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• 21 May 2004
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Transformed by the Cross we proclaim Jesus”: Catechesis in preparation for national Missionary Childhood Day Bogota (Fides Service) - “The Cross of Jesus turned our poverty into wealth, our littleness into greatness, our self-giving into salvation”: this statement comes from a booklet ““Transformed by the Cross we procl ...
• 21 May 2004
  ASIA/CHINA - Mother of Mercy Hospital offers a week of free medical check up and treatment to women: a way of transmitting the Blessed Virgin Mary’s spirit of mercy, love and service for all people WenShui (Fides Service) - The Catholic Mother of Mercy Hospital in the village of Xin Li, district of Wen Shui, in the province of Shan Xi, has a staff of 30 directed by Father Ren Min. Recently for a whole week the off ...
• 21 May 2004
  VATICAN - “A new forum for proclaiming the Gospel”: interview with Father Claudio Pighin, author of “Pastorale della Comunicazione” Pastoral of Communication published recently Vatican City (Fides Service) - Pastoral of communications, formation of priests, religious and laity involved in the media workers and the need to guarantee correct use of the means of communications from a point of view ...
• 21 May 2004
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - “Blood, a gift of Life”: is the title of a campaign to mark the first Blood Donors Day in Johannesburg, where donors provide 100% of the blood necessary to the country’s hospitals Rome (Fides Service) - On June 14 the first Blood Donors Day will be launched in the South African city of Johannesburg, with a campaign, “Blood, a gift of Life”. The organisers say the Day is to thank blood donors ...
• 21 May 2004
  VATICAN - “Africa is not adrift”: message of conference on development in Africa organised by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace Rome (Fides Service)- “Africa is not adrift” this is the message launched by a Conference on “The economic and social development of Africa in the era of globalisation”, organised by the Pontifical Council for J ...
• 21 May 2004
  ASIA/INDONESIA - President Megawati visits Ambon amidst tension and fear - Political, social and religious leaders strive to prevent another conflict Ambon (Fides Service) - Tension is high in Ambon, capital of the Indonesian archipelago of Moluccas. Local sources told Fides there are barricades in several streets and people are still afraid to leave the house. The ci ...
• 21 May 2004
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Eliminate corruption from public life: a task for the new president of the Philippines: the Church is a “watchman ” for morality in the country’s social and political life Manila (Fides Service) - Political and social debate is lively in the Philippines pending the official announcement on 10 June of results of presidential elections held on May 10 Outgoing President Gloria Macapagal Arroy ...
• 21 May 2004
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Dialogue and unity with Buddhists, no to “immoral” conversions: Catholic Bishops pay a visit to Sri Lanka’s leading Buddhists Colombo (Fides Service) - Maintain good relations with Buddhists; offer them the Holy See’s annual message of good wishes on their feast of Vesak; reaffirm that the Catholic Church has nothing to do with so called “i ...
• 19 May 2004
  AFRICA - Death of Cardinal Hyacinthe Thiandoum, for 38 years Archbishop of Dakar in Senegal Rome (Fides Service) - Cardinal Hyacinthe Thiandoum, emeritus Archbishop of Dakar in Senegal, died yesterday evening at a clinic in the southern French city of Marseilles. The Cardinal was born at Poponguine, Dakar, on 2 ...
• 19 May 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope’s weekly teaching: “Blessed the man whose guilt is removed and whose sins are forgiven!”: a call to live with our eyes set on heaven putting first the "things of heaven". Vatican City (Fides Service) - A comment on Psalm 31 (“Gratitude for the forgiveness of sins” - Vespers Thursday week 1) was the subject of Pope John Paul II’s teaching at the General audience today 19 may in St Pe ...
• 19 May 2004
  ASIA/CHINA - First Catholic dispensary opened in China to show God’s love by caring for the sick: first step to building a Catholic Health Care network TianJing (Fides Service) - A Catholic Dispensary, the first of its kind in mainland China, was recently opened in the small town on GuanPuTou, in the JingHai district of TianJing. The Hui Ze Tang , as the Dispensary is c ...
• 19 May 2004
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Diocesan Centre for Pastoral Care of Workers hold Round Table discussion on unemployment and how to promote development Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Unemployment and how to promote development were the topics discussed at a Round Table discussion organised by Hong Kong’s Catholic Diocesan Centre for Pastoral Care of Workers. The Centre p ...
• 19 May 2004
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “We will make our parish missionary”: 23 May opens year of preparation for National Mission Congress called by Bishops Conference for May 2005 Guatemala City (Fides) - After having the joy of hosting the Second Mission Congress Missionario (CAM 2), held in Guatemala City in November 2003, the Bishops of Guatemala decided to hold, as a first fruit of that major ...
• 19 May 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - Cooperazione Italia contributes 268 million Euro to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and malaria Rome (Fides Service) - In the past three years Cooperazione Italiana has contributed almost 270 million Euro to the struggle to fight AIDS, particular through the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria set up in 2001 ...
• 19 May 2004
  EUROPE/RUSSIA - More than 4,500 Russians including 240 children under 14 have died of AIDS since registration of cases started Rome (Fides Service) - According to the Russian Research Centre for the Prevention and Elimination of AIDS more than 4,500 people including 240 children under 14 died of HIV/AIDS since the registration of HIV+ cases star ...