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21 October 2004
ASIA/HONG KONG - Valuable social commitment of Hong Kong’s Don Bosco Charitable Foundation in mainland China
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - For almost six years the Don Bosco Charitable Foundation DBF registered in Hong has assisted youth in mainland China with programmes of education, professional training and assistance for poor ...
21 October 2004
ASIA/INDONESIA - Newly installed government faced with concerning signs of interreligious tension in eastern Indonesia
Jakarta (Fides Service) - As the new government led by newly elected President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, settles down to work, reports from the eastern Indonesian region of Sulawesi give rise to concern. In 2000-2002 Sul ...
21 October 2004
AFRICA/BURUNDI - More than 8,000 attend funeral of Catholic priest killed in ambush: “the priest was a target” local sources told Fides
Bujumbura (Fides Service)- “We have lost another man of peace” said a priest who attended the funeral of Father Gerard Nzeyimana from Bururi diocese killed in an ambush on 19 October. The funeral was held in Bururi ...
20 October 2004
EUROPE/ITALY - AIDS in Africa, access to treatment: Brother Dr. Fiorenzo Priuli St John of God Hospitaller Brothers, WHO expert for tropical diseases
Rome (Fides Service) - Almost 30 out of 90 million Africans are affected by HIV/AIDS. Recently the World Health Organisation approved a programme to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS led by Brother Fiorenzo Priuli, a medical Do ...
20 October 2004
ASIA/BRUNEI - Prefecture Apostolic of Brunei (Brunei) now Apostolic Vicariate first Apostolic Vicar appointed
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has, 20 October 2004, raised the Apostolic Prefecture of Brunei (Brunei) to the rank of Apostolic Vicariate with the same name and territory. At the same ...
20 October 2004
VATICAN - The Pope’s weekly teaching at the general audience: “Profound obtuseness takes hold of man when he thinks he can avoid death by frantically accumulating material wealth”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - During his weekly audience in St Peter’s Square this morning the Pope focused his teaching on Psalm 48 “Vanity of riches” (vespers week 2). The principle message of this poetic compos ...
20 October 2004
ASIA/CAMBODIA - Australian Marist Brothers open special school in Cambodia for children with mental and physical disabilities
Phnom Penh (Fides Service) - Going to school or getting a job is taken for granted in Australia or in Europe but for many boys and girls in Cambodia, especially those with a disability, it is still an unattainable dream. ...
20 October 2004
EUROPE/MALTA - More than 1,300 priests from all over the world in Malta “in the footsteps of St Paul”, to take part in International Meeting for Priests organised by the Congregation for the Clergy
La Valletta (Fides Service) - More than 1,300 priests from 90 different countries are in Malta taking part in the now traditional International Meeting for Priests organised by the Congregation for the Clergy 18 to 23 Oc ...
20 October 2004
ASIA/IRAQ - “Ramadan holy month of violence, threats and kidnappings: what about prayer, peace and charity? A local Catholic Sister appeals to Fides: “More dialogue with Muslim leaders could persuade Imam to educate to peace and convince perpetrators to stop violence
Mosul (Fides Service) - Although Ramadan has started there is no letup in violence in Iraq where five churches were attacked on Saturday 16 October, a few days after the start of the Muslim holy month. “Ramadan is supp ...
20 October 2004
AFRICA/SUDAN - Massacres in Darfur continue: 10,000 deaths every month. Caritas engaged in assistance
Rome (Fides Service)- “The situation in Darfur is unbearable” Caritas Italy said in a report to Fides underlining the urgent need for decisive intervention on the part of the international community to put an end to ...
20 October 2004
ASIA/INDIA - Ethnic minority celebrates ordination of Garo Bishop, new coadjutor of Tura diocese in north east India
Tura (Fides Service) - More than 500,0000 people gathered for the ordination of coadjutor Bishop Andrew Marak for Tura diocese in the state of Meghalaya, tormented region of north east India. At the ordination the Bishop ...
20 October 2004
AFRICA/BURUNDI - “They killed a priest whose only aim was peace” local church sources in Bururi comment death of local Catholic priest
Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides)- “He was loved by all and his only aim was peace” local Church sources in Bururi (Burundi) said of Father Gerard Nzeyimana a Catholic priest in Burundi ambushed and brutally shot dead on 19 ...
19 October 2004
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Muslim holy month of Ramadan starts with initiatives to promote Christian/ Muslim dialogue
Zamboanga City (Fides Service) - In the southern Philippines the Muslim month of prayer and fasting Ramadan was marked by initiatives to promote dialogue and peace. Mindanao and surrounding smaller islands are home to th ...
19 October 2004
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Coadjutor Bishop of Wabag appointed
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has, 19 October 2004, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Wabag (Papua New Guinea) Bishop Arnold Orowae, until now titular Bishop of Gisipa and Auxiliary of the ...
19 October 2004
OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - The Pope accepts resignation of Bishop of Auki and appoints successor
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, has 19 October 2004, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Auki (Solomon Islands) presented by Bishop Gerard Francis Lof ...
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