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22 September 2003
ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - DIALOGUE BETWEEN RELIGIONS IS A PATH FOR PEACE: INTERRELIGIOUS MEETING IN THE HEART OF ASIA, KAZAKHSTAN A BRIDGE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST
Astana (Fides Service) – For two days, 23 and 24 September the Spirit of Assisi blew in Astana the capital of Kazakhstan, during an interreligious meeting attended by a delegation from the Holy See.
Speaking to Fides ...
22 September 2003
VATICAN - POPE SAYS TO UGANDAN BISHOPS: “ASSURING YOU AND YOUR PEOPLE OF MY SPIRITUAL CLOSENESS IN THESE DIRE CIRCUMSTANCES, I JOIN YOU IN CONDEMNING EVERY ACT OF BLOODSHED AND DESTRUCTION”
Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) – Welcoming Uganda Bishops for their ad limina visit on 20 September Pope John Paul II said: “Your presence here today fills me with joy and brings back memories of my visit ten years ...
19 September 2003
AFRICA/KENYA - 2003 INTERNATIONAL ICAS CONFERENCE ON AIDS: CHALLENGES
Nairobi (Fides Service) – The 13th International Conference on AIDS will be held in Nairobi, Kenya, 21-27 September. Participants will discuss the Challenges to face in order to solve this serious problem, The first wi ...
19 September 2003
EUROPE/ITALY - “DOWN WITH GREY” S. EGIDIO COMMUNITY ACTIVITY CONTINUES WITH DISABLED ARTISTS’ ART EXHIBITION
Rome (Fides Service) –The European Year of the Disabled continues to be marked by a variety of Initiatives. The latest is an art exhibition on show inside the European Parliament building in Strasbourg, 22-24 September ...
19 September 2003
VATICAN - COMMUNION AMONG BISHOPS, FORMATION; GUIDELINES FOR MISSION: SEMINAR FOR NEW BISHOPS IN ENGLISH-SPEAKING MISSION TERRITORIES COMES TO A CLOSE
Vatican City (Fides Service) – A successful event which has already borne fruits of communion and will undoubtedly serve to boost the mission of evangelisation: these positive reactions were voiced by Bishops taking pa ...
19 September 2003
VATICAN - THE POPE SAYS TO BISHOPS FROM ENGLISH-SPEAKING MISSION COUNTRIES: FOR YOU ALSO, THE CALL OF JESUS RESOUNDS FORCEFULLY: “GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THE WHOLE CREATION!”
Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) – On Friday 19 September Pope John Paul II received in a private audience a group of Bishops from English speaking mission countries attending a course of Aggiornamento organised by the ...
19 September 2003
ASIA/PAKISTAN - TERRORISM: FOREIGN TO EVERY FORM OF RELIGION AND THE ENEMY OF HUMANITY, SAYS ARCHBISHOP SALDHANA OF LAHORE
Lahore (Fides Service) – “I condemn all forms of terrorism in Pakistan and in the rest of the world”. This statement was made by Archbishop Lawrence Saldhana when he addressed Muslims and Christians at recent meeti ...
19 September 2003
EUROPE/SPAIN - FR. KOLVENBACH OPENS JESUIT PROCURATORS MEETING: “WE MUST HAVE THE COURAGE TO BE THE VOICE OF THE VOICELESS, IN THE NAME OF THE ONE WHO IS THEIR FRIEND”
Loyola (Fides Service) – “Not only the good seed has been sown but also the darnel which in some places can be so vigorous that we need all our faith in the Master of the field to believe that, despite the mass of da ...
19 September 2003
AFRICA/KENYA - THANKS TO THE WORKING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WE HAVE A MATURE LAITY, A FORCE FOR EVANGELISATION” SAY CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF KENYA
Rome (Fides Service) – “Our catechists sustain the Catholic communities in the diocese” . This is the opinion of Bishop Virgilio Pante of Maralal and Bishop Luigi Paiaro of Nyahururu who are attending a Seminar for ...
19 September 2003
ASIA/CHINA - FUNDAMENTAL THEOLOGY GUIDANCE PROGRAMME TO HELP DEEPEN FAITH OF CHINESE LAITY, YOUTH ESPECIALLY
Beijing (Fides Service) – “There is a strong desire among Chinese Catholics, young people in particular, to deepen their knowledge faith. Not content with the elements of faith handed on orally by parents or grandpar ...
19 September 2003
OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - CATHOLIC CLERGY LAUNCH CALL FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE IN SOLOMON ISLANDS: ENOUGH WITH CLASHES BETWEEN RIVAL GANGS AND EXECUTIONS WITHOUT JUSTICE
Honiara (Fides Service) – There is concern in the local Catholic Church for the situation in Solomon islands where law and order has not been completely restored. Ethnic and social unrest continues despite the presence ...
18 September 2003
AMERICA/PERU - GOSPEL AND SOCIETY: A REFLECTION BY CARDINAL JUAN LUIS CIPRIANI ARCHBISHOP OF LIMA
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Archbishop of Lima, illustrates for Fides Service the many aspects of the relation between Gospel and Society today.
John Paul II speaks of the virtue of pove ...
18 September 2003
VATICAN - POPE’S TEACHING AT GENERAL AUDIENCE: MAY SLOVAKIA “TREASURE THE GOSPEL, THE GREATEST GOOD, SHARE IT AND WITNESS TO IT WITH OF HOLINESS OF LIFE”
Vatican City (Fides Service) – During the audience on Wednesday 17 September the Pope told the thousands of visitors from various parts of the world present in St Peter’s Square about his recent apostolic journey to ...
18 September 2003
EUROPE/SPAIN “THE HOUR OF MISSION” NATIONAL MISSION CONGRESS OPENS IN BURGOS: OPENING CONFERENCE BY ARCHBISHOP ROBERT SARAH, SECRETARY OF THE CONGREGATION FOR THE EVANGELISATION OF PEOPLES
Madrid (Fides Service) – “The Hour of Mission” is the theme of the Spanish National Mission Congress which opened in Burgos today 18 September. The first conference “The Church and the Challenge of Mission Today ...
18 September 2003
EUROPE/ITALY - NEW LOOK WEB SITE DAUGHTERS OF SAINT PAUL, COMMUNICATORS OF THE GOSPEL: SPECIAL SECTION “SPREADING THE GOSPEL” TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
Rome (Fides Service) - The Daughters of Saint Paul, communicators of the Gospel, known as DSP Sisters, have a given a new look to their web site www.paoline.org first opened in 1997. The site has five languages: English ...
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