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6 October 2004
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Health care alarm in northern Ivory Coast with rapidly spreading HIV/AIDS. Local Catholic Church supplies medical personnel and supplies to isolated areas
Abidjan (Fides Service)- “The healthcare situaiton is critical” local church sources in northern Ivory Coast area in the hands of New Forces rebels for two years now. “The public health system has collapsed. Hospi ...
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6 October 2004
ASIA/CHINA - Chinese pilgrims to Lourdes share joyful pilgrimage memories strengthening faith, authentic Christian life style and desire to go on pilgrimage
Beijing (Fides Service) - For a group of Chinese Catholics from the Immaculate Conception parish in Beijing last month’s pilgrimage to Lourdes will be a lasting memory. They had such a moving story to tell on their ret ...
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6 October 2004
VATICAN - RSS: new tool for evangelisation via the Internet: click to read Fides News without a browser
Fides Service - From today thanks to RSS (Really Simple Syndication), you can read Fides News items as they are ready. This new service is operated by a “feed reader” programme which at regular intervals takes thes ...
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5 October 2004
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Australia inaugurates revised web site more dynamic and user-friendly
Sydney (Fides Service) - Catholic Bishops of Australia have a new web site to meet the needs of the Church and be ever more attentive and present in the mass media and new technology spaces for evangelisation.
The new w ...
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5 October 2004
AMERICA/MEXICO - Regional Meetings of Bishops in preparation for 5th General Conference of the Latin American Bishops’ Conferences in February 2007: New Evangelisation in Latin America and the Caribbean
Mexico City (Fides Service) - The 5th General Conference of the Bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean, with the theme “Disciples of Jesus Christ in the Catholic Church for New Evangelisation in Latin America and t ...
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5 October 2004
EUROPE/ITALY - “Europe, where are you for Africa? Between globalisation and terrorism”. New cycle of CUAMM Saturday ‘Doctors for Africa’ study days
Rome (Fides Service) - October 9 will be the first in the new cycle of CUAMM Saturday study days organised by CUAMM ‘Doctors for Africa’ to share with the general public reflections elaborated on themes and questions ...
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5 October 2004
EUROPE/ENGLAND - CCEE Bishops discuss the significance of Christianity in Europe: a new Commission for “Evangelisation and Dialogue” with other Churches, religions, beliefs and cultures
Leeds (Fides Service) - The event - a four-day assembly of the Council of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe (CCEE) at Hinsley Hall, Leeds - was the biggest gathering of senior Catholic bishops in Britain since the Synod ...
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5 October 2004
AFRICA - In Uganda 39 African countries discuss how to stop spread of light arms in Africa.
Kampala (Fides Service)- To find ways to stop the spread of light arms in Sub-Saharan Africa defence Ministers and chiefs of security from 39 different countries of Africa are meeting in the Ugandan capital Kampala. The ...
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5 October 2004
EUROPE/SPAIN - “This is the hour of mission and missionary commitment,” says national Director Pontifical Mission Societies Archbishop Pérez. “We must work harder to achieve God’s plan and to meet the many needs of the world today”
Madrid (Fides Service) - “It is time for your missionary commitment”: is the slogan chosen by the Church in Spain for World Mission Day 2004. In a dossier prepared for the occasion, a copy was sent to Fides, national ...
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5 October 2004
AFRICA/SOMALIA - “A year after Annalena Tonelli’s death, her life’s work is more than ever alive”: Bishop Bertin of Djibouti recalls the Italian doctor dedicated to caring for TB sufferers in northern Somalia
Rome (Fides Service)- “Annalena Tonelli’s work continues beyond all expectations” Bishop Giorgio Bertin, Bishop of Djibouti and Administrator Apostolic Mogadishu told Fides, referring to the Italian doctor killed a ...
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5 October 2004
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “Street children are hunted” Salesian fathers give details of massacres in southern Congo
Kinshasa (Fides Service)- “Street children are hunted here and probably between 20 and 30 of them have already been killed” a Salesian missionary in the south eastern Congo region of Kasai where a group of street chi ...
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5 October 2004
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Eucharist, Jesus source of Life and Peace in the heart of Africa. Sacramentini Fathers open Eucharistic Spirituality Centre in Kinshasa
Kinshasa (Fides Service)- To ensure that the Eucharist, source of Life and Peace, is at the heart of Africa and to help Christian communities focus on the Eucharist the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament has opened a ...
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5 October 2004
VATICAN - Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital confirms front line action in global fight against AIDS
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Two important agreements for collaboration for the development of a paediatric anti-HIV vaccine were recently signed by the Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital in Rome and Tor Vergata Uni ...
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5 October 2004
ASIA/INDONESIA - With regard to Catholic school surrounded on Sunday by radical Muslim youths local Catholics say: “We ask local authorities the central government and the new president Yudhoyono to show tolerance and respect with regard to religious minorities”
Jakarta (Fides Service) - There is concern among Catholics in Indonesia since a group of radical Muslim youths surrounded Sang Timur Catholic school at Ciledug, in Banten province on the Island of Java, 40 km west of th ...
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5 October 2004
ASIA/INDONESIA - “New President faces major challenge: isolate Islamic fundamentalism which thrives on violence, corruption and unemployment” - says Father Ignazio Ismartono, spokesman of the Indonesian Catholic Bishops’ Conference
Jakarta (Fides Service) - “Corruption, violence, Muslim fundamentalism, unemployment, destruction of the environment are some of the problems facing the newly elected President of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono,” ...
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