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14 October 2004
OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Workshop on celibacy with 50 young Christians of different confessions confirms importance of celibacy for service in the Church
Honiara (Fides Service) - 50 young participants, all called to celibate religious life attended a Seminar cum workshop on Celibacy at Holy Name of Mary Seminary, Tenaru. The programme organised and facilitated by the se ...
14 October 2004
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Intifada in northern Ivory Coast against disarmament, which should start tomorrow
Abidjan (Fides Service) - The process of disarmament process has provoked “a real Intifada with stone-throwing” a local Church source in Bouake, Ivory Coast told Fides. For more than a week in this main town in the c ...
14 October 2004
AMERICA/MEXICO - International Eucharistic Congress - “The Eucharist viaticum for the journey accompanies our pilgrimage”: after Marian pilgrimage to Zapopan, Cardinals and Bishops visit Guadalajara hospitals and prisons
Guadalajara (Fides Service) - The second day of the 48th International Eucharistic Congress 12 October focused on the theme “The Eucharist viaticum for the journey accompanies our pilgrimage”. The day began with a pi ...
14 October 2004
AMERICA/MEXICO - International Eucharistic Congress - “Participation in the celebration of the Eucharist gives us spiritual life and strength for our mission” said Cardinal Francis Arinze on the Day dedicated to reflection on the “Eucharist, mystery of communion and mission”
Guadalajara (Fides Service) - “The Eucharist, mystery of communion and mission” was the theme of the 3rd Day of the International Eucharistic Congress on 13 October. The day began with a mass presided by Cardinal Fr ...
14 October 2004
AFRICA/BURUNDI - Meeting in Nairobi to save electoral process in Burundi
Bujumbura (Fides Service) - To help Burundi solve its complex electoral problems African heads of states and governments of central and eastern Africa are attending a regional summit which opens today 14 October in Nairo ...
14 October 2004
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Catholic Bishops’ Commission for Health Pastoral tackle respiratory infections, acute malnutrition and intestinal infections and AIDS with a “Life fights AIDS” programme of prevention and counselling
Guatemala City (Fides Service) - The situation in Guatemala, a country with a 2.3%, annual birth rate of a 5.6% rate of inflation and a precarious health system, is worsened by widespread poverty which causes many deaths ...
14 October 2004
AFRICA/CAMEROON - Outgoing President set to win elections. Perplexity in many areas of society and doubts about the ability of the Opposition which claims the vote was irregular
Yaounde (Fides Service) - President Paul Biya is expected to win elections held on 11 October (see Fides 9 October 2004). The opposition has said the vote was irregular. The counting of the votes continues but results fr ...
13 October 2004
VATICAN - The Pope’s weekly Audience teaching: the Christological hymn from the Letter to the Ephesians is a call to “contemplate and savour this marvellous icon of Christ, the heart of Christian spirituality and worship, and also principle of unity and sense of the universe and of the entire human history”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Speaking at the general audience today, Wednesday 13 October, in St Peter’s Square, Pope John Paul II reflected on the canticle “God our Saviour” Vespers of Monday week 2, (reading Ep ...
13 October 2004
See photos of 48th International Eucharistic Congress in Guadalajara Mexico
Vatican City (Fides Service) - See photos of celebrations at 48th International Eucharistic Congress in Guadalajara, including thousands gathered in Jalisco sports stadium for the opening Mass and conferences at the Cong ...
13 October 2004
EUROPE/PORTUGAL - In Portugal cardiovascular illnesses kill 31,000 a year. Heart diseases cause one third of the deaths in the world
Rome (Fides Service) - According to a World Health Organisation survey in Portugal last year some 31,000 people died of cardiovascular illnesses and 8.6% of the country’s adult population suffers from diabetes.
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13 October 2004
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Catholics all over the country pray for the recovery of ailing Cardinal Jaime Sin
Manila (Fides Service) - Archbishop Gaudencio Rosales of Manila has called on the people to pray for the deeply loved Cardinal Jaime Sin, hospitalised in Manila. Clergy, men and women religious, laity, movements, schools ...
13 October 2004
AFRICA/SUDAN - Darfur. United Nations warning: more than 200,000 new refugees this last month: terror and violence stop aid from reaching 1.5 million refugees
Rome (Fides Service)- According to a United Nations report, in the last month at least 200,000 more people have fled their homes in Darfur and the humanitarian crisis is ever more serious as Janjaweed horsemen continue ...
13 October 2004
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Catholic priest dedicated to assisting HIV/AIDS patients found dead
Rome (Fides Service)- “Father Gerard was highly esteemed as a priest and a tireless worker to help the poor and the sick, especially those with AIDS” sources in the diocese of De Aar, South Africa told Fides. Britis ...
13 October 2004
ASIA/PAKISTAN - President Musharraf said Kashmir problem could be solved in 24 hours with “withdrawal of Indian troops and an agreement for the region”
Islamabad (Fides Service) - While, despite a cease fire agreement and steps of reconciliation taken by the two neighbouring powers, reports on isolated clashes in region of Kashmir continue to arrive, the president of P ...
13 October 2004
AFRICA/EGYPT - Where does Islamic terrorism come from? In 30 lines Italian Comboni missionary in Egypt provides the answer
Cairo (Fides Service)- “The west is so proud of its studies sociology and yet it fails to grasp the complexity of Islam” Italian Comboni missionary Father Giuseppe Scatolin an expert on Islam told Fides. “Islamic t ...
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