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5 November 2004
VATICAN - The annual Message to Muslim for the 'Id al-Fitr feast at the end of the month of Ramadan Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue focuses on the need to love and protect every child because “Children, [are a] Gift of God for the Future of Humanity”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Children, Gift of God for the Future of Humanity is the title of this year’s annual message which Archbishop Michael L. Fitzgerald, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious ...
5 November 2004
ASIA/TAIWAN - Archbishop Joseph Cheng gives mission command to 33 volunteers at the end of a special Course in Evangelisation
Taipei (Agenzia Fides) -Recently during solemn Mass to mark the end of a Course in Evangelisation Archbishop Joseph Cheng of Taipei gave the mission command to 33 new volunteer missionaries who had completed their format ...
5 November 2004
EUROPE/ITALY - Bambino Gesu Children’s Hospital in Rome is an example of Christian witness through health care
Rome(Fides Service) - Bambino Gesu Children’s Hospital in Rome, the first of its kind in Italy, was opened in 1869 by Duke and Duchess Arabella and Scipione Salviati. Deeply distressed to see the lack of attention give ...
5 November 2004
“A new Uganda is possible”: Meeting organised by the Piero e Lucille Corti Onlus Foundation
Rome (Fides Service) - Uganda and its tragedy as well as concrete testimony of initiatives which speak of hope for future, is the subject of a Meeting organised by the Piero e Lucille Corti Onlus Foundation and Rome’s ...
5 November 2004
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Fear of large scale offensive to follow up yesterday’s bombing on towns in rebel hands; homes and mission sacked
Abidjan (Fides Service)- “Here in Bouake there is calm before the tempest. Any moment we expect the army to start a vast offensive” a local source in Bouke told Fides. Yesterday Bouke, the largest city held by Ivory ...
5 November 2004
EUROPE/ITALY - “Theology East and West in the 20th Century” meeting at the International Centre of the movement Communion and Liberation to present a basic Christian theology in a series of “100 Theological Works of the 20th Century” in Russian
Rome (Fides Service) - Metropolita Filaret (Vachromeev), Esarch of Belo-Russia (Minsk) and President of the Theological Commission of the Synod of the Russian Orthodox Patriarchate of Moscow and Prof. Adriano dell’Asta ...
3 November 2004
VATICAN - The Pope’s reflection on All Saints Day: “The pilgrim Church on earth lifts her eyes to heaven and exults as she joins the choir of those whom God has associated with his glory”. Special prayer for victims of terrorism and for peace in the world
Vatican City (Fides Service) - At midday on All Saints Day, November 1st, from his window overlooking St Peter’s Square, Pope John Paul II, prayed the Angelus prayer with the people gathered for the occasion and reflec ...
3 November 2004
VATICAN - “The Holy See has always been in favour of promoting a Europe united on the basis of the common values which are part of its history” the Pope said at the Angelus. “To take into account the Christian roots of the Continent means to make use of a spiritual heritage which is fundamental for the future development of the Union”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Before praying the Angelus on Sunday 31 October with people gathered in St Peter’s Square, Pope John Paul II voiced his satisfaction for the signing of the European Constitution on Friday ...
3 November 2004
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - National Meeting for Indigenous Pastoral to identify guidelines for pastoral care of Indigenous Peoples in Colombia victims of violation of rights and seriously threatened by armed conflict
Bogota (Fides Service) - To help more than 800,000 Indigenous in Colombia living in dramatic situations mainly because of armed conflict, the Church in Colombia organised a National Meeting for the Pastoral Care of Indig ...
3 November 2004
VATICAN - The Pope’s weekly teaching at the general audience: the hymn of the redeemed: “The centre of praise is Christ and his historic work of redemption. He is able to decipher the meaning of history ”
Vatican City (Fides) - During the general audience this morning Wednesday November 3, Pope John Paul II focussed his teaching on the canticle, “The hymn of the redeemed” (cfr Revelation 4,11; 5,9.10.12; Vespers Tuesd ...
3 November 2004
AMERICA/BRAZIL - National Youth Day focuses on “Public polices for youth”
Brasilia (Fides Service) - On Sunday 31 October the Church in Brazil celebrated National Youth Day on the theme “public policies for youth”. The Day which has a missionary character and is celebrated all over the nat ...
3 November 2004
AFRICA/KENYA - Kenyans celebrates victory of black US Senator of Kenyan origin
Nairobi (Fides Service) - The Kenyan family of Barack Obama - the only black person to be elected to the US Senate in 2004 - are celebrating his victory in the state of Illinois. The son of a Kenyan father and American m ...
3 November 2004
AFRICA/UGANDA - Catholic cleric arrested in northern Uganda: “I had a brief meeting with Reverend Ojiam and found him calm and confident” the Archbishop of Gulu told Fides
Kitgum (Fides Service)- “I had a brief meeting with Rev. Ojiam and found him calm and confident that his position will be soon cleared” Archbishop John Baptist Odama of Gulu (northern Uganda), told Fides with regard ...
3 November 2004
EUROPE/ITALY - Paideia Co-operative (Opus Dei), organises 4th consecutive annual “Caring for Others” course for high school girls in Milan in collaboration with the RUI Foundation.
Rome (Fides Service) - Caring for others is a typical element of womanhood through which women render family, professional and social life more worthy of the person. In view of this Paideia Co-operative (Opus Dei), orga ...
30 October 2004
EUROPE/SPAIN - A yearlong missionary itinerary for youth in preparation for 20th World Youth Day in Cologne
Madrid (Fides Service) - To help young people be more aware of their missionary duty and in preparation for the 20th World Youth Day in Cologne, Germany in August 2005, in collaboration with the Spanish Bishops’ Commis ...
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