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27 July 2006
AMERICA/MEXICO - Questions, studies and publications on the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Guadalupe: Guadalupe Congress 475 years since the apparitions
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Event of Guadalupe and Recent Publication is the subject of the 4th Guadalupe Congress 26- 31 July organised as part of celebrations for the 475th anniversary of the apparitions of the B ...
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26 July 2006
ASIA/LEBANON - “Prayer Chain for Peace in the Middle East”: Australia's Jewish, Muslim and Baha’i students urge believers of the world to unite in prayer
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic student group has joined with Jewish, Muslim and Baha’i students in calling for an interfaith “Prayer Chain for Peace in the Middle East”. The Australisian of Jewish Students, th ...
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26 July 2006
ASIA/ISRAEL - St John of God Brothers in Nazareth give emergency treatment to victims of rocket attacks, two dead and seventy one wounded
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - St John of God Catholic Hospital in Nazareth was the first to give emergency treatment to victims of an attack on the town a week ago in the present conflict. At about 5pm on Wednesday 19 July, re- ...
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26 July 2006
ASIA/ EAST TIMOR - A sign of hope in difficult times: ready to serve the Church and the common good of the whole community two new Salesians make their profession
Dili (Agenzia Fides) - If more young men ask to serve the Lord and consecrate their lives to service of the Church and the people in East Timor, there is still hope for the youngest democracy in Asia, despite conditions ...
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26 July 2006
ASIA/TAIWAN - Mary and Asian-Oceania Religious: importance of prayer and contemplative life to face pastoral challenges in the region
Zhang Hua (Agenzia Fides) - Marian spirituality, theology of contemplation in the light of a relationship with Mary, a Marian theological reflection “Blessed are women of faith: women religious of Asia-Oceania called t ...
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25 July 2006
ASIA/CHINA - Media conference today in Beijing: hepatitis B vaccine for 11 million children. It is hoped this will prevent 200.000 deaths caused by possible chronic consequences
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Eleven million children in China are being vaccinated against Hepatitis B thanks to a campaign launched by GAVI Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation in collaboration with the Chinese gover ...
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24 July 2006
ASIA/LEBANON - “The situation is extremely difficult. There is destruction everywhere. People are frightened and demoralised”, says local Superior of the Paulist Fathers
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - The Superior of the Society of Saint Paul in Lebanon, Paulist Father Elias Aghaei told Fides about the situation in Beirut: “Things are very difficult. There is destruction everywhere. The peop ...
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24 July 2006
ASIA/LEBANON - “We have refugees sheltering in our schools”: Catholic Brothers in Lebanon care for homeless civilians
Beirut (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in Lebanon are helping to assist some of the hundreds of thousands of families forced to flee their homes to escape the bombing Brother Georges Absi, Superior in Lebanon community of th ...
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24 July 2006
ASIA/CHINA - In Tai Yuan archdiocese young men and women take formation course to consolidate their faith and discern their calling
Tai Yuan (Agenzia Fides) - Recently in the archdiocese of Tai Yuan over 100 young men and women aged 18 to 25 attended a Course of Christian Formation held at Ge Liao Gou parish. The course was the third in a series orga ...
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24 July 2006
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - International Stem Cell Symposium: “a significant occasion for the strategic and systematic development of adult cell therapy researches”, says Cardinal Nicholas Cheong, archbishop of Seoul
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The 4th Catholic International Stem Cell Symposium was held earlier this month at the Catholic research Institute of Medical Science of the Catholic University of Korea in Seoul. The purpose of th ...
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24 July 2006
AMERICA/PERU - During Mass on the Day of Prayer and Penance for Peace for the Middle East Cardinal Cipriani calls for cease fire and urges charitable organisations to show solidarity to the suffering people
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 23 July in Lima Cathedral Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Archbishop of Lima, presided a special Mass for Peace in the Middle East in communion with Pope Benedict XVI and Christians a ...
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22 July 2006
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholics respond to Nuncio’s call to join Pope Benedict XVI’s prayer on Sunday 23 July for peace in the Middle East
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in the Philippines will join the call to pray on Sunday 23 July for peace in the Middle East launched by Pope Benedict XVI. People in the Philippines are deeply concerned for the tragi ...
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22 July 2006
ASIA/HONG KONG - Hosting families for Asian Youth Day receive mandate to share the God’s love with young guests
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Hong Kong diocese is almost ready to host Asian Youth Day, 30 July to 5 August. Recently at the Hong Kong Caritas Centre 200 local hosting families in 32 different parishes received a special ...
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21 July 2006
AFRICA/D. CONGO - Catholic Bishops’ Message: coming elections, at stake, “the life or death of our country”
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “May transition end in national harmony” is the title of a message issued by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Democratic Congo on 20 July. In the document signed by Archbishop Laurent ...
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20 July 2006
ASIA/CHINA - Death of Bishop Paul Guo Wenzhi, emeritus of the Apostolic Prefecture of Tsitsihar: a man of silence, firm and faithful in his ministry as a Bishop
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On Thursday 29 June 2006, the emeritus Bishop of the apostolic prefecture of di Tsitsihar (Qiqihar), in the Chinese province of Heilongjiang, Bishop Paul Guo Wenzhi, died at the age of 89 after a l ...
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