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EUROPE/ITALY - DAY AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY 30 NOVEMBER: CITIES ALL OVER THE WORLD LIGHT UP MONUMENTS IN SUPPORT OF THE CULTURE OF LIFE EUROPE/SPAIN – DECEMBER 1 WORLD DAY AGAINST HIV/AIDS: CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES AND INSTITUTIONS IN FRONT LINE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS PANDEMIC AFRICA/SUDAN - YOUTH CONGRESS IN KHARTOUM: A SIGN OF VITALITY OF CATHOLIC CHURCH IN A COUNTRY WHERE LIFE IS A STRUGGLE ASIA/TURKEY - ST ANDREW’S DAY IN ISTANBUL: ANNUAL GESTURE UNITY AND COMMUNITY AMONG CATHOLIC AND ORTHODOX SISTER CHURCHES THIS YEAR IN THE LIGHT OF SOLIDARITY WITH JEWS AND MUSLIMS AMERICA/GUATEMALA - OCEANIA DAY: CAM 2 LOOKS AT CHALLENGES TO MISSION AND REFLECTS ON THE MEANING OF BEING A MISSIONARY TODAY: CARDINAL SEPE MEETS THE SICK AND THE ELDERLY: “IN YOUR WEAKNESS YOU ARE A SOURCE OF STRENGTH AND LIFE FOR THE CHURCH AND FOR HUMANITY ”. AMERICA/GUATEMALA - DOWNLOAD FREE OF CHARGE FROM FIDES 70 PHOTOS OF CAM2 AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS AMERICA/PERU - BISHOPS CONFERENCE AND UNICEF SIGN AGREEMENT OF COLLABORATION TO PROTECT CHILDREN AND CHILDREN’S RIGHTS AMERICA/ARGENTINA - 6.000 ATTEND NATIONAL YOUTH LEADERS' MEETING WHICH CLOSES WITH SENDING OF MISSIONARIES ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - AFRICA/GHANA – KUMASI ARCHDIOCESE, REVEREND GABRIEL JUSTICE YAW ANOKYE APPOINTED AUXILIARY 28/11/2003 MISSIONARY PRAYER INTENTION - POPE JOHN PAUL II’S MISSIONARY PRAYER INTENTION FOR DECEMBER 2003 “THAT THE CHURCH IN COUNTRIES STILL UNDER TOTALITARIAN REGIMES MAY BE GIVEN FULL FREEDOM TO CARRY OUT HER SPIRITUAL MISSION” Comment by Cardinal Nicolás De Jesús López Rodríguez, Archbishop of Santo Domingo. VATICAN - 7TH MEETING ON SPIRITUAL CINEMA: CHRIST IN THE CINEMA AFRICA - “HELPING AFRICA TO DEVELOP IS A MORAL DUTY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CARDINAL MARTINO, PRESIDENT OF PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE ASIA/NEPAL - CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES RECEIVE ROYAL AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION: QUALITY INSTRUCTION PROVIDED BY THE CHURCH OVERCOMES CULTURAL AND ETHNIC DIFFERENCES ASIA/HONG KONG - EVANGELISING THROUGH MEDIA CULTURE, PROMOTING JUSTICE: MEETING OF CATHOLIC INTERNATIONAL CIMEMA ORGANISATION OCIC IN ASIA ASIA/PAKISTAN - CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM WOMEN COMMITTED TO INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE: CONFERENCE ON CONDITION OF WOMEN IN PAKISTAN SOCIETY AMERICA/GUATEMALA - CAM 2 DAY TWO: THE HEART OF THE CHURCH MUST BEAT TO THE RHYTHM OF THE WORDS OF ST PAUL: “WOE TO ME IF I DID NOT PREACH THE GOSPEL”. AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “THE CHURCH IN CENTRAL AMERICA WITH COURAGEOUS COMMITMENT TO DEFEND LIFE TO MARTYRDOM HAS PROFESSED HER PROFOUND FAITH IN THE GOD OF LIFE ” – INTERVIEW WITH MRS. ADELAIDA SUEIRO CABREDO, SPEAKER AT CAM2 27/11/2003 VATICAN - PAPAL MESSAGE TO BISHOP FRIENDS OF FOCOLARE MOVEMENT: STRIVE TO PROMOTE UNITY IN CHRIST AND TO HEAL SERIOUS LACERATIONS IN THE WORLD TODAY VATICAN - CONCLUSIONS OF 25TH PLENARY OF THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL "COR UNUM": CHARITY WORK AND THE RELIGIOUS DIMENSION OF CHARITY AFRICA/IVORY COAST – EXPECTANCY TO SEE IF REBEL MINISTERS ATTEND NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT MEETING IMPORTANT TALKS BETWEEN PRESIDENTS OF BURKINA FASO AND IVORY COAST AFRICA - AIDS: AFRICA’S ORPHANED GENERATIONS: UNICEF REPORT SAYS NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITHOUT PARENTS IS NOW 11 MILLION HAD DOUBLED IN A DECADE. AFRICA/BURUNDI – ELIMINATE AIDS AND MALNUTRITION ARE MAIN OBJECTIVES FOR CARITAS BURUNDI IN A COUNTRY IMPOVERISHED BY TEN YEARS OF WAR ASIA/HOLY LAND – PILGRIMS BUILD BRIDGES FOR CHRISTIANS FROM EAST AND WEST; HOLY LAND HOPES FOR MORE VISITORS FOR CHRISTMAS 2003 AND IN THE NEW YEAR ASIA/JAPAN – CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA MEET TO PROMOTE RECONCILIATION BETWEEN COUNTRIES DIVIDED BY HISTORY ASIA/INDIA – ST GABRIEL BROTHERS MARK CENTENARY OF MISSION IN INDIA AMERICA/GUATEMALA - CAM 2 DAY ONE: “AMERICA’S HOUR FOR MISSION AD GENTES HAS COME! THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH IN AMERICA TODAY IS MISSION AD GENTES!” AMERICA/ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - “THE AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS CAM 2 IS A CALL TO OUR DIOCESAN CHURCHES, TO OUR YOUNG CLERGY IN PARTICULAR, TO REALISE THAT MISSIONARY WORK IS A TASK FOR ALL NOT ONLY FOR RELIGIOUS” SAYS BISHOP OF BARAHORA CEP APPOINTMENTS - AFRICA/NIGERIA – REV. JOHN CHIJIOKE IWE APPOINTED RECTOR OF INTER-DIOCESAN SEMINARY IN OWERRI CEP APPOINTMENTS - AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO – REV. JULES KAFUTI FOLO APPOINTED RECTOR OF SAN CYPRIAN INTER-DIOCESAN MAJOR SEMINARY IN KIKWIT 26/11/2003 VATICAN – MESSAGE FROM POPE JOHN PAUL II TO SECOND AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS: “RESPOND PROMPTLY TO THE LORD’S CALL! BE JOYFUL WITNESSES AND ENTHUSIASTIC APOSTLES OF THE GOSPEL TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH” EUROPE/ITALY - “FORTY YEARS OF LIFE OF ARIS HAVE THEIR ROOTS IN THE WORK OF JESUS WHO HEALED THE SICK AND IN HIS COMMAND TO HIS DISCIPLES” CARDINAL RUINI SAYS AT THE END OF ARIS CONFERENCE ASIA/INDIA - “THE CEASE-FIRE A BLESSING FROM GOD, BUT WE CALL ON GOVERNMENTS TO KEEP THEIR PROMISES” KASHMIR’S ONLY BISHOP TOLD FIDES ASIA/TURKEY - DESPITE FEAR IN RECENT DAYS, AS RAMADAN COMES TO AN END FAMILIES OF DIFFERENT RELIGIONS GATHER TO SHARE MEALS AND DIALOGUE AMERICA/UNITED NATIONS - FAO WARNS: 842 MILLIONS SUFFER FROM HUNGER. 27 MILLION MORE THAN LAST YEAR. 2003 “THE STATE OF FOOD INSECURITY IN THE WORLD” AMERICA/GUATEMALA - 2ND AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS OPENS WITH JOY AND PRAYER: “IT IS A GIFT FROM GOD THAT GUATEMALA CITY HAS BECOME THE CAPITAL OF THE CATHOLIC WORLDS, AND A CHALLENGE TO ALL” SAYS CARDINAL TORUNO WHILE AFRICA AND ASIA DREAM OF THEIR OWN MISSION CONGRESSES. FIDES SIGNALS - HUMANITARIAN AID AND MILITARY PRESENCE: WHAT RELATIONSHIP? CARITAS INTERNATIONALIS SEMINAR 25/11/2003 EUROPE/SPAIN - “MAY CAM2 BRING BREATH FO FRESH AIR TO AMERICA AND INSPIRE IN EUROPEANS WAYS TO ANIMATE AND CONTINUE MISSION IN EUROPE” SAYS NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF PONTIFICAL MISSION SOCIETIES IN SPAIN THE COUNTRY WITH THE MOST MISSIONARIES EUROPE/ITALY - RELIGIOUS HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION MARKS 40TH ANNIVERSARY: PRESIDENT FRIAR CICINELLI STRESSES NEED TO FIND BALANCE BETWEEN STATE, MARKET AND NON PROFIT, THREE POLES IN SYNERGY WITH EQUAL DIGNITY AFRICA/LIBERIA - ARE MUSLIM FUNDAMENTALIST SCHOOLS EXPORTING TERRORISM TO LIBERIA? GROWING CONCERN IN MONROVIA ASIA/INDIA - HINDU FUNDAMENTALISTS DEVASTATE A CATHOLIC CHURCH, BIBLES BURNED, NUN RAPED ASIA/TAIWAN - NEW JESUIT PUBLICATION “RENLAI” TO PROMOTE DIALOGUE WITH THE CHINESE WORLD ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - KOREAN RELIGIOUS PROMISE GREATER COMMITMENT TO MISSION AD GENTES IN ASIA AND AFRICA ASIA/HONG KONG - DEMOCRATIC PARTY WINS ELECTIONS: LOCAL CHURCH ENCOURAGES CATHOLICS TO “PRESERVE DEMOCRACY AND PUT INTO PRACTICE THE CHURCH’S SOCIAL TEACHING”. AMERICA/GUATEMALA - CAM 2:AN AIR OF FESTIVITY IN GUATEMALA CITY WITH ONLY HOURS TO GO BEFORE OPENING OF CAM2: “THE WARMTH AND DEDICATION OF THE LOCAL PEOPLE IS THE MOST WELCOME IMPRESSION ” FIDES SIGNALS - 30 NOVEMBER: INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST DEATH PENALTY, INITIATIVES ORGANISED IN ROME BY S. EGIDIO COMMUNITY AND IN 150 OTHER CITIES SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - EUROPE/ITALY - ITALY’S SUPERIOR HEALTH INSTITUTE AUTHORISES TAT PROTEIN ANTI HIV/AIDS VACCINE TESTING ON HUMANS: VOLUNTEERS WANTED SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - EUROPE/ITALY - CANCER SECOND CAUSE OF DEATH IN ITALY AND EUROPE 24/11/2003 VATICAN - THE POPE SAYS AT THE ANGELUS: “LOOKING AT CHRIST ‘PANTOCRATOR’, AS THEEASTERN LITURGY SAYS, HIGHLIGHTS THE MISSION OF BELIEVERS CALLED IN A VARIETY OF MINISTRIES AND CHARISMA TO COOPERATE IN THE BUILDING UP OF HIS KINGDOM” VATICAN - THE POPE APPOINTS NEW CARDINAL MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION FOR THE EVANGELISATION OF PEOPLES EUROPE/AFRICA - MEETING OF FRENCH/AFRICAN TWIN DIOCESES ORGANISED BY PONTIFICAL MISSION SOCIETIES TO GROW IN THE UNIVERSAL DIMENSION OF FAITH AFRICA/ZIMBABWE – CHURCH ORGANISATIONS PROTEST ARREST OF 100 TRADE UNION LEADERS AFRICA/IVORY COAST - DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS TO SOLVE CRISIS CONTINUE. PRESIDENT GBAGBO IN GABON, MALI AND BURKINA FASO AFRICA/BURUNDI - BURUNDI OPTS FOR PEACE: REBELS RECEIVE GOVERNMENT POSTS, GROWING HOPES FOR END OF WAR DESPITE CONTINUING SPORADIC VIOLENCE AMERICA/GUATEMALA - TOWARDS 2ND AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS CAM 2: MAJOR SUPERIORS OF AMERICAN MISSION INSTITUTES REFLECT ON THE PROGRESS BETWEEN CAM 1 AND CAM 2 ASIA/CHINA – DESPITE GOVERNMENT MEASURES CHINA REGISTERS CONCERNING INCREASE IN CASES OF SUICIDE ASIA/TURKEY - REGARDLESS OF TENSION AND FEAR FRANCISCAN FRIARS OPEN INTERNATIONAL FRATERNITY FOR MISSION OF ECUMENICAL AND INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE ASIA/INDIA - WAVE OF VIOLENCE IN NORTH EAST INDIA LEAVES THOUSANDS HOMELESS AND DOES NOT SPARE THE CHURCH, ARCHBISHOP OF SHILLONG TELLS FIDES AMERICA/CANADA - BISHOP FRANÇOIS LAPIERRE OF SAINT-HYACINTHE: “MISSION HELPS US TO LOOK FURTHER TO SEE IN DAILY LIFE THE TRAGEDIES AND HOPES OF THE WORLD WE LIVE IN. MISSION IS A CALL NOT ONLY TO GO OUT OF OUR COUNTRY BUT TO GO OUT OF OURSELVES” AMERICA/GUATEMALA - TWO MILLION CHILDREN SLAUGHTERED, 1 MILLION ORPHANS, 12 MILLION MINORS HOMELESS, 200 ADULTS ASSASSINATED, 1 MILLION REFUGEES, 100,000 WIDOWS, 400 VILLAGES DISAPPEARED: SCHOOL FOR PEACE FOR 3,000 WAR CHILDREN AMERICA/GUATEMALA – 2ND AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS OPENS TOMORROW: FIRST MAJOR MISSIONARY EVENT OF THIRD MILLENNIUM 22/11/2003 AMERICA/COLOMBIA - NO END TO VIOLENCE AGAINST THE CHURCH: KIDNAPPED PRIEST FOUND DEAD; SEVEN CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES HELD HOSTAGE AND ROBBED. FIDES SIGNALS - MISSION IN AMERICA IN THE EARLY PART OF THE LAST CENTURY: EXCLUSIVE DOCUMENTATION FROM FIDES PHOTO ARCHIVES 21/11/2003 VATICAN - THE POPE ADDRESSES PONTIFICAL COUNCIL "COR UNUM" PLENARY: “THE CHURCH TENDS NOT ONLY TO THE MATERIAL NEEDS OF THOSE IN DIFFICULTY… WITH SIMPLICITY AND PASTORAL PRUDENCE SHE DOES NOT HESITATE TO BEAR WITNESS TO CHRIST, WHO REVEALS THE FACE OF GOD THE FATHER, TENDER AND LOVING” VATICAN - AMERICA IS EVANGELISING AMERICA AND EVEN REACHING BEYOND ITS CONTINENTAL FRONTIERS AFRICA/EGYPT - CHRISTIANS IN EGYPT, A COUNTRY OF TOLERANCE, ARE A BRIDGE BETWEEN TWO FAITHS AND TWO CULTURES AFRICA/ETHIOPIA-ERITREA - AT THE MOMENT THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF A RETURN TO WAR BETWEEN ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA AFTER ASMARA WITHDREW ITS AMBASSADOR TO THE AFRICAN UNION AFRICA/REPUBLIC OF CONGO - EBOLA STRIKES AGAIN: QUARANTINE FOR MBOMBO DISTRICT ASIA/INDIA - YOUTH AGAINST TERRORISM, COMMITTED TO PEACE AND A FUTURE OF BROTHERHOOD: 600 TO ATTEND WORLD YOUTH SUMMIT SPONSORED BY UNITED NATIONS ASIA/PAKISTAN - CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS CLOSE RAMADAN IN UNITY AND HARMONY: FUNDAMENTALISM MUST BE ISOLATED – GOVERNMENT OUTLAWS THREE EXTREMIST GROUPS AMERICA/ UNITED STATES - TOWARDS AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS CAM 2: 75 US MEMBERS REPRESENT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY INCLUDING ALASKA AMERICA/MEXICO - “PROGRESSIVE LOSS OF GOSPEL VALUES UNDERMINES FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL HARMONY” SAY MEXICAN BISHOPS ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - AFRICA/IVORY COAST – ABENGOUROU: BISHOP BRUNO KOUAME RESIGNS, REV. JEAN-JACQUES KOFFI OI KOFFI APPOINTED SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - 5 MILLION SOUTH AFRICANS SUFFER FROM AIDS, 600 NEW CASES EVERY 24 HOURS: GOVERNMENT WILL DISTRIBUTE ANTIRETROVIRAL DRUGS FREE SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - AFRICA - 115 MILLION SUFFER FROM DIABETES: ANOTHER KILLER OF CHILDREN IN SUBSAHARAN AFRICA 20/11/2003 VATICAN - “A VAST FIELD FOR NEW EVANGELISATION” THE POPE TELLS PARTICIPANTS AT 5TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ORGANISED BY PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR PASTORAL CARE OF MIGRANTS AND ITINERANT PEOPLES EUROPE/ITALY - 20 NOVEMBER 2003, WORLD CHILDREN’S DAY: NGO “INTERVITA” AFFIRMS THAT 82 MILLION YOUNG GIRLS FORCED BY POVERTY INTO MARRIAGE AFRICA/IVORY COAST - “THE STATE OF INSECURITY IS SUCH THAT WE MAY HAVE TO CELEBRATE MIDNIGHT MASS AT FOUR PM ON CHRISTMAS EVE SAYS MISSIONARY IN NORTH IVORY COAST” ASIA/INDONESIA - WIDESPREAD CONCERN FOR KILLING OF CHRISTIANS IN CENTRAL SULAWESI: EXTREMIST GROUPS TRY TO RE-IGNITE VIOLENCE. ARRESTED PROTESTANT CHURCH INFORMATION/CRISIS CENTRE OFFICER: SERVICE OF TRUTH TARGETED AMERICA/GUATEMALA - CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AGENTS OF EVANGELISATION: “MISSIONARY CHILDHOOD IS A CONCRETE REALITY IN LATIN AMERICA, IT ANIMATES PARISHES, MOVEMENTS, SCHOOLS” SAYS SISTER MARIA TERESA CRESCINI ON THE EVE OF CAM2 AMERICA/HONDURAS - LITTLENESS POVERTY’, MARTYRDOM ARE “RICHES” OF MISSION AD GENTES IN LATIN AMERICA: COMMENT FOR FIDES BY CARD. OSCAR RODRIGUEZ MARADIAGA, SPEAKER AT CAM2 FIDES SIGNALS - SANTA CROCE UNIVERSITY STUDY DAY: «JOURNALISM AND CONFLICTS» - THE MEDIA FOR PEACE 19/11/2003 VATICAN - POPE’S TEACHING AT GENERAL AUDIENCE: “WITH US IN SUFFERING AND IN DEATH, CHRIST NOW DRAWS US TO BE WITH HIM IN HIS GLORY, BLESSING US AND CALLING US TO SHARE IN HIS ETERNITY EUROPE/ITALY - 1 MILLION OF THE WORLD’S CHILDREN LED TO PROSTITUTION; 2 MILLION KILLED IN WAR AND 6 MILLION WOUNDED OR MUTILATED; EVERY DAY 7000 CHILDREN ARE INFECTED BY AIDS: ITALY’S NATIONAL DAY FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS AFRICA/IVORY COAST - “MISUNDERSTANDING OF DEFENCE MINISTER’S SPEECH CAUSE OF RISING TENSION IN IVORY COAST” SAYS MISSIONARY ASIA/CHINA - CATHOLICS AND DIPLOMATS ORGANISE FRIENDSHIP DAY POT LUCK CHARITY LUNCH TO BUILD A NEW CHURCH AND SEND POOR STUDENTS TO UNIVERSITY ASIA/PAKISTAN - WAVE STUDIO DISTRIBUTES “PEACE ON EARTH” CD AND AUDIOCASSETTE TO CATHOLIC FAMILIES SCHOOLS, RELIGIOUS CONGREGATIONS, PARISHES AND ALSO MUSLIM INSTITUTES AND ASSOCIATIONS ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - CHURCH CONCERNED FOR IRREGULAR IMMIGRANT WORKERS WITHOUT RIGHTS OR ASSISTANCE, DESTINED TO BE REPATRIATED AMERICA/COSTARICA - BISHOP GIRARDI, SPEAKER AT AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS: “BEING A MISSIONARY TODAY; A TIME OF VAST POSSIBILITIES AND GREAT CHALLENGES FOR MISSIONARY ACTIVITY WITH NEW FORUMS TO BE EVANGELISED” AMERICA/GUATEMALA - TOWARDS AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS CAM 2 - “LONG AND FRUITFUL PREPARATION FILLS US WITH HOPE THAT IT WILL FOSTER NEW EAVNGELISING IMPULSE SAY BISHOPS OF GUATEMALTA SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - AFRICA/ANGOLA - MASSACRE OF THE INNOCENTS: CAN THE TRAGICALLY HIGH INFANT DEATH RATE DUE TO LACK OF NORMAL HEALTH-CARE BE AVOIDED AND HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST? FIDES SIGNALS - EUROPE/ITALY - ART AND DISABILITIES CONCRETE COMMITMENT OF ST JOHN OF GOD BROTHERS: “PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY HAVE INTELLIGENCE OF HEART VISIBLE IN GESTURES, WORDS AND EVERY DAY LIFE ” – SAYS BROTHER GERARDO D’AURIA, SUPERIOR OF THE ST JOHN OF GOD HOSPITAL IN GENZANO 18/11/2003 VATICAN - THE POPE TELLS INDIAN BISHOPS: “ANY SEMBLANCE OF A CASTE-BASED PREJUDICE IN RELATIONS BETWEEN CHRISTIANS IS A COUNTERSIGN TO AUTHENTIC HUMAN SOLIDARITY, A THREAT TO GENUINE SPIRITUALITY AND A SERIOUS HINDRANCE TO THE CHURCH’S MISSION OF EVANGELISATION” VATICAN - ANNUAL MESSAGE TO ALL MUSLIMS FROM PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE ON THE OCCASION OF ‘ID AL-FITR, FEAST WHICH CONCLUDES RAMADAN: CONSTRUCTION OF PEACE FOLLOWING THE TEACHING OF BLESSED JOHN XXIII VATICAN - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PASTORAL CARE FOR MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES: “WE VOICE THE CHURCH’S CONCERN FOR THE WORLD’S 175 MILLION MIGRANTS AND 40 MILLION REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS ” AFRICA/BURUNDI - “AGREEMENT OF HISTORIC IMPORTANCE. NOW PEACE MUST BE MADE WITH THE OTHER REBEL GROUP” BISHOP OF BUJUMBURA COMMENTS GOVERNMENT/FDD PEACE PACT ASIA/IRAQ - ON DAY OF STATE FUNERAL OF 19 ITALIAN SOLDIERS BOMB BLAST VICTIMS, CHALDEAN CATHOLIC MONK TELLS FIDES: “WE SYMPATHISE DEEPLY WITH THE FAMILIES AND WITH ALL ITALY AND WE ASK THE ITALIAN MISSION NOT TO ABANDON IRAQ BUT TO CONTINUE TO WORK FOR THE GOOD OF THE IRAQI PEOPLE!” ASIA/IRAQ - “MAY ITALIAN BLOOD SHED ON IRAQI SOIL HELP OLIVE TREE OF PEACE TO GROW AT LAST” IRAQI FATHER NIZAR SEMAAN SPEAKS FOR IRAQI CHRISTIANS ASIA/TURKEY - “ISTANBUL MASSACRE FORGES STRONGER BONDS OF SOLIDARITY AND FRIENDSHIP AMONG BELIEVERS IN THE BOOK”: SPOKESMAN OF TURKISH BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE TOLD FIDES. DAY OF MOURNING RELIGIOUS LEADERS VOW TO ISOLATE FUNDAMENTALISM ASIA/INDIA - WORD OF GOD NOW ACCESSIBLE TO MORE THAN 200 MILLION PEOPLE THANKS TO 35 YEARS OF DEDICATED WORK TO PRODUCE BIBLE IN BENGALI ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - PREVENT ABORTION AND SUICIDE “SAVE ANOTHER LIFE!”: “LIFE 31” CAMPAIGN TO SAVE AN ESTIMATED 4.000 UNBORN BABIES KILLED IN THEIR MOTHER’S WOMB EVERY DAY ASIA/INDIA - FUNDAMENTALISTS LAUNCH GRENADE AT GOOD SHEPHERD SCHOOL INJURING THREE OFFICE STAFF AND A SECURITY GUARD AMERICA/COLOMBIA - TOWARDS SECOND AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS CAM 2 – CHURCH IN COLOMBIA COMPLETES LONG JOURNEY OF PREPARATION 17/11/2003 VATICAN - THE POPE SAYS AT THE ANGELUS: “ONCE AGAIN TERRORISM HAS COMMITTED ITS TERRIBLE ACT, PARTICULARLY DEVASTATING IN IRAQ AND TURKEY.... I RENEW MY FIRM CONDEMNATION ALSO FOR EVERY TERRORIST ATTACK IN THE HOLY LAND... THE HOLY LAND NEEDS NOT WALLS BUT BRIDGES!” VATICAN - PRESIDENT OF PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE CARDINAL MARTINO DECLARES: “AS POPE JOHN PAUL II HAS SO OFTEN SAID UNEQUIVOCALLY, NO JUSTIFICATION CAN BE GIVEN TO INDISCRIMINATE MASSACRE OF HELPLESS AND INNOCENT VICTIMS ” AFRICA/UGANDA - GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS OFFERING SAFE HAVEN TO GUERRILLA LEADERS TO STOP WAR IN NORTHERN UGANDA, BEFORE IT SPREADS TO INVOLVE MORE TRIBES AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - DEVELOPMENT, ASSISTANCE TO RETURNING REFUGEES, COMMUNICATIONS AND CULTURE TO PROMOTE EVANGELISATION IN MOZAMBIQUE ASIA/IRAQ - INTIMIDATION AGAINST CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY IN NORTHERN IRAQ. FUNDAMENTALISTS PAY YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN TO ADOPT EXTREMIST ATTITUDES ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “I AM THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE”: NATIONAL BIBLE WEEK IN SOUTH KOREA 23 TO 30 NOVEMBER ASIA/CAMBODIA - CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF CAMBODIA AND LAOS AT ANNUAL MEETING DISCUSS CATECHESIS, FORMATION AND MISSION IN DIFFICULT SOCIAL POLITICAL CONTEXT AMERICA/ARGENTINA - BISHOPS CLOSE 86TH PLENARY ASSEMBLY: CONCERN ABOUT PROPOSED BILL TO LEGALISE ABORTION OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - VANIMO DIOCESE HAS FIRST HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: INCREASING EFFORTS BY LOCAL CHURCH FOR THE EDUCATION AND PROMOTION OF WOMEN ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - AFRICA/KENYA – EMBU, REV. ANTHONY MUHERIA APPOINTED BISHOP ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - ASIA/SRI LANK – ANURADHAPURA, REV. NORBERT ANDRADI APPOINTED BISHOP CEP APPOINTMENTS - AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO – REVEREND CHARLES KIPILI APPOINTED RECTOR OF ST PAUL SEMINARY IN LUBUMBASHI 14/11/2003 VATICAN - “IT IS IMPORTANT TO PROPOSE TO PEOPLE, YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR, FIGURES AND EXPERIENCES THAT HELP THEM TO GROW AT THE HUMAN, PSYCHOLOGICAL, MORAL AND SPIRITUAL LEVEL”, POPE JOHN PAUL II ADDRESSES 18TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ORGANISED BY PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR THE PASTORAL CARE OF HEALTH WORKERS AND THE SICK VATICAN - LEO XIII AND PEACE CONVENTIONS PROMOTED BY THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE AND THE GREGORIAN UNIVERSITY TO MARK THE CENTENARY OF THE DEATH OF THIS GREAT POPE EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - “RE-LAUNCH VALUES OF SCOUTING FOR THE FORMATION OF AUTHENTIC DEMOCRATIC LEADERS”: NEW WORLD SECRETARY OF THE SCOUT MOVEMENT, EDUARDO MISSONI TELLS FIDES ABOUT HIS COMMITMENTS AFRICA/ANGOLA - AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED DENOUNCES VIOLENCE IN CABINDA ENCLAVE: BESIDES SUMMARY EXECUTION, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS AFRICA/LIBERIA - THE CHURCH IN FAVOUR OF DISARMAMENT OF LOCAL MILITIA. FIGHTING CONTINUES IN SEVERAL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY ASIA/IRAQ - “WE DO NOT WANT IRAQ TO BE ANOTHER PALESTINE! NO STATE, A NATION LEFT AT THE MERCY OF TERRORISTS”: HEARTFELT PLEA TO FIDES BY SUPERIOR GENERAL OF CHALDEAN CATHOLIC MONKS ASIA/CHINA - DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM MUST RESPECT THE HUMAN PERSON AND IT CAN HELP CHINESE CATHOLICS TO FULFIL THEIR DREAM TO MAKE A PILGRIMAGE TO EUROPE AMERICA/PARAGUAY - “WE WANT TO SHARE THE HOPES AND FEARS OF OUR PEOPLE ” CATHOLIC BISHOPS SAY; URGENT NEED FOR ATTENTION TO FORMATION OF CONSCIENCES, PROMOTE ETHIC EDUCATION, OBSERVANCE OF THE LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS” FIDES SIGNALS - TOMORROW 1ST FIDES DOSSIER ON CAM 2, AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS IN GUATEMALA CITY SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - ASIA/INDIA - MALARIA: CASES REGISTERED WHERE MALARIA WAS HITHERTO UNKNOWN. CONCERN OVER CASES OF UNCLEAR NATURE 13/11/2003 VATICAN - THE POPE PRESIDES MASS FOR THE CARDINALS AND BISHOPS WHO DIED IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS: “ALL THESE VENERABLE BROTHERS ARE NOW IN THE PROVIDENT ‘HANDS’ OF GOD WHO HAS WELCOMED INTO THE ETERNAL EMBRACE OF HIS LOVE ” VATICAN - PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR PASTORAL CARE OF HEALTH WORKERS AND THE SICK STARTS ITS 18TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON “DEPRESSION” EUROPE/ITALY - CHINESE COMMUNITY IN ROME MARKS 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS “AGOSTINO CHAO” CENTRE WITH A MASS PRESIDED BY CARDINAL SHAN AFRICA/IVORY COAST - AREN’T THERE ENOUGH WARS IN AFRICA WITHOUT SNAPPING THE THIN THREAD OF PEACE IN IVORY COAST TOO? AFRICA/KENYA - UNIVERSITY TEACHERS STRIKE: CATHOLIC BISHOPS URGE RESEARCHES AND GOVERNMENT TO THINK OF THE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY AT THIS TIME OF DIFFICULTY FOR ALL AFRICA ASIA/INDIA - INDIA THREATENED BY GROWING HINDU FASCISM: CATHOLIC CLERGY VOICE CONCERN ASIA/PHILIPPINES - PRESIDENT ARROYO’S NATIONAL UNITY PLAN WANTS HELP FROM LOCAL CHURCH AND BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE PRESIDENT ARCHBISHOP CAPALLA AMERICA/PERU - TOWARDS 2ND AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS CAM2: PERUVIAN DELEGATION ATTENDS FINAL PREPARATORY MEETINGS. DIOCESAN MISSION CONGRESSES FIRE ENTIRE NATION WITH MISSIONARY SPIRIT FIDES SIGNALS - A CHRISTIAN EUROPE BY JOSEPH H.H. WELLER WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE PRESS ON WEDNESDAY 19 NOVEMBER 12/11/2003 VATICAN - THE POPE’S WEDNESDAY AUDIENCE TEACHING: “IN CHRISTIAN CELEBRATIONS THE SUFFERING OF THE INDIVIDUAL SHOULD BE ECHOED IN THE HEARTS OF ALL; AS TOO THE JOY OF EACH SHOULD BE LIVED BY THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF WORSHIPPERS ” VATICAN - THE POPE SENDS TELEGRAMME OF CONDOLENCE TO ITALIAN PRESIDENT CIAMPI AFTER MORTAL ATTACK ON ITALIAN PEACEKEEPERS IN NASSIRIYA (IRAQ) VATICAN - THE FIELD OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS SHOULD NOT BE ABANDONED BUT IT DEMANDS GREAT CAUTION: CARDINAL MARTINO CONCLUDES SEMINAR ORGANISED BY PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE AFRICA/UGANDA - EXCLUSIVE CONVERSATION WITH ARCHBISHOP ODAMA AFTER TALKS BETWEEN ACHOLI RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN NORTHERN UGANDA AND UN UNDER SECRETARY GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS AFRICA/MAURITANIA - OFFICIAL RESULTS OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AFRICA/SUDAN - GROWING CONCERN FOR RESETTLEMENT OF REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS AFTER SIGNING OF PEACE AGREEMENT ASIA/IRAQ - ITALIAN TROOPS KILLED: IRAQI CHRISTIANS VOICE SYMPATHY TO ITALY THROUGH FATHER NIZAR SEMAAN ASIA/NEPAL - JESUIT REFUGEES SERVICE CALLS ON INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO HELP SOLVE CRISIS OF BHUTAN REFUGEES IN NEPAL ASIA/INDIA - “WE ARE A DYNAMIC AND VIBRANT, WHICH RUNS MANY SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS DESPITE OBSTACLES POSED BY TAMIL NADU LOCAL GOVERNMENT”: ARCHBISHOP JAMES ARUL DAS OF MADRAS SPEAKS TO FIDES ASIA/INDIA - MORE THAN 1,300 JESUITS TO ATTEND BOMBAY SOCIAL FORUM IN JANUARY TO DISCUSS GLOBALISATION AND EXCLUSION, TAKING SIDES WITH THE POOR ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “FAMILY SANCTIFICATION DEPARTMENT ” IN EVERY PARISH IN CHONJU DIOCESE TO ANIMATE FAMILY PASTORAL AND ANNOUNCE THE GOSPEL TO NON CHRISTIAN FAMILIES AMERICA/BRAZIL - CHURCH IN BRAZIL INVESTS IN RE-EVANGELISATION AMONG LAPSED CATHOLICS: “WE CANNOT BE CONTENT WITH OUR PRACTISING CATHOLICS. IF MISSIONARY DIMENSION IS NEGLECTED THE CHURCH IS IMPOVERISHED AND LOSES VITALITY ”. AMERICA/ARGENTINA - TOWARDS 2ND AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS CAM 2: NATIONAL MISSION CONGRESS TO HELP IDENTIFY NECESSITY, URGENCY AND VALIDITY OF JESUS' MISSION COMMAND CEP APPOINTMENTS - AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO – REV. RAYMOND MATAND APPOINTED RECTOR OF PAUL VI MAJOR INTERDIOCESAN SEMINARY IN KABINDA 11/11/2003 VATICAN/UNITED NATIONS - “PEACE IS POSSIBLE, PEACE MUST BE WILLED, EARNED AND SHARED AS A COMMON GOOD OF HUMANITY.”: HOLY SEE OBSERVER ARCHBISHOP MIGLIORE SPEAKS ON CULTURE OF PEACE TO UN ASSEMBLY VATICAN - THE POPE RECEIVES A DELEGATION OF PALESTINIAN CHRISTIANS: DESPITE OBSTACLES, WE CONTINUE TO SAY THAT PEACE IS POSSIBLE AND THAT IT IS REACHED ONLY WITH PATIENT DIALOGUE. TERRORISM IN EVERY FORM MUST BE CONDEMNED VATICAN - THE POPE ADDRESSES PONTIFICAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE: “SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH MUST STRIVE FOR THE COMMON GOOD OF SOCIETY AND THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT OF ITS INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS” VATICAN - 17 TO 22 NOVEMBER 5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: "STARTING OUT FROM CHRIST FOR RENEWED PASTORAL FOR MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES". AFRICA/BURUNDI - BOMBED BUJUMBURA NOW FEARS VAST SCALE OFFENSIVE BY HUTU WARRIORS ENCIRCLING CAPITAL AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “CONGOLESE GOVERNMENT AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST TAKES STEPS TO STOP WAR WHICH HAS ALREADY TAKEN A DEATH TOLL OF THREE MILLION ” ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - BISHOPS’ LETTER ON PASTORAL CARE OF KOREAN EMIGRANTS ASIA/INDIA - ON SUNDAY 16 NOVEMBER CATHOLIC CHURCH IN INDIA MARKS NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS DAY: COMMUNICATORS MUST BE AGENTS OF JUSTICE, TRUTH, FREEDOM, LOVE ASIA/CHINA - BEIJING OPENS DIGITAL LIBRARY OF 12 MILLION CYBER-DOCUMENTS TO THE PUBLIC: BUT IS THE CHOICE OF DOCUMENTS IDEOLOGICAL OR DEMOCRATIC? AMERICA/CHILE - TOWARDS CAM 2 SECOND AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS - “THE CHALLENGE TO BE AN EVER MORE MISSIONARY CHURCH” SANTIAGO ARCHDIOCESE CONGRESS SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION TAKES ACTION TO ELIMINATE COUNTERFEIT MEDICINES; ASIAN AND AFRICAN COUNTRIES MOVE TO IMPROVE MEDICINE QUALITY FIDES SIGNALS - PONTIFICAL LATERAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDED IN 1553 OPENS ACADEMIC YEAR. SPECIAL GUEST NOBEL PHYSICS PRIZE WINNER CARLO RUBBIA WILL SPEAK ON “SCIENCE AT THE SERVICE OF MANKIND” 10/11/2003 VATICAN - THE POPE BEATIFIES FIVE SERVANTS OF GOD, “PRECIOUS STONES” OF THE SPIRITUAL TEMPLE, THE CHURCH RESPLENDENT IN HOLINESS THE FRUIT OF THE INCESSANT WORKING OF GOD’S SPIRIT VATICAN - GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS MUST BE STUDIED IN VIEW OF RESPONSIBLE ETHIC AND PASTORAL DISCERNMENT: TODAY AND TOMORROW SEMINAR IN THE VATICAN PROMOTED BY PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE VATICAN - “DEPRESSION” TOPIC OF 18TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR PASTORAL CARE OF HEALTH WORKERS AND THE SICK EUROPE/ITALY - ASSOCIATION OF CATHOLIC SPECTATORS CLOSE TO BISHOPS CONFERENCE HOLDS 16TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY: “THE MEDIA AT THE SERVICE OF THE INDIVIDUAL PERSON AND THE COMMUNITY” AFRICA/UNITED NATIONS - UNITED NATIONS MAY PREFER MERCENARY SOLDIERS FOR PEACE KEEPING OPERATIONS IN 21ST CENTURY AFRICA/UGANDA - KARAMOJA FORGOTTEN TRAGEDY: TOO MANY WEAPONS IN CIRCULATION GROWING INSECURITY ASIA/INDONESIA - NEW PASSIONIST SPIRITUALITY CENTRE IN FLORES INDONESIA’S CATHOLIC STRONGHOLD TO SUSTAIN VOCATIONS AND PROVIDE SOCIAL SERVICE ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - AMERICA/GUYANA – GEORGETOWN BISHOP BENEDICT SINGH RESIGNS REV. FRANCIS ALLEYNE APPOINTED ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - ASIA/INDIA – NEW DIOCESE DINDIGUL AND NEW BISHOP ANTHONY PAPPUSAMI 08/11/2003 AFRICA/MAURITANIA - PRESIDENT TAYA IN THE LEAD AFTER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS YESTERDAY ASIA/INDIA - NATIONAL MINORITY COMMISSION: CHRISTIANS PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION SERVICE, THEIR RIGHTS MUST BE DEFENDED AMERICA/COLOMBIA - BISHOPS' STATEMENT: “THE CHURCH HAS PAID A HIGH PRICE WITH TWENTY PRIESTS KILLED IN THREE YEARS, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO CALL FOR RECONCILIATION AND FORGIVENESS AS CONDITIONS FOR LASTING PEACE” ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - AFRICA/MADAGASCAR – REV. GUSTAVO BOMBIN ESPINO APPOINTED BISHOP OF TSIROANOMANDIDY SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - ASIA/INDIA - AIDS: 4.5 MILLION CASES IN 15 YEARS; BY 2020 INDIA COULD BE THE AIDS CAPITAL OF THE WORLD 07/11/2003 VATICAN - PAPAL MESSAGE TO PONTIFICAL ACADEMIES: “THE NUMEROUS WITNESSES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH WHO LIVED IN THE LAST CENTURY WHO PERSEVERED IN THEIR ADHESION TO THE GOSPEL IN SITUATIONS OF HOSTILITY AND PERSECUTION ARE A SIGN OF HOPE FIRST OF ALL FOR THE CHURCHES OF EUROPE” VATICAN - SUNDAY 9 NOVEMBER THE POPE WILL BEATIFY FIVE SERVANTS OF GOD FROM SPAIN, BELGIUM, FRANCE AND ITALY EUROPE/ITALY - VOLUNTARY WORK AND SOCIAL COOPERATION IN A WORLD IN MOVEMENT: HOSPITALLER BROTHERS ASSOCIATION OUTREACH TO DISTANT SICK CONFERENCE AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - BELGIAN RESEARCHERS TRY RODENTS TO NEUTRALISE TRAGIC WAR HERITAGE OF LAND MINES AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - UN PEACEKEEPERS ATTACKED, ONE INJURED, IN BUNIA CAPITAL OF ITURI REGION. NORMALISATION IN NORTH CONGO SLOW IN RETURNING AFRICA/SENEGAL - THOUSANDS TAKE TO THE STREETS CALLING FOR AN END TO POLITICAL VIOLENCE: “WE ARE ALL SENEGALESE, ALL BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WECANNOT KILL ONE ANOTHER ” AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - DISASTROUS HEALTH CONDITIONS INFANT MORTALITY RATE 100/1000 (100 OUT OF EVERY 1000 DIE IN THE FIRST YEAR OF LIFE) ASIA/CHINA - FILM ON LIFE AND WORK OF ITALIAN JESUIT GIUSEPPE CASTIGLIONE, GREAT MISSIONARY ARTIST TO THE COURT OF CHINA IN 17-18TH CENTURIES ASIA/PHILIPPINES - FILIPINO IMMIGRANTS IN EUROPE, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN THE MIDDLE EAST: CHALLENGES FACING PASTORAL CARE FOR IMMIGRANTS ASIA/SRI LANKA - CRISIS IN SRI LANKA, A QUESTION OF REACHING POLITICAL AGREEMENT , COULD ASSUME A RELIGIOUS HUE AMERICA/ECUADOR - TOWARDS SECOND AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS (CAM 2):INTENSE PREPARATION AT DIOCESAN AND NATIONAL LEVEL CULMINATES WITH THE SENDING OF A YOUNG COMBONI MISSIONARY “AD GENTES” AMERICA/COLOMBIA - CHURCH IN COLOMBIA ADDS TWO MORE NAMES TO MARTYROLOGY: CATHOLIC PRIESTS SHOT DEAD WITHIN HOURS OF EACH OTHER FIDES SIGNALS - SATURDAY NOVEMBER 8 IN ROME INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE EPA/A. Ge.: INTERNET, AN EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGE! 06/11/2003 VATICAN - PONTIFICAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, UNIQUE IN THE WORLD MARKS 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS FOUNDATION EUROPE/ITALY - XAVERIAN MISSIONARIES, VETERAN AND NEW, CELEBRATE BLESSED BISHOP GUIDO M. CONFORTI – ANNOUNCING 2004 CHAPTER FOR ITALY EUROPE/ITALY - GIORGIO LA PIRA, “SAINTLY MAYOR” OF FLORENCE, LUMINOUS MODEL OF LAY HOLINESS. INITIATIVES FOR CENTENARY OF HIS BIRTH AFRICA/UGANDA - PEACE IN UGANDA AND PEACE IN SUDAN ARE CONNECTED” SAYS ARCHBISHOP ODAMA OF GULU. REPORTED DEATH OF CATHOLIC PRIEST IN NORTHERN UGANDA DENIED AFRICA/LIBERIA - MIRACLE OF LEPERS WHO ESCAPED WAR. LEPROSY SCARES WARLORDS BUT NOT CONSOLATA MISSIONARIES AFRICA/SUDAN - “THE CHURCH IS THE BEST CHANNEL FOR DIALOGUE WITH THE PEOPLE OF SOUTHERN SUDAN” SAYS HASSAN AL TURABI THE COUNTRY’S CHIEF MUSLIM LEADER ASIA/INDIA - YOUNG FILM DIRECTORS PROMOTE NON VIOLENCE WITH THEIR FIRST FILMS AT “DON BOSCO FILM FESTIVAL FOR PEACE” ASIA/INDIA - CHRISTIANS IN ORISSA COMMITTED TO DEFEND TRIBAL CULTURE AND PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT OF DEPRESSED AREAS THREATENED BY HINDU FUNDAMENTALISM ASIA/INDIA - AT LEAST 600,000 INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR: “A SOCIAL TRAGEDY SOCIAL”, PROCURATOR JAMMU-SRINAGAR DIOCESE TELLS FIDES AMERICA/GUATEMALA - TOWARDS THE SECOND AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS (CAM 2) –EXPLANATION OF THE OFFICIAL LOGO: “CHRIST CAME TO SAVE MANKIND” OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - MISSIONARY SISTER AND MATHS TEACHERS LEAVES SOLOMON ISLANDS AFTER 35 YEARS OF MISSION TO EDUCATE YOUTH CEP APPOINTMENTS - EUROPE/CZECH REPUBLIC – NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF PONTIFICAL MISSION SOCIETIES REV. FATHER JIRÍ SLÉGR CONFIRMED FIDES SIGNALS - EUROPE/ITALY - NOVEMBER 7 IN MILAN: SPECIAL PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING ON THE 14TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - RESEARCHERS HUNT FOR SARS VIRUS CARRIER, WHO SAYS NO VACCINE FOR TWO YEARS AT LEAST SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - 40 MILLION CHILDREN EXPLOITED IN LABOUR AND TWO MILLION WORKERS KILLED AT WORK EVERY YEAR 05/11/2003 VATICAN - PAPAL MESSAGE TO PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR THE UNITY OF CHRISTIANS: “TOGETHER WE WISH TO OVERCOME DISPUTES AND DIFFICULTIES TOGETHER WE WISH TO RECOGNISE FAILINGS AND DELAY WITH REGARD TO UNITY, WE WISH TO RESTORE THE DESIRE FOR RECONCILIATION WHEREVER IT APPEARS TO BE IN DANGER” VATICAN - THE POPE’S GENERAL AUDIENCE TEACHING: PRAYER WITH A PURE AND SINCERE HEART IS A SACRIFICE OFFERED TO GOD. THE WHOLE BEING OF THE PERSON WHO PRAYS BECOMES A SACRIFICIAL ACT. HANDS RAISED IN PRAYER ARE A BRIDGE OF COMMUNICATION WITH GOD EUROPE/ITALY - “FILIPINO IMMIGRANTS IN EUROPE: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS” – A CONFERENCE IN ROME ON THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH AND PASTORAL QUESTIONS EUROPE/FRANCE - “PACEM IN TERRIS” AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS BUILDING PEACE IN THIS ERA OF GLOBALISATION UNDERLINED BY CARDINAL MARTINO AT UNESCO OFFICES IN PARIS AFRICA/UGANDA - FOR GUERRILLA LEADERS THE WAR OF ATROCITIES IS NOW A WAY OF LIFE ASIA/SRI LANKA - “IN THIS CRITICAL SITUATION IN SRI LANKA THE LOCAL CHURCH TRIES TO MEDIATE TO PREVENT TENSION FROM BURSTING INTO VIOLENCE”: PRESIDENT OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE TELLS FIDES SERVICE ASIA/PAKISTAN - PRESIDENT OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE SAYS MUSLIM CHRISTIAN RELATIONS IN PAKISTAN ARE IMPROVING: THE CHURCH RESPECTS THE GOVERNMENT BUT DEMANDS ABOLITION OF BLASPHEMY LAW ASIA/SRI LANKA - MISSIONARIES CALL FOR WORLD WIDE PRAYERS FOR PEACE IN SRI LANKA AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “IN A PLURALIST SOCIETY MINORITY GROUPS MUST EXPRESS THEMSELVES WITH RESPECT FOR THE RELIGIOUS SENTIMENT OF THE MAJORITY”: SOLIDARITY WITH THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AFTER INSULTS AND OFFENSIVE PAINTINGS ON THE CATHEDRAL WALLS ON NOVEMBER 1 SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - MORE THAN 12.885 CASES OF DENGUE IN CENTRAL AMERICA, ALMOST THREE THOUSAND IN EL SALVADOR SINCE JANUARY THIS YEAR SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - ASIA/INDIA - 223 DIE OF DENGUE IN ONLY THREE MONTHS SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - TB KILLED TWO MILLION IN THE WORLD IN 12 MONTHS: WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION INTERVENES 03/11/2003 VATICAN - THE POPE SAYS AT THE ANGELUS PRAYER: “IT IS IMPORTANT AND DUTIFUL TO PRAY FOR THE DEAD BECAUSE EVEN THOSE WHO DIE IN GOD’S GRACE AND FRIENDSHIP MAY STILL NEED PURIFICATION BEFORE ENTERING THE JOY OF HEAVEN ” VATICAN - ON ALL SAINTS DAY THE POPE SAYS: “THE SAINTS AND BLESSEDS IN PARADISE REMIND US PILGRIMS ON THE EARTH THAT WE FIND SUPPORT EVERY DAY NEVER TO LOSE SIGHT OF OUR ETERNAL DESTINY FIRST OF ALL IN PRAYER ” VATICAN - THE POPE ADDRESSES INTERNAL MINISTERS OF EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES: “GUARANTEE AND PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ARE THE TEST OF RESPECT FOR THE OTHER RIGHTS AND THIS IS REALISED THROUGH PREVISION OF ADEQUATE JURIDICAL DISCIPLINE FOR THE DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS CONFESSIONS AS A GUARANTEE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE IDENTITY AND FREEDOM” EUROPE/ITALY - REV. PASQUALE LIBERATORE SALESIAN POSTULATOR WORKING ON BEATIFICATION OF POPE JOHN PAUL I DIES AT THE AGE OF 71 FIDES SIGNALS - EUROPE/ITALY:CELEBRATIONS TO MARK CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF OUTSTANDING CATHOLIC STATESMAN GIORGIO LAPIRA AFRICA/UGANDA - 120 CHILD SOLDIERS RESCUED IN NORTHERN UGANDA. SECOND IN COMMAND LRA LEADER KILLED. HAS THE CONFLICT REACHED A TURNING POINT ? AFRICA/SUDAN - GOVERNMENT AIRFORCE HITS TARGETS IN THE WEST BUT TALKS WITH MAIN REBEL GROUPS CONTINUE AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - MILITARY PARADE ENDS IN TRAGEDY: 200 INJURED INCLUDING 13 SUFFERING FROM SEVERE BURNS ASIA/KOREA - FAMILIES ON MISSION TO FAMILIES: CHURCH IN KOREA RELIES ON LAITY TO EVANGELISE SOCIETY ASIA/VIETNAM - CATHOLIC BISHOPS ISSUE PASTORAL LETTER: NEW COURAGE AND NEW MEANS FOR THE CHURCH’S MISSION IN VIETNAM TODAY Archivio 2005 JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DICEMBER Archivio 2004 JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DICEMBER Archivio 2003 JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DICEMBER Archivio 2002 JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DICEMBER

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