News
14 October 2003
JOHN PAUL II AND NORTH AMERICA
Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Archbishop of Washington
Washington (Fides Service) - Several years ago, a petition circulated among the Catholics of some European nations. It was critical of the present structures and policies of the Church and indeed of the Holy Father. I ...
14 October 2003
JOHN PAUL II AND THE FAMILY Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo President of the Pontifical Council for the Family
Vatican City (Fides Service) - It is known to all that enthusiastic proclamation of the Gospel of the Family and of Life as “wonderful news” and, likewise, promotion of the dignity and mission of the ‘domestic chur ...
14 October 2003
JOHN PAUL II AND THE “FEMALE GENIUS”
Rev. Sr. Marcella Farina FMA
Theologian , teacher at the Pontifical Faculty of Education Science
Rome (Fides Service) - It is difficult to think of or make a gift for someone we love and to whom we owe deep gratitude. I know a nice story: it was God’s birthday and all creation was busy preparing the most beautiful ...
14 October 2003
AFRICA/TOGO – REV. DANKA LOGA APPOINTED RECTOR OF JOHN PAUL II SEMINARY IN LOME
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples has appointed (October 3, 2003) Rector of John Paul II Seminary in Lome, Togo, Reverend Father Danka ...
14 October 2003
EUROPE/ITALY - MISSION SUNDAY – “A HOME FOR EVERYONE” A SLOGAN NOT FOR A DAY BUT FOR THE WHOLE YEAR ANIMATED BY THE MISSIONARY BREATH OF THE CHURCH
Rome (Fides Service) – “The missionary month of October always begins a new path in our Christian communities, in fact it marks the start of a new pastoral following the liturgical year. For some years now the Italia ...
14 October 2003
VATICAN - PAPAL MESSAGE TO FIRST CONGRESS OF CATHOLIC LAITY IN EASTERN EUROPE: “THE LORD ASKS YOU WHO HAVE BEEN STALWART WITNESSES OF FAITH IN TIMES OF TRIAL AND PERSECUTION…TO PREPARE THE SOIL FOR A VIGOROUS REBIRTH OF THE CHURCH IN YOUR COUNTRIES.”
Vatican City (Fides Service) – “The harsh legacy of atheistic totalitarian regimes, which have left emptiness and deep scars on consciences, requires that the countries of Eastern Europe take up today the hard work o ...
14 October 2003
ASIA/PAKISTAN - WORLD MISSION SUNDAY – MISSION OF PROCLAMATION AND WITNESS WITH THE SIMPLICITY AND JOYFULNESS OF ST FRANCIS
Lahore (Fides Service) – In Pakistan Catholics celebrate the October month of mission in the company of Saint Francis of Assisi. Led by Capuchin Fathers in Lahore diocese the faithful find in the message of Saint Franc ...
14 October 2003
ASIA/INDIA - THE ROLE OF CHRISTIANS TO PROMOTE RECONCILIATION IN ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS CONFLICT IS BEING DISCUSSED IN
NORTH EAST INDIA – UNITY IN DIVERSITY, CHRISTIANS OF DIFFERENT COMMUNIONS TOGETHER FOR PEACE
Imphal (Fides Service) – the North Eastern region of India is one of the most unstable due to social and ethnic clashes, land disputes between different tribes and communities, and a half a century old movement for ind ...
14 October 2003
AMERICA/BRAZIL - WORLD MISSION SUNDAY: “CHURCH IN BRAZIL YOUR VOCATION IS MISSION ”: LIVING MISSION SUNDAY WITH AWARENESS
Sao Paulo (Fides Service) – In Brazil world Mission Sunday promoted by the national Pontifical Mission Societies office is celebrated in close collaboration with the Brazilian Bishops’ Conference. “We start our mis ...
14 October 2003
ASIA/CHINA - OPENING TO MARKET ECONOMY, DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS ALSO VIA THE INTERNET, A MARVELLOUS ENGINE
Hong Kong (Fides Service) – In Beijing a group of political dissidents were recently tried in Court on charges of subversion for publishing on the Internet articles in favour of democratic reforms. This was reported by ...
14 October 2003
JOHN PAUL II AND ASIA
Archbishop Oswald Gracias Archbishop of Agra
When in Bangkok last December for a meeting of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences Social Communications Commission, I was deeply struck when the representative of the Youth present at the meeting mentioned in ...
14 October 2003
VATICAN - SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER IN THE VATICAN PRAYER VIGIL AND ROSARY IN PREPARATION FOR MISSION SUNDAY AND BEATIFICATION OF MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA
Vatican City (Fides Service) – On Saturday 18 October the eve of World Mission Sunday when Pope John Paul II will beatify Mother Teresa of Calcutta, a prayer vigil with the recitation of the Rosary will take place in t ...
13 October 2003
EUROPE/ITALY - ROME’S BIO-MEDICO CAMPUS UNIVERSITY MARKS TENTH ANNIVERSARY
Rome (Fides Service) - Rome’s Bio-Medical University this year marks in tenth anniversary and it is now a model of public service which combines humanity and professional expertise. On 15 October there will be a solemn ...
13 October 2003
AMERICA/COSTA RICA - 12,885 CASES OF DENGUE: INFECTION SPREADING, WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THE START OF THE RAINY SEASON?
Rome (Fides Service) – The Health Ministry recently communicated alarming developments in the epidemic of Dengue in Costa Rica. Of 12,885 cases of infection reported, 38 are suffering from acute fever and haemorrhage w ...
13 October 2003
EUROPE/ITALY - CARDINAL RUINI GIVES INTRODUCTORY SPEECH AT FIDES ET RATIO SYMPOSIUM AT LATERAN UNIVERSITY
Rome (Fides Service) – In his address to introduce the International Symposium “Fides et Ratio encyclical five years on” Cardinal Camillo Ruini, the Pope’s Vicar for Rome diocese, highlighted the document’s eno ...
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