Special Issue

• 17 October 2003
  POPE JOHN PAUL II AND MISSION… Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Pope John Paul II is a witness of hope for peoples, cultures and nations, because he bears witness to the Risen Christ, to His almighty mercy: “Do not be afraid”, was his first cry from the balcony of St Peter’s Ba ...
• 15 October 2003
  JOHN PAUL II and OTHER RELIGIONS - Father Ernesto Lettieri Rome (Fides Service) Introduction - “Divinely sent to the nations of the world to be unto them "a universal sacrament of salvation," the Church, driven by the inner necessity of her own catholicity, and obeying the man ...
• 14 October 2003
  JOHN PAUL II AND AFRICA Cardinal Polycarp Pengo Archbishop of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Dar es Salaam (Fides Service) - The long ministry of John Paul II as successor of St. Peter the Apostle in relation to the African continent has been truly providential. During all these 25 years of the Pontificate, the ...
• 14 October 2003
  JOHN PAUL II AND OCEANIA Bishop Cesare Bonivento of Vanimo Papua New Guinea Vanimo(Fides Service) - Oceania will never forget the love which Pope John Paul II has shown her during these 25 years of his pontificate. The reasons are many and I will try to recall the most important. One event em ...
• 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
  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 ...