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25 October 2004
AFRICA/UGANDA - Bishop of Kiyinda-Mityana resigns, successor takes over
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25 October 2004
ASIA/IRAQ Lay Christian in Baghdad calls for help: “This is civil war and if it continues Christianity could very soon disappear from Iraq. Many Christian families have fled Baghdad where Christians are forced once again to worship in catacombs”
Baghdad (Fides Service) - “We have Mass in the crypts of our churches, the only places which are safe. Our lives are in danger. We ask the international community and the universal Church to help us” 30 year old Chri ...
25 October 2004
AFRICA/UGANDA - Uganda hosts Anglophone African Regional Meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies NDESA
Kampala (Fides Service)- The National Direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) with the Episcopal Commission for Missions in Uganda is hosting this year’s regional meeting of the National Directors of Engli ...
25 October 2004
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Catholics in Tanzania celebrate World Mission Sunday with enthusiasm and gratitude
Dar as Salaam (Fides Service) - Catholics celebrated World Mission Sunday throughout Tanzania on 24 October by emphasising the theme “The Eucharist and Mission.” There was wide use of the Message of Pope John Paul II ...
25 October 2004
ASIA/INDIA - Accidental fire in Good Jesus Church shortly before for ten yearly exposition of St Francis Xavier’s relics
Goa (Fides Service) - A month before a long awaited showing of the relics of Saint Francis Xavier, a great evangeliser in India, an accidental fire in the Catholic Basilica de Bom Jesus in Goa on October 21 caused widesp ...
25 October 2004
ASIA/HONG KONG - Lay people give indispensable helping hand with pastoral work
Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Lay Catholics in Hong Kong are increasingly aware of their role in the local Church and community which is becoming indispensable. According to the diocesan Office for the Formation of the Lai ...
25 October 2004
AFRICA/UGANDA - Cholera kills two in overcrowded refugee camp: 60,000 people lack basic sanitation and assistance
Rome (Fides Service) - The UN World Food Programme reported that ten people are in hospital with cholera symptoms after an epidemic of cholera broke out in an overcrowded refugee camp in northern Uganda lacking even basi ...
25 October 2004
AFRICA/SUDAN - Trauma, violence, infant mortality rates rocket in Darfur where 2/3 of those affected are women and children.
Rome (Fides Service) - According to the UNICEF office in Khartoum, thousands of children in Darfur die every day of preventable or curable diseases or as a result of violence suffered during attacks on villages and camp ...
23 October 2004
World Mission Sunday Special Issue - CHURCH STATISTICS
WORLD MISSION SUNDAY SPECIAL ISSUE: CATHOLIC CHURCH STATISTICS 2004:
World Population, Catholics; Persons And Catholics Per Priest Ecclesiastical Circumscriptions; Bishops; Priests; Permanent Deacons; Religious,
Secul ...
23 October 2004
VATICAN - Interview with Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on the occasion of WORLD MISSION DAY
Vatican City (Fides) - On the occasion of World Mission Day, Sunday 24 October, Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples was kind enough to answer a few questions put by Fid ...
23 October 2004
Mission Sunday Special Issue - LATIN AMERICA the world’s most Catholic continent where the value of peace among nations is more than a hope for re-launching and development
LATIN AMERICA: many countries, all at peace with one another; crises with common denominators; natural resources; why do countries rich in natural resources suffer from poverty? steady emigration in search of better liv ...
23 October 2004
Mission Sunday Special Issue: UPDATE ON THE SITUATION OF WORLD HEALTH
Mission Sunday Special Issue: UPDATE ON THE SITUATION OF WORLD HEALTH
On the occasion of the World Mission Sunday we give figures on AIDS, malaria and other infectious forms that every day affect millions of innocent ...
23 October 2004
Mission Sunday Special Issue: AFRICA: WHY ARE THE RICH SO POOR?
Mission Sunday Special Issue: AFRICA: WHY ARE THE RICH SO POOR?
AFRICA’S TREASURES
Gas and oil exported all over the world
Renewable energy
Vast agricultural potential
Tourism
National gross product grows but ...
22 October 2004
EUROPE/IRELAND - Mission Festival part of a long term plan to restore missionary awareness and commitment
Dublin (Fides Service) - As part of the National Mission Council’s plan to restore October as Mission Month, a four day festival of mission was opened in Bishopstown, Cork City by Bishop John Buckley of the Diocese of ...
22 October 2004
EUROPE/FRANCE - World Mission Sunday “prayer to embrace the world” at all latitudes
Lyons (Fides Service) - Once again this year for World Mission Day the head office of the Pontifical Mission Societies in France has invited national offices all over the world to join in a round the world prayer success ...
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