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• 11 November 2003
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - BISHOPS’ LETTER ON PASTORAL CARE OF KOREAN EMIGRANTS Seoul (Fides Service) – Korean Catholics who emigrate must be provided with special pastoral care chaplains. Especially trained priests should accompany Korean Catholic communities overseas for at least five years to e ...
• 11 November 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE RECEIVES A DELEGATION OF PALESTINIAN CHRISTIANS: DESPITE OBSTACLES, WE CONTINUE TO SAY THAT PEACE IS POSSIBLE AND THAT IT IS REACHED ONLY WITH PATIENT DIALOGUE. TERRORISM IN EVERY FORM MUST BE CONDEMNED Vatican City (Fides Service) – On Monday 10 November in the Vatican Pope John Paul II granted a special audience to a delegation of Christian members of the Organisation for the Liberation of Palestine (OLP). He said h ...
• 11 November 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE ADDRESSES PONTIFICAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE: “SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH MUST STRIVE FOR THE COMMON GOOD OF SOCIETY AND THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT OF ITS INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS” Vatican City (Fides Service) - " We are united in our common desire to correct misunderstandings and even more to allow ourselves to be enlightened by the one Truth which governs the world and guides the lives of all men ...
• 11 November 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - ON SUNDAY 16 NOVEMBER CATHOLIC CHURCH IN INDIA MARKS NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS DAY: COMMUNICATORS MUST BE AGENTS OF JUSTICE, TRUTH, FREEDOM, LOVE New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday 16 November the Catholic Church in India marks National Communications Day, reflecting on the theme chosen by Pope John Paul II for the World Day this year “Media at the service ...
• 11 November 2003
  AMERICA/CHILE - TOWARDS CAM 2 SECOND AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS - “THE CHALLENGE TO BE AN EVER MORE MISSIONARY CHURCH” SANTIAGO ARCHDIOCESE CONGRESS Santiago de Chile (Fides Service) – “Evangelising the heart of the city” is the slogan of archdiocesan congress in Santiago de Chile which will take place on Saturday 15 November. The national office in Chile of th ...
• 11 November 2003
  EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION TAKES ACTION TO ELIMINATE COUNTERFEIT MEDICINES; ASIAN AND AFRICAN COUNTRIES MOVE TO IMPROVE MEDICINE QUALITY Rome (Fides Service) – Counterfeit and substandard medicines are frequently detected in Cambodia, China, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam and the problem seems to be increasing. Pro ...
• 11 November 2003
  PONTIFICAL LATERAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDED IN 1553 OPENS ACADEMIC YEAR. SPECIAL GUEST NOBEL PHYSICS PRIZE WINNER CARLO RUBBIA WILL SPEAK ON “SCIENCE AT THE SERVICE OF MANKIND” Vatican City (Fides Service) – On 12 November the Pontifical Lateran University will inaugurate its CCXXXI academic year 2003-2004. Special guest for the occasion Nobel Physics Prize winner Carlo Rubbia, who will give ...
• 11 November 2003
  VATICAN - 17 TO 22 NOVEMBER 5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: "STARTING OUT FROM CHRIST FOR RENEWED PASTORAL FOR MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES". Vatican City (Fides) – “The migratory phenomenon was born with man. It dates back to the time of our ancestors. Today, however, it has acquired a universal dimension encouraged by various aspects of modern globalisat ...
• 11 November 2003
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “CONGOLESE GOVERNMENT AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST TAKES STEPS TO STOP WAR WHICH HAS ALREADY TAKEN A DEATH TOLL OF THREE MILLION ” Kinshasa (Fides Service) - The Catholic Church in Democratic Congo continues to lift its voice in defence of peace and the victims of war. In a message issued at the end of a plenary assembly 2 - 8 November 2003 in Kinsh ...
• 11 November 2003
  ASIA/CHINA - BEIJING OPENS DIGITAL LIBRARY OF 12 MILLION CYBER-DOCUMENTS TO THE PUBLIC: BUT IS THE CHOICE OF DOCUMENTS IDEOLOGICAL OR DEMOCRATIC? Beijing (Fides Service) – A database consisting of 12 million documents forms the heart of the largest digital Chinese language library in the world opened in Beijing on 8 November. The aim of the government sponsored ...
• 10 November 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE BEATIFIES FIVE SERVANTS OF GOD, “PRECIOUS STONES” OF THE SPIRITUAL TEMPLE, THE CHURCH RESPLENDENT IN HOLINESS THE FRUIT OF THE INCESSANT WORKING OF GOD’S SPIRIT Vatican City (Fides Service ) – “A place reserved for divine worship is always a sign of the spiritual temple, the Church, composed of living stones, the faithful, united by the same faith, participation in the sac ...
• 10 November 2003
  VATICAN - GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS MUST BE STUDIED IN VIEW OF RESPONSIBLE ETHIC AND PASTORAL DISCERNMENT: TODAY AND TOMORROW SEMINAR IN THE VATICAN PROMOTED BY PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Collect as much information as possible on GMOs which will service to sustain ethic and pastoral discernment”: this was the finality indicated by the President of the Pontifical Counci ...
• 10 November 2003
  AMERICA/GUYANA – GEORGETOWN BISHOP BENEDICT SINGH RESIGNS REV. FRANCIS ALLEYNE APPOINTED Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father Pope John Paul II has ( 30 October 2003) accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Georgetown (Guyana), presented by Bishop Benedict Singh, in ...
• 10 November 2003
  ASIA/INDIA – NEW DIOCESE DINDIGUL AND NEW BISHOP ANTHONY PAPPUSAMI Vatican City (Fides) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has (30 October 2003) created the diocese of Dindigul (India) with territory taken from the diocese of Tiruchirapalli and the archdiocese of Madurai, making it ...
• 10 November 2003
  ASIA/INDONESIA - NEW PASSIONIST SPIRITUALITY CENTRE IN FLORES INDONESIA’S CATHOLIC STRONGHOLD TO SUSTAIN VOCATIONS AND PROVIDE SOCIAL SERVICE Ende (Agenzia Fides) – A Spirituality Centre to support vocations and also offer social service has been opened by the Passionist Fathers on the Indonesian Island of Flores where there is a large Catholic community. F ...