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• 11 April 2005
  First official document promulgated outside the Vatican: John Paul II signed the post synodal exhortation during his 11th pastoral visit to Africa Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the 14th of September 1995 Pope John Paul II left Rome for his 67th international apostolic journey which took him for the 11th time to Africa, and more precisely to Cameroon, South Afr ...
• 11 April 2005
  CAMEROON - “Beloved Africa, despite poverty and suffering walk your path with confidence!” Yaounde (Fides Service) - In the afternoon of Thursday 14 September 1995 Pope John Paul II arrived in Yaounde, capital of Cameroon, which he had already visited in 1985. During the morning of 15 September the Pope presi ...
• 11 April 2005
  SOUTH AFRICA - “Church of Africa: a Mission Church which becomes a Missionary Church Johannesburg (Fides Service) - On Saturday 16 September 1995, John Paul II left Yaounde, capital of Cameroon, to fly to South Africa for his first official visit to thatcountry at last on the path to democracy after long ...
• 8 April 2005
  VATICAN - Who is the priest for John Paul II Vatican City (Fides Service) - From the Apostolic Exhortation Pastores Dabo vobis 11: A correct and in - depth awareness of the nature and mission of the ministerial priesthood is the path which must be taken -- and in f ...
• 8 April 2005
  VATICAN - The Charisam of priestly celibacy, according to John Paul II Vatican City (Fides Service) - From the Apostolic Exhortation Pastore dabo vobis 29: The synod fathers clearly and forcefully expressed their thought on this matter in an important proposal which deserves to be quoted he ...
• 8 April 2005
  VATICAN - The figure of the Blessed Virgin Mary for John Paul II Vatican City - From the Encyclical Ecclesia de Eucharistia 53: Mary is a “woman of the Eucharist” in her whole life..57: Mary is present, with the Church and as the Mother of the Church, at each of our celebrations o ...
• 8 April 2005
  VATICAN - The value of Eucharistic Adoration in the teaching of John Paul II Vatican City (Fides Service) - From the encyclical Ecclesia de Eucharistia 25. The worship of the Eucharist outside of the Mass is of inestimable value for the life of the Church...If in our time Christians must be disti ...
• 8 April 2005
  VATICAN - The first in a series of excerpts from the teaching of Pope John Paul II on some of the principal themes of his pontificate Vatican City (Fides Service) - Fides offers the first in a series of excepts from the teachings of Pope John Paul II on some of the principal themes of his pontificate (the priesthood, celibacy, the Blessed Virgin Mary, ...
• 8 April 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - 30,000 members of Communion and Liberation from all over the world in Rome for the Pope’s funeral Rome (Fides Service) - Besides the leaders of the Church movement Communion and Liberation, at least 30,000 young members from all over the world are in Rome for the funeral of Pope John II. Many came with their respecti ...
• 8 April 2005
  EUROPE/FRANCE - Sick pilgrims in Lourdes mourn for John Paul II “a sick man among the sick who restored dignity to human suffering”. The last international journey to the feet of Our Lady Lourdes (Fides Service) - Thousands of sick pilgrims in Lourdes are mourning the passing of Pope John Paul II as they pray at the grotto of the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The pilgrims are accompanied by doct ...
• 8 April 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - “Pope John Paul II was one of the greatest spiritual leaders of the 21st century”: Dalai Lama signs the book of condolence at the Papal Nunciature in New Delhi New Delhi (Fides Service) - When he signed the book of condolence at the Papal Nunciature in New Delhi, India, the Dalai Lama wrote: “Pope John Paul II was one of the greatest spiritual leaders of the 21st century. I w ...
• 8 April 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - “Even the skies are weeping for our beloved Pope” say Chinese Catholics. “Let us pray to the Holy Father to intercede that relations between China and the Holy See may be re-established as soon as possible” Beijing ( Fides Service) - According to Fides sources it started raining this morning in Beijing and people in the Holy Saviour Church to attend a Requiem Mass for the Pope began to say: “Even the skies are weeping for ...
• 8 April 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - S. Egidio: thousands in St Peter’s Square for funeral of Pope John Paul II Rome (Fides Service) - At the funeral of Pope John Paul II in St Peter’s Square, the S. Egidio Community was represented by its founder Andrea Riccardi, its president Marco Impagliazzo, and Bishop Vincenzo Paglia of Te ...
• 8 April 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Focolarini: Chiara Lubich, the foundress, unable to attend the funeral for reasons of health. Thousands of Focolarinin watch funeral on large screens at Tor Vergata and Circuì Maximus Rome (Fides Service) - Chiara Lubich due to health reasons was unable to attend the funeral of Pope John Paul. The Focolari movement was represented by Oreste Bruno, co-president and Grisella Cagliari and Giorgio Marchet ...
• 8 April 2005
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “Bomb blast at Khan el Khalili market was a protest on the part of fundamentalist Muslims against president Moubarak’s decision to call three days mourning for Pope John Paul II” says Catholic priest in Cairo Cairo (Fides Service) - “The suicide bomber who blew himself up in one of the parts of Cairo most visited by tourists, between the Khan el Khalili market and the Al Azhar Mosque, was a member of a group of Islam fundam ...