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• 22 September 2003
  VATICAN - PROGRAMME OF EVENTS TO MARK 25TH YEAR OF JOHN PAUL ELECTION TO THE PAPACY RELEASED: CELEBRATIONS TO CULMINATE WITH BEATIFICATION OF MOTHER TERESA ON MISSION SUNDAY Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Vatican has released the programme of events to mark the 25th anniversary of John Paul II’s election to the See of Peter, 16th October 1978-2003. On Wednesday 15 October the Pope ...
• 22 September 2003
  VATICAN - “CALLED TO HOLINESS, WITNESSES OF TRUTH AT THE SERVICE OF EVANGELISATION” SEMINAR FOR NEW BISHOPS IN ENGLISH SPEAKING MISSION TERRITORIES COMES TO A CLOSE Vatican City (Fides Service) – “Be examples of brotherhood and prayer. Let us continue along this path of fraternal friendship, aware of our call to holiness. Getting to know each other personally facilitates buildin ...
• 22 September 2003
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - TOWARDS 2ND AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS (CAM 2) – CALENDAR OF EVENTS, CONGRESS HANDBOOK, CENTRAL AMERICAN MISSIONARY PROJECT FOCUS OF WORK MEETING Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – A preparatory meeting for CAM 2, organised by CELAM Department for Missions and Spirituality – Section Mission ad gentes, held at the offices of the Council of Latin American Bishops, CELAM i ...
• 22 September 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - “CHRIST IN THE COLD OF THE EAST” TV PROGRAMME WINS PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC QUALITY AWARD AT PRIX ITALIA Catania (Fides Service) – The award presented by the President of the Italian Republic for quality was assigned this year to “Christ in the Cold of the East” television programme produced by the present Director of ...
• 22 September 2003
  ASIA/IRAQ - IRAQI CHRISTIAN HOLD FIRST CONVENTION Arbil (Fides Service) - Iraqi Chaldean Christians are holding a Meeting, the first in post-war Iraq. The five day meeting, taking place in Kosinjak near Arbil in the region of Iraqi Kurdistan, is attended by Christians f ...
• 22 September 2003
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - DIALOGUE BETWEEN RELIGIONS IS A PATH FOR PEACE: INTERRELIGIOUS MEETING IN THE HEART OF ASIA, KAZAKHSTAN A BRIDGE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST Astana (Fides Service) – For two days, 23 and 24 September the Spirit of Assisi blew in Astana the capital of Kazakhstan, during an interreligious meeting attended by a delegation from the Holy See. Speaking to Fides ...
• 22 September 2003
  VATICAN - POPE SAYS TO UGANDAN BISHOPS: “ASSURING YOU AND YOUR PEOPLE OF MY SPIRITUAL CLOSENESS IN THESE DIRE CIRCUMSTANCES, I JOIN YOU IN CONDEMNING EVERY ACT OF BLOODSHED AND DESTRUCTION” Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) – Welcoming Uganda Bishops for their ad limina visit on 20 September Pope John Paul II said: “Your presence here today fills me with joy and brings back memories of my visit ten years ...
• 19 September 2003
  AFRICA/KENYA - 2003 INTERNATIONAL ICAS CONFERENCE ON AIDS: CHALLENGES Nairobi (Fides Service) – The 13th International Conference on AIDS will be held in Nairobi, Kenya, 21-27 September. Participants will discuss the Challenges to face in order to solve this serious problem, The first wi ...
• 19 September 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - “DOWN WITH GREY” S. EGIDIO COMMUNITY ACTIVITY CONTINUES WITH DISABLED ARTISTS’ ART EXHIBITION Rome (Fides Service) –The European Year of the Disabled continues to be marked by a variety of Initiatives. The latest is an art exhibition on show inside the European Parliament building in Strasbourg, 22-24 September ...
• 19 September 2003
  VATICAN - COMMUNION AMONG BISHOPS, FORMATION; GUIDELINES FOR MISSION: SEMINAR FOR NEW BISHOPS IN ENGLISH-SPEAKING MISSION TERRITORIES COMES TO A CLOSE Vatican City (Fides Service) – A successful event which has already borne fruits of communion and will undoubtedly serve to boost the mission of evangelisation: these positive reactions were voiced by Bishops taking pa ...
• 19 September 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE SAYS TO BISHOPS FROM ENGLISH-SPEAKING MISSION COUNTRIES: FOR YOU ALSO, THE CALL OF JESUS RESOUNDS FORCEFULLY: “GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THE WHOLE CREATION!” Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) – On Friday 19 September Pope John Paul II received in a private audience a group of Bishops from English speaking mission countries attending a course of Aggiornamento organised by the ...
• 19 September 2003
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - TERRORISM: FOREIGN TO EVERY FORM OF RELIGION AND THE ENEMY OF HUMANITY, SAYS ARCHBISHOP SALDHANA OF LAHORE Lahore (Fides Service) – “I condemn all forms of terrorism in Pakistan and in the rest of the world”. This statement was made by Archbishop Lawrence Saldhana when he addressed Muslims and Christians at recent meeti ...
• 19 September 2003
  EUROPE/SPAIN - FR. KOLVENBACH OPENS JESUIT PROCURATORS MEETING: “WE MUST HAVE THE COURAGE TO BE THE VOICE OF THE VOICELESS, IN THE NAME OF THE ONE WHO IS THEIR FRIEND” Loyola (Fides Service) – “Not only the good seed has been sown but also the darnel which in some places can be so vigorous that we need all our faith in the Master of the field to believe that, despite the mass of da ...
• 19 September 2003
  AFRICA/KENYA - THANKS TO THE WORKING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WE HAVE A MATURE LAITY, A FORCE FOR EVANGELISATION” SAY CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF KENYA Rome (Fides Service) – “Our catechists sustain the Catholic communities in the diocese” . This is the opinion of Bishop Virgilio Pante of Maralal and Bishop Luigi Paiaro of Nyahururu who are attending a Seminar for ...
• 19 September 2003
  ASIA/CHINA - FUNDAMENTAL THEOLOGY GUIDANCE PROGRAMME TO HELP DEEPEN FAITH OF CHINESE LAITY, YOUTH ESPECIALLY Beijing (Fides Service) – “There is a strong desire among Chinese Catholics, young people in particular, to deepen their knowledge faith. Not content with the elements of faith handed on orally by parents or grandpar ...