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20 November 2004
EUROPE/ BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA - Banja Luka Cathedral will host funeral of Catholic priest brutally murdered in his parish at Bosanska Gradiska
Sarajevo (Fides Service) - The funeral of Father Kazimir Viseticki found dead in his home next to the parish church of Saint Roko at Bosanska Gradiska, in the north of the country near the border with Croatia will take p ...
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20 November 2004
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Invasion of locusts combined with lack of rain destroys 90% of harvests in northern Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou (Fides Service) -Harvests in northern Burkina Faso will be 90% less because of an invasion of locusts. The situation is most serious in the province of Oudalan, which has borders with Mali and Niger. The wors ...
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20 November 2004
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Great Lakes Summit participants sign declaration of commitment to work for “A region of lasting peace and security”. Catholic Bishops of Tanzania urge them to take the “path of dialogue”
Dar es Salaam (Agenzia Fides)- - Transform the Great Lakes region in an “area of lasting peace and security” was the goal established today 20 November by African heads of state taking part in the first Internationa ...
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17 November 2004
VATICAN - The Pope’s teaching at the general audience: “we must pull down walls of division, hostility and hatred so that the family of God’s children may find itself in harmony at the same table, to praise and bless the Creator for the gifts he gives to all”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Psalm 66 “All people will glorify the Lord” (vespers Wednesday week 2, reading: Ps 66,2-4.7-8) was the subject of Pope John Paul II’s weekly teaching during his Wednesday Audience thi ...
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17 November 2004
VATICAN - Cardinal Paul Poupard in Moscow to promote recognition of Europe’s shared Christian roots
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Paul Poupard, President of the Pontifical Council for Culture, accompanied by the Council’s Secretary Father Bernard Ardura, is visiting Moscow, 14 to 21 November to promote reco ...
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17 November 2004
EUROPE/GT. BRITAIN - Global Report on Child Soldiers 2004 says governments are incapable of stopping children’s involvement: “children are fighting in almost every major conflict, in both government and opposition forces. They are being injured, subjected to horrific abuse and killed”
London (Fides Service) - In London this morning the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers released its report on child soldiers 2004. The report was presented by the Coalition international director Casey Kelso.
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16 November 2004
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Second “Missione Gran Rio” International Meeting on lay missionary activity will discuss: “The missionary situation in America”: problems, challenges, future prospects
La Plata (Fides Service) - Within the framework of the Year of the Eucharist, Missione Gran Rio”, will hold a second International Meeting on lay missionary activity from 19 to 21 November in La Plata with the slogan ...
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16 November 2004
ASIA/INDIA - Security measures intensified for traditional exposition of relics of Saint Francis Xavier starting 21 November
Goa (Fides Service) - Last minute preparations are underway for the exposition of the relics of Saint Francis Xavier from 21 November 2004 to 2 January 2005. Security measures are being intensified at Bom Jesus Basilica ...
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16 November 2004
VATICAN - Situation, reflection, Action: International Conference organised by Pontifical Council for Health Care pastoral on “palliative care” comes to conclusion
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The work of the 19th annual Conference organised by the Pontifical Council for Health Care Pastoral, 11-13 November in the Vatican which focused on Palliative Care, was articulated in three ...
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16 November 2004
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Anger and resignation after United Nations decision to impose sanctions on Ivory Coast
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides)- “There is anger and resignation with regard to the UN sanctions on Ivory Coast. Many people telephoned the state radio asking for the government’s reaction. The national radio announced that ...
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16 November 2004
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Hope mixed with fear in East Congo awaiting outcome of Great Lakes Region summit while rumours of imminent assaults on Bukavu continue
Bukavu (Fides Service) -“They keep talking about peace while rumours of imminent assaults on the town continue” said a local source in Bukavu, main town in southern Kivu, in the east of Democratic Congo, in recent m ...
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16 November 2004
EUROPE/ITALY - Fides asks Renato Farina about a new book “Humanity, its present and its destiny: conversations over a cup of coffee” a collection of interviews with Mgr. Luigi Giussani.
Rome (Fides Service) - Conversations on the present and on destiny. For everyone. This is the essence of the latest book by Mgr. Luigi Giussani, founder of the Communion and Liberation Movement CL. “Humanity its prese ...
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16 November 2004
ASIA/INDONESIA - Humanitarian situation in Aceh (Northern Sumatra) ever more critical NGOs warn
Jakarta (Fides Service) - While the Indonesian government led by the new President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has prolonged the state of civil emergency in Aceh province northern Sumatra, where Jakarta’s troops are figh ...
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15 November 2004
VATICAN - At the Angelus prayer the Pope mentions Harvest Thanksgiving Sunday in Italy encouraging those present to “share resources with those in need”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - In a brief address at midday on Sunday 14 November from his window overlooking St Peter’s Square, Pope John Paul II recalled that it was Harvest Thanksgiving Sunday in Italy when local Ch ...
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15 November 2004
AFRICA/UGANDA - Cease fire announced in northern Uganda: Bishop of Odama issues statement to Fides
Kampala (Fides Service)- “We thank President Museveni and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) for this important step towards peace” Archbishop John Baptist Odama of the northern Ugandan diocese of Gulu, also chairman ...
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