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24 May 2006
AMERICA/ECUADOR - “Basic Ecclesial Communities, school for disciples and missionaries of Jesus Christ”: Meeting for delegates of the Bishops’ Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean on the mission of Basic Ecclesial Communities
Quito (Fides Service) - A three day Meeting for delegates of the Bishops’ Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean which opens today in Quito Ecuador will focus on the mission of Basic Ecclesial Communities CEB. ...
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24 May 2006
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Leaving the 15th national Eucharistic Congress with a commitment in the heart to “bear witness that the Church lives of the Eucharist”
Florianopolis (Fides Service) - “Now that the 15th National Eucharistic Congress in Florianopolis from 18 to 21 May is over and people return to their homes with warm memories, will the event have consequences on the ...
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24 May 2006
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “A society which fails to respect life at all its stages is victim of the worst type of underdevelopment, moral underdevelopment”: College of Lawyers says with regard to the legalisation of abortion
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Argentinean College of Lawyers issued a statement signed by Enrique V. de Carril president and Guillermo Lipera secretary calling public attention to the government’s intention to leg ...
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24 May 2006
ASIA/INDIA - Justice and Peace Commission organises Seminar to promote new strategies for the future: social justice and protection of human rights
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Recently a three day seminar of meetings, reflection, planning was held to elaborate guidelines for the activity of the Indian Bishops’ Commission for Justice and Peace. The seminar held in ...
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24 May 2006
ASIA/THAILAND - More Karen refugees arrive from Myanmar where conflict is ever fiercer
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Ever fiercer fighting, growing poverty, continual violation of human rights in Myanmar have caused at least 2,000 more people to cross the frontier into Thailand. They fled the region of Kayin w ...
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24 May 2006
OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Life improves on remote islands thanks to Radio Bosco, channel of information and formation of consciences
Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - Life for people in Solomons has improved thanks to Radio Bosco which provides information and formation. The Salesian radio station opened a year ago on February 27 2005 provides a competent and ...
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23 May 2006
ASIA/HONG KONG - Catholic School and Hong Kong Youth Association promote service for the elderly reaping unexpected fruits
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Service, use of talents of young people, promoting in them a sense of community, encouraging a spirit of commitment for society: these are the goals of a Service Project promoted by the Hong K ...
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23 May 2006
ASIA/CHINA - Chinese and British Catholic academics share religious and cultural views on the theme “The role of faith in a globalised world”
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of Chinese academics and religious led by Rev. Peter Zhao, director of the Institute for the Study of Christianity and Culture and the Sapientis Press Publishing House recently visi ...
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23 May 2006
AFRICA/KENYA - Following the birth of the first Kenyan ‘test tube’ babies by means of IVF Catholic Bishops clarify the position of the Church: “the procedure is morally unacceptable”
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Kenya say Intra Vitra Fertilization (IVF) is a “morally unacceptable procedure”. A recent press release signed by Bishop John Njue, president of the Bishops’ Confer ...
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23 May 2006
June 2006: “For bishops, clergy and laity: may they consider inter-religious dialogue and inculturation of the Gospel part of daily efforts to evangelize all people”
Comment by Father Ignatius Ismartono, SJ, Secretary of the Crisis and Reconciliation Service of the Bishops' Conference of Indonesia
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The main mission of Jesus is to love. Inter-religious dialogue and inculturation is a matter of love. We live with people from different religious and traditional background and we are call ...
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23 May 2006
ASIA/NEPAL - “Hindu Kingdom” turns “secular state”: Nepal is changing. New hopes for the local Catholic community and other religious minorities
Kathmandu (Fides Service) - A new page opens in the history of Nepal, a page which is a promise of hope, values of democracy, freedom, human rights. The small Catholic community in Nepal is happy with the fact that this ...
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23 May 2006
ASIA/INDIA - www.biblegujarat.org: Church in Gujarat launches web site offering information on Jesus Christ and the Bible
Ahmedabad (Agenzia Fides) - A new web site www.biblegujarat.org recently inaugurated by the Church in Gujarat State will serve as a channel of communion for the different Catholic communities, a new means of evangelisati ...
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23 May 2006
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - More space and responsibility to women in the pastoral of the Church
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Working together in material and spiritual assistance for the disabled and the marginalised; responsibility in the field of catechesis and religious instruction especially for young people and fa ...
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23 May 2006
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Between 2,500 and 3,000 people die every week. Three million people 24% suffer from AIDS
Mutoko (Agenzia Fides) - The first hospital to introduce anti-retroviral drugs is a missionary structure opened by the Association of Women Missionary Doctors. It is situated in a corner of Zimbabwe’s Savannah at Mutok ...
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22 May 2006
VATICAN - “Consecrated persons have the task of bearing witness to the transforming presence of God in a world ever more disoriented and confused”: Pope Benedict XVI receives in audience Superiors of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “I hope this encounter and profound communion with the Pope will be for each of you encouragement and comfort in a task ever more demanding and at times contrasted. The service of authori ...
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