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10 May 2004
ASIA/TAIWAN - To mark the 20th anniversary of TaoYuan Apostolate Formation Centre Hsinchu diocese plans to establish a Diocesan Bible Society
Hsinchu (Fides Service) - The TaoYuan Apostolate Formation Centre in Hsinchu diocese, Taiwan, will mark its 20th anniversary in 2005. In view of this during a recent Bible Study meeting at the Centre on May 4 it was deci ...
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10 May 2004
ASIA/HONG KONG - Debate on euthanasia gives rise to extra solidarity and care for seriously ill patients
Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Recently the Hong Kong Parliament received an e-mail request from A Bin a 30 year old paralysed man to legalise euthanasia. The news sparked heated debate in Hong Kong Society and many citizen ...
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10 May 2004
ASIA/HONG KONG - “Word of Love, Word from the Heart”: prayer meeting for Vocations organised by diocesan Commission
Hong Kong (Fides Service) - The Diocesan Commission for Vocations of the Catholic diocese of Hong Kong held a prayer meeting for vocations on May 1 with the theme “Word of Love, Word from the Heart”. More than 250 pe ...
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10 May 2004
VATICAN - Exhibition “ Seekers of the Truth ” scientists dialogue with faith
Vatican City (Fides Service) - At a time in which the Catholic Church is still accused of being an “adversary of science”, the Pontifical Regina Apostolorum College in Rome tells a story which everyone should hear: t ...
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10 May 2004
EUROPE/ITALY
For new human law - AIDS therapy in Africa where 30 million are infected and 700,000 children die every year: International Conference organised by Sant’Egidio Community
Rome (Fides Service) - AIDS in Africa and the positive results of anti-retroviral therapy in a continent where 30 million people affected by HIV/AIDS, will be the theme of an international Conference organised by Sant’ ...
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10 May 2004
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences issues working paper for its next Assembly in August on the theme “The Asian Family towards a Culture of Life”
Seoul (Fides Service) - Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences FABC has issued the working paper for its 8th Plenary Assembly 17-22 August in Taejeon, South Korea, on the theme “The Asian Family towards a Culture o ...
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10 May 2004
ASIA/INDIA - Final act of political elections while there is growing debate on the presence of Christians in civil and political life
New Delhi (Fides Service) - While elections in India are at the final stage since mid April there is growing debate as to whether and how Christians should be involved in political.
According to some Christian members o ...
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8 May 2004
EUROPE/ITALY - “Why the Church”: Fides interviewed Cardinal Darío Castrillón Hoyos about Mons. Luigi Giussani’s latest literary labour.
Rome (Fides Service) - In occasion del 50th anniversary of the founding of the church Movement “Communion and Liberation”, the most recent work of its Founder Mons. Luigi Giussani a book titled “Perché la Chiesa ...
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8 May 2004
VATICAN - The work of the Annual General meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies continues with the revision of the statutes
Rome (Fides Service) - The Annual General meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies which has brought together 117 national directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies from all over the world continues at the Pala Ca ...
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8 May 2004
AFRICA/UGANDA - Christian testimony of a prisoner about to be executed but convinced of God’s compassion
Kampala (Fides Service)- “May the state kill? - a Challenge to the Death Penalty”, is the title of a book containing touching testimonies of Christian hope in the compassionate love of God. One of the testimonies is ...
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8 May 2004
VATICAN - Urban College offers missionary Church 14 new deacons from Africa and Asia
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8 May 2004
ASIA/CHINA - Death of first Bishop of Bameng, Bishop Guo Zhengji, a bold witness to faith in Christ
Yinchuan (Fides Service) - Chinese Bishop Francis Xavier Guo Zhengji, Bishop of Bameng (mainland China) inner Mongolia, died at the age of 91 on Monday May 3, at Yinchuan Hospital where he had been in care for some month ...
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8 May 2004
ASIA/JAPAN - A gift of flower seeds with a message from Papal Nuncio welcomes new born babies at Red Cross hospitals all over Japan
Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - “Flowers are a gift of the Creator and their beauty speaks a language all their own. To offer a flower is a sign of sharing and caring between the giver and the receiver”. This message, compos ...
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8 May 2004
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Special Mass for 20th anniversary of the canonisation of Korea’s 103 Catholic martyrs
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - To mark the 20th anniversary of the canonisation in Seoul by Pope John Paul II of Korea’s 103 Catholic Martyrs, a special Mass was celebrated on May 1 at Jeoldusan Shrine presided by Archbishop ...
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8 May 2004
ASIA/TAIWAN - Cardinal Paul Shan encourages Taichung diocese to promote a spirit of evangelisation among parish communities
Taichung (Fides) -Cardinal Paul Shan, Bishop of Kaohsiung, recently illustrated a Pastoral Letter issued by the Bishops of Taiwan “Building up the Parish a community of faith, hope and love” to a group of 250 parish ...
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