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Appeal for earthquake victims in south east Asia and floods in central America VATICAN - The importance of song in Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: a reflection EUROPE/SPAIN - Numerous activities to celebrate World Mission Sunday. Spain has 17,515 missionaries working all over the world to break the bread of the Word and the Eucharist AFRICA/LIBERIA - Liberia prepares to vote in an atmosphere of hope. Catholic novena of prayer organised by the Bishops ended yesterday AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Bukavu mourns Archbishop Charles Mbogha Kambale who died yesterday after a long illness ASIA/PAKISTAN - Pakistan’s Catholics assist Kashmir earthquake victims. “A day’s wages in aid of the homeless”. Caritas sends volunteers to the site, President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference leads special prayers ASIA/INDIA - Kashmir earthquake: Catholic community mobilised, Jammu-Srinagar diocese coordinates rescue efforts and aid AMERICA/PERU - Towards Arequipa Diocesan Eucharistic Congress: 150 Eucharist Week Animators prepare with reflection on apostolic Letter “Dies Domini” AMERICA/GUATEMALA - The size of tragedy cannot be calculated: thousands are homeless after hurricane Stan swept the country. 1.400 inhabitants of Panabaj village buried alive. Cardinal Quezada Toruño appeals for “Solidarity without frontiers” OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - The centrality of the Eucharist in the life of Consecrated persons: Day of Reflection for men and women Religious ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Pope appoints new Auxiliary Bishop of Durban ACTA OF THE HOLY SEE - AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Pope appoints new metropolitan archbishop of Bloemfontein SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - EUROPE/ITALY - The Eucharist as a service to the sick: Italian Association for Health Care Pastoral national conference. “Promote health care pastoral which starts from man and reaches the celebration of the Eucharist through the man it represents.” 07/10/2005 EUROPE/ITALY - Young people and the Eucharist: 2nd international meeting of Adoration Groups draws to a close EUROPE/GERMANY - “Children Can Do It”: Peru chosen as ‘symbol country’ for ‘Sternsingers’ 48th annual campaign EUROPE/BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA - Ten years after Dayton Peace Agreement: Caritas Bosnia Herzegovina backed by Caritas Europe organises Meeting on Social Situation ASIA/INDIA - Formation of the laity and evangelisation of the family: Bishops’ Conference identifies pastoral priorities for 2006 ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Seoul’s new Diocesan Pro-Life Commission keeps watch on bio-ethical progress to protect all life including that of the unborn child ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Archdiocese of Manila closes ‘Marian Year of the Eucharist’ with General Pastoral Assembly AMERICA/PERU - Over 6,000 lay people involved in Great Mission 2005 in diocese of Chiclayo carry the Good News to families door to door AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The role of the laity in the Church, society and politics: 3,000 people from all over the country gather in the capital for Laity Congress 2005 AMERICA/MEXICO - “The Church in Mexico is encouraged by Pope Benedict XVI not only to work to alleviate suffering but also to eliminate the causes”: Bishops tell people on return from ad limina visit to Rome OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The Bible and SMS or text messages : new technology at the service of the Word of God SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - In the world over 200 million young people (aged 15-24) live in poverty, 130 million are illiterate, 88 million are unemployed and 10 million are affected by HIV/AIDS 06/10/2005 VATICAN - “Mental and Physical Health all through Life”: 10 October Mental Health Day EUROPA/ALBANIA - First Albanese Orionino priest since the fall of Communism EUROPE/ITALY - Missionaries “witnesses of hope”: Pontifical Mission Societies material for World Mission Sunday 2005 and mission formation itinerary for 2005/2006 EUROPE/SPAIN - In profound communion with the universal Church national president of Spain’s Night Adoration Groups assures prayers for fruitful Synod of Bishops in Rome ASIA/INDONESIA - More co-operation, security, solidarity among peoples and cultures to combat terrorism in south east Asia ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Witnesses to the faith in public life, fervent in prayer, tireless evangelisers: lay Catholics in the Philippines play a major role in the Church ASIA/INDIA - Making the Eucharist central in the life of young people: national Jesus Youth International Charismatic Convention AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “The human person is worth more than any human achievements and cannot be manipulated or replaced with any other good”: Bishops of Cordova region denounce present day mentality which fails to recognise the value of human life AMERICA/VENEZUELA - National Eucharistic Meeting with 2,500 children on 22 October to close national itinerary of Days of Adoration promoted by local Holy Childhood Society all over the country for the Year of the Eucharist 05/10/2005 VATICAN - Sunday in St Peter’s Beatification of Servant of God Cardinal Clemens August Graf von Galen (1878-1946), ‘Lion of Münster’ presided by Cardinal Saraiva Martins prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints VATICAN - The Pope’s teaching at the general audience: “The Lord is not immobile or absent he is a living person who leads his people, is moved to pity for them, sustains them with his power and his love” EUROPE/PORTUGAL - First meeting of Angolan and Guinean diocesan commissions for education AFRICA/UGANDA - Year of the Eucharist: Mass Books now available in Karimojong AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Two years of celebration for centenary of evangelisation in Bukavu ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholic diocese in Mindanao extends microcredit projects to help 23,000 low-income farmers ASIA/INDIA - Christians and Muslims work together to build a better soceity: due giorni di riflessione a New Delhi AMERICA/COSTA RICA - “Democracy, politics and honesty”: moral guidelines from Bishops’ Conference to make the electoral process “ respond to the deep longing for peace, justice and solidarity” AMERICA/URUGUAY - “One bread, one body, one family”: at the close of the Year of the Eucharist Montevideo celebrates “Family Week” AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The elderly are “Guardians of the collective memory, conservers of inter-generational relationships and transmitters of authentic values”: Archbishop Migliore Permanent Holy See Observer addresses Second UN World meeting on Ageing OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Eucharist and Mission: 23 October procession of the Blessed Sacrament to close Year of the Eucharist on World Mission Sunday 04/10/2005 VATICAN - Synod of Bishops - Opening Meditation by Pope Benedict XVI: the Lord “knocks at our door, he is close and so also is true joy, stronger than all the sadness of the world, of our lives” VATICAN - Synod of Bishops - “Relatio ante disceptationem” Cardinal Angelo Scola: “the constitutive factors of evangelisation and new evangelisation are essential implications of Eucharistic action” EUROPE/SPAIN - Emphatic disapproval of Spanish Bishops with regard to a proposed law which excludes parents and makes the state the sole educator of young generations AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - “The grace of the Call comes from God: he made me what I am”: testimonial from a Brother of the Congregation of Frères Missionnaires des Campagnes in Burkina Faso who recently made his solemn vows AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO Cry of grief from new Bishop of Manono south east Congo: “war has destroyed everything” ASIA/INDIA - Don Bosco College pupils among 11 students killed in protest demonstrations in north east India ASIA/PAKISTAN - Announcing the Gospel over the air: Radio Veritas Asia Urdu section holds 7th National Conference. “Culture of forgiveness” theme of programmes for 2006 AMERICA/PERU - Church in Peru strives to promote devotion and adoration of the sacrament of the Eucharist : Eucharistic Congress in Huánuco, Eucharistic Youth Day in Callao, in Lima a series of conferences and a festival of liturgical hymns OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Maronite Catholics in Australia welcome relics of Maronite Saints for the first time SCIENCE AND MEDICINE - EUROPE/ITALY - 200 million carriers of hepatitis C virus in the world: a petition for a World Day and better prevention 03/10/2005 VATICAN - Benedict XVI opens Synod of Bishop on the Eucharist: “If we remain in Christ we too will bear fruit, we will produce not the vinegar of self-sufficiency, malcontent with God and his creation, but the good wine of joy in God and love for neighbour” VATICAN - The Pope’s Angelus reflection: “The Eucharist is the propelling centre of all the Church’s evangelising activity … it has shaped illustrious missionary apostles , in every state of life” VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI visits Bambino Gesu Children’s Hospital “outpost of the evangelising activity of the Christian community in this city of ours” EUROPE/ITALY - “The Church in the 20th century was like a ship moved by the Holy Spirit across tempestuous seas, to reach new land and despite a thousands difficulties, to plant the seed of Christ’s love”: Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe addresses Convention ‘The Holy Spirit in the history of the 20th century’ EUROPE/SPAIN - Spanish anti-leprosy association sends specialists to Ghana to help check ‘leprosy’ type Buruli Ulcer disease fatal for children AFRICA/NIGER - For many starving people Catholic Feeding Centres are the only source of hope x ASIA/INDIA - As the Year of the Eucharist comes to a close the Church in Kerala holds special liturgies, seminars and other initiatives ASIA/INDONESIA - Bali bomb explosions: in a pastoral statement Bishop of Denpasar announced month of special prayers for victims and families and to promote reconciliation ASIA/INDONESIA - Perpetrators of Bali bombings still unidentified amidst rising social tension. Religious leaders committed to promoting dialogue and brotherhood AMERICA/BRAZIL - Rediscovering a sense of “being Church” though deeper understanding of the Eucharistic Mystery, diocese of Divinópolis prepares for 1st Diocesan Eucharistic Congress AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Towards 5th General CELAM Conference: “This initial preparation is a first step in the process of revitalisation and conversion, fraternal communion and vigorous missionary reawakening” said Cardinal Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa 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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