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11 September 2003
EUROPE/ITALY - COMBONI MISSIONARIES END GENERAL CHAPTER FIRST STAGE: “EITHER WE ARE MISSIONARIES OR WE ARE NOTHING”
Rome (Fides Service) – On September 11 the Comboni Missionaries, meeting in Rome for the 16th general chapter, concluded the first stage of their work of “looking” consisting in listening and reflecting on interven ...
11 September 2003
ASIA/INDONESIA - TERRORISM IS A CONCERN BUT PEOPLE ARE PREOCCUPIED WITH ECONOMIC PROBLEMS, UNEMPLOYMENT, POVERTY: SAYS BISHOP SITUMORANG, SECRETARY OF THE INDONESIAN BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE
Padang (Fides Service) – “This is a September 11 without tension although fear of terrorism remains after the recent attack, but what peopel are mostly concerned with is work and feeding the family” says Bishop Mar ...
11 September 2003
FIDES SIGNALS - PRESENTATION OF MONDO E MISSIONE SPECIAL ISSUE ON MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA
To make known the figure and the work of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who will be beatified by Pope John Paul II on Mission Sunday 19 October 2003, Mondo e Missione monthly magazine published by the Pontifical Institute fo ...
10 September 2003
AFRICA/NIGERIA - AT LEAST 5000 HOMELESS AFTER FLOODS IN NORTH EASTERN NIGERIA
Lagos (Fides Service) – As many as 5,000 people have been forced to leave their homes because of floods in Kaduna state in north east Nigeria. Local church forces contacted by Fides Service say torrential rains began s ...
10 September 2003
ASIA/SINGAPORE - SARS ALARM BUT WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION APPEALS FOR CALM BUT NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. CHINESE CATHOLICS CARRY ON DAILY PRAYERS
Singapore (Fides Service) – A new case of SARS Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Singapore has put the international community in alarm. In various parts of the world, especially those countries affected by the viru ...
10 September 2003
EUROPE/GERMANY - S. EGIDIO MEETING CLOSES: “DIALOGUE NEEDS STRONG HEARTS” SUGGESTED A COMMON CELEBRATION AMONG CHRISTIAN CHURCHES TO COMMEMORATE MARTYRS OF 20TH CENTURY – APPEAL FOR PEACE: “DIALOGUE IS NOT FOR THE FEARFUL”
Aachen (Fides Service) – At the final press conference for the Interreligious Meeting in Aachen, the founder of the S. Egidio Community, Andrea Riccardi, thanked the Germans for their participation and announced that d ...
10 September 2003
EUROPE/ITALY - MONASTICISM’S CONTRIBUTION TO DIALOGUE AND BUILDING EUROPE IN SPIRIT
Rome (Fides Service) – From 17-22 September representatives of numerous monastic orders, male and female present in European countries, will meet in Assisi, which has become the capital of dialogue since it began to ho ...
10 September 2003
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - IN VIEW OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS CATHOLIC BISHOPS SAY: “WE WANT A COUNTRY WHERE WE CAN BREATHE AND GROW IN FREEDOM IN EVERY SENSE”
Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - “Peace is possible, a Responsible Vote is an Opportunity” is the title of a message issued by the Conference of Bishops of Guatemala denouncing clearly and with courage spreading viol ...
10 September 2003
ASIA/PAKISTAN - MARY OF NAZARETH UNITES MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS: PILGRIMS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY GATHER AT MARIAMBAD SHRINE
Mariambad (Fides Service) – “I am truly grateful to the people of Mariambad for their generous collaboration in welcoming pilgrims from all over the country” said Archbishop Lawrence Saldhana of Lahore in his addre ...
10 September 2003
ASIA/INDIA - CATHOLIC CHURCH LAUNCHES ANTI-AIDS CAMPAIGN IN CHURCH-RUN INSTITUTIONS: 5,000 HOSPITALS AND 2,000 REHABILITATION CENTRES
New Delhi (Fides Service) – The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India has launched a major nation-wide campaign to coordinate efforts to alleviate the suffering of an estimated 4.5 million HIV positive Indians. The C ...
10 September 2003
ASIA/SRI LANKA - EVERY YEAR 300,000 SRI LANKAN CHILDREN VICTIMS OF PAEDOPHILIA: CATHOLICS COMMITTED TO ELIMINATING THIS HORROR AND OBJECT TO LEGALISATION OF PROSTITUTION WHICH FEEDS ABUSE AND CRIMINALITY
Colombo (Fides Service) – Catholics in Colombo are strongly objecting to a petition being circulated in the city to legalise prostitution and organise sexual trade in certain areas of the Sri Lankan capital. The city ...
10 September 2003
AFRICA/LIBERIA - SOME OF THE 750,000 REFUGEES IN MONROVIA ARE RETURNING TO THEIR VILLAGES
Monrovia (Fides Service) – “The situation in Monrovia is gradually returning to normal” Father Mauro Armanini, of the Society for African Missions, tells Fides Service. The Italian missionary has worked in Monrovia ...
10 September 2003
ASIA/CAMBODIA - MARIST BROTHERS OPEN CATHOLIC SCHOOL TO IMPROVE LIFE QUALITY OF DISABLED CHILDREN
Rome (Fides Service) – The Marist Brothers, whose charisma is care and teaching for youth, have opened a Catholic school for disabled children in Cambodia 8 km south of Phnom Penh, the capital. At present La Valla Scho ...
10 September 2003
ASIA/SINGAPORE - SARS VIRUS MAY BE CHANGING, WORLD ALARM GROWS
Singapore (Fides Service) – Ian Simpson, spokesman of the World health Organisation (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, has confirmed the suspected case of SARS Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. However he also ...
10 September 2003
EUROPE/ITALY - WHO PROMOTES SARS DIAGNOSIS TEST PRODUCED BY DEPARTMENT FOR INFECTIVE DISEASES AT ITALIAN HIGHER INSTITUTE OF HEALTH.
Rome (Fides Service) – The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that a test to diagnose SARS produced by the Department for Infective Diseases at the Italian Higher Institute of Health is highly specific and sensi ...
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