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3 April 2005
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Grief and gratitude fill the hearts of Catholics in Korea as Bishops prepare to send a delegation to Rome
Seoul (Fides Service) - “We are filled with grief for his death but at the same time we are profoundly grateful for his life” Bishop Andreas Choi Chang mou, secretary of the Korean Catholic Bishops’ Conference told ...
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3 April 2005
ASIA/INDIA - “The whole nation is showing sympathy with the Catholic community, this Pope was everyone’s Pope” said Fr Donald De Souza, vice secretary of the Bishops’ Conference. Unprecedented sympathy and affection shown by unending flow of Hindus, Buddhist and Muslims
New Delhi (Fides Service) - “The whole country is shaken and shares our grief. This demonstration of solidarity and affection is unprecedented and totally unexpected. The entire nation appears to be in mourning”, sai ...
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3 April 2005
EUROPE - Bishop Amedee Grab, president of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences: John Paul II, Europe will always rely on you. The Bishops of Europe say “thank you”.
Rome (Fides Service) - “You have been a “prophet of a new Europe” and you never made a secret of your “passion” for our continent. You dedicated almost one thousand addresses to Europe. You watched over us with ...
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3 April 2005
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - “A wonderful Pope” says Cardinal Armand Razafindratandra from Madagascar
Antananarivo (Fides Service)- “A wonderful Pope who will remain forever in the hearts of the people of Madagascar who remember with affection the visit Pope John Paul II made to Madagascar in 1989. The Malagasy are par ...
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3 April 2005
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Young Catholics in Bukavu gather around their World Youth Day Cross to give their embrace to Pope John Paul II
Bukavu (Fides Service)- “People are crowding into parish churches across the country for special prayers for the Pope” said Fr Gianni Bretagnani, regional Superior of the Xaverian missionaries in Bukavu in the east o ...
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3 April 2005
VATICAN - “Commitment for peace and reconciliation: the Pope’s legacy which Caritas Inernationalis intends to carry forward”; said Maronite Archbishop Fouad el-Hage of Tripoli (Lebanon), President of Caritas Internationalis
Rome (Fides Service ) - “It is with great solemnity that all the 162 members of Caritas Internationalis mark the passing of His Holiness Pope John Paul II. Archbishop Fouad el-Hage President of Caritas Internationalis ...
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2 April 2005
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Today all the Christians here are praying for him and remembering with gratitude all he has done for us and for our land
Jerusalem (Fides Service) - “The atmosphere is one of fervent and confident prayer. The Christian communities in the Holy Land are in heart and mind with the Pope who loves this Land and has done and prayed so much to ...
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2 April 2005
AFRICA/SUDAN - Even in the poorest and remotest regions of Sudan people are praying for the Pope
Turalei (Fides Service)- Even in the remote region of the Nuba Mountains in the heart of Sudan people are praying for the Holy Father. “Bishop Macram Max Gassis of El Obeid, went to that area to preside Easter liturgie ...
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2 April 2005
AFRICA/EGYPT - Catholics in Egypt who share the later Season of Lent with Orthodox majority, offer Rosary, Stations of the Cross, Masses for the Pope and his intentions. Egyptian Muslims also pray for the Pontiff, a man of peace and unity says Chaldean Bishop Youssef Sarraf from Cairo
Cairo (Fides Service) - Catholics in Egypt are praying intensely for the Pope. The community has just entered the season of Lent in preparation for Easter which it celebrates in early May with the Copt Orthodox majority ...
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2 April 2005
ASIA/NEPAL - In Nepal many Catholics pray for the Pope throughout the night: Apostolic Pro Prefect told Fides: although they have never seen him in person, the people of Nepal show great affection for the Pope
Rome (Fides Service) - “The tiny Catholic community in Nepal is watching anxiously for news of the Pope. Clergy, religious and laity are praying non stop”: Rev. Pius Perumana, Apostolic Pro Prefect of Nepal.
“Ca ...
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2 April 2005
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholics, other Christians and people of good will are watching the news and accompanying the Pope with their prayers
Sydney (Fides Service) - In Australia believers and non believers are watching and waiting as Pope John Paul II clings to life. All eyes are on Rome and St Peter’s. Fides sources in Sydney say many churches remained op ...
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2 April 2005
AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Catholics in Guinea Bissau shed tears as they pray for the Pope
Bissau (Fides Service)- “Yesterday the church was filled with people who had come to pray for the Pope and I saw many faces lined with tears” said Italian PIME missionary Father Dioniso Ferraro, parish priest at Our ...
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2 April 2005
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “As soon as the news was given that the Pope’s condition had become critical the town ground to a halt” a missionary in Bukavu told Fides
Bukavu (Fides Service)- “The whole town has been praying for the Pope since yesterday. In church people recite the rosary and take part in Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Young members of movements, for example Cat ...
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2 April 2005
EUROPE/AZERBAIJAN - Orthodox Bishop Alexander of Baku, assures prayers for the Pope
Baku (Fides Service) - Fr Jan Kapla Superior of Baku Catholic Mission in Azerbaijan told Fides that local Orthodox Bishop Alexander was among the many people who have been inquiring about the Pope’s health. He said the ...
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2 April 2005
EUROPE/AZERBAIJAN - “This tiny Catholic community in Azerbaijan is spiritually close beside the Holy Father”, says Rev. Jan Kapla, Superior of the Catholic Mission of Baku
Baku (Fides Service) - A tiny community of Catholics in Baku on the banks of the Caspian Sea, in the impervious region of the Caucuses has its heart in Rome around dying Pope John Paul II. “Yesterday evening we offered ...
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