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• 5 November 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE’S GENERAL AUDIENCE TEACHING: PRAYER WITH A PURE AND SINCERE HEART IS A SACRIFICE OFFERED TO GOD. THE WHOLE BEING OF THE PERSON WHO PRAYS BECOMES A SACRIFICIAL ACT. HANDS RAISED IN PRAYER ARE A BRIDGE OF COMMUNICATION WITH GOD Vatican City (Fides Service) – Addressing thousands of visitors gathered in St Peter’s Square for the Audience on Wednesday, November 5 Pope John Paul II gave his teaching on Psalm 140 (1-9):
• 5 November 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - “FILIPINO IMMIGRANTS IN EUROPE: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS” – A CONFERENCE IN ROME ON THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH AND PASTORAL QUESTIONS Rome (Fides Service) – More than 40 delegates and immigration pastoral workers from all over Europe are meeting in Rome for the 5th European Conference of Pastoral Care for Filipino Immigrants in Europe, 3-6 November. ...
• 5 November 2003
  EUROPE/FRANCE - “PACEM IN TERRIS” AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS BUILDING PEACE IN THIS ERA OF GLOBALISATION UNDERLINED BY CARDINAL MARTINO AT UNESCO OFFICES IN PARIS Paris (Fides Service) - “The path to peace is the only path that leads to the building of a society of more justice and solidarity, and it is the duty of all believers and all persons of good will to work to ensure tha ...
• 5 November 2003
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - MISSIONARIES CALL FOR WORLD WIDE PRAYERS FOR PEACE IN SRI LANKA Colombo (Fides Service) – Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate OMI in Colombo and Jaffna have called for world wide prayers for peace in Sri Lanka. The Missionaries voiced to Fides Service their concern over the pres ...
• 5 November 2003
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “IN A PLURALIST SOCIETY MINORITY GROUPS MUST EXPRESS THEMSELVES WITH RESPECT FOR THE RELIGIOUS SENTIMENT OF THE MAJORITY”: SOLIDARITY WITH THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AFTER INSULTS AND OFFENSIVE PAINTINGS ON THE CATHEDRAL WALLS ON NOVEMBER 1 Buenos Aires (Fides Service) – Several statements have reached Fides Service, expressing unanimous condemnation of offence against the Catholic community in Argentina on 1 November. During a civil rights march organise ...
• 3 November 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE SAYS AT THE ANGELUS PRAYER: “IT IS IMPORTANT AND DUTIFUL TO PRAY FOR THE DEAD BECAUSE EVEN THOSE WHO DIE IN GOD’S GRACE AND FRIENDSHIP MAY STILL NEED PURIFICATION BEFORE ENTERING THE JOY OF HEAVEN ” Vatican City (Fides Service) – At midday on Sunday 2 November, All Souls Day, Pope John Paul II recited the Angelus prayer with people gathered below his window in St Peter’s Square offering his intention for “the ...
• 3 November 2003
  VATICAN - ON ALL SAINTS DAY THE POPE SAYS: “THE SAINTS AND BLESSEDS IN PARADISE REMIND US PILGRIMS ON THE EARTH THAT WE FIND SUPPORT EVERY DAY NEVER TO LOSE SIGHT OF OUR ETERNAL DESTINY FIRST OF ALL IN PRAYER ” Vatican City (Fides Service) – The feast of All Saints “turns our eyes to the immense multitude of those who have already reached the heavenly homeland, and it points to the way which leads to this destination”. Th ...
• 3 November 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - REV. PASQUALE LIBERATORE SALESIAN POSTULATOR WORKING ON BEATIFICATION OF POPE JOHN PAUL I DIES AT THE AGE OF 71 Rome (Fides Service) –Salesian Father Rev. Pasquale Liberatore, Postulator General for the causes of Saints of the Congregation of St John Bosco, died on 31 October at the age of 71. ANS Salesian news agency reports th ...
• 3 November 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE ADDRESSES INTERNAL MINISTERS OF EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES: “GUARANTEE AND PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ARE THE TEST OF RESPECT FOR THE OTHER RIGHTS AND THIS IS REALISED THROUGH PREVISION OF ADEQUATE JURIDICAL DISCIPLINE FOR THE DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS CONFESSIONS AS A GUARANTEE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE IDENTITY AND FREEDOM” Vatican City (Fides Service) – “Despite failure in peace initiatives we must continue to hope. Dialogue at all levels - economic, political, cultural, religious – will bear fruit. The trust of believers is founded ...
• 3 November 2003
  AFRICA/UGANDA - 120 CHILD SOLDIERS RESCUED IN NORTHERN UGANDA. SECOND IN COMMAND LRA LEADER KILLED. HAS THE CONFLICT REACHED A TURNING POINT ? Kampala (Fides Service) - Is the Ugandan war at a turning point, international observers are wondering after the recent massive government offensive against Lord’s Resistance Army LRA rebels. During the action governme ...
• 3 November 2003
  ASIA/KOREA - FAMILIES ON MISSION TO FAMILIES: CHURCH IN KOREA RELIES ON LAITY TO EVANGELISE SOCIETY Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – More than 1.000 Catholic married couples have promised to engage in family mission throughout the archdiocese of Taegu. The initiative is a response to a need highlighted during a recent meeting ...
• 3 November 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY:CELEBRATIONS TO MARK CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF OUTSTANDING CATHOLIC STATESMAN GIORGIO LAPIRA Roma (Fides Service) – 2004 will be the centenary year of the birth of Giorgio La Pira an outstanding Catholic statesmen whose cause for beatification is underway. To celebrate the event a national committee was formed ...
• 3 November 2003
  AFRICA/SUDAN - GOVERNMENT AIRFORCE HITS TARGETS IN THE WEST BUT TALKS WITH MAIN REBEL GROUPS CONTINUE Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - While talks to restore peace in Sudan continue, the government airforce has admitted bombings in the western part of the country. However a military spokesman affirmed that targets bombed by Kh ...
• 3 November 2003
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - MILITARY PARADE ENDS IN TRAGEDY: 200 INJURED INCLUDING 13 SUFFERING FROM SEVERE BURNS Ouagadougou (Fides Service)- “It was a tragedy and we express our deepest sympathy while ensuring our prayers for the injured and the families”, a local Church source in Burkina Faso tells Fides after the fire which ...
• 3 November 2003
  ASIA/VIETNAM - CATHOLIC BISHOPS ISSUE PASTORAL LETTER: NEW COURAGE AND NEW MEANS FOR THE CHURCH’S MISSION IN VIETNAM TODAY Hanoi (Fides Service ) – Follow the example of Jesus who preached tirelessly and everywhere; announce the Word with courage and enthusiasm; make use of modern means of communications and new technology: these demands o ...