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• 1 September 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE ENTRUSTS ONCE AGAIN THE PEOPLES OF EUROPE TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY: “MAY THE MOST HOLY VIRGIN MARY HELP EUROPE BECOME A SYMPHONY OF NATIONS WORKING TO BUILD TOGETHER A CIVILISATION OF LOVE AND PEACE” Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) – “For the last few Sundays I have reflected on Europe and its Christian roots, looking at the text of the post synodal exhortation Ecclesia in Europe. This document ends with an ‘en ...
• 1 September 2003
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO – DISMAYED BY FIVE YEARS OF WAR IN CONGO CARITAS ITALY CALLS FOR RESPECT FOR PEACE PACT, A REGIONAL CONFERENCE, MORE EFFORT BY THE EU AND MORE MEDIA FOCUS ON EXISTING POSITIVE ASPECTS Rome (Fides Service) – Respect for peace agreement; convocation of a Regional Summit of all governments in the Great Lakes Region to find lasting, non violent solutions to the local problems; increase diplomatic and ai ...
• 1 September 2003
  AFRICA/LIBERIA – DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD RESUMES TO WAR EXHAUSTED PEOPLE. BANDITRY A PROBLEM IN MANY AREAS Monrovia (Fides Service)- “The people are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel, after so many years of war and desperation” Consolata Missionary Sisters in Harbel tell Fides Service. Harbel lies 50 km s ...
• 1 September 2003
  ASIA/INDIA – AT THEIR ASIAN YOUTH DAY YOUNG ASIANS PROMISE TO OVERCOME BARRIERS OF CULTURE, COUNTRY OR RELIGION IN ORDER TO BUILD PEACE Bangalore (Fides Service) – Reflection, sharing, fraternity, intercultural and interreligious dialogue, prayer, music and song: these were the ingredients of the third Asian Youth Meeting held in Bangalore, Karnataka ...
• 1 September 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - PADRE PIO MISSIONARY IN THE WORLD: A HOSPITAL AND A HOME FOR UNMARRIED MOTHERS AND ABANDONED CHILDREN BUILT IN HONOUR OF THE FRIAR FROM PIETRELCINA Tura (Fides Service) – A hospital and a home for unmarried mothers and abandoned children are the latest additions to a compound dedicated to Saint Pio da Pietrelcina in Thakmagre, in Tura diocese, north west India nea ...
• 1 September 2003
  ASIA/VIETNAM – DUC IN ALTUM: FIRST MEETING OF BISHOPS’ COMMISSION FOR RELIGIOUS LIFE FOCUSES ON THEOLOGICAL AND SPIRITUAL FORMATION Bui Chu (Fides Service ) – “The Church demands of Religious high quality spirituality and formation” Bishop Joseph Hoang Van Tiem, of Bui Chu, told Fides Service with regard to the first meeting of the Vietnamese C ...
• 1 August 2003
  AMERICA/MEXICO - TOWARDS AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS (CAM 2) – “BE JOYFUL WITNESSES AND ENTHUSIASTIC APOSTLES OF THE GOSPEL!”: CARDINAL SEPE ENCOURGAES MEXICAN YOUTH AT THE OPENING OF THE NATIONAL CONGRESS FOR MISSIONARY YOUTH Queretaro (Fides Service) - “Young people of the new millennium do not be afraid to carry the Gospel to the world”: This is the slogan of the 8th National Congress of Mexican Missionary Youth (8° CONAJUM) which ope ...
• 1 August 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - COMBONI MISSIONARIES IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM: NEXT MONTH GENERAL CHAPTER WILL HAVE ITS CLIMAX IN THE CANONISATION OF BLESSED DANIELE COMBONI – FIDES INTERVIEW WITH FATHER JUAN GONZALEZ NUNEZ, HEAD OF THE CHAPTER PREPARATORY COMMISSION Rome (Fides Service) – Founded in 1867 by Blessed Daniel Comboni (1831-1881) who will be canonised on 5 October, the Comboni missionaries of the Heart of Jesus (MCCI) are today in all 1,823 working on four continents: ...
• 1 August 2003
  AMERICA/CANADA - DATABASE ON LINE FOR SARS: MANY GROUPS ARE TRYING TO REPRODUCE SARS PROTEIN IN LABORATORY TO WORK ON MEDICINES AND VACCINES Rome (Fides Service) – A new database on line of genetic information on the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome SARS could help to control SARS. A least this is the hope of Canadian scientists co-ordinating the programme ...
• 1 August 2003
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - SIGNALS OF DIALOGUE BETWEEN RELIGIONS ARE CONFIRMED BUT NOT IN PUNJAB WHERE MUSLIM FUNDAMENTALISM GROWS: CHRISTIANS DENIED FOOD AND WORK CONCERN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY Lahore (Fides Service) – While in the world signals of co-existence between religions are multiplied and Christian/Muslim relations are strengthened along the lines of peace and dialogue, in some areas of Pakistan grou ...
• 1 August 2003
  VATICAN - “CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING PROPOSALS TO GIVE LEGAL RECOGNITION TO UNIONS BETWEEN HOMOSEXUAL PERSONS”: A DOCUMENT TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE DIGNITY OF MATRIMONY FOUNDATION OF THE FAMILY AND THE STABILITY OF SOCIETY Vatican City (Fides Service) – On July 31 it was announced that the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has issued a document Considerations Regarding Proposals To Give Legal Recognition To Unions Between Homose ...
• 1 August 2003
  ASIA/CHINA - ON SHOW IN SHANGHAI PRECIOUS HERITAGE OF ITALIAN JESUIT MISSIONARY MATTEO RICCI Shanghai (Fides Service) – While the Italian town of Macerata, birthplace of Matteo Ricci, Jesuit missionary to China in the 16th century is honouring its famous citizen with an exhibition, (see Fides 23/7/2003), Shang ...
• 1 August 2003
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - “ALTHOUGH CEASE FIRE HOLDS BOTH ARMY AND REBELS PREPARE FOR WAR. REBELS, DIVIDED AMONG THEMSELVES, COULD EVEN EXPLODE IN ARMED CONFLICT” MISSIONARY TELLS FIDES SERVICE Abidjan (Fides Service) – “If I did not live in Ivory Coast I would say that it is the most beautiful country in the world, at least according to the official statements of the government” a missionary in Bouake no ...
• 31 July 2003
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• 31 July 2003
  VATICAN - POPE’S WEEKLY TEACHING: THE MOST PLEASING SACRIFICE IS NOT A HOLOCAUST OF BULLS OR RAMS BUT RATHER A HUMBLE AND CONTRITE HEART Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) – In his teaching to the people who gathered at his Summer residence in Castel Gandolfo on Wednesday 30 July, to listen to his words and receive his blessing, Pope John Paul II reflected ...