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POPE JOHN PAUL II CHOOSES THE THEME FOR THE CHURCH’S WORLD COMMUNICATIONS DAY 2004 VATICAN - POPE SENDS MESSAGE TO INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON ST THOMAS AQUINAS: “PRIORITY FOR NEW EVANGELISATION IS TO HELP MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR DAY HAVE A PERSONAL ENCOUNTER WITH CHRIST, TO LIVE WITH HIM AND FOR HIM” VATICAN - THE POPE ENCOURAGES NORBERTINES, CANONS REGULAR OF PRÉMONTRÉ: CONTRIBUTE WITH ENTHUSIASM TO THE CHALLENGES POSED BY PREACHING THE GOSPEL AT THE DAWN OF THE THIRD MILLENNIUM VATICAN - IN UKRAINE FIRST CONGRESS FOR LAY CATHOLICS IN EASTERN EUROPE: IN THE SITUATION OF NEWLY FOUND FREEDOM CATHOLIC LAITY ARE CALLED TO HELP REBUILD THE CHURCH AND SOCIETY AFRICA/LIBERIA - AWAITED WITH HOPE AND CONFIDENCE 15,000 UN PEACE KEEPERS, LARGEST UN FORCE. DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD AND MEDICINE NOW REGULAR AFRICA/BURUNDI - HUTU FIGHTING HUTU. THOUSANDS OF CIVILIANS IN FLIGHT. UNLESS PEACE COMES SOON PEACEKEEPERS WILL BE WITHDRAWN ASIA/NEPAL - DESPITE DANGER AND THREATS PRIESTS, RELIGIOUS AND LAITY DETERMINED TO CONTINUE SERVICE OF EDUCATION ASIA/CHINA – DESPITE FEAR AND DIFFICULTIES CATHOLICS IN SHANDONG CELEBRATE CANONISATION OF FATHER JOSEPH FREINADEMETZ MISSIONARY TO CHINA ASIA/INDIA - WOMAN CURED OF CANCER BY MOTHER TERESA’S INTERCESSION WILL ATTEND BEATIFICATION IN ROME FIDES SIGNALS - “CONTEMPORARY IMMIGRATION IN ITALY –CURRENT TRENDS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS” CARITAS ROME PRESENTS TO OTHER COUNTRIES BOOK ON ITALY’S MIGRATION SITUATION 29/09/2003 VATICAN - THE POPE ENTRUSTS TO MARY NEXT CONSISTORY 21 OCTOBER WHEN HE WILL CREATE 31 NEW CARDINALS, ONE ‘IN PECTORE’ VATICAN - The CONSISTORY VATICAN - THE COLLEGE OF CARDINALS VATICAN - CARDINAL PREFECTS OF PROPAGANDA FIDE VATICAN/CANONISATIONS 5 OCTOBER - ARNOLD JANSSEN “TEACHES US TO FIND NEW WAYS TO PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL ESPECIALLY IN DIFFICULT TIMES” INTERVIEW WITH FATHER ANTONIO PERNIA, SUPERIOR OF THE DIVINE WORD MISSIONARIES AFRICA/ANGOLA - RE-ORGANISATION OF FARMS AND SCHOOLS, PRIORITIES FOR SLOW REBUILDING OF ANGOLA. LOCAL CATHOLIC CHURCH CONTRIBUTES ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “MAKE THE EUCHARIST THE VITAL, THROBBING HEART OF PARISH LIFE” SAY KOREAN BISHOPS TO THEIR PRIESTS,DIOCESAN AND RELIGIOUS ASIA/TAIWAN - PARISH ARCHIVES GET ORGANISED WITH COMPUTERS: CHURCH KEEPS UP WITH THE TIMES PUTTING MODERN TECHNOLOGY AT SERVICE OF THE APOSTOLATE ASIA/AFGHANISTAN - BARNABITE FATHERS 70 YEARS OF SERVICE IN AFGHANISTAN: KABUL MISSION FIRST STEP FOR GROWTH OF LOCAL CHURCH” SAYS NUNCIO TO PAKISTAN, ARCHBISHOP ALESSANDRO D’ERRICO AMERICA/BRAZIL – VIGOROUS DEFENCE OF LIFE, PROMOTION OF HUMAN DIGNITY AND FAMILY VALUES: BRAZIL’S BISHOPS ISSUE MESSAGE TO MARK 25 YEARS OF PONTIFICATE FOR JOHN PAUL II 26/09/2003 VATICAN - THE POPE RECEIVES PHILIPPINES BISHOPS: BE A CHURCH OF THE POOR, TRUE COMMUNITY OF THE LORD’S DISCIPLES, COMMITTED TO RENEWED INTEGRAL EVANGELISATION EUROPE/ITALY - FATHER TERESINO SERRA NEW SUPERIOR GENERAL OF COMBONI MISSIONARIES EUROPE/ITALY RECONSTRUCTION OF MATERNITY DEPARTMENT ST MARY’S HOSPITAL KHARTOUM TO MARK COMBONI CANONISATION: IN ROME WEEK OF EXHIBITIONS, FESTIVITIES AND PRAYER GETS UNDERWAY EUROPE/ITALY - CANONISATION OF DON ORIONE: ORGANISING COMMITTEE GETS TO WORK, INITIATIVES INCLUDE WEB SITE EUROPE/ITALY - YOUNG PEOPLE PROTAGONISTS OF MISSION IN SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE– HARAMBEE MEETING OF HISTORIES, PEOPLES AND CULTURES , GREAT EVENT FOR THE SALESIAN WORLD EUROPE/ITALY - NEW CENTRE FOR ROME’S CHINESE CATHOLICS: FUTURE FOR APOSTOLATE AND EVANGELISATION PROMISING CHAPLAIN FR JOHN CHIU TELLS FIDES SERVICE AFRICA/SUDAN - MIRACULOUS HEALING OF LUBNA ABDEL AZIA, PRACTISING MUSLIM WOMAN, OPENED WAY TO COMBONI’S CANONISATION AFRICA - ELECTRICITY ADVANCES IN AFRICA. POWER DOUBLED IN CONGO. CONTINENT’S HYDRO-ELECTRIC RESOURCES ARE TURNED TO ITS OWN ADVANTAGE AT LAST AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - NO SIGN OF PEACE FOR EASTERN CONGO! GROWING FEAR OF FRESH VIOLENCE ASIA/TAIWAN - TAIPEI SENDS POPE SPIRITUAL BOUQUET TO MARK 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS ELECTION TO SEE OF PETER ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - CONCLUDED INTERRELIGIOUS MEETING IN ASTANA: EXTREMISM TERRORISM AND OTHER FORMS OF VIOLENCE IN THE NAME OF RELIGION HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH GENUINE UNDERSTANDING OF RELIGION, BUT ARE A THREAT TO HUMAN LIFE ASIA/PHILIPPINES - BISHOP IN THE GUERRILLA WAR ZONE: MGR ANGELITO LAMPON APOSTOLIC VICAR OF JOLO, WHOSE PREDECESSOR WAS ASSASSINATED BY REBELS, TELLS FIDES SERVICE ABOUT DAILY LIFE AND DANGER SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - AFRICA - 3,000 CHILDREN DIE EVERY DAY OF MALARIA. UNICEF, WHO AND ACUMEN FOUNDATION UNITE TO DIFFUSE NEW MOSQUITO NET 25/09/2003 VATICAN - THE GREATNESS OF GOD AND THE DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON: THE POPE’S WEDNESDAY TEACHING ON PSALM 8, “ AN ADMIRABLE HYMN OF PRAISE” VATICAN/CANONISATIONS 5 OCTOBER - JOSEPH FREINADEMETZ 1852-1908: A LIFE FOR MISSION IN CHINA AFRICA/NIGERIA - AMINA WINS HER APPEAL: “THIS IS A GOOD DAY FOR NIGERIA” SAYS CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF JOS AFRICA/KENYA - SINCE MID 1980 AIDS HAS KILLED 1.5 MILLION KENYANS BUT SENEGAL REPORTS 2% LESS AIDS CASES COMPARED TO LAST YEAR AFRICA/IVORY COAST - TOO MANY PROFIT FROM A COUNTRY CUT IN TWO AMERICA - TOWARDS 2ND AMERICAN CONGRESS MISSION (CAM 2) WORKING PAPER: A UNITARY PATH OF ANIMATION FOR LOCAL CHURCHES ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - AFRICA/IVORY COAST - ARCHBISHOP AGUSTE NOBOU OF KORHOGO RESIGNS 24/09/2003 VATICAN/CANONISATIONS 5 OCTOBER:ARNOLD JANSSEN (1837-1909)“ANNOUNCING THE GOOD NEWS IS FIRST AND BEST WAY TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBOUR” VATICAN - ON 7 OCTOBER THE POPE TRAVELS TO POMPEI MARIAN SHRINE TO LEAD RECITATION OF ROSARY FOR PEACE VATICAN - POPE SENDS MESSAGE TO INTERRELIGIOUS MEETING IN KAZAKHSTAN: RELIGION, PROPERLY UNDERSTOOD, SHOWS ITSELF TO BE A SOLID INSTRUMENT FOR THE PROMOTION OF PEACE EUROPE/SPAIN - 69TH CONGREGATION OF JESUIT PROCURATORS COMES TO A CLOSE: LAITY, FORMATION, GOVERNMENT AND GLOBALISATION AMONG THEMES DISCUSSED EUROPE/ITALY - CHARITY SOIREE IN AID OF BAMBINO GESU HOSPITAL AND MISSION ENFANCE AFRICA/NIGERIA - THE LOCAL CHURCH IS A PEACEMAKER AFRICA - DIFFICULT PATHS TO PEACE ASIA/INDIA - BEATIFICATION OF MOTHER TERESA: OPPORTUNITY TO RE-LAUNCH INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE THROUGHOUT INDIA – “SAVE A MILLION LIVES” PROJECT ASIA/INDIA - BISHOPS ASK FOR CLEMENCY FOR MISSIONARY’S MURDERER: “WE ALWAYS DEFEND VALUE OF LIFE” ASIA/LAOS - FRUITS OF WORLD YOUTH DAYS: VOCATIONS AMONG YOUNG CATHOLIC, SIGNS OF HOPE FOR LITTLE ISOLATED CHURCH SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - AMERICA/UNITED STATES - BY 2010 AFRICA WILL HAVE 40 MILLION AIDS ORPHANS, 95% HIV CARRIERS: IN 2001 3.1 CHILDREN UNDER 15 DIED. MORE EFFECTIVE POLICIES TO FIGHT HIV/AIDS CARD. HUMMES ADDRESSES UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY 23/09/2003 VATICAN/CANONISATION 5 OCTOBER - DANIEL COMBONI 1831-1881: PIONEER OF EVANGELISATION IN CENTRAL AFRICA: “SAVING AFRICA WITH AFRICA” EUROPE/ITALY - HAPPINESS, HEALTH WORKERS, CARING, THE SICK, FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF PASTORAL WORK AT THE AIPAS NATIONAL MEETING AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - BISHOPS NAME NEW CONFERENCE OFFICES AFTER JOHN PAUL II: BISHOPS’ MESSAGE FOR 25 YEARS OF PONTIFICATE AND 15th ANNIVERSARY OF PAPAL VISIT AFRICA/IVORY COAST - FOLLOWING OPENING OF BORDERS IVORY COAST/BURKINA FASO TRAIN SERVICES RESUME. BUT MONTHS AFTER TREATY STOPPED YEAR LONG CIVIL WAR SITUATION STILL FAR FROM NORMAL AFRICA/LIBERIA - LIBERIA’S DIFFICULT JOURNEY TO PEACE ASIA/INDIA - PEACE AND RECONCILIATION IN THE NAME OF MOTHER TERESA, ANTIDOTE FOR INTERRELIGIOUS VIOLENCE IN GUJARAT STATE: BISHOPS SPEAK TO FIDES SERVICE ASIA/MYANMAR - AMIDST ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL TROUBLES WITNESS OF FAITH ENTRUSTED TO ZETAMAN YOUNG CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES AMERICA/CHILE - SCRIPTURE SOURCE AND MODEL OF PRAYER AND EVANGELISATION: MEETING OF LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN CATHOLIC BIBLE FEDERATION AMERICA/PERU - TOWARDS AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS (CAM 2) – EVEN HIGH IN PERUVIAN ANDES MISSION CALL SOUNDS: ABANCAY HOLDS FIRST MISSION CONGRESS AFTER YEAR OF PREPARATION 22/09/2003 VATICAN - POPE SAYS AT ANGELUS: “IN THESE LAST WEEKS OF THE YEAR OF THE ROSARY LET US FEEL MORE THAN EVER UNITED IN PRAYING THE HOLY ROSARY, PARTICULARLY FOR FAMILIES AND FOR PEACE IN THE WORLD” VATICAN - PROGRAMME OF EVENTS TO MARK 25TH YEAR OF JOHN PAUL ELECTION TO THE PAPACY RELEASED: CELEBRATIONS TO CULMINATE WITH BEATIFICATION OF MOTHER TERESA ON MISSION SUNDAY VATICAN - “CALLED TO HOLINESS, WITNESSES OF TRUTH AT THE SERVICE OF EVANGELISATION” SEMINAR FOR NEW BISHOPS IN ENGLISH SPEAKING MISSION TERRITORIES COMES TO A CLOSE VATICAN - POPE SAYS TO UGANDAN BISHOPS: “ASSURING YOU AND YOUR PEOPLE OF MY SPIRITUAL CLOSENESS IN THESE DIRE CIRCUMSTANCES, I JOIN YOU IN CONDEMNING EVERY ACT OF BLOODSHED AND DESTRUCTION” EUROPE/ITALY - 5TH GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON DRUG PREVENTION EUROPE - PRESENT-DAY CHALLENGES FACING THE CHURCH IN EUROPE: PRESIDENTS OF EUROPE’S BISHOPS’ CONFERENCES PLENARY ASSEMBLY IN VILNIUS EUROPE/ITALY - “CHRIST IN THE COLD OF THE EAST” TV PROGRAMME WINS PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC QUALITY AWARD AT PRIX ITALIA ASIA/IRAQ - IN THE NEW IRAQ FOR THE FIRST TIME A CHALDEAN PRIEST MEMBER OF MOSUL PROVINCIAL COUNCIL: “PEACE DEPENDS ON EFFORTS OF EVERYONE” ASIA/IRAQ - IRAQI CHRISTIAN HOLD FIRST CONVENTION ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - DIALOGUE BETWEEN RELIGIONS IS A PATH FOR PEACE: INTERRELIGIOUS MEETING IN THE HEART OF ASIA, KAZAKHSTAN A BRIDGE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST AMERICA/COLOMBIA - TOWARDS 2ND AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS (CAM 2) – CALENDAR OF EVENTS, CONGRESS HANDBOOK, CENTRAL AMERICAN MISSIONARY PROJECT FOCUS OF WORK MEETING MISSIONARY PRAYER INTENTION - POPE JOHN PAUL II’S MISSIONARY PRAYER INTENTION FOR OCTOBER 2003: THAT GOD WILL NOT FAIL TO PROVIDE THE CHURCH WITH PRIESTS RICH IN WISDOM AND HOLINESS, READY TO CARRY THE LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH Comment by Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples 19/09/2003 VATICAN - THE POPE SAYS TO BISHOPS FROM ENGLISH-SPEAKING MISSION COUNTRIES: FOR YOU ALSO, THE CALL OF JESUS RESOUNDS FORCEFULLY: “GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THE WHOLE CREATION!” VATICAN - COMMUNION AMONG BISHOPS, FORMATION; GUIDELINES FOR MISSION: SEMINAR FOR NEW BISHOPS IN ENGLISH-SPEAKING MISSION TERRITORIES COMES TO A CLOSE EUROPE/ITALY - “DOWN WITH GREY” S. EGIDIO COMMUNITY ACTIVITY CONTINUES WITH DISABLED ARTISTS’ ART EXHIBITION EUROPE/SPAIN - FR. KOLVENBACH OPENS JESUIT PROCURATORS MEETING: “WE MUST HAVE THE COURAGE TO BE THE VOICE OF THE VOICELESS, IN THE NAME OF THE ONE WHO IS THEIR FRIEND” AFRICA/KENYA - 2003 INTERNATIONAL ICAS CONFERENCE ON AIDS: CHALLENGES AFRICA/KENYA - THANKS TO THE WORKING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WE HAVE A MATURE LAITY, A FORCE FOR EVANGELISATION” SAY CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF KENYA ASIA/PAKISTAN - TERRORISM: FOREIGN TO EVERY FORM OF RELIGION AND THE ENEMY OF HUMANITY, SAYS ARCHBISHOP SALDHANA OF LAHORE ASIA/CHINA - FUNDAMENTAL THEOLOGY GUIDANCE PROGRAMME TO HELP DEEPEN FAITH OF CHINESE LAITY, YOUTH ESPECIALLY OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - CATHOLIC CLERGY LAUNCH CALL FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE IN SOLOMON ISLANDS: ENOUGH WITH CLASHES BETWEEN RIVAL GANGS AND EXECUTIONS WITHOUT JUSTICE 18/09/2003 VATICAN - POPE’S TEACHING AT GENERAL AUDIENCE: MAY SLOVAKIA “TREASURE THE GOSPEL, THE GREATEST GOOD, SHARE IT AND WITNESS TO IT WITH OF HOLINESS OF LIFE” EUROPE/SPAIN “THE HOUR OF MISSION” NATIONAL MISSION CONGRESS OPENS IN BURGOS: OPENING CONFERENCE BY ARCHBISHOP ROBERT SARAH, SECRETARY OF THE CONGREGATION FOR THE EVANGELISATION OF PEOPLES EUROPE/ITALY - NEW LOOK WEB SITE DAUGHTERS OF SAINT PAUL, COMMUNICATORS OF THE GOSPEL: SPECIAL SECTION “SPREADING THE GOSPEL” TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH ASIA/EAST TIMOR - PATH TO PEACE FOUNDATION FUNDED PROFESSIONAL TRAINING CENTRE RUN BY CANOSSIAN SISTERS IN DILI OPENED BY ARCHBISHOP MARTINO AMERICA/PERU - GOSPEL AND SOCIETY: A REFLECTION BY CARDINAL JUAN LUIS CIPRIANI ARCHBISHOP OF LIMA OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - ‘BORN TO LIVE’ CAMPAIGN: LOCAL CATHOLIC CHURCH DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST AIDS 17/09/2003 ASIA/INDONESIA - REMOVE PREJUDICE AND STEREOTYPES TO BUILD PEACE AND RECONCILIATION IN INDONESIA AND EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD: CHRISTIAN, MUSLIM AND BUDDHIST YOUTH EXCHANGE EXPERIENCES ASIA/IRAQ - BISHOP SHELMON WARDUNI OF THE PATRIARCHATE OF BAGHDAD TELLS FIDES: "WE ASK ONLY FOR RESPECT FOR OUR RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND ETHNIC RIGHTS” - A NEW DOOR IS OPEN FOR DIALOGUE WITH MUSLIMS AMERICA/PERU - TOWARDS AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS CAM 2 – MISSION CANNOT BEAR FRUIT WITHOUT SOUND MISSIONARY SPIRITUALITY: A PRIORITY EMERGING FROM FIRST NATIONAL MISSION CONGRESS IN PERU 16/09/2003 EUROPE/SPAIN - “THE CHURCH IS NOT AN NGO: IT IS GOOD TO WORK FOR SOLIDARITY, BROTHERHOOD BUT MORE IMPORTANT IS MISSION, THE PROCLAMATION OF CHRIST” BISHOP FRANCISCO PÉREZ GONZÁLEZ, SAYS ON THE EVE OF THE NATIONAL MISSION CONGRESS EUROPE/ITALY - PRESIDENT OF AVSI ARTURO ALBERTI: EVERY MAN ON THIS EARTH ASPIRES TO HAPPINESS EVEN IN THE MOST DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH HE FINDS HIMSELF – THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE WORKING FOR THE FUTURE OF THE SOUTH OF THE WORLD WHILE INSTITUTIONS ARE STILL INDIFFERENT EUROPE/ITALY - CATHOLIC CHARISMATIC RENEWAL LEADERS TO DISCUSS PRESENT SITUATION AND IDENTIFY CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE EUROPE/ITALY - CATHOLIC TELEVISION COMPANIES IN EUROPE: A SYMPOSIUM TO VERIFY NATIONAL EXPERIENCES AND DISCUSS CO-PRODUCTION AFRICA/BURUNDI - PEACE TALKS COLLAPSE, WIDESPREAD BANDITRY STRIKES ALSO LOCAL CHURCH LAST OASIS OF ASSISTANCE FOR SUFFERING CIVILIANS AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - AFTER SUNDAY’S COUP BISHOP OF BISSAU APPOINTED HEAD OF NATIONAL TRANSITION COUNCIL: COMMENT FROM BISHOP’S HOUSE ASIA/PHILIPPINES - NEW ARCHBISHOP OF MANILA GAUDENCIO ROSALES: “AT THIS DIFFICULT TIME I WILL WORK FOR CONTINUITY: GRATITUDE TO OUTGOING ARCHBISHOP CARDINAL SIN ASIA/IRAQ - CHALDEAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS CALL FOR RECOGNITION AND REPRESENTATION IN THE BUILDING OF NEW DEMOCRATIC IRAQ ASIA/INDONESIA - BISHOP MANDAGI OF AMBOINA SAYS THE MOLUCCAS ARE STARTING A NEW LIFE, STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED CLOSED ANOTHER STEP TAKEN TOWARDS LASTING PEACE ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - FOLLOWING TYPHOON MAEMI CARITAS KOREA STARTS SOLIDARITY CHAIN - NEXT SUNDAY SPECIAL COLLECTION FOR DISASTER VICTIMS 15/09/2003 VATICAN - PACEM IN TERRIS TEACHING STILL VALID TODAY: A REFLECTION BY THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE UNDER THE BANNER OF CHRISTIAN HOPE AND OPTIMISM EUROPE/SLOVAKIA - THE POPE CONCLUDES HIS FOUR DAY VISIT TO SLOVAKIA ENTRUSTING TO MARY: A CHURCH, RICH IN HOLINESS, BOLD IN GOOD WORKS AND STRONG IN WITNESS EUROPE/SPAIN - 69TH MEETING OF JESUIT PROCURATORS IN LOYOLA TO EXAMINE PRESENT STATE OF THE SOCIETY EUROPE/ITALY - SALESIAN NGO VOLUNTEERS INTERNATIONAL OFFERS ON LINE FORMATION AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - COUP IN GUINEA-BISSAU: MILITARY PROMISE FREE ELECTIONS IMMEDIATELY AFRICA/RWANDA - CHOOSE LIFE NOT DEATH: CATHOLIC BISHOPS PASTORAL LETTER ON AIDS PANDEMIC WHICH HAS KILLED 40 MILLION, 30 MILLION OF THEM IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - EYEWITNESS MISSIONARY RETURNED FROM GUINEA BISSAU AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - INFO: EVANGELISATION OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - NEW SALESIAN MISSIONARY ARRIVES IN PNG FROM INDIA TO HELP LOCAL CHURCH WITH EVANGELISATION AND EDUCATION OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - CELEBRATION AT HOLY CROSS CATHEDRAL, OASIS OF PEACE AND SILENCE AT TIMES OF DIFFICULTY AND STRIFE 12/09/2003 EUROPE/SLOVAKIA - POPE ON THIRD APOSTOLIC VISIT TO SLOVAKIA: “DO NOT BE SATISFIED WITH THE SOLE QUEST FOR ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES. GREAT AFFLUENCE IN FACT CAN ALSO GENERATE GREAT POVERTY” EUROPE/ITALY - VICE PRESIDENT OF CATHOLIC ACTION IN ITALY SAYS: RENEWAL FOR BETTER PROCLAMATION OF THE GOSPEL EUROPE/ITALY - CLEARLY AFFIRM VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE, SAY NO TO DRUGS, OPPOSE ANY FORM OF LEGALISATION OR EASY, HASTY, SOLUTIONS: SOME OBJECTIVES OF 5TH GLOBAL DRUG PREVENTION CONFERENCE EUROPE/ITALY - CUORE AMICO AWARD TO FATHER FRANZONI, MISSIONARY AMONG YOUTH IN BRAZIL; SISTER FOSCA IN MIDDLE EAST WITH A SCHOOL FOR INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE; LAY WOMAN IVANA COSSAR 29 YEARS OF TEACHING AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA AFRICA/ALGERIA - MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN DIALOGUE IS POSSIBLE: LEGACY OF D. ULISSE CAGLIONI FIRST FOCOLARE MEMBER WHO LIVED FOR THIRTY YEARS IN ALGERIA, EARNING LOVE AND RESPECT OF LOCAL MUSLIMS AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - A FORGOTTEN CRISIS: THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC ASIA/CHINA - CITY AND RURAL CATHOLIC YOUTH COME TOGETHER TO SHARE EXPERIENCES ASIA/INDIA - KASHMIR’S FIRST MINISTER PRAISES CATHOLIC SCHOOLS: EDUCATION GIVEN BY CATHOLIC SCHOOLS AND MISSIONARIES ASIA/SINGAPORE - RELIGIONS CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS PEACE: RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN SINGAPORE ISSUE INTERRELIGIOUS DECLARATION OF HARMONY, AN IMPORTANT STEP AFTER 11 SEPTEMBER AMERICA/COLOMBIA - WEEK FOR PEACE 2003: “RECONCILIATION HORIZON OF PEACE” – CHURCH IN COLOMBIA PERMANENTLY COMMITTED FOR NATIONAL RECONCILIATION AS A PATH FOR PEACE FIDES SIGNALS - JOURNEY THROUGH CINEMA “FROM AFAR” SATURDAY 13 SEPTEMBER FIDES SERVICE PUBLISHES CINEMA DOSSIER IN ITALIAN PART 3: FOCUSSING ON ASIA SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - SATELLITES TO FIGHT EBOLA AND MALARIA WILL HELP FORECAST EPIDEMIC SEED BEDS 11/09/2003 VATICAN - THE POPE’S WEEKLY TEACHING AT GENERAL AUDIENCE: GOD NEVER ACTS TO BRING RUIN, CONDEMNATION OR ANNIHILATION OF THE SINNER EUROPE/SPAIN - NATIONAL MISSION CONGRESS IN BURGOS: “THIS IS THE HOUR OF MISSION” – WE ARE ALL CALLED TO PROCLAIM THE SAVING LOVE OF GOD TO A RESTLESS AND UNSATISFIED WORLD EUROPE/ITALY - COMBONI MISSIONARIES END GENERAL CHAPTER FIRST STAGE: “EITHER WE ARE MISSIONARIES OR WE ARE NOTHING” AFRICA/BURUNDI - GOVERNMENT AND MAIN REBEL GROUP MAY BE NEAR TO AGREEMENT AFRICA/IVORY COAST - RE-OPENING OF IVORY COAST/BURKINA FASO BORDER HAILED WITH SATISFACTION ASIA/INDIA - SALESIANS PRODUCE VIDEO ON MOTHER TERESA IN THREE LANGUAGES WITH PARTS OF HER SPEECHES: A VALID TOOL FOR SPREADING AMONG PEOPLES OF OTHER RELIGIONS HER MESSAGE OF LOVE AND SERVICE TO THE POOR ASIA/INDIA - CHRISTIANS SHOULD TAKE PART IN POLITICS AND BUSINESS TO INFUSE GOSPEL AND CHURCH’S SOCIAL TEACHING: COMBINATION OF FREE MARKET AND EFFECTIVE RULES MAKES FOR GOOD OF SOCIETY ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - CHURCH IN KOREA ENCOURAGES BASIC ECCLESIAL COMMUNITIES FOR EVANGELISATION BASED ON WORD OF GOD AND COMMUNITY LIFE ASIA/INDONESIA - TERRORISM IS A CONCERN BUT PEOPLE ARE PREOCCUPIED WITH ECONOMIC PROBLEMS, UNEMPLOYMENT, POVERTY: SAYS BISHOP SITUMORANG, SECRETARY OF THE INDONESIAN BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE FIDES SIGNALS - FIDES SIGNALS - PRESENTATION OF MONDO E MISSIONE SPECIAL ISSUE ON MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA 10/09/2003 EUROPE/GERMANY - S. EGIDIO MEETING CLOSES: “DIALOGUE NEEDS STRONG HEARTS” SUGGESTED A COMMON CELEBRATION AMONG CHRISTIAN CHURCHES TO COMMEMORATE MARTYRS OF 20TH CENTURY – APPEAL FOR PEACE: “DIALOGUE IS NOT FOR THE FEARFUL” EUROPE/ITALY - MONASTICISM’S CONTRIBUTION TO DIALOGUE AND BUILDING EUROPE IN SPIRIT EUROPE/ITALY - WHO PROMOTES SARS DIAGNOSIS TEST PRODUCED BY DEPARTMENT FOR INFECTIVE DISEASES AT ITALIAN HIGHER INSTITUTE OF HEALTH. AFRICA/NIGERIA - AT LEAST 5000 HOMELESS AFTER FLOODS IN NORTH EASTERN NIGERIA AFRICA/LIBERIA - SOME OF THE 750,000 REFUGEES IN MONROVIA ARE RETURNING TO THEIR VILLAGES ASIA/SINGAPORE - SARS ALARM BUT WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION APPEALS FOR CALM BUT NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. CHINESE CATHOLICS CARRY ON DAILY PRAYERS ASIA/PAKISTAN - MARY OF NAZARETH UNITES MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS: PILGRIMS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY GATHER AT MARIAMBAD SHRINE ASIA/INDIA - CATHOLIC CHURCH LAUNCHES ANTI-AIDS CAMPAIGN IN CHURCH-RUN INSTITUTIONS: 5,000 HOSPITALS AND 2,000 REHABILITATION CENTRES ASIA/SRI LANKA - EVERY YEAR 300,000 SRI LANKAN CHILDREN VICTIMS OF PAEDOPHILIA: CATHOLICS COMMITTED TO ELIMINATING THIS HORROR AND OBJECT TO LEGALISATION OF PROSTITUTION WHICH FEEDS ABUSE AND CRIMINALITY ASIA/CAMBODIA - MARIST BROTHERS OPEN CATHOLIC SCHOOL TO IMPROVE LIFE QUALITY OF DISABLED CHILDREN ASIA/SINGAPORE - SARS VIRUS MAY BE CHANGING, WORLD ALARM GROWS AMERICA/GUATEMALA - IN VIEW OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS CATHOLIC BISHOPS SAY: “WE WANT A COUNTRY WHERE WE CAN BREATHE AND GROW IN FREEDOM IN EVERY SENSE” 09/09/2003 VATICAN - THE POPE TELLS CLARETIAN MISSIONARIES: MISSIONARY SERVICE MUST FLOW FROM INTIMATE UNION WITH THE LORD WHO SENDS YOU AND IT MUST BE LIVED ON THE PATH OF SELF-GIVING EVEN TO THE CROSS” EUROPE/SLOVAKIA - CARDINAL KOREC TELLS FIDES: THE HOLY FATHER’S VISIT WILL GIVE US NEW THRUST FOR EVANGELISATION AND A DEEPER ROOTING OF THE FAITH, SO NECESSARY TODAY, FOR US AND FOR THE WHOLE WORLD. EUROPE/SLOVAKIA - VICTIMS OF COMMUNIST PERSECUTION TELL THEIR STORY: FOR YEARS VATICAN RADIO ONLY CONTACT WITH UNIVERSAL CHURCH AND FREE WORLD EUROPE/GERMANY - HEAD OF DELEGATION FROM MOSCOW PATRIARCHATE AT “PEOPLE AND RELIGIONS MEETING” SAYS: “IT IS TIME TO CHANGE THE PRESENT SITUATION OF DIFFICULTY BETWEEN MOSCOW AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH” EUROPE/GERMANY - EUROPEAN IDENTITY AND VALUES AT “PEOPLES AND RELIGIONS MEETING”: “EUROPE MUST BE A LEADER IN ACTIVE POLICY FOR WORLD PEACE” AFRICA/SUDAN - SECESSIONISTS ACCUSE GOVERNMENT OF VIOLATING TREATY IN WEST SUDAN AFRICA/NIGERIA - THROWING THE FIRST STONE AND THROWING THE FIRST SATELLITE AFRICA/UGANDA - YET ANOTHER MISSIONARY ATTACKED IN NORTHERN UGANDA: ITALIAN COMBONI MISSIONARY FATHER MAFFEIS ASIA/THAILAND - CHRISTIANS, BUDDHISTS AND MUSLIMS JOIN FORCES TO ASSIST 217,000 HIV/AIDS PATIENTS AND 300,000 AIDS ORPHANS ASIA/INDIA - MISSION IN CHINA: MOTHER TERESA HAD A DREAM AND IT WILL COME TRUE 08/09/2003 VATICAN – THE POPE ANNOUNCES OCTOBER PILGRIMAGE TO POMPEI IN THIS YEAR OF THE ROSARY AND BEGINS SPIRITUAL PREPARATION CONTEMPLATING WITH MARY THE FACE OF CHRIST IN HIS JOYFUL, SORROWFUL, GLORIOUS AND LUMINOUS MYSTERIES VATICAN - PAPAL MESSAGE TO MEETING IN AACHEN: THE WORLD HAS NEED OF PEACE, MUCH NEED…WITH THE WEAPONS OF PRAYER AND DIALOGUE WE WALK THE PATH TO THE FUTURE!” VATICAN – POPE EXPRESSES GRIEF FOR DEATH OF CARDINAL MAURICE MICHAEL OTUNGA, EMERITUS ARCHBISHOP OF OTTUNGA, KENYA’S FIRST CARDINAL VATICAN - POPE APPOINTS CARD. SEPE SPECIAL ENVOY TO AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS IN GUATEMALA EUROPE/GERMANY - “THE COURAGE TO FIRE OUR WORLD WITH HOPE, TO MAKE IT DREAM AND DREAM OF PEACE: S. EGIDIO 17TH ‘MEETING OF PEOPLES AND RELIGION’ AFRICA/RWANDA - KINYAMATEKA CATHOLIC PAPER COMMENTS ON RECENT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - FIRST BISHOP OF ULAAN BAATOR, THANKS CHURCH IN KOREA FOR MISSIONARIES AND SUPPORT TO GROWING CATHOLIC COMMUNITY IN MONGOLIA ASIA/INDIA - RELICS OF GREAT MISSIONARY ST FRANCIS XAVIER WILL BE SHOWN TO THE PUBLIC IN 2004 ASIA/IRAQ - FATHER NIZAR IN IRAQ SAYS FIVE MONTHS AFTER THE “END “ OF THE WAR, THE SITUATION IS UNBEARABLE ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - AFRICA/NIGERIA – ARCHBISHOP OBIEFUNA OF ONITSHA RESIGNS SUCCEEDED BY COADJUTOR OKEKE SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - EUROPE/ITALY - ITALIAN NATIONAL MEETING: INFECTION NEWS 2003 MEETINGS: LATEST RESULTS OF RESEARCH ON INFECTIVE DISEASES 05/09/2003 VATICAN - DESPITE YEARS OF PERSECUTION PEOPLE ARE STILL THIRSTING FOR GOD: SAYS CARDINAL SEPE AFTER HIS VISIT TO MONGOLIA WHERE ON BEHALF OF THE POPE HE PRESIDED THE ORDINATION OF THE FIRST BISHOP AND THE CONSECRATION OF THE FIRST CATHEDRAL IN ULAAN BAATOR VATICAN - STUDY-SEMINAR FOR NEWLY APPOINTED BISHOPS OF ENGLISH-SPEAKING MISSIONARY TERRITORIES OPENS ON MONDAY PROMOTED BY CONGREGATION FOR EVANGELISATION OF PEOPLES AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - SCHOOL ATTENDANCE RATE RISES DESPITE DIFFICULT ECONOMIC SITUATION AFRICA/IVORY COAST - PEACE HAS DIFFICULTY GETTING STARTED, SPECTRE OF FOOD SHORTAGE IN REBEL CONTROLLED AREAS THREATENS AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - AT LAST EMPOWERED TO PROTECT CIVILIANS AND STOP FIGHTING BETWEEN REBEL GROUPS NEW UN MISSION DEPLOYED: BUT SOME WONDER WHY MOST ARE NON-FRENCH SPEAKING SOLDIERS ASIA/INDONESIA - STILL 200,000 MOLUCCAS PEOPLE WITHOUT HOMES: WAR MADE ISLANDS ONE OF INDONESIA’S POOREST REGIONS ASIA/INDIA - CONFLICT AND VIOLENCE NEVER ENDING BISHOP OF KASHMIR SAYS: “ENOUGH WAR AND TERRORISM, CIVILIANS CANNOT TAKE ANY MORE!” AMERICA/GUATEMALA - TOWARDS CAM 2 AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS – PILGRIM IMAGES OF CRUCIFIED CHRIST OF ESQUIPULAS OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE ARRIVE IN GUATEMALA AFTER VISITING CENTRAL AMERICA AMERICA/BRAZIL - PRESBITEROS.COM.BR NEW PORTUGUESE WEB SITE TO BOOST PASTORAL WORK AND MISSION AMERICA/UNITED STATES - CHINESE CATHOLICS OVERSEAS ATTEND PASTORAL MISSIONARY CONGRESS IN SAN FRANCISCO: RELATION BETWEEN CHRIST AND CONFUCIUS, INCULTURATION, MISSION: CEP APPOINTMENTS - AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO – REV. CLEOPHA MUJIKA APPOINTED RECTOR OF ST FRANCIS XAVIER SEMINARY IN MBUJIMAYI DIOCESE FIDES SIGNALS - JOURNEY THROUGH CINEMA “FROM AFAR” SATURDAY 6 SEPTEMBER FIDES SERVICE PUBLISHES CINEMA DOSSIER IN ITALIAN PART 3: FOCUSSING ON ASIA 04/09/2003 VATICAN - THE POPE’S WEDNESDAY TEACHING AT THE GENERAL AUDIENCE: LET US ASK GOD FOR THE GIFTS OF TRUST, HOPE AND OPTIMISM, PARTICULARLY AT THIS TIME WHEN THE TEMPTATION TO DESPAIR IS STRONG VATICAN - PAPAL MESSAGE FOR INTER-CHRISTIAN SYMPOSIUM AT JOANNINA IN GREECE: “THE SEARCH FOR DEEPER COMMUNION BETWEEN EASTERN AND WESTERN CHRISTIANITY MUST NOT LIMIT ITSELF TO OFFICIAL CONTACTS AND HIGH LEVEL INITIATIVES” SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - IN MAPUTO DOCTORS, NURSES, LABORATORY AND SOCIAL WORKERS ATTEND FIRST INTERNATIONAL COURSE ON DRUG RESOURCES ENHANCEMENT AGAINST AIDS AFRICA/LIBERIA - TAYLOR HAS GONE BUT HIS MILITIA ARE STILL RAMPANT. CONSOLATA MISSIONARIES LAUNCH APPEAL: “ FOOD SHORTAGE IN BUCHANAN NOW CRITICAL ” AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - CATHOLIC CHURCH DEEPLY CONCERNED FOR SITUATION KISANGANI, ONCE CONGO’S THIRD LARGEST CITY AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - OPPOSITION ELECTION VICTORY SHOWS PEOPLE’S WILL FOR CHANGE ASIA/IRAQ - PADRE NIZAR SEMAAN. “THE NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT IS NOT FAR FROM A RETURN TO NORMALITY” ASIA/PAKISTAN - DESPITE TENSION WITH MUSLIMS CHRISTIANS OCCUPY GROWING SPACE ON RADIO AND NOT ONLY CATHOLIC COMPANIES ASIA/TAIWAN - INTENSE PREPARATION FOR 8TH CONGRESS OF THE FAMILY OF RELIGIOUS IN ASIA AND OCEANIA: MAJOR EVEN OF COMMUNION AND SHARING FOR LOCAL CHURCHES ASIA/INDIA - “MOTHER TERESA THE MOST PRECIOUS GEM”: SCHOOL CONTEST IN RAJASTHAN STATE, CHILDREN OF ALL AGES CHRISTIAN AND NON, BUSY PRODUCING ESSAYS, PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES ON MOTHER TERESA ASIA/PAKISTAN - “CATHOLICS HELPED FOUND OUR COUNTRY AND FORM NATIONAL IDENTITY SAYS FATHER BERNARD INAYAT AMERICA/BOLIVIA - BOLIVIAN CATHOLC BISHOPS: “IT IS OUR DUTY TO FIND WAYS TO PREVENT FURTHER VIOLENCE…WE CANNOT REMAIN SILENT WHILE THE COUNTRY IS DESTROYED” ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - AMERICA/SURINAME – BISHOP OF PARAMARIBO ALOYSIUS ZICHEM RESIGNS 03/09/2003 AFRICA/UGANDA - ARCHBISHOP ODAMA COMMENTS ON YET ANOTHER CATHOLIC PRIEST MURDERED BY LRA REBELS ASIA/IRAQ - IRAQ IS A GAMBLING TABLE WHERE EVERYONE WANTS TO PLAY AND EVERYONE WANTS TO WIN, EVEN AT THE COST OF MASS MURDER, SAYS IRAQI CATHOLIC PRIEST FATHER NIZAR ASIA/PAKISTAN - MORE THAN HALF A MILLION EXPECTED TO JOIN ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE TO MARIAMBAD IN LAHORE 5-7 SEPTEMBER ASIA/SRI LANKA - PEACE WALKS WITH CHILDREN: JESUITS IN THE NORTH LAUNCH PROGRAMME FOR RECONCILIATION BETWEEN SINHALESE AND TAMIL YOUTH AMERICA/PERU - “IN DEFENCE OF LIFE” : BISHOPS DENOUNCE GOVERNMENT POLICY WHICH THREATENS HUMAN DIGNITY AND LIFE AMERICA - TOWARDS THE AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS (CAM 2) – HOW LATIN AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESSES (COMLA) GREW TO BECOME ALL-AMERICA MISSION CONGRESSES (CAM) CEP APPOINTMENTS - AFRICA/NIGERIA – REV. DOMNATO UDOETTE APPOINTED RECTOR OF ST JOSEPH’S MAJOR SEMINARY IN IKOT EKPENE DIOCESE SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - EUROPE/ITALY - NATIONAL MEETING OF ITALIAN ASSOCIATION FOR PASTORAL FOR HEALTH CARE 02/09/2003 EUROPE/ITALY - SPANISH BORN FATHER JOSEP ABELLA ELECTED NEW SUPERIOR GENERAL OF CLARETIAN MISSIONARIES EUROPE/GERMANY - RELIGIONS AND CULTURE IN DIALOGUE TO BUILD PEACE: 500 RELIGIOUS LEADERS FROM ALL OVER THE GATHER IN THE HEART OF EUROPE FOR A “PEOPLES AND RELIGIONS” MEETING EUROPE/ITALY - WE MUST THINK NOT ONLY OF DEMOLISHING, BUT OF COMMITTING OURSELVES TO BUILDING NEW MISSIONARY PATHS TO RESPOND TO TODAY’S WORLD: ITALIAN NATIONAL WEEK OF MISSIONARY SPIRITUALITY AND FORMATION IN ASSISI COMES TO AN END AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - UN PEACEKEEPERS REPLACE EU TROOPS IN BUNIA BUT THERE IS ANOTHER SILENT WAR IN OUTLYING VILLAGES TO BE STOPPED AFRICA/IVORY COAST - MISSIONARIES IN NORTH IVORY COAST SAY: “EVERYTHING IS BLOCKED… WE FEAR HOSTILITIES MAY RESUME MORE VIRULENT THAN EVER ” ASIA/MONGOLIA: SEE PHOTOGRAPHS OF CARDINAL SEPE’S VISIT AS POPE'S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ON THE OCCASION OF THE EPISCOPAL ORDINATION OF FIRST APOSTOLIC PREFECT AND CONSECRATION OF LOCAL CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL ON FIDES SERVICE WEBSITE ASIA/INDIA - JESUITS OFFER HOME AND HOPE TO ORPHANS AND ABANDONED CHILDREN ASIA/INDIA - FIDES SERVICE FOR STREET CHILDREN ASIA/INDIA - CATHOLIC BISHOPS SUGGEST TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT DAY OF THE BEATIFICATION OF MOTHER TERESA SHOULD BE A STATE HOLIDAY ASIA/PHILIPPINES - WHILE THERE IS FEAR OF ANOTHER COUP THE CATHOLIC BISHOPS CALL FOR MORAL INTEGRITY AND SOCIAL HARMONY, AN END TO POLITICAL BICKERING, CORRUPTION AND ABUSE OF POWER AMERICA/ARGENTINA - TOWARDS 2ND AMERICAN MISSIONARY CONGRESS (CAM 2) – 3RD CONGRESS OF SALTA ARCHDIOCESE MARKS GROWTH OF MISSIONARY AWARENESS 01/09/2003 VATICAN - THE POPE ENTRUSTS ONCE AGAIN THE PEOPLES OF EUROPE TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY: “MAY THE MOST HOLY VIRGIN MARY HELP EUROPE BECOME A SYMPHONY OF NATIONS WORKING TO BUILD TOGETHER A CIVILISATION OF LOVE AND PEACE” EUROPE/ITALY - COMBONI MISSIONARIES START GENERAL CHAPTER TODAY: NEW PATHS OF MISSION FOR THIRD MILLENNIUM AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO – DISMAYED BY FIVE YEARS OF WAR IN CONGO CARITAS ITALY CALLS FOR RESPECT FOR PEACE PACT, A REGIONAL CONFERENCE, MORE EFFORT BY THE EU AND MORE MEDIA FOCUS ON EXISTING POSITIVE ASPECTS AFRICA/LIBERIA – DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD RESUMES TO WAR EXHAUSTED PEOPLE. BANDITRY A PROBLEM IN MANY AREAS ASIA/INDIA – AT THEIR ASIAN YOUTH DAY YOUNG ASIANS PROMISE TO OVERCOME BARRIERS OF CULTURE, COUNTRY OR RELIGION IN ORDER TO BUILD PEACE ASIA/INDIA - PADRE PIO MISSIONARY IN THE WORLD: A HOSPITAL AND A HOME FOR UNMARRIED MOTHERS AND ABANDONED CHILDREN BUILT IN HONOUR OF THE FRIAR FROM PIETRELCINA ASIA/VIETNAM – DUC IN ALTUM: FIRST MEETING OF BISHOPS’ COMMISSION FOR RELIGIOUS LIFE FOCUSES ON THEOLOGICAL AND SPIRITUAL FORMATION MISSIONARY PRAYER INTENTION - “THAT CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES OF CENTRAL ASIA WHO LIVE AMONG PEOPLE OF OTHER RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS, MAY BE COMMITTED TO SPREADING THE GOOD NEWS OF THE KINGDOM THROUGH ACTIVE TESTIMONY OF THE FAITH.” Comment by Metropolitan Archbishop Thaddeus Kondrusiewicz of the Catholic Archdiocese of the Mother of God in Moscow ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - ASIA/VIETNAM - REV. FATHER ANTOINE VU HUY CHUONG APPOINTED BISHOP OF HUNG HOA ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - ASIA/MONGOLIA - ULAANBAATOR PREFECT APOSTOLIC REV. 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