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14 April 2005
AFRICA/MALAWI - Death of first Bishop of Mangochi: “I want to be a good religious today so I can be a good missionary tomorrow”
Lilongwe (Fides Service) - “I want to be a good religious so I can be a good missionary tomorrow”. “I think this sentence reveals Mgr Assolari’s pastoral and missionary spirit” Fr Daniele Carraro, provincial su ...
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14 April 2005
ASIA/TURKEY - John Paul II champion of ecumenism: his teaching will inspire new paths of dialogue and peace
Antioch (Fides Service) - The death of Pope John Paul II provoked sadness, sympathy and solidarity among national leaders and ordinary citizens as well as fruits of reconciliation, harmony and unity among the different r ...
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14 April 2005
ASIA/CHINA - Time to reflect on how to continue along the path traced by John Paul II
Beijing (Fides Service) - Chinese Catholics continue to render homage to their beloved Pope John Paul II a local Catholic in Beijing told Fides: “The Holy Father’s life was a witness of love for God and love of neigh ...
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14 April 2005
ASIA/JORDAN - Prayers and expectation for the new Pope, confident that he will speak in favour of peace and justice
Amman (Fides Service) - Rev. Raymond Moussalli, Catholic Chaldean priest in Jordan told Fides “the faithful are praying, while waiting to see who the new Pope will be, confident he will be a Good Shepherd, filled with ...
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14 April 2005
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Mission in Oceania will draw new impulse from the figure of John Paul II: testimonial from Archbishop Francis Carrol of Canberra, president Australian Bishops’ Conference
Sydney (Fides Service) - The Church in Oceania will draw great inspiration and new impulse from the figure and work of John Paul II said Archbishop Francis Carrol of Canberra, Australian Bishops Conference president, in ...
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14 April 2005
ASIA/LAOS - New hope for Laotian Catholics in the north; new church opened and Catholics await pastoral presence and care of Rev. Banchong Thopahong apostolic administrator
Luang Prabang (Fides Service) - There is fresh life and fervour among Catholics in the Vicariate of Luang Prabang where on 11 March a new church the first since 1975 and the communist revolution was blessed and inaugurat ...
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14 April 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - Focolari Movement dedicates Saturday 16 April Familyfest to the memory of Pope John Paul II
Rome (Fides Service) - Familyfest 2005, promoted by the New Families branch of the Focolari Movement was presented today in Rome. The event, Saturday 16 April 3pm to 4.30 will be broadcast live by Italian television .
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14 April 2005
AFRICA/ETIOPIA - 40 people have died of meningitis in the last five months: alarm for 433 people infected
Rome (Fides Service) - At 40 people in Ethiopia, in the last five months have died as a result of an outbreak of highly infective meningitis which has infected 433 people.
Tigrè in the north, Afar in the east and Bensh ...
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13 April 2005
AFRICA/ETIOPIA - Millions of Ethiopians face starvation. Guaranteed only 20% of what is necessary for healthcare, water, sanitation and farming
Rome (Fides Service) - The United Nations World Food Programme launched an appeal for 33 million dollars to allow it to continue to feed 1.5 million people over the next two and a half months. The WFP warns that the futu ...
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13 April 2005
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Even at the heart of Congo Catholics pray to assist the election of a new Pontiff
Bukavu (Fides Service)- “Yesterday 12 April the last requiem masses for Pope John Paul II were said every parish and our radio broadcast the last special evening prayers for the repose of the soul of the Pope” Italia ...
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13 April 2005
EUROPE/RUSSIA - “It is our holy duty to pray to God that during the election the Holy Spirit will show the college of Cardinals who is to guide the boat of Peter, the Church, in the future on the tumultuous waves of this beginning of the 21st century”, Archbishop Kondrusiewicz said to Catholics in Russia in view of the imminent opening of the Conclave
Moscow (Fides Service) - “We mourn a Pontiff open to humanity and to the world, a man who defended the dignity of the human person, and human rights and freedom”, Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of the Archdiocese o ...
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13 April 2005
ASIA/BANGLADESH - “Life in Bangladesh is poverty and slavery”: missionary describes the situation
Dacca (Fides Service) - Grief and dismay reign in Bangladesh for the collapse of the textile factory near Dacca, on 11 April. Rescue workers continue to search for survivors, as the death toll rises and at least 200 peop ...
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13 April 2005
ASIA/HONG KONG - Hong Kong young Catholics are deeply grateful to unforgettable Pope John Paul II for his words especially
Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Young people of Hong Kong are deeply grateful to John Paul II and his tender affection. Living in a highly developed technical society Hong Kong’s youth might seem apparently to be indiffer ...
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13 April 2005
ASIA/IRAQ - Catholics in Iraq proud to be associated with John Paul II attend solemn public liturgies of commemoration and are filled with new hope for the future
Baghdad (Fides Service) - In Iraq commemoration of Pope John Paul II and his great achievements has given Iraqi Catholics firmer faith and hope as they look to the future of their country and the world. The death of the ...
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13 April 2005
ASIA/INDIA - Poverty, hardship, early marriage, average life expectancy no more than 65: Testimony of Salesian Sisters
Calcutta (Fides Service) - The Daughters of Mary Auxiliatrix run three dispensaries in villages far away from the capital where they care for women and children living in poverty and hardship. In rural areas girls marry ...
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