/THAILAND - CLOSE TO HOLY FATHER LITTLE FLOCK READY TO PRAY AND FAST FOR PEACE ON ASH WEDNESDAY EUROPE/AFRICA/PORTUGAL - INTERNATIONAL DEBT, AIDS, GLOBALISATION: CHURCHES OF EUROPE AND AFRICA FIGHTING TOGETHER FOR A BETTER FUTURE Acta of the Holy See - ACTA/NIGERIA MAIDUGURI - BISHOP O. 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