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Attention for migrants: unchanging importance of the charisma of Blessed Giovanni Battista Scalabrini AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Kisangani International African Institute to train lay Catholics for activity in politics AFRICA/SOMALIA - The forgotten tsunami tragedy in Somalia: a report from AIFO ASIA/IRAQ - “New hope is born. As Iraqi women we rejoice to see new horizons opening before us” a Chaldean nun in Mosul told Fides. ASIA/IRAQ - Elections: “This was a victory for the people and a defeat for terrorism”, Father Nizar Semaan told Fides ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “Give and you will receive”: message from Caritas Korea AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “We cannot remain indifferent to the problems with which the people are struggling: violence, insecurity, spreading poverty, free trade agreements, healthcare...”. Statement from Guatemalan Bishops’ Conference at the end of plenary assembly 29/01/2005 ASIA/INDIA - Cardinal Telesphore Toppo chairman of Catholic Bishops’ Conference in tsunami affected areas; to encourage traumatised fishermen resume daily activity Bishop of Kottar comes from the sea ASIA/INDONESIA - Christian organisations reject wrong accusations that humanitarian mission aimed to Christianise: interfaith press statement on humanitarian work in Aceh 28/01/2005 EUROPE/GERMANY - Germany has 2,800 Catholic missionaries at the service of evangelisation all over the world OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Quarterly newsletter of the Catholic Church of Solomon Islands launches Survey to improve communications service 27/01/2005 VATICAN - “Dear brothers and sisters, during Lent, aided by the Word of God, let us reflect upon how important it is that each community accompany with loving understanding those who grow old.” The Pope’s message for Lent 2005 focuses on the elderly: a resource to be valued in society and in the Church CEP APPOINTMENTS - AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies 26/01/2005 CEP APPOINTMENTS - ASIA/KAZAKSTAN - Sancta Maria Mater Ecclesiae Inter-diocesan major seminary instituted; Rector appointed 24/01/2005 ASIA/JAPAN - Japanese Catholics and Lutherans ever closer to full unity: Universal ‘Joint Declaration’ on Justification now in Japanese 22/01/2005 VATICAN - The Pope appoints new secretary adjunct of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, President of the Pontifical Mission Societies 21/01/2005 EUROPE/SPAIN - Inter-active internet video game helps children develop spirit of mission AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Two years on from peace agreement signed in France in 2003 Ivory Coast divide ever deeper AFRICA/ANGOLA - “Elections? Perhaps in 2006”. Angola’s arduous journey to democracy ASIA/JAPAN - Touching the Mass”: in the Year of the Eucharist seminar helps blind Catholics participate more fully at Mass. ASIA/CHINA - Elderly Bishop Thaddeus Guo Yingong of Datong leaves precious heritage: baptised at the age of 12 he withstood 13 years in re-education camp with faith and courage AMERICA/MEXICO - “HIV/AIDS is not a punishment from God as some erroneously affirm: “it is a call to work together to spread correct information about the virus and eliminate discrimination against HIV-AIDS patients” : Catholic Bishops of Mexico issue press statement OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Year of the Eucharist: Australian Bishops focus on Sunday Mass SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - AFRICA/BURUNDI - Cholera kills five more people bringing the number of cases in the capital in the first two weeks of January to 105 SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - AFRICA - Number of cases of polio in 2004 three times higher than previous year. African ministers insist on the need to eradicate the disease which affected 1,037 African children last year 20/01/2005 FIDES SIGNALS - EUROPE/ITALY S. Egidio initiatives in the world: Update EUROPE/ITALY - Help the poor and the abused bearing witness to the Gospel. Rev. Oreste Benzi founder of the Papa Giovanni XXIII Association joins FOSCIV and Caritas Italy in the Millennium Goals Campaign speaks with Fides AFRICA/BURUNDI - “The present food shortage in Burundi is due to climatic conditions but it is also a quesion of structures and market ” local source told Fides AFRICA/GHANA - Regional crisis, currency, common agricultural policy and electicity were some of the topics discussed by heads of state at a meeting of the Economic Community of West African Countries which ended today ASIA/TURKEY - Dialogue and service: a year since the Franciscan Fraternity opened in Istanbul ASIA/TAIWAN - Debate on social communications in the Churches of Asia: believers should make more use of the media to evangelise ASIA/PAKISTAN - “May the 'feast of sacrifice' be source of reconciliation and brotherhood on the occasion of the annual Muslim feast of Eid-ul-Azha Catholic Bishops of Pakistan send good wishes message to Isalmic leaders and communities in the country AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Secretariat of the Bishops’ Conferences of Central America denounces brutal attacks on “the sacredness of the unborn child, the holiness of the family and matrimony, the dignity of women and the education of youth” OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Responding to new challenges in New Zealand: first ever national meeting for men and women religious 19/01/2005 VATICAN - “The pain of separation is ever more intensely felt in the face of the challenges of a world waiting for clear and unanimous witness of the Gospel from all believers in Christ” the Pope said at the general audience during this Week of Prayer for Christian Unity VATICAN - Special ecumenical vespers during this Week of Prayer for Christian Unity at the ancient Basilica built over the tomb of St Paul the apostle of the nations EUROPE/AUSTRIA - Missio Austria supports rescue and aid work by Dalit self-help organisation: the poorest of the poor involved in assisting seaquake victims in India AFRICA/KENYA - Dominican Community and locals mourn US born missionary Thomas Heath who died of injuries sustained when thugs attacked a religious house in north west Kenya AFRICA/SUDAN - 10,000 UN peacekeepers to monitor peace in southern Sudan. Khartoum signs agreement with Opposition but peace for Darfur still a long way off AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Right of expression and the role of the radio: seminar in Zimbabwe ASIA/IRAQ - "Thank you Holy Father, my captors were moved your words" abducted Catholic archbishop Casmoussa said in an interview with Fides a few hours after his release ASIA - International attention for seaquake disaster victims must not be allowed to slacken: Fides promises regular updates twice a week on situation and rebuilding ASIA/INDIA - Catholic men and women religious provide counselling for tsunami victims ASIA/SRI LANKA - International Organisation for Migration treats “invisibile wounds” of tsunami victims in Sri Lanka ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Korea’s Catholic University marks 150th anniversary with renewed commitment to educate to respect for life, human rights and the human person ASIA/THAILAND - “I was evangelised by the poor”: missionaries work to help fishermen victims of the seaquake ASIA - Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Somalia: United Nations High Commission for Refugees steps up commitment in tsunami affected areas ASIA/HONG KONG - In co-operation with diocesan Caritas offices in various neighbouring countries Caritas Hong Kong collects 1.2 million dollars in aid of tsunami victims AMERICA/PERU - Bishops' Plenary Assembly works on Family Document and Caritas Peru receives award from national parliament for outstanding service to the needy 18/01/2005 VATICAN - Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Health Workers starts plenary assembly on 20 January VATICAN - Relief for the release of Catholic Archbishop of Mossul: “The Pope was informed immediately of the news and thanked God for the happy outcome of the incident ” EUROPE/ITALY - With regard to “the challenge of life” Catholics are not alone in their position, their opinions are endorsed by many, including non believers equally concerned for our common future: Cardinal President’s prolusion to Standing Council of Italian Bishops Conference CEI AFRICA/UGANDA - UN High Commission for Refugees concerned for thousands of Congolese refugees in Uganda ASIA/IRAQ - Archbishop Casmoussa has reached the Bishop's residence ASIA/IRAQ - Christians in Iraq: the map of the different religious communities and the situation of Christians updated to January 2005 ASIA/IRAQ - Archbishop of Mosul released ASIA/IRAQ - “Christians forgive violence, hope for peace and will work for peaceful harmony among the Iraqi people” said Father Nizar Semaan after Archbishop’s release ASIA/HONG KONG - A year of light and shadow for freedom of belief and all human rights in mainland China: Hong Kong’s Catholic weekly takes stock of the past 12 months SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - EUROPE/ITALY - Uphill climb to fight AIDS which is decimating a continent causing 85% 2.4 million deaths: CUAMM SATURDAY for AIDS in Africa January 22 MISSIONARY PRAYER INTENTION - The Pope's 2006 Missionary and General Intentions for the Apostleship of Prayer FIDES SIGNALS - University of Pisa supports S. Egidio HIV/AIDS programme DREAM in Mozambique. 17/01/2005 VATICAN - The Pope underlines the importance of unity among Christians and solidarity among all men and women: May Mary most holy help Christians to be one in heart and mind and all men and women to grow in solidarity in order to build a world of peace AFRICA/CHAD - Catholic Bishops reflect on youth in society and in the Church AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Over 45,000 people welcome new auxiliary Bishop of Bukavu in eastern Democratic Congo AFRICA/IVORY COAST - South African president Mbeki continues his work of mediation but some Ivorian parties seem not interested in peace ASIA/ SRI LANKA - The Pope appoints new Coadjutor Bishop of Chilaw ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “Christ, the one foundation of the Church”: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Korean Catholic Bishops issue message ASIA/PAKISTAN - Peaceful Christian demonstration calling for religious identity to be removed from passports disturbed by Islamic fundamentalists ASIA/INDONESIA - Indonesian Franciscans have two centres to co-ordinate aid for families and children affected by the recent tsunami tragedy AMERICA/VENEZUELA - “For the present and the future of the country it is necessary to reject attitudes which divide and promote instead what unites: one story, one destiny, one common hope”: Catholic Bishops issue message at the end of their plenary assembly MISSIONARY PRAYER INTENTION - Pope John Paul II’s Missionary Prayer intention for January: “For vocations in mission lands: may the Lord continue to call holy and selfless men and women eager to proclaim the Gospel”. Comment Archbishop Robert Sarah secretary Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - AFRICA/TANZANIA - Bishop of Dodoma resigns, the Pope appoints successor 15/01/2005 DOSSIER - EUROPE AND RELIGIONS: SPAIN AND ISLAM 14/01/2005 EUROPE/ITALY - Information at the service of the people with no hint of politicisation based on the teaching of the Gospel says rev. Giorgio Zucchelli, newly elected president Italian Federation of Catholic Weeklies EUROPE/ITALY - “Notes of the Heart - Healthcare for Solidarity” and fighting AIDS and drug abuse in Africa and south east Asia EUROPE/ITALY - Murdered at 21 for refusing to be a prostitute. Papa Giovanni XXIII Association which tried to save her plans prayer vigil this coming Thursday AFRICA/KENYA - In the hell of Nairobi’s Korogocho slum Catholic sports centre cheers children of every faith AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “Uncertainty about peace process in Congo one cause of Congo's falling currency” says Central Bank governor ASIA/HOLY LAND - European and US Bishops for Co-ordination in the Holy Land present statement to Presidents of Israel and Palestinian Authority ASIA/INDONESIA - Humanitarian aid in Aceh still not enough, says Jesuit Refugee Service - local people must be involved in decision-making for rebuilding ASIA/TAIWAN - Fu Ren Catholic University study seminar on Pope John Paul II’s Letter for the Year of the Eucharist ‘Stay with us Lord!’ ASIA - “The tsunami revealed efforts to globalise solidarity but smaller tsunami which strike every day all over the world must not be forgotten ”: Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, Holy See Permanent Observer to the United Nations in Geneva OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Sunday 16 January national day of prayer for tsunami victims CEP APPOINTMENTS - ASIA/MYANMAR - National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies appointed CEP APPOINTMENTS - ASIA/MALAYSIA - Rector of General Regional College in diocese of Penang appointed FIDES SIGNALS - Asian Emergency must not be allowed to eclipse millennium goals: Caritas and FOCSIV re-launch priority goal to eliminate poverty affecting one billion people 13/01/2005 EUROPE/GERMANY - “Prayer can change us and the world”: 3rd annual ecumenical prayer campaign promoted by Pontifical Mission Societies in Germany AFRICA/KENYA - 19 killed in clashes: tribal strife or something more? AFRICA/SUDAN - Now peace has come 750,000 children in southern Sudan need schooling, say Italian volunteers ASIA/INDIA - Caritas India continues major commitment to assist tsunami victims in Tamil Nadu, Andra Pradesh, Kerala - Catholic volunteers first to reach some remote districts ASIA/THAILAND - Camillian healthcare team help 300 Morgan fisherfolk forced to abandon their village as the tsunami approached ASIA - International Organisation for Migration assists 500,000 tsunami refugees in Indonesia and 300,000 in Sri Lanka ASIA/HONG KONG - Diocesan Justice and Peace commission seminar calls on media to giver more attention to the weaker members of society ASIA/THAILAND - This report received by Fides is a testimony of concrete help offered by local religious free of prejudice or discrimination to all tsunami victims; it will discredit opinions that Christian missionaries have other aims than that solidarity with people whatever their religion AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Reflection and study on contents and methods of the Catholic Church’s evangelisation process: South Horn Missiology Courses organised by Juan Pablo II Centre in Buenos Aires AMERICA/VENEZUELA - “The presence and commitment of Christians is urgent and vital in Venezuela today. Every Christian must strive to be ‘good news’ for others OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Where was God on the day the tsunami struck? Was the disaster a punishment from God? Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney, makes his point in the philosophical debate which followed the tragedy in South East Asia FIDES SIGNALS - Sportsmen, pressmen, religious, political and cultural personalities will discuss ‘Sport, School of Life’ on 20 January at the Pontifical Lateran University SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - VATICAN - Vaccinations now available for all: Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital opens Immunisation Centre for children suffering from allergies, epilepsy, diabetes and immune deficiency 12/01/2005 VATICAN - The Pope’s teaching at the general Audience: Martyrs are associated with Christ’s victory over sin and death because “they have chosen the way of the cross rather than give in to evil and offering themselves to the Father united in the death of Christ with to witness of self giving and courage” VATICAN - Friday 14 January the Pope will preside a funeral Mass for Cardinal Jan Pieter Schotte in St Peter’s Basilica EUROPE/SPAIN - “Open your eyes to mission”: Sunday 23 January Missionary Childhood Day in Spain aims to open the eyes of children to see the needs of their brothers and sisters all over the world AFRICA/BURUNDI - Burundi famine alarm in north east. Thousands face food shortage. Tsunami and other emergencies test solidarity among peoples ASIA/INDIA - “Stop Funding Hate”: aid for tsunami victims must not go to Hindu fundamentalist groups ASIA/PAKISTAN - Don Bosco school pupils in Pakistan send help to children victims of the tsunami SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - EUROPE/ITALY - Every minute of every day another person is infected with leprosy: 30 January 52nd World Day. AIFO Solidarity Honey campaign and other initiatives to fight leprosy which affects 513,798 people all over the world 11/01/2005 VATICAN - Dear young people, Christ is asking you to "put out into the deep" and the Virgin Mary is encouraging you not to hesitate in following Him: Pope John Paul II’s Message for the 42nd World Day of Prayer for Vocation EUROPE/SPAIN - “Our aim is to help Spanish children realise that so many other children are less fortunate and in great need, and this year the children of Asia in particular” says National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies. Spanish missionaries in affected countries in front line to help seaquake victims AFRICA/IVORY COAST - African Union in favour of Ivory Coast referendum on Constitution “but rebels in the north disagree and seem to reject any idea of a united country” say Fides sources AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Tension in Democratic Congo for possible postponement of elections. Situation in the east still critical. Catholic Bishop of Butembo-Beni says “150,000 people without humanitarian assistance. European Union must intervene” ASIA/INDONESIA - Islamic fundamentalists warn Catholic priest humanitarian helper not to try to convert Muslim orphans ASIA/INDIA - “Platinum Jubilee” for St Charles Borromeo Sisters who first came on mission to India 75 years ago ASIA/INDONESIA - UN High Commission for Refugees starts relief operations in Aceh AMERICA/CHILE - “Together to build hope”: thousands of young people from 6 Latin American countries to attend 3rd International Youth Pastoral Meeting 18 to 23 January in Arica OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Caritas Australian has already collected unhoped-for sum of 4 million dollars in aid December tsunami victims in south east Asia SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - Sicknesses connected with poverty still main cause of death for 700,000 people in Beira. CUAMM, Doctors with Africa, undertake public health intervention 10/01/2005 VATICAN - On the Feast of the Baptism of Jesus, the Pope recalls “the mission of the Christian starts with Baptism” and says “the rediscovery of Baptism through opportune itineraries of adult catechesis is an important aspect of new evangelisation” VATICAN - Life, peace, food and freedom, four challenges for humanity today the Pope tells Diplomatic Corps in the Vatican: “The Catholic Church, because of her universal nature, is always directly engaged in the great causes for which the men and women of our age struggle and hope…wherever there are Christians, the whole body of the Church is called into play; indeed, wherever there is any one individual, we sense a bond of brotherhood”. EUROPE/GERMANY - The Church in Germany hosts ecumenical service for victims of South East Asia seaquake tragedy. “Love is stronger than death!” says Cardinal Lehmann, president of the German Bishops’ Conference AFRICA - Darfur, Ivory Coast, Democratic Congo: three crisis areas focal points of African Union Peace and Security Council Summit in Gabon AFRICA/SUDAN - What peace for Sudan? Southern Sudan is not Darfur ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic Missionaries and Muslim faithful work side by side in relief work: one good result of tsunami disaster ASIA/SRI LANKA - Why did the tragedy push peace in Sri Lanka further away? What if the tsunami fails to stop the war … ASIA/INDONESIA - Why are arms in Banda Aceh not silent? The tsunami and guerrilla warfare ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - AMERICA/MEXICO - The Pope appoints new Bishop of Tarahumara SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - AFRICA/TANZANIA - In Tanzania 1.5 million, 7.8% of the adult population aged 15 to 49, affected by HIV/AIDS. In 2001 AIDS killed 140,000 people. Catholic Sisters run Hope Village offering anti-retroviral treatment for HIV+ children orphans of both parents 08/01/2005 EUROPE/ITALY - In tsunami stricken south east Asia children one third of the dead and one third of the homeless and also the most exposed to possible outbreaks of preventable diseases: malaria and hepatitis A, typhoid fever and cholera. EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Missionary Childhood children in Switzerland help their brothers and sisters in tsunami affected countries AFRICA/SUDAN - History making signing of peace agreement for Southern Sudan. But still no solution for Darfur drama ASIA/INDIA - Families and refugees tsunami victims will be protagonists in rebuilding their future ASIA/INDONESIA - Aid to devastated area of Aceh comes also from the people of the Moluccas Islands still intent on rebuilding after disastrous ethnic clashes ASIA - UN High Commission for Refugees among the organisations assisting tsunami affected people in south east Asia ASIA/THAILAND - Thai Bishop: “We will take aid to places not reached by government organisations” AMERICA/CUBA - “Announcing Christ accompanied by Our Lady of Charity” slogan for Mission Year undertaken by the pilgrim Church in Cuba for 2005 07/01/2005 VATICAN - the Pope’s Angelus reflection “Children are the present and the future of the Church”, “Whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.” EUROPE/SPAIN - “Banquet for Everyone” was the slogan chosen for the annual Catechists Day celebrated Yesterday by the Church in Spain AFRICA/SOMALIA - Somalia: tsunami. “Tragedy worsened by non-existent state administration” Bishop Bertin, Apostolic Administrator Mogadishu told Fides ASIA/PAKISTAN - Believers unite to counter the tsunami tragedy: together Christians and Muslims pray for victims ASIA/INDONESIA - Catholic Bishops issue message of encouragement: the chain of solidarity must carry on even after the spotlights are turned off ASIA/INDIA - Believers in India unite to pray for tsunami victims ASIA/INDIA - Catholic volunteers in Kottar diocese in front line to assist more than 65,000 refugees including many disoriented children in Tamil Nadu ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Catholic laity mobilises in solidarity for victims of seaquake ASIA/TAIWAN - Meeting of Headmasters of Catholic schools at Fu Ren Catholic University ASIA/CHINA - More than 50,000 Catholics attend Christmas Masses in Beijing ASIA/HONG KONG - Entertainment Stars from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan unite in sign of solidarity with tsunami disaster victims: charity musical marathon “Charity without frontiers” starts today ASIA/SRI LANKA - Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate share experience of helping seaquake refugees in northern Sri Lanka AMERICA/PERU - Churches in Lima archdiocese send funds to Holy See for south east Asia victims in a campaign launched by Cardinal Cipriani 05/01/2005 EUROPE/GERMANY - “Suffering teaches us not only to pray but also to give a helping hand”. Open Letter from the National Directors of the PMS in Germany EUROPE/ITALY - International adoption? Better to help children in their own country than deprive South East Asian of a whole generation say Missionaries on the spot - Adoption at a distance is the right answer EUROPE/SPAIN - “We remain united with the families of more than 400 Spanish missionaries who suffer the anguish of uncertainty but know that one of their loved ones is spending his or her life for those in need” : report from Pontifical Mission Societies Spain AFRIKA/KENYA - Catholic parishioners in Nairobi slums make special collection for seaquake victims in south east Asia: “they know what it means to sleep with an empty stomach” ASIA/THAILAND - The local Church and Caritas mobilised for the emergency: new operative humanitarian aid Centre - No alarm over trafficking of disaster orphans ASIA/INDIA - The Church in front line to help seaquake victims: A Religious Brother in Nagapattinam one of the most affected areas, reports to Fides ASIA/INDIA - Ursuline Sisters of St. Jerome in Somasca missionaries in the state of Tamil Nadu plan to open home for homeless children and orphans ASIA/SRI LANKA - Missionary in Sri Lanka told Fides: “Besides material help the Catholic community is working for moral rehabilitation of the population offering consolation and comfort” ASIA/CINA - Reflection by a Chinese priest: “The path evangelisation is still long. In China there is even more Christmas atmosphere than Paris and New York, but few have heard of the Infant Jesus” ASIA/THAILAND - “Most of the members of the Catholic parish at Phuket survived because they were in church for Sunday Mass, then the seaquake struck, but they lost everything and will have to start life all over again”, says PIME Father Claudio Corti on mission in Thailand ASIA/SRI LANKA - United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Sri Lanka and Indonesia to deal with emergency: shelter is a priority AMERICA/BRAZIL - “This disaster is an opportunity for the whole world to put aside egoism and show solidarity to our brothers and sisters” say the Catholic Bishops of Brazil 04/01/2005 ASIA/CHINA - Immediate response from Chinese Catholics to help seaquake victims ASIA/THAILAND - Jesuit in Thailand reports to Fides: “The nation is united. Our Superior is acting as interpreter in hospitals for non Thai seaquake victims” ASIA/ SRI LANKA - No alarm about children kidnapped for organ trafficking: the Church in Sri Lanka has received no direct reports of missing infants ASIA/HONG KONG - Catholic community united in grief mourns Father Antonius Lee biblical scholar promoter of the Chinese Bible: Bishop Joseph Zen presides funeral AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Pontifical Mission Societies establish ‘Solidarity Fund’ for long-term support of Church in Southeast Asia AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “After the terrible catastrophe which left thousands dead and homeless, we join the work of Caritas offices everywhere and encourage everyone to contribute”, says Caritas Argentina AMERICA/PERU - Caritas Peru joins solidarity campaign for south east Asia seaquake victims and asks Peruvians to join international solidarity chain OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Church in Australia sends prayers and material aid for tsunami victims. Caritas Australia has already collected 1.4 million dollars 03/01/2005 EUROPE/GERMANY - Holy Childhood Germany builds bridge of solidarity for victims of seaquake in southern Asia promising 100.000 Euro: 10,000 Euro already at the Papal Nuncio’s office in Jakarta ASIA/HONG KONG - Diocese collects money for tsunami victims and holds special prayers for the dead and their families ASIA/TAIWAN - Cardinal Paul Shan, President of the Chinese Regional Bishops’ Conference makes appeal for seaquake victims ASIA/INDONESIA - Sick people and medical helpers among the victims of seaquake in Indonesia: AIFO leprosy service personnel among the dead and missing ASIA/SRI LANKA - Appeal from the Catholic Archbishop of Colombo: “Those who have escaped are just left with only themselves and the clothes they were wearing at the moment of the tragedy” ASIA/MALAYSIA - Inter-religious prayer and solidarity chain for seaquake victims ASIA/SRI LANKA - At least twenty lay Catholics and a nun were swept away by the tsunami as they attended Sunday Mass in church: community mourns Sr Bernadette a school sister much loved and appreciated in the diocese of Galle: Nuncio Archbishop Mario Zenari reports to Fides ASIA/THAILAND - Priests, religious and lay Catholics in Surat Thani diocese work with rescue and aid team to help tsunami survivors 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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