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• 18 May 2004
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “We not only want to be a nation, we need to be a nation whose identity is passion for truth and commitment for the common good ” the Bishops say after plenary assembly of the Bishops’ Conference Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - At the end of their 87th plenary assembly during which they addressed various problems relative to the present situation in Argentina and the pastoral challenges posed to the Church by th ...
• 18 May 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope receives the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Itinerant Peoples: “ Integration at the social level and interaction at the cultural level are therefore the necessary presupposition for authentic peaceful co-existence among individuals and nations ”. Vatican City (Fides Service) - “The Christian community today is called to face situations very different from the past. One of them is certainly the massive migratory phenomenon which often takes the form of tragedies ...
• 18 May 2004
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Diocesan group shares experience and plans for effective evangelisation Hong Kong (Fides Service) - Recently the Work Group for the Year of Evangelisation adopted by the diocese of Hong Kong for 2004 to promote more effective missionary activity organised a course to share experience and off ...
• 18 May 2004
  ASIA/CHINA - Mainland Catholics mark 80th anniversary of the first Council of the Church in China Primum Concilium Sinense and the founding of the Shrine in honour of Our Lady “Mary Queen of China” DongLu (Fides Service) - On Saturday 15 May, Catholics communities in various parts of mainland China celebrated the 80th anniversary of the first Council of the Church in China Primum Concilium Sinense 15 May1924 to12 ...
• 18 May 2004
  ASIA/THAILAND - “The Asian Face of Christ”: theological symposium organised by the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences Bangkok (Fides Service) - “The Asia Face of Christ” was the title of a Symposium held 10 to 15 May at the Sam Phran Pastoral Centre, a 30 km from Bangkok, organised by the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conference FA ...
• 18 May 2004
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - A teacher of Islam among the group of Muslim fundamentalists who inflicted mortal torture on young Catholic Javed Anjum, victim of Muslim intolerance Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - Pursue legally those responsible for the murder, pray for all victims of fanaticism and intolerance. These two commitment were taken by Catholics in Pakistan following the death of a young Ca ...
• 17 May 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope canonises six new Saints: “Authentic peace is the fruit of Christ’s triumph over evil, sin and death. All who follow him faithfully become witnesses and builders of his peace.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the 6th Sunday of Easter, May 16, in St Peter’s Square Pope John Paul II gave the Church six new Saints: four priests, one woman Religious and a mother. “ ’My peace I give you (Jn ...
• 17 May 2004
  VATICAN - The Pope receives in audience Plenary of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue: “The years to come will see the Church ever more committed to meeting the great challenge of interreligious dialogue... However all religious relativism and indifferentism must be avoided and every effort made to offer with respect to all, joyful witness to the "the hope we nourish" Vatican City (Fides Service) - “In the past forty years your Council has carried out its ecclesial service with zeal and commitment, encountering response and fruitful convergence in many dioceses and also in Christian ...
• 17 May 2004
  ASIA/HONG KONG - People with mental disabilities deserve all the love we can give them, says Auxiliary Bishop of Hong Kong Bishop John Tong Hon at the inauguration of a new Catholic Care Home Hong Kong (Fides Service) - In his address for the opening of a new Catholic Care Home for people with mental disabilities in Hong Kong on May 10, Auxiliary Bishop John Tong Hon of Kong Kong underlined the hidden value o ...
• 17 May 2004
  ASIA/TAIWAN - Pastoral Letter “Adoring the Body of Christ in the Eucharist, giving our people loving care” to mark 80th anniversary the proclamation of Mary as “Queen of China” on the occasion of the Primum Concilum Sinense (15 May 1924 - 12 June 1924) Taipei (Fides Service) - In May 1924, 80 years ago in Shanghai the Catholic community in China gathered for its first council, Primum Concilum Sinense under the guidance of the first delegate apostolic, Archbishop Celso ...
• 17 May 2004
  ASIA/CHINA - Abandoned babies receive tender loving care from Catholic Sisters NingJin (Fides Service) - Sometimes when a baby is born with a disability parents cannot face the trauma and the child is left to be cared for by the hospital or an orphanage. There are many Catholic homes and orphanages ...
• 17 May 2004
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Not only bombs undermine peace in the Moluccas: history shows false news create hatred, tension and instability Ambon (Fides Service) - Hatred and tension are created not only through violence and killing but also by spreading false information, undermining harmony, starting chain reactions, inciting communities against other comm ...
• 17 May 2004
  ASIA/INDIA - The Christians of India call on new government to strengthen the nation’s secular traditions of democracy and freedom New Delhi (Fides Service) - Build a country which is free and democratic in which diversity becomes a richness: this is the spirit of a message sent to the new government of India by the National United Christian Forum, ...
• 17 May 2004
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Peace talks for peace in Sudan resumed. “Refugees returning south could be convinced to vote for the government in a possible referendum on disputed border regions” local source told Fides Khartoum (Fides Service)-“I am not sure whether talks between the government and rebels will bring authentic peace; I fear it will be more of a sharing of power and oil profits. However if it stops the fighting this wi ...
• 17 May 2004
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - “Respect rights of farmers” says Archbishop Zacarias Kamwenho of Lubango, who denounces illegal confiscation of land Luanda (Fides Service)- The Catholic Archbishop of Lubango, Angola, Archbishop Zacarias Kamwenho, has denounced violation the human rights of small farmers and villagers in his diocese. The Archbishop made this statement ...