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Family Planning Ministry warns that the country could have 10 million HIV carriers in 2010 SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Dengue: the country’s major enemy is unfairness 28/10/2004 EUROPE/ITALY - 4.000 Italian charismatics at 28th Renewal in the Spirit Conference AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Bukavu main town in eastern Congo hub of political activity. Tomorrow Bukavu commemorates Archbishop Munzihirwa murdered in 1996 AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Were trucks of arms confiscated in rebel controlled zone for president’s supporters or was it simply a provocation? Catholic Bishops appeal for peace ASIA/INDIA - Indian Cardinal Telesphore Toppo, president of Bishops’ Conference, visits Fides: “We are not afraid of attacks on Christians by Hindu fundamentalists: this only strengthens our faith and we view the future of the nation with optimism” ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “Mission Sunday with Missionaries” celebration in Seoul Cathedral. “The authentic Christian is always missionary” ASIA/CHINA - “Ai Min Hospital” built and managed by German Benedictine Missionary Sisters of Tutzing ASIA/IRAQ - “Thank you Holy Father for your words of comfort: you have strengthened our faith and hope” MISSIONARY PRAYER INTENTION - Pope John Paul II’s missionary prayer intention for November 2004: That all those who work in the missionary will never forget that personal holiness and intimate union with Christ are the source of the efficacy of evangelisation. Comment by Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, Dean emeritus of the College of Cardinals SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - ASIA/INDIA - 3,300 doctors, nurses in hospitals health centres serving the country’s poor 27/10/2004 VATICAN - At the general Audience the Pope teaches on second part of Psalm 48 which “condemns Illusion generated by the idolatry of wealth and riches” and launches an appeal for Iraq: “I encourage Christians to continue with generosity to offer their fundamental contribution to promote reconciliation of hearts” EUROPE/SPAIN - International Rosary Congress: an opportunity to meditate on the mystery of Christ through the eyes of Most Holy Mary EUROPE/ITALY - Loppiano, first Focolari Little Town is forty years old: a thousand people from 70 countries live a utopia of peace come true AFRICA/SUDAN - United Nations Security Council will meet in Nairobi to discuss peace in Southern Sudan and the situation in Darfur AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - War in eastern Congo: thousands of women silent victims AFRICA/SUDAN - Solidarity is building a Catholic hospital in the Nuba Mountains region: now that peace is in sight we must boost missionary activity” Catholic Bishop of El Obeid tells Fides AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “Let us help the Pope to make sure that the Gospel of Jesus reaches all people, especially those who have never heard it”: during Mission Sunday Mass Papal Nuncio encourages missionary activity OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Equal opportunities, struggle against poverty and social exclusion: presence of Australian Catholic community FIDES SIGNALS - “A Euro to Help a Child”: Bambino Gesu Children’s Hospital in Rome launches 3rd fund raising campaign to open a new ward 26/10/2004 VATICAN - The Pope addresses Bishops from Angola, São Tome e Principe: "Today more than ever Angola needs peace in justice... it is time for profound national reconciliation” VATICAN - One Family of God within the Diversity of Cultures: new impulse to the pastoral approach to culture EUROPE/ITALY - From Peru to Italy: Latin American immigrants in many Italian towns make “Señor de los Milagros” procession. The Pope greets a group in St Peter’s Square AFRICA/KENYA - Prison inmates missionaries through prayer in mission month of October AFRICA/ANGOLA - The situation in Angola two years after the civil war: Secretary of the Bishops’ Conference ASIA/IRAQ - “Not only bombs blasts kill”. Christian girls targeted. Strategy evident: frighten Christians and chase them from Iraq ASIA/INDONESIA - Unexploded bombs found near a church: police alert, concern among Christians in the Moluccas, but people believe in peace ASIA/THAILAND - More than 80 people killed and many injured in clashes between militant Muslims and police - Some 1.300 arrests, fear of infiltration of radical elements OCEANIA/NUOVA ZEALAND - Bishops joint appeal to government to respect and dialogue with Maori ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - AFRICA/ALGERIA - New Bishop of Laghouat appointed 25/10/2004 VATICAN - The Pope voices gratitude to missionaries at the Mission Sunday Angelus prayer: “I offer warm greetings and express profound gratitude to all missionaries working on the frontiers of evangelisation. And I remember especially those who crowned their witness to Christ and service of others with the sacrifice of their lives” VATICAN - “The mission of the Church, which is a sign and means of communion between God and peoples and among peoples is realised in the Body of Christ the unifying centre of all humanity”: Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe said in his homily at Mission Sunday Mass in St Peter’s Basilica EUROPE/ITALY - To mark World Mission Sunday OMI missionaries in Catanzaro and a youth group launch a web site In Italian on Father Mario Borzaga Oblate Missionary of Mary Immaculate who died on mission in Laos at the age of 28 AFRICA/UGANDA - Uganda hosts Anglophone African Regional Meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies NDESA AFRICA/TANZANIA - Catholics in Tanzania celebrate World Mission Sunday with enthusiasm and gratitude ASIA/IRAQ Lay Christian in Baghdad calls for help: “This is civil war and if it continues Christianity could very soon disappear from Iraq. Many Christian families have fled Baghdad where Christians are forced once again to worship in catacombs” ASIA/INDIA - Accidental fire in Good Jesus Church shortly before for ten yearly exposition of St Francis Xavier’s relics ASIA/HONG KONG - Lay people give indispensable helping hand with pastoral work ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - AFRICA/UGANDA - Bishop of Kiyinda-Mityana resigns, successor takes over SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - AFRICA/UGANDA - Cholera kills two in overcrowded refugee camp: 60,000 people lack basic sanitation and assistance SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - AFRICA/SUDAN - Trauma, violence, infant mortality rates rocket in Darfur where 2/3 of those affected are women and children. 23/10/2004 VATICAN - Interview with Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on the occasion of WORLD MISSION DAY DOSSIER - World Mission Sunday Special Issue - CHURCH STATISTICS DOSSIER - Mission Sunday Special Issue - LATIN AMERICA the world’s most Catholic continent where the value of peace among nations is more than a hope for re-launching and development DOSSIER - Mission Sunday Special Issue: UPDATE ON THE SITUATION OF WORLD HEALTH 22/10/2004 EUROPE/IRELAND - Mission Festival part of a long term plan to restore missionary awareness and commitment EUROPE/FRANCE - World Mission Sunday “prayer to embrace the world” at all latitudes EUROPE/ITALY - Sunday 24 October, World Mission Day an appointment to savour communion with more than a thousand local Churches in mission territories all over the world AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - Comboni Bishop Armido Gasparini: 52 years on Mission in Eritrea and Ethiopia dies at the age of 91 ASIA/THAILAND - Salesian Father appointed chairman of South East Asian Catholic Press Association AMERICA/CHILE - At least 90.000 young people “pilgrims, disciples and apostles of hope” expected to make pilgrimage to shrine of Saint Teresa de los Andes in Chile AMERICA/PERU - Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani encourages participation in World Mission Sunday: "Although our own local Church has many needs, we cannot be indifferent to the many spiritual and material needs of many less fortunate brothers and sisters” SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - ASIA/INDIA - Concern in India as HIV/AIDS continues to spread 21/10/2004 VATICAN - Via live TV link with Malta the Pope addresses clergy gathered for International Congress for Priests: “The Lord calls you to be his apostles first of all through holiness of life. It is up to you to make resound everywhere the power of the Gospel’s word of truth the only word which can work a profound change in the heart of the human person and give peace ” VATICAN - On Sunday 24 October on behalf of Pope John Paul II Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, head of the Vatican’s Mission Department, will preside World Mission Day Mass in St Peter’s preceded by a Saturday prayer vigil in Santo Spirit church near the Vatican AFRICA - Conflict and dialogue between Islam and Christianity discussed by Catholic Bishops of Africa and Germany committed to enhancing communion between Churches of the two continents and fruitful relations with Muslims AFRICA/BURUNDI - More than 8,000 attend funeral of Catholic priest killed in ambush: “the priest was a target” local sources told Fides ASIA/IRAQ - In Mosul Christian university students strike to protest Islamic fundamentalist violence ASIA/LEBANON - Christians in Beirut organise torchlight march to show solidarity with Iraqi Christians ASIA/HONG KONG - Valuable social commitment of Hong Kong’s Don Bosco Charitable Foundation in mainland China ASIA/INDONESIA - Newly installed government faced with concerning signs of interreligious tension in eastern Indonesia AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Preparations for 3rd American Mission Congress (2007) start with meeting of PMS national directors and presidents of mission commissions SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - EUROPE/ITALY - Public spending for development: Ethiopia spends 3 dollars per person for healthcare while most industrialised countries spend over 2,000 dollars per person SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - AFRICA/KENYA - Each day 500 people die of AIDS: country acquires patent to produce ‘copies’ of antiretroviral drugs 20/10/2004 VATICAN - The Pope’s weekly teaching at the general audience: “Profound obtuseness takes hold of man when he thinks he can avoid death by frantically accumulating material wealth” EUROPE/MALTA - More than 1,300 priests from all over the world in Malta “in the footsteps of St Paul”, to take part in International Meeting for Priests organised by the Congregation for the Clergy AFRICA/SUDAN - Massacres in Darfur continue: 10,000 deaths every month. Caritas engaged in assistance AFRICA/BURUNDI - “They killed a priest whose only aim was peace” local church sources in Bururi comment death of local Catholic priest ASIA/CAMBODIA - Australian Marist Brothers open special school in Cambodia for children with mental and physical disabilities ASIA/IRAQ - “Ramadan holy month of violence, threats and kidnappings: what about prayer, peace and charity? A local Catholic Sister appeals to Fides: “More dialogue with Muslim leaders could persuade Imam to educate to peace and convince perpetrators to stop violence ASIA/INDIA - Ethnic minority celebrates ordination of Garo Bishop, new coadjutor of Tura diocese in north east India SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - EUROPE/ITALY - AIDS in Africa, access to treatment: Brother Dr. Fiorenzo Priuli St John of God Hospitaller Brothers, WHO expert for tropical diseases ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - ASIA/BRUNEI - Prefecture Apostolic of Brunei (Brunei) now Apostolic Vicariate first Apostolic Vicar appointed 19/10/2004 AFRICA/ZAMBIA - On the 40th anniversary of independence Zambia’s Christians confirm commitment to work for the country’s development AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Confusion grows as in addition to oppostion pressure for Prime Minister's resignation, farmers of the country's main export cacao call a strike ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Muslim holy month of Ramadan starts with initiatives to promote Christian/ Muslim dialogue ASIA/AFRICA/HOLY LAND - Latin Bishops of Arab Regions and the Bishops of Northern Africa call Christians to take part in a Day of prayer and fasting to obtain the gift of peace in the Holy Land ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “May the Korean Church be a missionary Church!” new papal Nuncio Archbishop Emil Paul Tscherrig starts his mission ASIA/CHINA - Local Catholics give the Year of the Eucharist a warm welcome ASIA/TAIWAN - Taipei Archdiocese organises third Christian Theatre and Culture Review AMERICA/CHILE - First youth pastoral meeting in preparation for Youth Mission 2005 - “The main challenge for next year: going to youth in their different realities to announce the living Jesus Christ starting from our experience and sharing our testimony" ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Coadjutor Bishop of Wabag appointed ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - The Pope accepts resignation of Bishop of Auki and appoints successor FIDES SIGNALS - EUROPE/ITALY - Press Conference presents International Meeting on “Just sharing: World Unbalance in Healthcare” organised by Italian NGO CUAMM Doctors with Africa 18/10/2004 VATICAN - The Pope’s reflection before the Angelus prayer: “In the wake of Vatican II and the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000, the Year of the Eucharist intends to be a special time to encounter Christ, present in the Sacrament of his Body and Blood” VATICAN - The Pope opens the Year of the Eucharist, in live link with the Eucharistic Congress in Mexico: “The human heart, weighed down by sin, often disorientated and tired, tried by all sorts of suffering needs Light. The world in the difficult search for peace still far away, and at the beginning of a Millennium devastated and humiliated by violence, terrorism and war needs Light. The Eucharist is Light!” EUROPE/ITALY - Communion and Liberation movement pilgrimage to Loreto for its 50th anniversary. At Mass Cardinal Sepe encourages the pilgrims to “continue to announce the beauty and joy of encounter with the Redeemer of mankind” AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - President Kabila makes first visit to eastern Congo. Another step towards peace ASIA/IRAQ - Attacks on Christians continue: Iraqi priest Father Nizar Semaan appeals for help to restore peaceful coexistence ASIA/IRAQ - Maronite Church voices solidarity with Iraqi Christians “there must be an international awareness campaign to protect Iraqi Christians” and voices concern for attack on Christians all over the Middle East ASIA/IRAQ - Christian minority leaders issue joint statement on the situation ASIA/IRAQ - “Long before the first Muslims arrived there were Christians in this region and we intend to stay here. We will not abandon our country”, a member of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Baghdad told Fides AMERICA/MEXICO - At the end of the Eucharistic Congress Fides spoke with some of the participants: “The Congress was a cry to all men and women to remember that they are loved by God ” 16/10/2004 ASIA/IRAQ - If the massacre continues what future for Iraq’s Christian community? Local community sends Fides “list of horror” with names of local Christians killed by Islamic fanatics 15/10/2004 VATICAN - Pope John Paul II will open Year of the Eucharist in St Peter’s on Sunday. Congregation for Divine Worship offers hints and suggestions for a fruitful celebration of this special year AFRICA - “Encourage all those within Islam who are trying to establish forms of dialogue” ASIA/INDONESIA - Religious communities work to promote reconciliation and peace- local Catholic Church holds Synod ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - AFRICA/CAMEROON - Bishop of Edea appointed ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - AFRICA/CAMEROON - Bishop of Eseka appointed ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - AFRICA/CAMEROON - Bishop of Ebolowa-Kribi appointed SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - AMERICA/PERU - “Apostles of charity in the world of healthcare”: Catholic doctors meet in Lima to discuss ethics and healthcare SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - AFRICA - World Food Day: the goal of halving number of undernourished people in the world by 2015 is still a mirage: AMREF suggests: autonomous development and food sovereignty SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - AMERICA/PERU - World Food Day: more than one fourth of Peru’s children suffer from chronic malnutrition 14/10/2004 AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Intifada in northern Ivory Coast against disarmament, which should start tomorrow AFRICA/BURUNDI - Meeting in Nairobi to save electoral process in Burundi AFRICA/CAMEROON - Outgoing President set to win elections. Perplexity in many areas of society and doubts about the ability of the Opposition which claims the vote was irregular ASIA/TERRA SANTA - Salesian bakery marks anniversary with initiative “Bread for Bethlehem” to help poor Palestinian families ASIA/IRAQ - Life is a nightmare for Christians in Mosul, fundamentalists kidnap and kill. Catholic nun tells Fides: “some Imam are saying it is not a crime to kill a Christian” AMERICA/ECUADOR - Mission Day advertised on 65 radio stations, posters in Kichua and Shuar: Pontifical Mission Societies in Ecuador work hard for missionary month of October AMERICA/MEXICO - International Eucharistic Congress - “The Eucharist viaticum for the journey accompanies our pilgrimage”: after Marian pilgrimage to Zapopan, Cardinals and Bishops visit Guadalajara hospitals and prisons AMERICA/MEXICO - International Eucharistic Congress - “Participation in the celebration of the Eucharist gives us spiritual life and strength for our mission” said Cardinal Francis Arinze on the Day dedicated to reflection on the “Eucharist, mystery of communion and mission” SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Catholic Bishops’ Commission for Health Pastoral tackle respiratory infections, acute malnutrition and intestinal infections and AIDS with a “Life fights AIDS” programme of prevention and counselling OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Workshop on celibacy with 50 young Christians of different confessions confirms importance of celibacy for service in the Church 13/10/2004 VATICAN - The Pope’s weekly Audience teaching: the Christological hymn from the Letter to the Ephesians is a call to “contemplate and savour this marvellous icon of Christ, the heart of Christian spirituality and worship, and also principle of unity and sense of the universe and of the entire human history” AFRICA/SUDAN - Darfur. United Nations warning: more than 200,000 new refugees this last month: terror and violence stop aid from reaching 1.5 million refugees AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Catholic priest dedicated to assisting HIV/AIDS patients found dead ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholics all over the country pray for the recovery of ailing Cardinal Jaime Sin ASIA/PAKISTAN - President Musharraf said Kashmir problem could be solved in 24 hours with “withdrawal of Indian troops and an agreement for the region” AFRICA/EGYPT - Where does Islamic terrorism come from? In 30 lines Italian Comboni missionary in Egypt provides the answer ASIA/PHILIPPINES - In the south the battle against terror continues, while the government tries to revive the peace process - six members of Abu Sayyaf committed for trial for Ferry boat attack ASIA/INDIA - Missionaries from Spain, Jesuits and Salesians, religious and lay members, promote education for development of Tribals in Gujarat OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - War on terrorism, preventive military measures: re-elected Prime Minister Howard determined to fight terror in south east Asia: “Terrorists despise weakness, take advantage of a retreat and punish indecision” FIDES SIGNALS - See photos of 48th International Eucharistic Congress in Guadalajara Mexico SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - EUROPE/PORTUGAL - In Portugal cardiovascular illnesses kill 31,000 a year. Heart diseases cause one third of the deaths in the world SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - AFRICA - “Invisible epidemic”, each year in the world’s poorest countries die at least half million pregnant mothers, one every minute SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - EUROPE/ITALY - AFMAL, St John of God Brothers Association for Distant Patients AFMAL and Italy’s Civil Protection Units will work together to face emergencies 12/10/2004 VATICAN - Cardinal Sepe opens academic year at Urban University: “May our university become a school of missionary spirituality and a laboratory of research on the different aspects of the Church’s missionary activity” EUROPE/POLAND - “We aim to make the Church in Poland ever more open to mission Ad Gentes” says Father Jan Piotrwski National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies AFRICA/SOMALIA - election of new President of Somalia could mark a turning point in the this country’s tormented history. An expert analysis for Fides ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Torch light procession, all night prayer and special Mass in Manila cathedral will mark the start of the Year of the Eucharist in the capital: Catholics pray for ailing Cardinal Sin AMERICA/MEXICO - International Eucharistic Congress: faith in the Eucharist in Oceania, Africa and Asia and the impact of present day situations AMERICA/MEXICO - “Our purpose is to revive Eucharistic wonder in our hearts and minds in order to live the experience of the disciples at Emmaus, to recognise the Lord in the breaking of the bread and enjoy his presence ever new” Cardinal Juan Sandoval Íniguez said in the opening address of the 48th International Eucharistic Congress AMERICA/MEXICO - International Eucharistic Congress: How Faith in the Eucharist in celebrated in the contexts of Europe and America AMERICA/MEXICO - Marian Day at international Eucharistic Congress with traditional pilgrimage in honour of Our Lady of Zapopan: “We celebrate this image with authentic love because if we believe in Jesus Christ, we cannot fail to believe in his Mother” OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - National security and economy priorities on the agenda of Premier John Howard, elected for 4th mandate 11/10/2004 VATICAN - Pontifical Urban University opens Academic year 2004/2005 VATICAN - At the Angelus prayer the Pope recalls the International Eucharistic Congress and the start of the Year of the Eucharist: “recognising the Risen Lord in the ‘breaking of the bread’ may Catholics be ready to bear witness to him with active charity ” VATICAN - Fides opens a new section on the Year of the Eucharist October 2004 - October 2005 with information on Papal teaching on the subject, Eucharistic Congresses, Synod of Bishops, how the Year will be celebrated around the world... AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Government and rebel soldiers who staged a revolt last week come to an agreement AFRICA/CHAD - First day of school for 18,000 Sudanese children in refugee camps in eastern Chad thanks to UNHCR ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - New diocese of Uijongbu on the border with North Korea takes first steps ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic Bishops urge President Gloria Arroyo to abolish capital punishment ASIA/INDIA - “Peace begins at home”: Catholic Bishops of north eastern India organise monthly First Friday for Peace to promote social harmony among at least 300 ethnic groups struggling with poverty and unemployment ASIA/IRAQ - Christians in trenches in Mosul call to Fides. In this situation how can these barbaric threats and acts of violence be stopped, how can co-existence continue? AMERICA/PERU - More than 1,200 missionaries at first Lay Missionaries Assessment Meeting in connection with Great City Mission “Remar Mar Adentro” in Lima AMERICA/MEXICO - Sixty thousand gather for Concelebration of Mass to open the 48th International Eucharistic Congress. “We have come to him to find light for our life, answers to our doubts, courage to bear witness among our brothers and sisters in difficulty to our faith in the Eucharist, nourishment for life” the Papal Envoy told those present. ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - ASIA/SRI LANKA - Bishop of Galle resigns SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Dengue fever kills two people in the north of the island. 282 cases already this year and concern grows 09/10/2004 EUROPE/UNITED NATIONS - Following Pope John Paul’s repeated appeals to abolish capital punishment, Franciscans and many other Catholic groups say once again “no death penalty” AFRICA/SOMALIA - Tomorrow Parliament will elect new President AFRICA/BURUNDI - Democratic Congo’s Vice minister of internal affairs says one thousand refugees from Burundi may return today. UNHCR concerned for their safety ASIA/INDIA - Putting ethics in business to ensure the economy, development, market is at the service of the person: Catholic Business Colleges among the best in India AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio Archbishop of Buenos Aires calls to the capital’s children to traditional October missionary month Children’s Mass: “together we will build communion, union and solidarity and worship God” AMERICA/MEXICO - Theological Pastoral Symposium concludes. Final day reflection on relation Church/Eucharist; necessity of correct liturgical pastoral. Today 40,000 children make First Holy Communion in parishes all over Guadalajara ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - ASIA/THAILAND - Bishop of Surat Thani appointed SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - AFRICA - Anti-polio vaccination campaign aims to reach 80 million children in 23 countries. Already 786 cases registered this year in six different countries SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - One out of every 12 of the world’s children dies before the age of five. Each year 11 million children die of preventable diseases: UNICEF “Progress for Children” report. 08/10/2004 VATICAN - "Mane nobiscum Domine" (Stay with us Lord!) latest Letter Apostolic written by John Paul II presented in the Vatican: the Pope does not ask for anything out of the ordinary, his wish is that everything we do may be “marked by deeper interior awareness” AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - A mystery mutiny announced by the Premier. Could next year’s election bring hope to a country on the brink of collapse, a people left to fend for itself? ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Church in Korea commemorates its national martyrs, proudly honouring brothers and sisters who died for the faith 07/10/2004 VATICAN - Year of the Eucharist: tomorrow, to mark the publication of the Pope’s latest Apostolic Letter, Fides opens a new section on the Year of the Eucharist October 2004 - October 2005 with information Papal teaching on the subject, Eucharistic Congresses, Synod of Bishops, how the Year will be celebrated around the world... VATICAN - “A bridge between tradition, which we want to keep alive and not under glass, and modern day production of music which draws inspiration from the great values and transmits them” Archbishop Mauro Piacenza, President of Pontifical Commission of the Cultural Heritage of the Church told Fides. EUROPE/ITALY -Yet another lethal heritage of modern warfare: Campaign to ban Cluster bombs reaches Italy AFRICA - Peace in Africa focus of African Nobel Prize Winners in Dakar AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Apparent calm in Bissau after a military revolt in which the staff officer and army spokesman were killed. Latest episode of violence in the country of hunger ASIA/HOLY LAND - Christians of many confessions in the Middle East are closer thanks to a new web site opened by the Middle East Council of Churches ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Network of radio stations for peace broadcast messages of reconciliation and solidarity over the air in Southern Philippines ASIA/HONG KONG - Benoit Vermander, director of the Matteo Ricci Institute in Taiwan, shows paintings in Hong Kong: an encounter of cultures ASIA/INDIA - Global Council of Indian Christians calls on government to eliminate nationalist and fundamentalist ideologies from politics and society AMERICA/MEXICO - International Theological Pastoral Symposium prelude to 48th International Eucharistic Congress opens with Solemn concelebration of Mass CEP APPOINTMENTS - AFRICA/CHAD - New rector of St Luke major inter-diocesan seminary in N’Diaména CEP APPOINTMENTS - AFRICA/ CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, confirmed FIDES SIGNALS - The Pope makes history: the life and the pontificate of Pope John Paul II on DVD 06/10/2004 VATICAN - The Pope’s weekly teaching: “The future, not only of a dynasty but of humanity, is guaranteed precisely because the couple offers the world new persons...in our day the West is often incapable of entrusting its life to the future through the generation and protection of new persons” VATICAN - RSS: new tool for evangelisation via the Internet: click to read Fides News without a browser AFRICA/SUDAN - More diplomatic efforts to solve crisis in Darfur: British Premier in Khartoum, Libyan leader Gheddafi calls regional min-summit AFRICA/BURUNDI - Tension in northern Burundi: at least 1000 Tutsi flee to Rwanda to escape violence AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Health care alarm in northern Ivory Coast with rapidly spreading HIV/AIDS. Local Catholic Church supplies medical personnel and supplies to isolated areas ASIA/IRAQ - Christians targeted: dramatic cry for help and crude tragedy of a story of death raise concern...what can be done? ASIA/QATAR - Qatar will soon have its very first Christian churches. Happy local Catholics give warm welcome to Holy See representative on pastoral visit ASIA/CHINA - Chinese pilgrims to Lourdes share joyful pilgrimage memories strengthening faith, authentic Christian life style and desire to go on pilgrimage AMERICA/MEXICO - Leaders of 10 different religious communities gather in Mexico City Catholic cathedral to pray for world peace on Saint Francis’ day OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “Social justice should be a priority for voters”: urges Bishop Saunders chairman of the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council FIDES SIGNALS - In Assisi 8 to 10 October: AFRICA MISSION - COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT: national meeting on the theme “from giving … to going” 05/10/2004 EUROPE/ENGLAND - CCEE Bishops discuss the significance of Christianity in Europe: a new Commission for “Evangelisation and Dialogue” with other Churches, religions, beliefs and cultures EUROPE/SPAIN - “This is the hour of mission and missionary commitment,” says national Director Pontifical Mission Societies Archbishop Pérez. “We must work harder to achieve God’s plan and to meet the many needs of the world today” AFRICA - In Uganda 39 African countries discuss how to stop spread of light arms in Africa. AFRICA/SOMALIA - “A year after Annalena Tonelli’s death, her life’s work is more than ever alive”: Bishop Bertin of Djibouti recalls the Italian doctor dedicated to caring for TB sufferers in northern Somalia AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “Street children are hunted” Salesian fathers give details of massacres in southern Congo AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Eucharist, Jesus source of Life and Peace in the heart of Africa. Sacramentini Fathers open Eucharistic Spirituality Centre in Kinshasa ASIA/INDONESIA - With regard to Catholic school surrounded on Sunday by radical Muslim youths local Catholics say: “We ask local authorities the central government and the new president Yudhoyono to show tolerance and respect with regard to religious minorities” ASIA/INDONESIA - “New President faces major challenge: isolate Islamic fundamentalism which thrives on violence, corruption and unemployment” - says Father Ignazio Ismartono, spokesman of the Indonesian Catholic Bishops’ Conference AMERICA/MEXICO - Regional Meetings of Bishops in preparation for 5th General Conference of the Latin American Bishops’ Conferences in February 2007: New Evangelisation in Latin America and the Caribbean OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Australia inaugurates revised web site more dynamic and user-friendly FIDES SIGNALS - EUROPE/ITALY - “Europe, where are you for Africa? Between globalisation and terrorism”. New cycle of CUAMM Saturday ‘Doctors for Africa’ study days SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - VATICAN - Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital confirms front line action in global fight against AIDS 04/10/2004 VATICAN - Pope John Paul II beatifies five Servants of God who “let themselves be guided by the Word of God like a bright and secure beacon which never ceased to illuminate their path”; a call to recite the “sweet prayer ” of the Rosary following the example of the newly beatified ASIA/TAJIKISTAN Using the web to proclaim the Gospel in central Asia: Tajikistan Catholic Mission opens web site on Feast of Saint Therese of Lisieux ASIA/IRAQ - First day of school in Iraq, photos of Saddam removed from text books: eyewitness tells Fides ASIA/INDIA - Christian Hindu network to bring peace to travailed region of north eastern India the scene of violence and bomb blasts: Catholic Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil takes concrete action in Assam VATICAN - Cardinal Paul Poupard presides 1st Meeting for Catholic Cultural Centres in Brazil AMERICA/MEXICO - Eucharistic Congress: Guadalajara mobilises more than 300 parishes to host participants and provide live coverage on large TV screens for the whole community. Saturday October 9 thousands of children will make their First Holy Communion OCEANIA/PAPUA NUOVA GUINEA - The role of Catholic Encounter Centres for formation of individuals and groups in one of the most remote and beautiful parts of Papua New Guinea OCEANIA/NUOVA ZEALAND - Small Catholic community in New Zealand offers highly appreciated quality education: Bishop of Auckland speaks with Fides SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - EUROPE/ITALY - Health Pastoral integrated in Ordinary Pastoral: National Meeting of the Italian Association of Health Pastoral SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - VATICAN - Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital (www.ospedalebambinogesu.it) Portal is three years old: over 91 million ‘hits’ and 21.000 ‘registered visitors’ including 1,500 doctors. 01/10/2004 VATICAN - Feast day of Saint Therese of Lisieux opens Missionary month of October with its culminating event on 24 October World Mission Day: “Eucharist and Mission” open the Year the Eucharist EUROPE/ITALY - “Eucharist: source and summit of mission”, 1st European Meeting of Eucharistic Adoration Youth Groups in preparation for the Year of the Eucharist EUROPE/ITALY - new European University of Rome: Fides puts three short questions to Father Paolo Scarafoni, Rector of the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical College EUROPE/ITALY - Closing message from National Mission Congress: “time for the Church in Italy to start a new stage on its missionary journey” AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - 10 million dollar programme to disarm rebels fails, only 32 men hand weapons to UN troops. UN mission in eastern Congo expires today. Towards an agreement to extend its mandate and boost its numbers AFRICA/BURUNDI - “Referendum on new Constitution postponed for technical reasons” according to Fides sources ASIA/INDIA - Catholic Bishops of India open news-website www.theindiancatholic.com: everything you ever wanted to know about the history, service and mission of India’s Catholic community ASIA/TAIWAN - Bishop Padilla, Prefect of Prefecture Apostolic Ulaanbaator in Mongolia, shares his missionary experience ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Missionary month of October looking towards North Korea and laity as chief agents in the Church’s mission ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Bishop of Ndola appointed ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Coadjutor Bishop of Lusaka appointed 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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