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26 January 2004
EUROPE/ITALY - WITNESSES OF HOPE FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR DAY: OBLATES OF MAY IMMACULATE PREPARE FOR 34TH GENERAL CHAPTER
Rome (Fides Service) – The Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate will hold the 34th general chapter of their institute from 30 August to 28 September 2004. The 97 chapter members will come to Rome from all over the w ...
24 January 2004
VATICAN – POPE JOHN PAUL II’S MESSAGE FOR 2004 WORLD COMMUNICATIONS DAY: THE MEDIA AND THE FAMILY: A RISK AND A RICHNESS
Vatican City (Fides Service) – The theme chosen 2004 World Communications Day - " The Media And The Family: A Risk And A Richness " – is an invitation to reflect on how families use the media and how the media presen ...
23 January 2004
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “STOP THE EXECUTION, THESE MEN ARE INNOCENT!”: MANILA PRISON CHAPLAIN FATHER OLAGUER, REAFFIRMS CATHOLIC CHURCH’S “NO” TO DEATH PENALTY UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
Manila (Fides) – “We are against capital punishment in any case. However the executions of two prisoners scheduled for the end of the month must be postponed if not cancelled, one of the men in question is innocent, ...
23 January 2004
OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - LOCAL CHURCH BUSY HEALING WAR TRAUMA AND REBUILDING CONFIDENCE
Honiara (Fides Service) - Solomon Islands is emerging from the recent ethnic tension that has left several persons traumatised by violence, destruction and fear. To heal these psychological wounds and try to re-build con ...
23 January 2004
ASIA/TAIWAN – NEW YEAR AND NEW CATHOLIC CULTURAL MAGAZINE: JESUIT FATHERS AT “MATTEO RICCI” CENTRE PRODUCE TAIWAN’S FIRST CHINESE LANGUAGE REVIEW
Taipei (Fides Service) – On sale at book shops and newspaper stalls all over the city New year crowds in Taiwan will find the very first issue of a new Catholic publication Renlai, or “Flute of Humanity”, the Islan ...
23 January 2004
ASIA/THAILAND - “A HANDFUL OF MUSLIM FUNDAMENTALIST SECESSIONISTS IN THE SOUTH WILL NOT AFFECT INTER-RELIGIOUS RELATIONS: DIALOGUE AMONG THAILAND’S DIFFERENT RELIGIONS IS FRIENDLY AND FREQUENT” BISHOP LAWRENCE SAMANCHIT TOLD FIDES
Bangkok (Fides Service) – “Unrest in the South of the country will have no effect on relations between religions in Thailand. The rioters are a handful of fundamentalist Muslim secessionists. Relations between Thai C ...
22 January 2004
AFRICA/CAMEROON - LOCAL CATHOLIC CHURCH LAUNCHES EDUCATION CAMPAIGN TO STRIKE CORRUPTION AT THE ROOT
Yaounde (Fides Service) - The Catholic Church in Cameroon has begun a school programme to teach pupils respect for the common good in view of eliminating corruption in future. According to local Catholic News Agency DIA, ...
22 January 2004
ASIA/INDIA - HOPE FOR PEACE IN KASHMIR: CHURCH CALLS ON POLITICIANS TO WORK FOR THE GOOD AND PROSPERITY OF THE PEOPLE EXHAUSTED BY SO MUCH VIOLENCE
Jammu (Fides Service ) – Rays of hope brighten the tormented region of Kashmir, on the border between India and Pakistan, scene of fifty years of dispute between two powerful neighbours. President Pervez Musharraf of P ...
22 January 2004
EUROPE/ITALY - OBLATE MISSIONARIES OF MARY IMMACULATE UPDATED WEB SITE : MORE OMI INFORMATION ON LINE
Rome (Fides Service) – After months of hard work, OMI communication staff announce that the Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate now have a completely renewed web site (www.omiworld.org). The new site has more pages ...
22 January 2004
ASIA/TURKEY – WEEK OF PRAYER FOR UNITY: TURKEY’S WIDE VARIETY OF CHRISTIANS LIVE PRINCIPLE OF ‘UNITY IN DIVERSITY’
Istanbul (Fides Service) – Bitter cold and heavy snowfalls in Istanbul have not affected warm relations among the many different Christian communities in the Turkish capital. The annual Week of Prayer for Christian Uni ...
22 January 2004
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - UN PEACEKEEPERS DETERMINED TO DISARM MILITIA IN ITURI, NORTH-EAST CONGO, WHERE FIGHTING CONTINUES
Bunia (Fides Service) – There is no peace for Ituri. For more than a week armed groups have been attacking UN peacekeepers in north east Democratic Congo (RDC) where, since 1999 at least ten different militia groups fi ...
22 January 2004
VATICAN - THE POPE APPOINTS MGR GALLAGHER APOSTOLIC NUNCIO IN BURUNDI
Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, has appointed Apostolic Nuncio in Burundi Mgr Paul Richard Gallagher, until now Special Envoy and Holy See Permanent Observer to the Council of Europe ...
22 January 2004
ASIA/INDIA - NEXT WORLD SOCIAL FORUM IN AFRICA? FIDES ASKED CATHOLIC PARTICIPANTS TO SHARE THEIR IMPRESSIONS
Bombay (Fides Service) – Catholic delegates to the World Social Forum in Bombay 16 to 21 January, came away with mainly positive valuations.
Father Joe Xavier, who led the Jesuit delegation consisting of about 1.300 ...
22 January 2004
AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU – PORTUGUESE SPEAKING BISHOPS CALL FOR MORE SOLIDARITY AMONG CHURCHES TO MEET CHALLENGES OF EVANGELISATION
Bissau (Fides Service) – To meet more effectively the challenge of new evangelisation, the Catholic Bishops of Portuguese speaking countries have called for more solidarity among the local Churches. This emerged at the ...
21 January 2004
AMERICA/CHILE - HUNDRED YEARS AGO 12 YEAR OLD BLESSED LAURA VICUNA DIED FOR LOVE: HER BRIEF LIFE MARKED BY SUFFERING TRANSFORMED WITH LOVE CHALLENGES YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY
Rome (Fides Service) - Laura Vicuna was born in Santiago del Chile on 5 April 1891. Her father, a victim of political persecution, had to flee to the south of the country where he died when Laura was only 2 leaving the f ...
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