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8 January 2005
ASIA - UN High Commission for Refugees among the organisations assisting tsunami affected people in south east Asia
Jakarta (Fides Service) - The United Nations High Commission for Refugees, UNHCR whose mandate is for refugees fleeing persecution and violence immediately responded to the emergency in south east Asia following the Dec ...
8 January 2005
ASIA/THAILAND - Thai Bishop: “We will take aid to places not reached by government organisations”
Surat Thani (Fides Service) - At Phang-nga operative centre which co-ordinates aid for homeless tsunami victims in the diocese of Surat Thani, Catholic lay volunteers, and men and women religious and priests are fully e ...
8 January 2005
AFRICA/SUDAN - History making signing of peace agreement for Southern Sudan. But still no solution for Darfur drama
Rome (Fides Service)- All is ready at the sports stadium in Nairobi capital of Kenya, for the signing of a history making agreement for peace between the Khartoum government and leaders of the former rebel movement Sudan ...
8 January 2005
AMERICA/CUBA - “Announcing Christ accompanied by Our Lady of Charity” slogan for Mission Year undertaken by the pilgrim Church in Cuba for 2005
Quemado de Guines (Fides Service) - “Announcing Christ accompanied by Our Lady of Charity” is the slogan chosen for a national Year of Mission announced by the Church in Cuba, National Director of the Pontifical Miss ...
7 January 2005
AFRICA/SOMALIA - Somalia: tsunami. “Tragedy worsened by non-existent state administration” Bishop Bertin, Apostolic Administrator Mogadishu told Fides
Rome (Fides Service) - Some African countries were also affected by the December 26 seaquake. The most serious situation is in Somalia at Rafi Hafun in the north eastern region of Bari also called Migiurtina. “At least ...
7 January 2005
VATICAN - the Pope’s Angelus reflection “Children are the present and the future of the Church”, “Whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - During his reflection before the Angelus prayer on January 6, feast of the Epiphany, Pope John Paul II spoke about the many children all over the world victims of “hunger, disease, war an ...
7 January 2005
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Believers unite to counter the tsunami tragedy: together Christians and Muslims pray for victims
Lahore (Fides Service) - Over the past few days in various parts of Pakistan Christian and Muslim communities came together to pray for all the victims of the recent tsunami disaster, Franciscan Fr Francis Nadeem, secret ...
7 January 2005
ASIA/INDONESIA - Catholic Bishops issue message of encouragement: the chain of solidarity must carry on even after the spotlights are turned off
Jakarta(Fides) - In response to a message issued by the Indonesian Catholic Bishops’ Conference every Catholic diocese in the vast Indonesian archipelago of 17,000 islands has been mobilised to provide aid for the thou ...
7 January 2005
ASIA/INDIA - Believers in India unite to pray for tsunami victims
Bangalore (Fides Service)- Members of different religions united to pray for victims of the December 26 seaquake in Bangalore, capital of Karnataka. Several hundred people attende an inter-religious prayer meeting for al ...
7 January 2005
EUROPE/SPAIN - “Banquet for Everyone” was the slogan chosen for the annual Catechists Day celebrated Yesterday by the Church in Spain
Madrid (Fides Service) - Yesterday, in the context of the year of the Eucharist and on the solemn liturgical feast of the Epiphany a clearly missionary feast, the Church in Spain celebrated its annual Day for Catechists ...
7 January 2005
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Catholic laity mobilises in solidarity for victims of seaquake
Seoul (Fides Service ) - The Catholic Church in Korea is multiplying efforts to help the victims of the December 26 tsunami. Archbishop Andreas Choi Chnag-mou of Kwangju president of the Korean Bishops Conference told Fi ...
7 January 2005
ASIA/INDIA - Catholic volunteers in Kottar diocese in front line to assist more than 65,000 refugees including many disoriented children in Tamil Nadu
Nagercoil (Fides) - Catholic volunteers in Kottar diocese, Tamil Nadu, are working 24 hours a day to assist local victims of the December 26 seaquake disaster now in refugee camps in the area. The camps are not yet organ ...
7 January 2005
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Catholic laity mobilises in solidarity for victims of seaquake
Seoul (Fides Service ) - The Catholic Church in Korea is multiplying efforts to help the victims of the December 26 tsunami. Archbishop Andreas Choi Chnag-mou of Kwangju president of the Korean Bishops Conference told Fi ...
7 January 2005
ASIA/TAIWAN - Meeting of Headmasters of Catholic schools at Fu Ren Catholic University
Taipei (Fides Service) - The Headmasters of Catholic Schools in Taiwan recently attended a meeting at Fu Ren Catholic University in Taipei. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the challenges of education today in v ...
7 January 2005
ASIA/CHINA - More than 50,000 Catholics attend Christmas Masses in Beijing
Beijing (Fides Service) - According to local church sources in Beijing more than 50,000 Catholics attended Midnight Mass in one of the many Catholic churches in the capital; an estimated 11,500 attended Christmas Day Mas ...
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