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4 October 2004
VATICAN - Pope John Paul II beatifies five Servants of God who “let themselves be guided by the Word of God like a bright and secure beacon which never ceased to illuminate their path”; a call to recite the “sweet prayer ” of the Rosary following the example of the newly beatified
Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Sunday 3 October, during a concelebrated Mass in St Peter’s Square Pope John Paul II beatified 5 Servants of God: Pierre Vigne (1670-1740), priest, founder of the Congregation of the S ...
4 October 2004
EUROPE/ITALY - Health Pastoral integrated in Ordinary Pastoral: National Meeting of the Italian Association of Health Pastoral
Rome (Fides Service) - The Italian Association for Health Pastoral, concerned with church activity in the world of health, has organised a National Meeting with the theme Health Pastoral integrated in Ordinary Pastoral t ...
4 October 2004
ASIA/TAJIKISTAN Using the web to proclaim the Gospel in central Asia: Tajikistan Catholic Mission opens web site on Feast of Saint Therese of Lisieux
Dushanbe (Fides Service) - To mark the 7th anniversary of the opening of the Catholic Missio sui iuris in Tajikistan (29 September 1997), on the feast day of Saint Therese of Lisieux, patron of the Missions, Superior of ...
4 October 2004
VATICAN - Cardinal Paul Poupard presides 1st Meeting for Catholic Cultural Centres in Brazil
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Pontifical Council for Culture and the Conference of Catholic Brazilian Bishops inaugurate today the first meeting for Catholic Cultural Centres in Brazil, taking place in Joao until Oc ...
4 October 2004
VATICAN - Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital (www.ospedalebambinogesu.it) Portal is three years old: over 91 million ‘hits’ and 21.000 ‘registered visitors’ including 1,500 doctors.
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Three years have passed since the Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital famous all over the world, opened its own Paediatric Health Portal, www.ospedalebambinogesu.it the first of its kind on ...
4 October 2004
OCEANIA/PAPUA NUOVA GUINEA - The role of Catholic Encounter Centres for formation of individuals and groups in one of the most remote and beautiful parts of Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby (Fides Service) - Christian spirituality is making headway in Papua New Guinea. People in this area of the Pacific Ocean are increasingly aware of the need for places in which to pray and reflect, draw near ...
4 October 2004
AMERICA/MEXICO - Eucharistic Congress: Guadalajara mobilises more than 300 parishes to host participants and provide live coverage on large TV screens for the whole community. Saturday October 9 thousands of children will make their First Holy Communion
Guadalajara (Fides Service) - Some 300 parishes in the archdiocese of Guadalajara are putting the finishing touches to preparations for the 48th International Eucharistic Congress, the first held in Mexico, to be celebra ...
4 October 2004
ASIA/IRAQ - First day of school in Iraq, photos of Saddam removed from text books: eyewitness tells Fides
Baghdad (Fides Service)- Catholic Iraqi priest Rev. Nizar Seeman told Fides about the first day at school in northern Iraq.
It is 7.45 in the morning I am in front of the elementary school. I see boys and girls, many ar ...
4 October 2004
OCEANIA/NUOVA ZEALAND - Small Catholic community in New Zealand offers highly appreciated quality education: Bishop of Auckland speaks with Fides
Auckland (Fides Service) - The Bishops of New Zealand are grateful to the Pope and his collaborators in the curia for their encouragement and concern. Although the Church in New Zealand is small it is fully committed to ...
4 October 2004
ASIA/INDIA - Christian Hindu network to bring peace to travailed region of north eastern India the scene of violence and bomb blasts: Catholic Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil takes concrete action in Assam
Guwahati (Fides Service) - The Catholic Archbishop of Guwahati in Assam state is fully committed to keeping peace and preventing any return of indiscriminate violence in north eastern India. Archbishop Thomas Menamparamp ...
1 October 2004
ASIA/INDIA - Catholic Bishops of India open news-website www.theindiancatholic.com: everything you ever wanted to know about the history, service and mission of India’s Catholic community
New Delhi (Fides Service) - The Media and Information Office of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India CBCI announced the launching of a news-website on October 1, 2004 to provide information on the Catholic faith, ...
1 October 2004
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Bishop of Ndola appointed
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has, 1 October 2004, appointed Bishop of Ndola (Zambia) Bishop Noel O’Regan, S.M.A., until now Bishop of Solwezi (Zambia). (S.L.) (Agenzia Fides 1/10/20 ...
1 October 2004
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Coadjutor Bishop of Lusaka appointed
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II has, 1 October 2004, appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Lusaka (Zambia) Bishop Telesphore Mpundu, until now residential Bishop of Mpika (Zambia). (S.L.) (A ...
1 October 2004
VATICAN - Feast day of Saint Therese of Lisieux opens Missionary month of October with its culminating event on 24 October World Mission Day: “Eucharist and Mission” open the Year the Eucharist
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Today the feast day of Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897), proclaimed patron of the missions with St Francis Xavier in 1927, is the first day of the Missionary month of October which will ...
1 October 2004
ASIA/TAIWAN - Bishop Padilla, Prefect of Prefecture Apostolic Ulaanbaator in Mongolia, shares his missionary experience
Taipei (Fides Service) - Recently Catholics in Taiwan heard about missionary work in the mysterious and fascinating country of Mongolia when Bishop Padilla, formerly a missionary in Taiwan and today Prefect of Prefecture ...
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