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Editorial by Dr Kevin M. Cahill. ASIA/MONGOLIA - HOPING FOR A PAPAL VISIT: CATHOLIC COMMUNITY GROWS WITH NEW BAPTISMS AT EASTER ASIA/MALAYSIA - IMPROPER USE OF THE NAME OF ALLAH: CHRISTIAN BOOKS IN MALAY LOCAL LANGUAGES BANNED ASIA/CHINA - CHINA AND OTHER SOUTH EAST ASIAN COUNTRIES STRUGGLE WITH SARS. STUDENTS STUDY VIA THE INTERNET AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - TOMORROW SPECIAL IN DEPTH INFORMATION ON ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA FROM FIDES SERVICE ASIA/IRAQ - CHRISTIANS IN IRAQ DETERMINED TO RETURN TO NORMALITY ASIA/VIETNAM - BISHOP NGO QUANG KIET APPOINTED APOSTOLIC ADMINISTRATOR OF HA NOI ARCHDIOCESE VATICAN - POPE BEATIFIES 6 ITALIANS: IN EACH OF THEM, IN A DIFFERENT WAY, THE LORD'S TENDER AND AMAZING MERCY WAS MANIFESTED AFRICA/IVORY COAST - BESIDES WAR A NEW OUTBREAK OF BURULI ULCERS: CAPUCHINS IN FRONT LINE TO CARE FOR SUFFERERS AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - SOUTHERN AFRICAN BISHOPS CONCERNED ABOUT LAW WHICH ALLOWS PARENTING TO SAME-SEX COUPLES ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - BISHOP ISSUES MESSAGE FOR WORKERS SUNDAY 2003 AMERICA/COLOMBIA - GLOBALISATION, MIGRATION, RIGHT OF ASYLUM: THE RESPONSES OF THE CHURCH FOR NEW EVANGELISATION. FIRST CONTINENTAL MEETING ON MIGRATION PASTORAL 25/04/2003 EUROPE/ITALY - BLESSED GIACOMO ALBERIONE AND ST JOHN BOSCO MOST POPULAR INTERNET PATRONS VATICAN/BEATIFICATIONS 27 APRIL - EUGENIA RAVASCO (1845-1900): "DO GOOD TO EVERYONE, YOUNG PEOPLE ESPECIALLY!" VATICAN/BEATIFICATIONS 27 APRIL - MARIA CRISTINA BRANDO (1856-1906), VICTIM OF CHARITY AND REPARATION EUROPE/ALBANIA - ARCHBISHOP OF DURAZZO-TIRANA: THE POPE'S VISIT WAS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA, IN WHICH THE CHURCH IN ALBANIA WAS REBORN. THANKS TO THE HOLY FATHER A MIRACLE WAS POSSIBLE! AMERICA/COLOMBIA - VICARIATE APOSTOLIC TIERRADENTRO - BISHOP JORGE GARCIA ISAZA RESIGNS EUROPE/ALBANIA - YOUNG LOCAL PRIEST SHARES EXPERIENCE: MISSIONARIES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD HELP YOUNG CHURCH OF ALBANIA GROWTH IN THE FAITH AFRICA/LIBERIA - CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS WORK TOGETHER TO RESTORE PEACE IN LIBERIA ASIA/IRAQ - IRAQI CHRISTIANS WANT A COUNTRY WITH RELIGIOUS FREEDOM NOT A THEOCRATIC STATE ASIA/VIETNAM - FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FORTY YEARS CATHOLICS IN VAN CHAN HAVE THEIR OWN EASTER LITURGIES ASIA/INDIA - ON GOOD FRIDAY IN THE NAME OF CHRIST YOUNG INDIANS DONATE BLOOD AT NEW DELHI HOSPITAL 24/04/2003 VATICAN - POPE'S TEACHING AT GENERAL AUDIENCE: "PEACE, A GIFT TO BE WELCOMED, SAFEGUARDED AND MADE TO BEAR FRUIT" ASIA/CHINA - SARS CRISIS STRENGTHENS FAMILY TIES AND PROMPTS REFLECTION BEATIFICATIONS 27 APRIL - GIULIA SALZANO (1846-1929): A LIFE DEVOTED TO CATECHESIS M. DOMENICA MANTOVANI (1862-1934): LEARNING FROM THE HOLY FAMILY OF NAZARETH AFRICA/IVORY COAST - SITUATION REMAINS BLOCKED. MORE REPORTS FROM MISSIONARIES ASSISTING REFUGEES ASIA/PHILIPPINES - TABUK - REV. PRUDENCIO PADILLA ANDAYA APPOINTED VICAR APOSTOLIC ASIA/CHINA - PEOPLE FLEE BEIJING BECAUSE OF SARS. SOLIDARITY WITH DOCTORS IN FRONT LINE TO SAVE PATIENTS EUROPE/ALBANIA - ALBANIA MARKS TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF PAPAL VISIT AFRICA/BURUNDI - ON THE EVE OF THE SWEARING IN OF THE NEW PRESIDENT, NEW FIGHTING BREAKS OUT: CHURCH CONTINUES TO PROMOTE CULTURE OF PEACE 23/04/2003 VATICAN - POPE JOHN PAUL'S EASTER MESSAGE : "TODAY WE PROCLAIM HOPE FOR PEACE…PEACE IN IRAQ AND IN OTHER REGIONS OF THE WORLD WHERE FORGOTTEN WARS AND CREEPING CONFLICTS CAUSE DEATH AND INJURY" VATICAN/BEATIFICATIONS 27 APRIL 2003 - FR JAMES ALBERIONE (1884-1971): APOSTLE OF THE MEDIA VATICAN/BEATIFICATIONS 27 APRIL 2003 - MARCO D'AVIANO (1884-1971): SPIRITUAL DOCTOR OF EUROPE EUROPE/ITALY - WEB SITE FOR BEATIFICATION OF THE APOSTLE OF THE MEDIA VATICAN - FIDES SERVICE OPENS NEW WEB PAGE "THE EUCHARIST, SOURCE AND SUMMIT OF EVANGELISATION" AFRICA/NIGERIA - "WE ARE A YOUNG DEMOCRACY; DESPITE VIOLENCE AND ACCUSATIONS OF FRAUD, THE ELECTIONS WERE A POSITIVE EVENT" SAYS ARCHBISHOP OF JOS AMERICA/COLOMBIA - CELAM COURSE IN MISSIONARY PASTORAL AND ANIMATION: WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MISSIONARY TODAY EUROPE/ITALY - INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM: LISTENING TO CATHERINE FOR A CHRISTIAN EUROPE ASIA/IRAQ - IRAQ'S CHRISTIANS ASK FOR HELP SO THAT THE JOY OVER THE RESURRECTION MAY BE COMPLETE ASIA/CHINA - SCHOOLS CLOSED, PUBLIC PLACES DISINFECTED, MASSES CANCELLED: CHINA TAKES STEPS TO FIGHT SARS ASIA/CHINA-HONG KONG - FEAR AND UNCERTAINTY OVER SARS BUT ITALIAN MISSIONARY SAYS "THE SUN IS STILL SHINING OVER HONG KONG" CATHOLICS UNITED BY PRAYING THE ROSARY OVER THE TELEPHONE 16/04/2003 HOLY LAND - EASTER FOR CHRISTIANS IN THE HOLY LAND: NEW STRENGTH TO OVERCOME PRESENT SUFFERINGS AND LOOK WITH NEW HOPE TOWARDS A FUTURE OF PEACE ASIA/INDONESIA - FOR CHRISTIANS IN INDONESIA THE EUCHARIST IS A VERY PRECIOUS GIFT: BECAUSE OF THE ARCHIPELAGO'S VAST PARISHES NOT EVERYONE HAS THE JOY OF REGULAR SUNDAY MASS AFRICA - SONG AND DANCE TO CELEBRATE THE EUCHARIST: BUT THE MOST MOVING EASTER WAS IN THE PRISON FOR MINORS SAYS A MISSIONARY AFRICA/MALAWI - CHIKWAWA - REV. PETER MARTIN MUSIKUWA APPOINTED BISHOP 15/04/2003 VATICAN - POPE MEETS OPUS DEI UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: "FOR BELIEVERS, THE FIRST AND FUNDAMENTAL WAY TO PROMOTE PEACE IS PRAYER, BECAUSE PEACE IS A GIFT OF GOD'S LOVE" AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - FIXED MARRIAGES STILL MADE FOR YOUNG GIRLS: OUAHIGOUYA DIOCESE LAUNCHED PLAN TO UPROOT UNHAPPY CUSTOM ASIA/CHINA - SARS IS AT CENTRE OF ATTENTION FOR PUBLIC AND GOVERNMENT ASIA/PHILIPINES - BISHOPS CONCERNED THAT WAR IN IRAQ MAY STIR UP SEPARATIST CONFLICT IN SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES ASIA/PAKISTAN - MISSIONARY NUN, DR PFAU, WINS AWARD FOR LIFELONG WORK AMONG LEPERS OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - "DEAR THOMAS…" BOOKLET HELPS YOUNG CATHOLICS IN PNG EXPLAIN THEIR DEEP DEVOTION TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY FIDES SIGNALS - CONTEMPLATING CHRIST THROUGH THE EYES OF MARY: INTERNATIONAL MARIAN CONGRESS PROMOTED BY FOCOLARE MOVEMENT 14/04/2003 VATICAN - THE POPE OPENS HOLY WEEK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE OF ROME: WE WELCOME WITH FAITH AND REJOICING CHRIST WHO IS OUR KING: KING OF TRUTH, FREEDOM, JUSTICE AND LOVE. THESE ARE THE FOUR PILLARS FOR BUILDING AUTHENTIC PEACE Acta of the Holy See - AFRICA/GHANA - SUNYANI - REV. MATTHEW GYAMFI APPOINTED BISHOP EUROPE/SPAIN - SPAIN PREPARES WARM WELCOME FOR POPE JOHN PAUL II IN MAY ON HIS 5TH PASTORAL VISIT TO THE COUNTRY VATICAN - 120 UNIQUE PHOTOS ON THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH IN ETHIOPIA: ON FIDES WEB SITE PHOTO DOSSIER AND MP3 FILES ETHIOPIAN SONGS ASIA/HONG KONG - SARS ON THE INTERNET: VALUABLE INFORMATION ON MORTAL VIRUS AND HOW TO FIGHT IT AFRICA/NIGERIA - LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS IN POSITIVE CLIMATE THERE WAS NONE OF THE FEARED VIOLENCE SAYS ARCHBISHOP OF ABUJA. NOW THE COUNTRY PREPARES TO ELECT A PRESIDENT ON SATURDAY 19 APRIL AFRICA/KENYA - WEDNESDAY FUNERAL OF PRIEST WHO DIED AFTER BEING SHOT BY ROBBERS EUROPE/ITALY - IN ITALY, GERMANY AND SPAIN HOLY TUESDAY PRAYER VIGILS FOR PEACE AND IN MEMORY OF THE WITNESSES OF THE FAITH OF OUR DAY ASIA/BANGLADESH - CHRISTIAN YOUTH GIVE UP CELL TELEPHONE AND OTHER SUPERFLUOUS COMMODITIES FOR LENT 11/04/2003 VATICAN - POPE JOHN PAUL II MEETS ROME'S YOUTH IN PREPARATION FOR 18TH WORLD YOUTH DAY: "DO NOT BE AFRAID TO OPEN THE DOORS OF YOUR LIFE TO MARY!" ASIA/IRAQ - CARITAS IRAQ REPORTS NO DAMAGE TO PERSONNEL OR STRUCTURES AND CONTINUES TO ASSIST INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS 266,018 EUROPE/BULGARIA - 4TH CHRISTIAN YOUTH FESTIVAL: "I WANT TO SING TO GOD MY LIFE " AFRICA/UGANDA - IN NORTHERN UGANDA FIVE THOUSAND CHILDREN KIDNAPPED BRUTALLY MALTREATED BY REBEL WARRIORS ASIA/INDONESIA - SULAWESI MUSLIM NEWSPAPER SPEAK ABOUT POPE'S MESSAGE FOR LENT, CATHOLIC HOLY WEEK LITURGIES AND INTERVIEWS CATHOLIC BISHOPS VATICAN - YOUNG IRANIAN GIRL PLANS TO CYCLE AROUND THE WORLD TO SPREAD MESSAGE OF PEACE AND COLLECT MONEY FOR ORPHANS AFRICA/ DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - D. CONGO'S FORGOTTEN WAR IS WORST CONFLICT SINCE WORLD WAR: SINCE 1998 MORE THAN 3.3 MILLION DEAD OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - FORMATION FOR CATECHISTS VIA INTERNET REACHES REMOTE VILLAGES AND BUILDS ECUMENICAL BRIDGES ASIA/CHINA - CHURCH JOINS PEOPLE TO FIGHT SARS ASIA/INDIA - SCIENCE AND RELIGION; PATNA UNIVERSITY OFFERS NEW COURSE ASIA/IRAQ - RESTORE SECURITY AND RESPECT FOR AUTONOMY AND NEUTRALITY OF HUMANITARIAN ORGANISATIONS, SAYS LAURA BOLDRINI UNHCR SPOKESPERSON ASIA/IRAQ - WHO WARNS: HOSPITALS SACKED, WITHOUT WATER OR ELECTRICITY, HUNDREDS OF INJURED, DISEASE THREATENS 10/04/2003 VATICAN - "SING GOD'S PRAISES AND HAVE FAITH IN THE REDEEMING LORD" - SAYS THE POPE AT WEDNESDAY AUDIENCE AND HE APPEALS FOR PEACE IN IRAQ AND AFRICA ASIA/IRAQ - "LET'S HOPE THAT IN THE NEW DEMOCRATIC IRAQ THERE WILL BE ROOM FOR EVERYBODY, IRRESPECTIVE OF RELIGION, ETHNIC ORIGIN OR POLITICAL LEANING" TESTIMONY FROM IRAQ ASIA/IRAQ - "UNDER BOMBING CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS SOUGHT SHELTER IN CHURCHES AND PARISH BUILDINGS ASIA/CHINA - SARS: PUBLIC PLACES IN BEIJING DISINFECTED: CITY COUNCIL SETS UP 24 HOURS TELEPHONE INFORMATION SERVICE ASIA/CHINA - JESUIT FATHERS RE-OPEN CENTURY OLD LIBRARY AFRICA/RWANDA - YOUNG CONGOLESE REFUGEES IN RWANDA: PROJECT TO CONTINUE STUDIES AND PUT THEMSELVES AT THE SERVICE OF OTHER REFUGEES EUROPE/ITALY - PRESIDENT OF PC FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE FOR THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF PACEM IN TERRIS: IN 1948 WE COMPILED A LIST OF INALIENABLE HUMAN RIGHTS, TODAY IT IS TIME TO GIVE MORE EMPHASIS TO HUMAN DUTIES FIDES SIGNALS - BAMBINO GESU HOSPITAL FOR PEACE OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - PACEM IN TERRIS DOCUMENT ON LINE TO REMEMBER, CELEBRATE AND REFLECT ON THE UN-FADING VALIDITY OF THE ENCYCLICAL ASIA/MIDDLE EAST - DON BOSCO IN THE MIDDLE EAST: SALESIANS RUN NOT ONLY SCHOOLS BUT ALSO A MUSEUM AND WEATHER STATION EUROPE/SPAIN - "CATHOLIC MEANS OF COMMUNICATIONS IN THE 21ST CENTURY" AN INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS "CHURCH AND MEANS OF SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS" AFRICA/UNMENTIONED WARS - AFRICAN COUNTRIES REMEMBERED BY THE POPE 9/04/2003 "WE WANT TO SEE JESUS" - Rev. Fr Salvatore Catalano RCI VATICAN - "PEACE IN THE WORLD TODAY WITH OR WITHOUT RELIGIONS?" ROUND TABLE AT PONTIFICAL URBAN UNIVERSITY 40 YEARS AFTER PACEM IN TERRIS ASIA/INDIA - BUILDING PEACE THROUGH THE MEDIA ASIA/THAILAND - ENGLISH COMPULSORY FOR THAI CLERGY ASIA/CHINA - SARS: DOORS OPEN FOR WHO EXPERTS. TRANSPARENCY TO FIGHT EPIDEMIC OF STILL OBSCURE VIRUS ASIA/PAKISTAN - MUSLIM PARTY JAMAAT-E-ISLAMI SAYS ATTACKS ON CHRISTIANS MUST STOP ASIA/JORDAN/SYRIA - THIRD COUNTRY REFUGEES FLEEING IRAQ CONTINUE TO CROSS INTO JORDAN AND SYRIA AFRICA/ANGOLA - A YEAR AFTER END OF CIVIL WAR BISHOPS IDENTIFY MAJOR PROBLEMS: RESETTLEMENT OF DISPLACED PERSONS AND STRUGGLE AGAINST POVERTY AFRICA/LIBERIA - HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES FLEE VIOLENCE OF CIVIL WAR AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - JESUITS CAMPAIGN FOR RECOGNITION OF RIGHTS FOR 2,000 HAITI CHILDREN WITHOUT BIRTH CERTIFICATES SCIENCE, MEDICINE AND TECHNOLOGY AT THE SERVICE OF MAN - VATICAN - RESEARCHERS AT BAMBINO GESU PAEDIATRIC HOSPITAL IN ROME DISCOVER CAUSE OF EAR INFECTION, PNEUMONIA AND OTHER SERIOUS INFECTIONS 8/04/2003 EUROPE/ENGLAND AND WALES - REV. JOHN DALE, APPOINTED NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE PONTIFICAL MISSION SOCIETIES IN ENGLAND AND WALES THE BODY: GIFT OF GOD, GIFT OF SELF - Fr Alfonso M. Bruno, of the Franciscan Friars of Mary Immaculate, missionary in Benin VATICAN - FORTY YEARS AFTER THE PACEM IN TERRIS: STUDY SEMINAR AN ACADEMIC ACT AT THE PONTIFICAL LATERAN UNIVERSITY ASIA/SRI LANKA - CHRISTIANS TOGETHER SAY NO TO THE DEATH PENALTY ASIA/KOREA - CHURCH AND INTERNET: A POTENTIAL TO BE EXPLOITED BUT NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON YOUTH MUST BE REMOVED AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - JOHANNESBURG - ARCHBISHOP JOSEPH TLHAGALE OMI APPOINTED OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - JESUS IN FIRST PLACE IN THE FAMILY: VANIMO DIOCESE ISSUES FIRST FIVE-YEAR PASTORAL PLAN ASIA/IRAQ - CARITAS IRAQ CONTINUES ITS ASSISTANCE POVIDING AID FOR 260,000 AS NUMBER OF INJURED AND DISPLACED PERSONS INCREASES ASIA/CINA - LATEST FIGURES REORTED ON SARS VATICAN - "Pacem in Terris" Encyclical more than ever valid 40 years on AMERICA/MEXICO - RELIGIOUS PHENOMENON: EVANGELISATION IN THE DIGITAL ERA INTERVENTION BY CARD. CASTRILLON HOYOS AT THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS "CHURCH AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY" ASIA/IRAQ - NINIVE'S POPULATION OF 25,000 SWELLS TO 35,000 WITH FLEEING HOMELESS 7/04/2003 VATICAN - POPE AT ANGELUS: PLEASE GOD, MAY THIS CONFLICT END SOON, TO MAKE WAY FOR A NEW ERA OF FORGIVENESS, LOVE AND PEACE EUROPE/ITALY - THE AFFIRMATION OF "COMMUNION AND LIBERATION" IN THE TRAVAILED SOCIETY OF THE 1970S: YESTERDAY AS TODAY MAN ASKS IF WAR IS THE ONLY ANSWER TO INJUSTICE AND DISCRIMINATION VATICAN - ECONOMY, ETHICS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: INTERVENTION ON GLOBALISATION AND SOLIDARITY BY PRESIDENT PONTIFICAL COUNCIL JUSTICE AND PEACE ARCHBISHOP MARTINO ASIA/MYANMAR - MORE THAN 1000 ATTEND ORDINATION OF NEW AUXILIARY BISHOP OF PATHEIN DIOCESE AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - REV. HILARIO DA CRUZ MASSINGA APPOINTED BISHOP OF LICHINGA AFRICA/TUNISIA - REV. JAWAD ALAMAT, APPOINTED NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE PONTIFICAL MISSION SOCIETIES IN TUNISIA ASIA/MYANMAR - REVEREND FATHER HENRY EI KLEIN APPOINTED RECTOR OF ST JOSEPH'S MAJOR SEMINARY IN YANGON AMERICA/MEXICO - THE GOSPEL HEART OF COMMUNICATION AND ITS MEANS: CONCLUSIONS OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS ON CHURCH IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ASIA/CHINA - MORE EFFORTS TO FIGHT SARS ASIA/HONG KONG - DO NOT FEAR, CONTINUE TO HAVE FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY CONTINUE TO FOLLOW WITH CARE HYGENYC NORMS AGAINST SARS ASIA/MONGOLIA - SUCCESSES AND CONSENSUS FOR THE FIRST SPIRITUAL RETREAT FOR ADULTS ORGANISED BY THE YOUNG CHURCH IN MONGOLIA ASIA/SRI LANKA - CATHOLIC "SAVANA" SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY FOR THE LAITY OPEN TO OTHER CHRISTIANS AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - CATHOLIC CHURCH ACKNOWLEDGES CHANGES 4/04/2003 VATICAN - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WORLD YOUTH DAY - CANADIAN YOUTH WILL HAND YOUTH DAY CROSS TO GERMAN YOUTH EUROPE/SPAIN - REALITIES OF THE CONTINENT OF ASIA: A FORUM TO ANALYSE DEVELOPMENT, COOPERATION, ECONOMY, DIFFICULTIES AND HOPES AMERICA/BRAZIL - TOWARDS AMERICAN MISSIONARY CONGRESS CAM 2: BRAZIL PREPARES ITS FIRST NATIONAL CONGRESS ASIA/HONG KONG - HOLY WEEK RITES SIMPLIFIED BECAUSE OF SARS; SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS FOR PALM SUNDAY AND THE WASHING OF THE FEET, NO BAPTISMS BY IMMERSION ASIA/SINGAPORE - CATECHISM CLASSES SUSPENDED AS A PRECAUTION TO AVOID SARS CONTACT AFRICA/RWANDA - TRAGEDY OF CHILDREN MAIMED BY HORRORS OF GENOCIDE AND WAR, HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH REPORT AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO - SILENCED WARS. GOVERNMENT AND REBELS SIGN AGREEMENT BUT FIGHTING CONTINUES IN THE EAST AFRICA/IVORY COAST - REBELS ATTEND CABINET MEETING: HOPE FOR THE FUTURE OF THE COUNTRY Book Review - RECENT CATHOLIC PUBLICATIONS IN ENGLISH BY PAULINE EDITIONS 3/04/2003 THE LOVE OF THE FATHER AND THE UNDERSTANDING OF OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS - Rev. Antonio Leuci, Rogationist missionary VATICAN - THE POPE AT THE GENERAL AUDIENCE: EVERY DAY THE BELIEVER MUST DISCOVER THE SIGNS OF GOD'S ACTION HIDDEN IN THE FLOW OF TIME VATICAN - COMMUNICATION - EVANGELISATION - AN OPEN QUESTION ASIA/JORDAN - THE TRAGEDY IN THE TRAGEDY OF FOREIGN WORKERS FLEEING WAR IN IRAQ. LAURA BOLDRINI, SPOKESPERSON OF UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSION FOR REFUGEES AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - SINCE JULY MADAGASCAR ENJOYS PEACE WITH A PLAN TO HALVE POVERTY IN THE COUNTRY EUROPE/SPAIN - YOUNG SPANIARDS GATHER IN PRAYER TO IMPLORE THE END OF THE 32 WARS BEING WAGED IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD EUROPE/ITALY - JESUITS: SLIGHT DROP IN PRIESTS AND BROTHERS;NOVICES ON THE RISE PARTICULARLY IN ASIA EUROPE/UKRAINE - MISSION OF RESTORING HOPE AND TRUST IN PEOPLE, AFTER DARKNESS OF RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION 2/04/2003 CONVERSION TO PEACE, ACCORDING TO PADRE PIO - Fr Luciano Kotti OFM Capuchin, editor of the magazine "Studi su padre Pio" OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - WORK TO PRODUCE A SHORTER EDITION OF THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ENGLISH NOW COMPLETED VATICAN - POPE SENDS MESSAGE FOR MARCH OF PENANCE: MAY IT HELP MATURE AMONG YOUNGER GENERATIONS A SINCERE RESOLUTION FOR PEACE AMERICA/HAITI - PROJECTS TO IMPROVE LIVING CONDITIONS OF FARMING COMMUNITIES AND PROMOTE LITERACY IN RURAL AREAS AFRICA/ DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO - UNMENTIONED WARS: MORE THAN TWO MILLION DEAD IN WAR IN CONGO SINCE 1998: ONLY SILENCE AND PEACE! NO PROTESTS ASIA/INDONESIA - NEW LAW ON EDUCATION IN INDONESIA: A THREAT TO RELIGIOUS HARMONY AFRICA/MOROCCO - DO NOT MISTAKE A FEW FANATICAL MUSLIMS FOR THE WHOLE OF ISLAM ASIA/VIETNAM - CATHOLICS VILLAGERS IN NORTH VIETNAM HAVE FIRST MASS IN 55 YEARS IN THEIR OWN CHAPEL AFRICA/IVORY COAST - THE WARS NOBODY TALKS ABOUT: MISSIONARY SAYS CIVIL WAR IS HAVING SERIOUS ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES AMERICA/MEXICO - MONS. FOLEY: AUTHENTIC MISSIONARIES AT THE SERVICE OF THE PROCLAMATION OF THE GOSPEL WITH THE HELP OF THE NEW MEANS OF COMMUNICATION FIDES SIGNALS - DOSSIER ON BUDDHISM: A REPLY TO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HOPE ORIENTAL RELIGIONS CAN GIVE THE ANSWERS TO THEIR QUESTS 1/04/2003 THE ROSARY IS LIKE THE ECHO OF A WAVE DRUMMING THE SEA-SHORE, THE SEA-SHORE OF GOD - Sr Marcella farina FMA docent at Pontifical Faculty of Science of Education Auxilium AMERICA/COLOMBIA - WOMEN IN THE CHURCH; THEOLOGICAL PASTORAL INSTITUTE HOLDS COURSE ASIA/TURKEY - TURKEY: RELIEF STOCKS GROW, BORDER MONITORING FACES DIFFICULTIES ASIA/INDIA - AIDS ORPHANS BECOME TEACHERS TO HELP VILLAGERS FIGHT THE VIRUS AFRICA/CHAD - DOES OIL EQUAL DEVELOPMENT? ASIA/JORDAN - MISSIONARIES ORIONINI: THERE IS CONCERN ABOUT THE WAR BUT LIFE CONTINUES TO FLOW NORMALLY AFRICA/KENYA - YOUNG CATHOLICS FROM KENYA TANZANIA AND UGANDA PREPARE FOR EASTER WITH RETREAT FOCUSSING ON THE EUCHARIST EUROPE/FRANCE - BEYOND THE CRISIS CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS IN EUROPE SHAPING A SHARED FUTURE ASIA/NORTH KOREA - CHRISTIAN SOLIDARITY WORLDWIDE DENOUNCES VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN PRISON CAMPS ASIA/CHINA - SANITARY MOBILISATION TO FIGHT SARS ASIA/HONG KONG - MYSTERIOUS PNEUMONIA: PRECAUTIONS IN ASIA ASIA/HONG KONG - SARS EMERGENCY: HONG KONG DIOCESE GIVES RULES FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE SACRAMENTS FIDES SIGNALS - ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: DOWNLOAD LOCAL SONGS FROM FIDES WEB SITE, THURSDAY A DOSSIER OF 100 EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS EUROPE/IRELAND - REVEREND EDWARD GRIMES CONFIRMED NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE PONTIFICAL MISSION SOCIETIES 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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