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EUROPE/SCOTLAND – THIS SUNDAY EVERY PARISH IN SCOTLAND WILL DISTRIBUTE LEAFLETS ON MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY AS PART OF YEAR OF THE FAMILY 2004 CALLED BY CATHOLIC BISHOPS EUROPE/ITALY - “CHRIST HOPE OF EUROPE”: 2ND EUROPEAN DAY FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: PRAYER VIGIL SATELLITE LINKS WITH CAPITALS OF 10 FUTURE EU MEMBERS AFRICA/SOMALIA - PEACE AGREEMENT FOR SOMALIA: TRANSITION GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT MEMBERS APPOINTED BY LOCAL CHIEFS NEW FEDERAL CONSTITUTION AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - SCOTLAND’S CARDINAL ENCOURAGES CONGO WHERE CIVIL WAR KILLED 3 MILLION PEOPLE AND PRAISES LOCAL CHURCH FOR WORK IN EDUCATION AND ITS OWN CATHOLIC RADIO “A GOOD MEANS OF EVANGELISATION FOUND NEITHER IN SCOTLAND, ENGLAND NOR IRELAND” ASIA/MYANMAR – LITTLE FLOCK IN MYANMAR THANKS RADIO VERITAS FOR 'AIRING' THE GOSPEL TO CATHOLICS IN BURMA'S REMOTE MOUNTAIN DISTRICTS ASIA/INDIA - 4,5 MILLION WITH AIDS IN INDIA DESERVE OUR LOVE AND MERCY SAYS CARDINAL VITHAYATHIL HEAD OF SYRO-MALABAR CATHOLIC CHURCH CEP APPOINTMENTS - AMERICA/HONDURAS – REVEREND GUY PLANTE APPOINTED NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF PONTIFICAL MISSION SOCIETIES SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - EUROPE/ITALY - ETHICS AND HEALTH: TWO DEMANDS, TWO DUTIES, TWO COMPONENTS OF EVERY HUMAN PERSON 29/01/2004 VATICAN - THE POPE’S MESSAGE FOR LENT 2004: “WHOEVER RECEIVES ONE SUCH CHILD IN MY NAME RECEIVES ME (MT 18,5): “TO BECOME” ONE OF THE LEAST AND “TO RECEIVE” THE LITTLE ONES EUROPE/SPAIN - 400 MILLION CHILD SLAVES: EXHIBITION UNMASKS SLAVERY “THESE ARE NOT CHILD WORKERS THEY ARE CHILD SLAVES” AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - CHILD SOLDIERS IN SIERRA LEONE: DEEPLY TRAUMATISED BUT NO HATRED IN THEIR HEARTS, SAYS MISSIONARY AFRICA – EDUCATION IS A RIGHT, BUT IN AFRICA THERE ARE CLASSES WITH 100 PUPILS AND NO BLACKBOARD AFRICA/IVORY COAST - IVORY COAST WOULD WELCOME THE UNITED NATIONS, EVERYONE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE UN INVOLVEMENT. CATHOLIC BISHOPS URGE PEOPLE TO PRACTICE MODERATION TO HELP RETURN OF PEACE EUROPE/ITALY – MARIANNHILL MISSIONARIES MOURN DEATH OF GENERAL SUPERIOR FATHER DIETER GAHLEN ASIA/PAKISTAN - CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM AUDIENCE ENJOY RADIO VERITAS IN URDU: MORE THAN 700 PROGRAMMES COVER WIDE VARIETY OF SUBJECTS RANGING FROM SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND NEWS TO LITERATURE AND RELIGION ASIA/PHILIPPINES - 30 DAYS OF HOPE FOR TWO MEN DESTINED TO BE EXECUTED TOMORROW: THE LOCAL CHURCH’S BATTLE TO HAVE DEATH PENALTY ABOLISHED AMERICA/MEXICO - LATIN-AMERICAN BISHOPS’ CONFERENCES START PREPARATION FOR 5TH CELAM CONFERENCE AND COMMEMORATE POPE JOHN PAUL II’S FIRST VISIT TO MEXICO IN 1979 28/01/2004 VATICAN - THE POPE’S TEACHING AT GENERAL AUDIENCE: THE FONT OF ALL CONFIDENCE AND THE SOURCE OF ALL HOPE IN THE HOUR OF TRIAL IS THAT GOD IS NOT INDIFFERENT TOWARDS GOOD AND EVIL, HE IS A GOOD GOD NOT SOME INDECIPHERABLE AND MYSTERIOUS FATE EUROPE/ITALY - PROFILE OF MISSIONARY PARISH FOR NEW EVANGELISATION: FOCUS OF NEXT GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF ITALIAN BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE IN MAY AFRICA/BURUNDI - MURDERED NUNCIO ARCHBISHOP COURTNEY COMMEMORATED TOMORROW A MONTH AFTER TRAGIC AMBUSH, WITH A SOLEMN MASS IN BUJUMBURA CATHEDRAL AFRICA/LIBERIA – CAPUCHIN FATHERS’ VEHICLE STOLEN: THIEVES’ RANSOM DEMAND TYPICAL OF LIBERIA’S STATE OF CONFUSION ASIA/INDIA - APOSTOLATE IN COMMUNICATIONS, EVANGELISING THROUGH THE MEDIA: PRIORITY FOR GOA ARCHDIOCESE ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - TAEGU SEMINARY OPENS TO THE LAITY: THEOLOGY FOR HOUSEWIVES, WORKERS AND BUSINESSMEN ASIA/SRI LANKA - THIRD CATHOLIC CHURCH TORCHED IN A FEW DAYS: BUDDHIST FANATICISM ESCALATES CEP APPOINTMENTS - AFRICA/SENEGAL/MAURITANIA – NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF PONTIFICAL MISSION SOCIETIES REV. GIUSEPPE GIORDANO CONFIRMED SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - AMERICA/UNITED STATES - GROUP OF RESEARCHERS START SUCCESSFUL STUDY ON NEW WAYS TO CONTROL DENGUE FEVER WHICH STILL STRIKES IN WAVES 27/01/2004 EUROPE/ITALY - WITNESSES OF HOPE FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR DAY: OBLATES OF MAY IMMACULATE PREPARE FOR 34TH GENERAL CHAPTER AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - “WE HAVE COME TO LEARN FROM YOUR HOPE”. CARDINAL PATRICK O’BRIAN, PRIMATE OF SCOTLAND TELLS THE MARTYRED ARCHDIOCESE OF BUKAVU AFRICA/ DEMOCRATIC CONGO - SUDDEN DEATH OF BISHOP PAUL MAMBE, BISHOP OF KINDU, FOR YEARS COMMITTED TO PROMOTING PEACE AND RECONCILIATION IN CONGO AFRICA/UGANDA - NORTHERN UGANDA’S SILENT WAR MAKES NO SOUND ASIA/INDONESIA - CHOOSE CANDIDATES COMMITTED TO TRANSPARENCY AND COMMON GOOD, BISHOPS ADVISE CATHOLIC VOTERS IN VIEW OF APRIL ELECTIONS ASIA/SRI LANKA - WHY IS FUNDAMENTALISM WORMING ITS WAY AMONG SRI LANKAN BUDDHISTS? FIDES ASKS CHAIRMAN OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS: NATION WIDE DAY OF PRAYER FOR INTERRELIGIOUS HARMONY SUNDAY 1 FEBRUARY MISSIONARY PRAYER INTENTION - FEBRUARY 2004: “THAT IN OCEANIA PRIESTLY AND RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS FOR EVANGELISATION IN THE LOCAL CHURCHES MAY RECEIVE SPECIAL CARE” The Pope’s Missionary Prayer Intention Comment by Bishop Cesare Bonivento PIME, Bishop of Vanimo Papua New Guinea. SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - EUROPE/ITALY - “WHAT IS NEEDED IS A CHANGE IN ATTITUDE: PREJUDICE WITH REGARD TO LEPROSY MUST BE OVERCOME ” DR. DEEPAK TELLS FIDES 26/01/2004 VATICAN - THE POPE’S ANGELUS REFLECTION: “UT UNUM SINT – MAY THEY BE ONE. THIS ARDENT INVOCATION MADE BY JESUS IN THE UPPER ROOM CONTINUES TO REMIND CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES THAT UNITY IS A GIFT TO WELCOME AND DEVELOP EVER MORE DEEPLY” ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - ASIA/TAIWAN - ARCHBISHOP JOSEPH TI-KANG OF TAIPEI AND APOSTOLIC ADMINISTRATOR OF KINMEN, QUEMOY AND MATZU ISLANDS RESIGNS, MGR JOSEPH CHENG TSAI-FA APPOINTED ARCHBISHOP AND MGR BOSCO LIN CHI-NAN APPOINTED BISHOP TAINAN ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - AMERICA/COLOMBIA – REVEREND EDGAR HERNANDO TIRADO MAZO MXY APPOINTED VICAR APOSTOLIC VICAR OF TIERRADENTRO 24/01/2004 VATICAN – POPE JOHN PAUL II’S MESSAGE FOR 2004 WORLD COMMUNICATIONS DAY: THE MEDIA AND THE FAMILY: A RISK AND A RICHNESS 23/01/2004 ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “STOP THE EXECUTION, THESE MEN ARE INNOCENT!”: MANILA PRISON CHAPLAIN FATHER OLAGUER, REAFFIRMS CATHOLIC CHURCH’S “NO” TO DEATH PENALTY UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES ASIA/TAIWAN – NEW YEAR AND NEW CATHOLIC CULTURAL MAGAZINE: JESUIT FATHERS AT “MATTEO RICCI” CENTRE PRODUCE TAIWAN’S FIRST CHINESE LANGUAGE REVIEW ASIA/THAILAND - “A HANDFUL OF MUSLIM FUNDAMENTALIST SECESSIONISTS IN THE SOUTH WILL NOT AFFECT INTER-RELIGIOUS RELATIONS: DIALOGUE AMONG THAILAND’S DIFFERENT RELIGIONS IS FRIENDLY AND FREQUENT” BISHOP LAWRENCE SAMANCHIT TOLD FIDES OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - LOCAL CHURCH BUSY HEALING WAR TRAUMA AND REBUILDING CONFIDENCE 22/01/2004 VATICAN - THE POPE APPOINTS MGR GALLAGHER APOSTOLIC NUNCIO IN BURUNDI EUROPE/ITALY - OBLATE MISSIONARIES OF MARY IMMACULATE UPDATED WEB SITE : MORE OMI INFORMATION ON LINE AFRICA/CAMEROON - LOCAL CATHOLIC CHURCH LAUNCHES EDUCATION CAMPAIGN TO STRIKE CORRUPTION AT THE ROOT AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - UN PEACEKEEPERS DETERMINED TO DISARM MILITIA IN ITURI, NORTH-EAST CONGO, WHERE FIGHTING CONTINUES AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU – PORTUGUESE SPEAKING BISHOPS CALL FOR MORE SOLIDARITY AMONG CHURCHES TO MEET CHALLENGES OF EVANGELISATION ASIA/INDIA - HOPE FOR PEACE IN KASHMIR: CHURCH CALLS ON POLITICIANS TO WORK FOR THE GOOD AND PROSPERITY OF THE PEOPLE EXHAUSTED BY SO MUCH VIOLENCE ASIA/TURKEY – WEEK OF PRAYER FOR UNITY: TURKEY’S WIDE VARIETY OF CHRISTIANS LIVE PRINCIPLE OF ‘UNITY IN DIVERSITY’ ASIA/INDIA - NEXT WORLD SOCIAL FORUM IN AFRICA? FIDES ASKED CATHOLIC PARTICIPANTS TO SHARE THEIR IMPRESSIONS 21/01/2004 VATICAN – THE POPE’S GENERAL AUDIENCE TEACHING: “ THERE IS AN EVER GREATER NEED FOR A PROFOUND SPIRITUALITY OF PEACE AND PEACE-MAKING, NOT ONLY AMONG THOSE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN ECUMENICAL ACTIVITY …THE CAUSE FOR UNITY IN FACT INVOLVES EVERY BELIEVER.” AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - BISHOPS STATEMENT DENOUNCING CLIMATE OF INSECURITY AND WIDESPREAD VIOLENCE BRINGS POSITIVE REACTION AFRICA/LIBERIA - MAIN REBEL MOVEMENT IN LIBERIA SPLITS: WILL PEACE PROCESS BE ENDANGERED? ASIA/INDIA APPARENT CALM RETURNS TO JHABUA, BUT THE BISHOP IS CONCERNED; HINDU FUNDAMENTALISTS CONTINUE DEFAMATION CAMPAIGN AGAINST CATHOLICS: BEATEN PRIEST SERIOUSLY INJURED AMERICA/CHILE - HUNDRED YEARS AGO 12 YEAR OLD BLESSED LAURA VICUNA DIED FOR LOVE: HER BRIEF LIFE MARKED BY SUFFERING TRANSFORMED WITH LOVE CHALLENGES YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY EUROPE/SPAIN - STREET CHILDREN “ONE OF THE MOST SHAMEFUL TRAGEDIES OF MODERN SOCIETY ” SAY COMBONI MISSIONARIES AND JESUITS SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - AMERICA/ UNITED STATES - US SCIENTISTS SAY AFRICA’S MINI-EPIDEMICS OF EBOLA DUE TO VARIOUS STRAINS OF LETHAL VIRUS 20/01/2004 AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - SLOWLY CALM RETURNS TO GAMBELLA AFTER FIERCE ETHNIC CLASHES. CONCERN FOR 16,000 PEOPLE IN FLIGHT TOWARDS SUDAN AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU – POLITICAL PRIORITIES COMMON GOOD AND DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON FOR PORTUGUESE SPEAKING BISHOPS ASIA/INDIA – PROTECTING RIGHTS OF TRIBALS AND DALITS AND ALL EXCLUDED PEOPLES: JESUIT MISSION AT WORLD SOCIAL FORUM – INTERVIEW WITH THE HEAD OF JESUIT DELEGATION ASIA/MACAO - YOUNG PEOPLE LEAD WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY: “STRIVING TO LIVE AS TRUE FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST IN THE WORLD TODAY ” ASIA/TAIWAN – “LUNAR NEW YEAR IN CHINA WILL BE DEDICATED TO EVANGELISATION” SAYS CARDINAL PAUL SHAN. CHURCH IN CHINA THANKS THE POPE FOR HIS SUNDAY HAPPY NEW YEAR MESSAGE ASIA/INDIA APPARENT CALM RETURNS TO JHABUA, BUT THE BISHOP IS CONCERNED; HINDU FUNDAMENTALISTS CONTINUE DEFAMATION CAMPAIGN AGAINST CATHOLICS: BEATEN PRIEST SERIOUSLY INJURED ASIA/CHINA - GLOBAL FESTIVITIES FOR LUNAR NEW YEAR IN CHINA AND OVERSEAS ASIA/CHINA - TRADITIONS AND SYMBOLS IN CHINA FOR LUNAR NEW YEAR: SPRING CLEANED HOMES, PAID BILLS, RED DECORATIONS AT THE WINDOW WELCOME GOOD FORTUNE AND PROSPERITY ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - EUROPE/ALBANIA - SHKODRË (SKUTARI): AUXILIARY BISHOP ZEF SIMONI RESIGNS SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - EUROPE/ITALY - SUNDAY 25 JANUARY: 51ST WORLD DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH LEPERS. THURSDAY 22 FIDES DOSSIER WITH INFORMATION AND TESTIMONY 19/01/2004 VATICAN - THE POPE SAYS AT ANGELUS: “IN A WORLD THIRSTING FOR PEACE, IT IS URGENT FOR CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES TO UNITE TO ANNOUNCE THE GOSPEL TOGETHER. IT IS INDISPENSABLE FOR THEM TO BEAR WITNESS TO DIVINE LOVE WHICH UNITES THEM AND FOR THEM TO BE BEARERS OF JOY, HOPE AND PEACE VATICAN - “WE MUST FIND WITHIN US THE COURAGE OF PEACE. WE MUST IMPLORE FROM ON HIGH THE GIFT OF PEACE AND THIS PEACE WILL SPREAD LIKE OIL WHICH SOOTHES, IF WE WALK WITHOUT RESTING THE PATH OF RECONCILIATION.”: THE POPE’S CALL ON THE OCCASION OF A VATICAN CONCERT FOR RECONCILIATION BETWEEN JEWS, CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS VATICAN – THE POPE’S GENERAL AUDIENCE TEACHING: “ THERE IS AN EVER GREATER NEED FOR A PROFOUND SPIRITUALITY OF PEACE AND PEACE-MAKING, NOT ONLY AMONG THOSE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN ECUMENICAL ACTIVITY …THE CAUSE FOR UNITY IN FACT INVOLVES EVERY BELIEVER.” AFRICA/TUNISIA - BISHOPS OF NORTHERN AFRICA: “THE WITNESS OFFERED BY THE CHURCH IN MAGHREB IS NOT SEEN AS AGGRESSION BY THE LOCAL PEOPLE ”. ARCHBISHOP FOUAD TWAL ELECTED PRESIDENT OF CERNA. AFRICA/BURUNDI - IS PEACE IN BURUNDI CLOSER? LAST RESISTING GROUP OF REBELS SITS AT NEGOTIATING TABLE WITH GOVERNMENT EUROPE/ITALY - PARISH, COMMUNICATION AND MISSION THE FOCUS OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STANDING COUNCIL OF THE ITALIAN BISHOPS CONFERENCE WHICH OPENS TODAY ASIA/IRAQ – IN ADDITION TO BOMB BLASTS: THE GHOST OF ORGANISED CRIME IS BACK IN IRAQ AMERICA/VENEZUELA - “WE MUST BE AUTHENTIC SERVANTS OF THE POOR”: VENEZUELAN BISHOPS’ STATEMENT ON PEACE FIDES SIGNALS - AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - “THE FUTURE IS POSSIBLE”: AIDS IN PHOTOGRAPHS, EXHIBITION PROMOTED BY UNIDEA AND S. EGIDIO COMMUNITY 17/01/2004 VATICAN - 18/25 JANUARY, WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY: “MY PEACE I GIVE YOU” EUROPE/GT. BRITAIN – WEST AND EAST MEET AT WESTMINSTER: FOR THE FIRST TIME LONDON’S CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL WILL HOST RUSSIAN ORTHODOX VESPERS. CHRISTIAN MARTYRS HONOURED WITH TOWER OF LONDON PLAQUE AFRICA/KENYA - STRONG SPIRIT OF ECUMENISM IN KENYA, LOCAL CHRISTIAN CONFESSIONS PREPARE TO CELEBRATE WEEK FOF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - AFRICA/MALAWI – ZOMBA DIOCESE: BISHOP ALLAN CHAMGWERA RESIGNS, REVEREND THOMAS MSUSA APPOINTED 16/01/2004 VATICAN - THE POPE RECEIVES CHIEF RABBIS OF ISRAEL: “WE MUST SPARE NO EFFORT IN WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD A WORLD OF JUSTICE, PEACE AND RECONCILIATION FOR ALL PEOPLES” THE RABBIS ARE IN ROME TO ATTEND CONCERT FOR RECONCILIATION AMONG CHRISTIANS, JEWS AND MUSLIMS VATICAN - FEAST DAY OF BLESSED PAOLO MANNA FOUNDER OF THE PONTIFICAL MISSIONARY UNION: A SOUL OF FIRE AFLAME WITH ARDENT LOVE FOR GOD AND PEOPLE EUROPE/GERMANY - “THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS AN EXCELLENT PARTNER IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST AIDS ” SAYS DESMOND JOHNS OF UNAIDS IN NEW YORK AFRICA/ETHIOPIA AND BURUNDI - INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEERS FOR DEVELOPMENT HELP ASIA/HOLY LAND - “NOT WALLS BUT BRIDGES”: BISHOPS OF EUROPE AND AMERICA SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH CHRISTIANS IN THE HOLY LAND AMERICA/ARGENTINA - 2ND AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS BEARS FIRST FRUITS: POOR DIOCESE OF NUEVE DE JULIO IN ARGENTINA SENDS PARISH PRIEST AND GROUP OF LAY PEOPLE TO HELP IN AN EVEN POORER PARISH IN GUATEMALA ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - ASIA/INDIA – GOA and DAMAO, ARCHBISHOP RAUL GONSALVES RESIGNS, MGR FILIPE NERI ANTÓNIO SEBASTIÃO DO ROSARIO FERRÃO APPOINTED ARCHBISHOP 15/01/2004 VATICAN - THE POPE RECEIVES ADMINISTRATORS OF LAZIO REGION AND ROME CITY AND PROVINCE: “THE FAMILY IS THE HUMAN SPACE IN WHICH THE PERSON, FROM THE BEGINNING OF LIFE, CAN EXPERIENCE THE WARMTH OF AFFECTION AND GROW IN HARMONY”. AFRICA/BURUNDI - WE MUST NEVER STOP THE PATH OF LOVE! ASIA/TAIWAN - MORE THAN 7.000 CHINESE SPEAKING CHRISTIANS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD WILL MEET IN TAIPEI 23 - 25 JANUARY ASIA/INDIA - COMMUNICATING THROUGH THE MEDIA IS A DUTY AND A CALLING FOR THE CHURCH: FINAL STATEMENT OF 26TH GENERAL BODY MEETING OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE ASIA/HONG KONG - STEPS TO STOP ANIMAL/HUMAN INFECTION: INTENSIFY VETERINARY INSPECTIONS AND BAN SALE OF LIVE ANIMALS FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION IN FOOD MARKETS AMERICA/PERU - “ GREAT LIMA MISSION”: TO RENEW LIFE IN CHRIST AND REDISCOVER AUTHENTIC VALUES THE CHURCH IN LIMA STARTS A YEAR OF CITY MISSION SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND CASES OF CHOLERA IN THE WORLD, 5.000 DEATHS EVERY YEAR: WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION PROMOTES A NEW ORAL VACCINE TO CHECK THE DISEASE FIDES SIGNALS - EUROPE/ITALY - WOMEN: WORRIES, RESOURCES AND PROSPECTS, INQUIRY ON CONDITION OF WOMEN IN ITALY 14/01/2004 EUROPE/PORTUGAL - “JOHN PAUL II AWARD” FOR CHAMPIONS OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND JUSTICE AND PEACE ESTABLISHED BY LISBON BRANCH OF AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED EUROPE/SPAIN - “YOU TOO ARE A MISSIONARY”, MISSIONARY CHILDHOOD DAY IN SPAIN AFRICA/IVORY COAST - MACHETE SLAUGHTER CONTINUES: AT LEAST 18 PEOPLE MURDERED IN RECENT WEEKS. 40-60,000 ARMED YOUNG MILITARY RUN WILD ASIA/INDIA - CARDINAL TELESPHORE TOPPO NEW PRESIDENT OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE OF INDIA ASIA/IRAN - OVER 162 CARITAS INTERNATIONALIS VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE MATERIAL ASSISTANCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT FOR EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS IN BAM ASIA/PAKISTAN - “PEACE BEGINS AT HOME” FATHER BERNARD INAYAT TELLS FIDES AFTER A PEACE MARCH TO INDIA-PAKISTAN BORDER: FIDES SPEAKS TO IMAMS ABDUL KHABEER AZAD AND WAQAR-UL-HUSNAIN NAQVI SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - EUROPE/ITALY - WITH A HISTORY OF 500 YEARS THE ORDER OF ST JOHN OF GOD HOSPITALLER BROTHERS FOR THE FUTURE OF HEALTH CARE: RELIGIOUS AND LAY PEOPLE COMPARE NOTES 13/01/2004 VATICAN - THE POPE’S ANNUAL NEW YEAR ADDRESS TO DIPLOMATIC CORPS: “IT IS MORE THAN EVER NECESSARY TO LEARN FROM THE PAST, REMOTE AND RECENT. IN ANY CASE ONE THING IS CERTAIN: WAR DOES NOT SOLVE CONFLICTS BETWEEN PEOPLES!” ASIA/THAILAND - “POLITICAL MOTIVES BEHIND MUSLIM PROTEST IN THAILAND”, APOSTOLIC ADMINISTRATOR IN THE SOUTH TELLS FIDES ASIA/INDIA - SYRO-MALABAR CATHOLIC CHURCH GRANTED FULL AUTONOMY FOR ELECTING BISHOPS IN ITS TERRITORY ASIA/HOLY LAND - CATHOLIC BISHOPS FROM EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS MEET IN THE HOLY LAND TO SUPPORT HOLY LAND CHRISTIANS 12/01/2004 VATICAN - THE POPE’S ANGELUS REFLECTION: “WITH THE BAPTISM AT THE JORDAN THE MESSIANIC STYLE OF JESUS IS CLEARLY MANIFESTED… AFTER CELEBRATING AT CHRISTMAS THE GREAT EVENT OF THE INCARNATION WE ARE INVITED TO KEEP OUR GAZE ON JESUS, THE HUMAN FACE OF GOD AND THE DIVINE FACE OF MAN VATICAN - THE POPE ADDRESSES PLENARY ASSEMBLY OF THE CONGREGATION FOR THE CLERGY: “THE STRUCTURE OF THE CHURCH CANNOT BE CONCEIVED ACCORDING TO PURELY HUMAN POLITICAL MODELS. HER HIERARCHICAL CONSTITUTION IS FOUNDED ON THE WILL OF CHRIST AND AS SUCH IS PART OF THE "DEPOSITUM FIDEI", WHICH MUST BE INTEGRALLY PRESERVED AND HANDED ON THROUGH THE CENTURIES.” EUROPE/GERMANY - PROMOTING PENAL ACTION AGAINST CHILD ABUSE IN SEX TOURISM: SYMPOSIUM PROMOTED BY MISSIO ON OBSTACLES AND POSSIBILITIES EUROPE/GERMANY - WORLD YOUTH DAY IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNISE THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO GROW IN THE FAITH AND BECOME A MISSIONARY CHURCH: GERMAN BISHOPS SAY IN PASTORAL LETTER IN VIEW OF WORLD YOUTH DAY WJT 2005 AFRICA/SENEGAL - ARCHBISHOP OF DAKAR THREATENED. ALL SENEGAL EXPRESSES SOLIDARITY. PRESIDENT WADE DEFENDS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ON TELEVISION AFRICA/CONGO - DIOCESE REJOICES FOR RETURN OF SICK ARCHBISHOP OF BUKAVU ABSENT FOR THREE YEARS ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - WITH REGULAR EVENING PRAYER IN THE CATHEDRAL 100 LAY PEOPLE PREPARE FOR MISSION TO BEAR WITNESS TO FAITH IN SOCIETY ASIA/LAOS – CHRISTIAN MINORITY GROUPS IN REMOTE AREAS KEEP FAITH ALIVE THANKS TO RADIO VERITAS AND THE MISSIONARY OBLATES OF MARY IMMACULATE ASIA/IRAN – EARTHQUAKE EMERGENCY: FIRST CARITAS CONVOY LEAVES TEHERAN TODAY, MAIN CHALLENGE NOW IS REBUILDING. ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - ASIA/INDONESIA: TIMIKA NEW DIOCESE, REV. JOHN PHILIP SAKLIL FIRST BISHOP 09/01/2004 VATICAN - PAPAL MESSAGE TO SYMPOSIUM ON THE DIGNITY AND RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL DISABILITY: “A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY, EVEN WHEN WOUNDED IN MIND OR SENSORIAL OR INTELLECTUAL CAPACITY, IS A FULLY HUMAN SUBJECT WITH SACRED AND INALIENABLE RIGHTS PROPER TO EVERY HUMAN PERSON VATICAN - CARDINAL SECRETARY OF STATE PRESIDES REQUIEM MASS FOR ARCHBISHOP COURTNEY IN ST PETER’S: “HE CARRIED THE TESTIMONY OF HIS ADAMANTINE FAITH ALONG THE ROADS OF THE WORLD, LIKE THE GOOD SHEPHERD HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR THE PEOPLE OF BURUNDI TO WHOM THE POPE SENT HIM AS AN APOSTLE OF PEACE ” AFRICA/IVORY COAST - 6 NEW FORCES MINISTERS TAKE TIME TO THINK THROUGH DIFFICULT CITIZENSHIP DILEMMA AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - SACRED HEART OF JESUS MISSIONARIES CELEBRATE 150TH ANNIVERSARY AND 80 YEARS IN CONGO DESPITE ENORMOUS DIFFICULTIES AND SACKING DURING FIVE YEARS OF CIVIL WAR ASIA/INDIA – CHRISTIAN INSTITUTIONS AND INDIVIDUALS HARASSED BY ANTI-CHURCH PROPAGANDA AND VIOLENCE: SO CALLED “INCIDENTS” ARE VERY OFTEN ORGANISED EXTREMIST ATTACKS ASIA/PAKISTAN – ADDRESSING A GATHERING OF MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS PUNJAB CHIEF MINISTER PRAISES CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS AND SOCIAL INSTITUTES AMERICA/BRAZIL – 3 CONSOLATA MISSIONARIES KIDNAPPED ON 6 JANUARY ARE RELEASED: THE THREE RELIGIOUS ARE WELL AND UNHURT 08/01/2004 VATICAN - DURING FIRST GENERAL OF THE YEAR 2004 THE POPE INVITES PEOPLE TO CONTEMPLATE THE SILENT PRESENCE OF THE VIRGIN MOTHER MARY BESIDE THE INFANT JESUS: “LET US ASK HER TO GUIDE OUR STEPS IN THE NEW YEAR WHICH DIVINE PROVIDENCE GRANTS US TO LIVE ”. AFRICA/SUDAN - OIL WEALTH SHARING AGREEMENT A STEP ON THE PATH TO PEACE: BUT ALL SIDES MUST WORK TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF RE-SETTLING REFUGEES AFRICA/SUDAN - LANDMARK GOVERNMENT/REBEL AGREEMENT TO SHARE OIL WEALTH ASIA/INDIA – THE MEDIA, CRUCIAL CHALLENGE FOR CHURCH IN INDIA IN THE PRESENT SOCIAL-POLITICAL SCENARIO: BISHOPS HOLD GENERAL ASSEMBLY ASIA/PAKISTAN - PROTESTANT PASTOR SHOT DEAD: MUSLIM FUNDAMENTALISTS SUSPECTED ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - DEATH PENALTIES SUSPENDED: GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES CONCRETE STEPS TOWARDS ELIMINATION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AMERICA/BRAZIL - CONCERN FOR MISSIONARIES KIDNAPPED IN RORAIMA STATE; YESTERDAY’S ATTEMPTED POLICE LIBERATION FAILED, CAPTORS DEMAND PRESENCE OF MEDIA AND WANT TO TALK TO PRESIDENT LULA ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - AMERICA/MARTINIQUE – SAINT-PIERRE AND FORT DE FRANCE ARCHBISHOP MAURICE MARIE-SAINTE RESIGNS, REV. MICHEL MERANVILLE APPOINTED NEW ARCHBISHOP 07/01/2004 VATICAN - THE POPE’S ANGELUS REFLECTION ON THE FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY: “THE STAR THAT LED THE WISE MEN TO CHRIST RECALLS THE RICH SYMBOLISM OF LIGHT…GOD IS LIGHT AND THE WORD MADE MAN IS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD, A LIGHT TO GUIDE THE WANDERING OF PEOPLES EUROPE/GERMANY - CHILDREN BUILD BRIDGES: HALF A MILLION STERN SINGERS ALL OVER GERMANY COLLECT MONEY FOR LITTLE BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN NEED: THE WORLD’S MOST SUCCESSFUL CHILDREN HELPING CHILDREN CAMPAIGN AFRICA/BURUNDI - IN BURUNDI PENDULUM OF WAR SWINGS DANGEROUSLY HIGH. NUNCIO’S KILLERS WERE PROFESSIONALS. TELLTALE SIGNS ON AMBUSHED CAR AFRICA/IVORY COAST - REBEL MINISTERS AGREE TO SIT WITH GOVERNMENT DESPITE FEAR THAT REFERENDUM WILL ENABLE PRESIDENT TO QUASH NEW LAWS WITHOUT PARLIAMENT’S CONSENT. GROWING CONCERN AMONG DESCENDANTS OF NON NATIONALS ASIA/INDONESIA - EMERITUS BISHOP SOUDANT OF PALEMBANG DIES IN HOSPITAL. CONGREGATION FOR THE EVANGELISATION OF PEOPLES SENDS HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO LOCAL CATHOLICS ASIA/PAKISTAN - BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE PRESIDENT APPLAUDS INDIA AND PAKISTAN FOR NEW RELATIONS IN NEW MILLENNIUM URGING GOVERNMENTS TO UNITE TO FIGHT POVERTY AND REDUCE MILITARY SPENDING: FULL SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - ASIA/PAKISTAN – KARACHI: MGR EVARIST PINTO APPOINTED METROPOLITAN ARCHBISHOP ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - AFRICA/NIGERIA – BAUCHI VICARIATE ELEVATED TO RANK OF DIOCESE, FIRST BISHOP MGR. JOHN MOORE ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - ASIA/INDONESIA – MEDAN: MGR ANICETUS SINAGA APPOINTED COADJUTOR ARCHBISHOP 05/01/2004 VATICAN - 6 JANUARY 2004 MISSIONARY CHILDHOOD DAY FIDES DOSSIER:INFANCY BETRAYED, ABUSED, HUMILIATED ALL OVER THE WORLD VATICAN - ON FIDES WEB SITE POPE JOHN PAUL II’s MESSAGE FOR WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR PEACE NOW AVAILABLE IN CHINESE DOSSIER - VATICAN - HEALTH IS A RIGHT DENIED TO MANY AND A CHALLENGE FOR EVANGELISATION. EVERY MISSION HAS ITS BASIC HEALTH CARE CENTRE: FIDES DOSSIER ON CATHOLIC HEALTH CARE 02/01/2004 AFRICA/BURUNDI - APOSTOLIC NUNCIO MURDERED BECAUSE HE WAS WORKING FOR PEACE IN BURUNDI 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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