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• 23 October 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE GRANTS SPECIAL AUDIENCE TO NEW CARDINALS, THEIR FAMILIES AND ACCOMPANYING CATHOLICS: “AS I RENEW MY WARM GREETINGS AND GOOD WISHES FOR THE MISSION ENTRUSTED TO YOU AT THE SERVICE OF THE CHURCH I WISH TO ENTRUST YOU AND YOUR MINISTRY TO THE HEAVENLY PROTECTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY ” Vatican City (Fides Service) – Pope John Paul II granted a special audience to the new Cardinals, their families and accompanying Catholics on 23 October in the Paul VI Audience Hall. The Holy Father greeted the Cardin ...
• 22 October 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - THE PERSON ENGAGES IN SCIENCE, THE PERSON HAS FAITH, THERE IS NO CONTRADICTION SAYS MGR GUTIERREZ INTERVIEWED BY FIDES AFTER “MIRACLES AND CAUSES OF SAINTS: MEETING OF SCIENCE AND FAITH” SYMPOSIUM Rome (Fides Service) – “Miracles in the Causes of Saints: Meeting of Science and Faith” was the theme of a Symposium held recently at the Pontifical Regina Apostolorum College in Rome. Mgr Jose Luis Gutierrez a re ...
• 22 October 2003
  CONVENTION “DANIELE COMBONI: A PLAN FOR THE REGENERATION OF AFRICA ” HISTORY OF PEOPLES AND HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC MISSIONS Rome (Fides Service) – Comboni missionaries, male and female branches, the History Archives for Education in Italy, the Sacred Heart Catholic University in Brescia, have organised a Convention “Daniele Comboni: a pla ...
• 22 October 2003
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - NUMBERS OF INFANT DEATHS FOR MALARIA CAN BE REDUCED WITH BROAD SPECTRUM ANTIBIOTICS AND VACCINATION CAMPAIGNS Rome (Fides Service) – A survey among 1000 children from 0 to 15 years old in sub-Saharan country Burkina Faso where malaria is a serious problem, shows that the number of hospital deaths among children because of mala ...
• 22 October 2003
  EUROPE/UNITED KINGDOM - 46664: GIVE ONE MINUTE OF YOUR LIFE TO AIDS: NELSON MANDELA SPONSORS MUSIC PROGRAMME TO KEEP ATTENTION ON THE PLAGUE OF AIDS Rome (Fides Service ) – Music to fight Aids. This is the aim of “Album 46664” a collection of funds for the fight against AIDS. “In the last twenty years – says Nelson Mandela – Africa has been struck by a t ...
• 22 October 2003
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - TOWARDS AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS CAM 2 – HUNDREDS OF LOCAL FAMILIES PREPARE TO WELCOME CAM2 PARTICIPANTS IN THEIR HOMES Guatemala City (Fides Service) – Biblical hospitality which characterised the Latin American Misisonary Congresses held in various in the past years, will be seen again on the occasion of CAM 2 this coming November. Hu ...
• 22 October 2003
  EUROPE/SPAIN - YOUNG BOYS FROM MURCIA GIVE UP THEIR JOBS TO GO ON MISSION FOR A YEAR TO BOLIVIA AS SALESIAN LAY MISSIONARIES Murcia (Fides Service/ANS) - On October 11 at San José Obrero di Yecla parish in Murcia, Spain, two boys Pablo Muñoz and Ramón David Sánchez, received the missionary cross during a Mass presided by Father Mario Pard ...
• 22 October 2003
  EUROPE/SPAIN - TO MARK 25 YEARS OF JOHN PAUL II’S PONTIFICATE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS MORAL THEOLOGY ON 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF “VERITATIS SPLENDOR” ENCYCLICAL Murcia (Fides Service) – As part of celebrations to mark the 25th year of Pope John Paul II’s pontificate, the Sant’ Antonio Catholic University in Murcia (Spain) has organised an international Congress on Moral T ...
• 22 October 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE GIVES THE NEW CARDINALS THEIR RING: “UNITY AND OPENNESS, COMMUNION AND MISSION: THIS IS THE BREATH OF THE CHURCH. THIS IN PARTICULAR IS THE TWOFOLD DIMENSION OF THE PETRINE MINISTRY WHICH THE BISHOP OF ROME SHARES WITH THE OTHER SUCCESSORS OF THE APOSTLES” Vatican City (Fides Service) – “Unity and openness, communion and mission: this is the breath of the Church. This in particular, is the twofold dimension of the Petrine ministry: service of unity and mission”: Pope ...
• 22 October 2003
  VATICAN - PONTIFICAL URBAN UNIVERSITY DEDICATES INAUGURATION OF ACADEMIC YEAR 2003-2004 TO “MISSION IN THE MAGISTERIUM OF POPE JOHN PAUL II” Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Pontifical Urban University (PUU) officially inaugurated this morning, 22 October, the Academic year 2003 -2004 under the banner of 25th year of Pope John Paul II’s Pontificate. A ...
• 22 October 2003
  AFRICA/LIBERIA - REBEL LEADERS AND TAYLOR’S MEN GRAB POSTS OF COMMAND; WAR CRIMES STILL GO UNPUNISHED Monrovia (Fides Service)-“The country seems to want change but those in command have not changed” Father Mauro Armanino, SMA, provincial Superior tells Fides with regard to the appointment of George Dweh president of ...
• 22 October 2003
  AFRICA/IVORY COAST - “MURDER OF INTERNATIONAL RADIO FRANCE SYMPTOM OF CLIMATE OF VIOLENCE AND SUSPICION INTO WHICH IVORY COAST HAS BEEN PLUNGED” Abidjan (Fides Service) – Police have arrested a member of the security forces with regard to the death of Ms Jean Helene, Radio France International reporter, killed in circumstances still to be clarified on 21 Octobe ...
• 22 October 2003
  EUROPE/FRANCE - ALARMING INCREASE OF ALCOHOL AND ILLICIT DRUG USE AMONG YOUNG EUROPEANS Rome (Fides Service) – “Young people are often at the leading edge of social change, and upward trends in alcohol and illicit drug use by young people constitute an important social development in the EU” according ...
• 21 October 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE SAYS TO NEW CARDINALS: ONLY IF YOU BECOME SERVANTS CAN YOU FULFIL YOUR MISSION AND HELP THE SUCCESSOR OF PETER TO BE, IN TURN, THE Vatican City (Fides Service) – “Resplendent in this Square is the Church of Christ, old yet always new, gathered around the Successor of Peter. Enriched with new members of the College of Cardinals, as she reflects e ...
• 21 October 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE ADDRESSES VISITORS WHO CAME FOR BEATIFICATION OF MOTHER TERESA “THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT MOTHER TERESA WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST MISSIONARIES OF THE 20TH CENTURY. MISSIONARY WITH THE MOST UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE: THE LANGUAGE OF CHARITY WITHOUT LIMITS OR EXCLUSION, WITHOUT PREFERENCE EXCEPT FOR THE MOST ABANDONED”. Vatican City (Fides Service) – “I am happy to join you in giving thanks to God for the beatification of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. I was bound to her by great esteem and sincere affection. This is why I am particular ...