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1 March 2004
VATICAN - Papal Message for 19th World Youth Day: “If we want to see Jesus we must let ourselves be seen by him! Dear young people, let Jesus look into your eyes so that you have will have an ever greater longing to see the Light to savour the splendour of Truth.”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - “The year 2004 is the final lap before the important appointment of the 20th World Youth Day in Cologne in 2005. I therefore ask you to intensify your spiritual preparation by studying th ...
1 March 2004
AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Bishops of Guinea Bissau, Senegal, Cape Verde and Mauritania devote Lenten reflection to children in need
Bissau (Fides Service) -“Childhood on our Path of Conversion”, is the title of a Message for Lent issued by the Catholic Bishops of Guinea Bissau, Senegal, Cape Verde and Mauritania. The Bishops trace the profile of ...
1 March 2004
AMERICA/HAITI - Situation still unsettled in Haiti after departure of President Aristide. Local eyewitness reports
Port au Prince (Fides Service)- “Growing rumours began to circulate around midnight between Saturday and Sunday” Carlo Maria Zorzi representative of AVSI (Associazione di Volontariato per lo Sviluppo Internazionale) ...
1 March 2004
AFRICA/REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Bishop of Kinkala in south east Congo makes pastoral visit to villagers still suffering effects of war 1998-2003: “Forgiveness is the only path to the Resurrection ”
Brazzaville (Fides Service)- Everywhere he went on his 12 day pastoral visit 6-17 February to the district of Mondouli some 75 km south-east of Kinkala in the south west of the region of Pool, Bishop Louis Portella-Mbuyu ...
1 March 2004
ASIA/JAPAN - Bird Flu spreads: confirmed a new area of infection
Rome (Fides Service) - Japan had not been affected by bird flu since 1925, but now the situation is serious. The virus was detected in birds at a butcher business in Kyoto. The birds came from a local breeding centre whe ...
1 March 2004
100 anniversary of the birth of Karl Rahner: Pontifical Lateran University organises Study meeting for a critical reading of Rahner’s theology
Vatican City (Fides Service) - To mark the 100 anniversary of the birth of Karl Rahner, the Pontifical Lateran University has organised for 4 and 5 March a Study Meeting to give a critical reading of Rahner’s theolo ...
28 February 2004
LENT 2004 - STREET CHILDREN - MENINOS: THE STREET IS THEIR HOME - EUROPE/SPAIN - AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - ASIA/PHILIPPINES - ASIA/MONGOLIA - AMERICA/PERU
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Inspired by Pope John Paul II’s message for Lent 2004, entitled “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me” (Mt 18,5) in which the Pope voices concern for the plight of s ...
27 February 2004
VATICAN - Papal Message for Fraternity Campaign 2004 in Brazil: “A gift of God, water is a vital element, indispensable for life and therefore a right for every person”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Pope John Paul II sent a Message for the annual Lenten Fraternity Campaign organised by the Church in Brazil. The message was addressed to Cardinal Geraldo Majella Agnelo, Archbishop of Sa ...
27 February 2004
EUROPE/GERMANY - “Give us our daily bread…today.” - Hunger in the world is the theme of a 2004 Lenten Solidarity Campaign organised by the German Bishops starting on the first Sunday of Lent
Bamberg (Fides Service) - On February 29, first Sunday in Lent, the annual Lenten Solidarity Campaign launched by the charity organisation of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Germany ,Misereor, will start with a sol ...
27 February 2004
ASIA/INDIA - Christians in Karnataka want Good Friday state holiday to stay
Mangalore (Agenzia Fides) - “Good Friday is sacred for all Christians. It is the day we commemorate the Passion and Death of Jesus. The removal of Good Friday from the list of state holidays in the state of Karnataka i ...
27 February 2004
AMERICA/CHILE - “If the Church in Latin America had not been enriched by the pastoral ministry of Pope John Paul II it would not be working to overcome its weaknesses, (mentioned by Paul VI at the end of the Council), it would not be so united in missionary activity and in building a more reconciled society more in keeping in every way with the Will of God”: Puebla 25 years on: a reflection by Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz, President of CELAM,
Santiago (Fides Service) - On the occasion of 25th anniversary of the 3rd General Conference of the Latin American Bishops in 1979 at Puebla (Mexico), a recurrence which coincides with the 25th year of the pontificate o ...
27 February 2004
AMERICA/HAITI - Caritas Haiti fears a humanitarian crisis as rebels approach the capital - The Bishops of the Church in America voice concern and solidarity with the people of Haiti
Port au Prince (Fides Service) - “The ungovernable situation of insecurity and violence is having a disastrous effect on the country’s already precious economy” said Padre Wilnès Tilus, director of Caritas Haiti ( ...
27 February 2004
ASIA/INDIA - Salesians in southern India mark silver jubilee: 25 years of service, youth programmes and flourishing vocations
Bangalore (Fides) - Twenty five years of service to help the poor, educate and evangelise youth, assist street children, provide pastoral care for families, encourage dialogue with Hindus: this is the record of activity ...
27 February 2004
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Clashes in Plateau state. At least 48 protestant Church of Christ worshippers killed in church
Jos (Fides Service)- At 48 worshippers, including women and children, were slaughtered yesterday 26 February at Yelwa, when a church belonging to the Church of Christ of Nigeria was attacked by a gang of armed men who op ...
27 February 2004
AFRICA/CONGO RD - Political tension and massacre of civilians. Is peace still a long way off?
Kinshasa (Fides Service)- Tension is still high in Democratic Congo after the arrest and release of Major Kassongo, a member of the Rassemblement Congo Democratic RCD/Goma one of the main rebel groups which is part of th ...
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