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15 July 2003
ASIA/INDIA - THANKS TO ARCHBISHOP’S MEDIATION CONFLICTING ETHNIC GROUPS IN EAST INDIA MAKE PEACE
Guwahati (Fides Service) – A Catholic Archbishop succeeded in bringing feuding tribal groups in the east Indian State of Assam to make peace. Mgr Thomas Menamparampil of Guwahati offered to mediate to try to put an end ...
15 July 2003
ASIA/VIETNAM - VIETNAMESE DIASPORA DETERMINED TO “PUT OUT INTO THE DEEP”: FIRST MEETING OF NEW MILLENNIUM FOR VIETNAM’S OVERSEAS CATHOLICS 24-27 JULY IN ROME
Rome (Fides Service) – It will be the first meeting for overseas Vietnamese Catholics of the new millennium and it will help “continue along the spiritual path started in the Holy Year in response to the Pope’s cal ...
15 July 2003
AFRICA/LIBERIA - THOUSANDS SEEK SHELTER IN THE CAPITAL, HUMANITARIAN SITUATION DETERIORATES PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE HOPING FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING FORCE
Monrovia (Fides Service) – “The humanitarian situation gets worse every day” a missionary in Monrovia, capital of Liberia, told Fides Service. Over the past weeks Monrovia has been the scene of heavy fighting betwe ...
15 July 2003
EUROPE/ITALY - MONASTIC VOCATIONS IN THE MODERN WORLD: YOUNG BENEDICTINES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD IN ROME FOR A CONGRESS
Rome (Fides Service) – Representing their Brothers all over the world, 37 young Benedictine monks from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America have come to Rome to take part in a Congress from 16 to 26 Ju ...
14 July 2003
VATICAN - POPE AT ANGELUS: TO EUROPE THIRSTING FOR HOPE, THE CHURCH OFFERS THE MOST PRECIOUS GIFT WHICH NO ONE ELSE CAN GIVE: FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST, SOURCE OF HOPE WHICH IS NEVER DISAPPOINTED
Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) – “At this time in history when an important process of re-unification of Europe is underway with the extending of the European Union to more countries, the Church looks with love on t ...
14 July 2003
EUROPE/ITALY - 1,200 PROFESSORS, STUDENTS AND CHAPLAINS FROM 40 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES IN ROME FOR INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON “UNIVERSITY AND CHURCH IN EUROPE.” SATURDAY AN AUDIENCE WITH THE POPE
Rome (Fides Service) - An International Symposium on the theme University and Church in Europe is to take place in Rome from 17-20 July 2003, organised by the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE) and the It ...
14 July 2003
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - 60 MILLION AFRICANS SUFFER FROM HIV/AIDS: 2ND AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT LAUNCHES CALL TO INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
Rome (Fides Service) – During the 2nd Summit meeting of the African Union, AU held recently in Maputo, Mozambique, for the first time the Africa Leaders put health emergencies HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria as a priority o ...
14 July 2003
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - AFRICAN UNION MEETING REVEALED “A WILL TO HAVE AN AFRICAN POLICY FOR AFRICA” ARCHBISHOP OF BEIRA TELLS FIDES SERVICE
Maputo (Fides Service) – “The African Union Summit meeting in Maputo affirmed an African policy for Africa” says Archbishop Jaime Pedro Gonclaves of Beira referring to the meeting of African heads of states 10-12 J ...
14 July 2003
EUROPE/BELGIUM - COMMISSION OF BISHOPS’ CONFERENCES OF EUROPEAN COMMUNITY SAYS: IN ITS RESEARCH ON HUMAN CELLS “SCIENCE MUST NOT CONFLICT WITH HUMAN RIGHTS”
Rome (Fides Service) - “The rejection for moral and anthropological reasons of the use of human embryos and embryonic stem cells is not an attack on scientific research. It is about ensuring that science does not confl ...
14 July 2003
VATICAN - PUTTING THE LAST FIRST; COMBINING GLOBAL AND LOCAL ACTION; ENSURING THAT WORK IS INSPIRED BY THE SOCIAL TEACHING OF THE CHURCH: CARITAS APPROVES FOUR YEAR PLAN 2003-2007
Vatican City (Fides Service) – Four years of hard work lie before Caritas Internationalis, a confederation of 154 national Catholic aid agencies operating in 198 countries all over the world. During its recent General ...
14 July 2003
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - COUNT MORE ON LAY CATHOLICS FOR NEW EVANGELISATION AND PROMOTE JUSTICE AND PEACE: TWO MAIN OPTIONS IDENTIFIED BY CATHOLIC BISHOPS’ PLENARY ASSEMBLY
Kinshasa (Fides Service) – “The Church in Congo wants to count more and more on the laity in view of new evangelisation” the spokesman for the Catholic Bishops of Congo Father Valer Shango told Fides Service. This ...
14 July 2003
AFRICA/BURUNDI - TRUCE IN BUJUMBURA BUT IT IS FEARED FIGHTING MAY START AGAIN ANY TIME
Bujumbura (Fides Service) – “We had a night of calm after a whole week of fighting” local sources in Bujumbura, capital of Burundi, told Fides Service. “Yesterday evening rebel militia of the Front of National Li ...
14 July 2003
ASIA/INDIA - CALCUTTA FILM FESTIVAL TO HONOUR MOTHER TERESA
Calcutta (Fides Service) – To mark the beatification of Mother Teresa of Calcutta SIGNIS-India is organising a Film Festival in November this year. The little Mother known all over the world for her mission of caring ...
11 July 2003
VATICAN - PAPAL MESSAGE FOR 60TH COMMEMORATION OF TRAGEDY IN WOŁHYNIEN: THE NEW MILLENNIUM DEMANDS THAT UKRAINIANS AND POLES LOOK AT ONE ANOTHER WITH EYES OF RECONCILIATION
Vatican City (Fides Service) – On the occasion of the official commemoration on July 11th of Ukraine-Poland reconciliation, 60 years after the tragic events in Wołhynien, Ukraine, Pope John Paul II sent a message ...
11 July 2003
EUROPA/SPAIN - BOOST MISSION, A PRIORITY FOR THE CHURCH IN SPAIN – NATIONAL MISSION CONGRESS IN SEPTEMBER
Burgos (Fides Service ) – The Bishops’ Commission for Missions and cooperation among the Churches has organised a Mission Congress which will take place in Burgos (Spain) 18 to 21 September with the slogan “This is ...
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