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• 24 October 2003
  AMERICA/CHILE - HUNDRED THOUSAND YOUNG PILGRIMS: SACRIFICES AND PRAYERS FOR POPE JOHN PAUL II’s HEALTH AND MINISTRY ON THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS ELECTION TO THE SEE OF PETER Santiago de Chile (Fides Service) – United with Catholics all over the world in celebrations to mark the 25th year of Pope John Paul II’s pontificate some 100.000 Chilean youth will make a pilgrimage on Saturday 25 ...
• 23 October 2003
  EUROPE/SPAIN - INTENSIVE MISSIONARY FORMATION COURSE: BOOST SPANISH CHURCH’S MISSIONARY COMMITMENT WITH BETTER PREPARATION OF PASTORAL WORKERS Madrid (Fides Service) – Provide all the missionary forces of the Church in Spain with the opportunity for missionary reflection and formation is the objective of an Intensive Course in Missionary Formation promoted by ...
• 23 October 2003
  EUROPE/ALBANIA - FIRST CARMELITE CONVENT OPENED AND BLESSED: ONE YOUNG ALBANIAN CARMELITE TAKES THE HABIT Sapë (Fides Service) - In Nenshat parish on 29 September the first convent of Discalsed Carmelites in Albania dedicated to the Holy Family and St Michael was inaugurated and blessed. The six Carmelite nuns, four Croats ...
• 23 October 2003
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “CHRIST MY FRIEND, YOU CAN RELY ON ME”: HUNDREDS OF MEMBERS OF MISSIONARY YOUTH IN GUATEMALA SENT TO PROCLAIM JESUS CHRIST AT HOME, AT SCHOOL, AT WORK Guatemala City (Fides Service) - Hundreds of members of Missionary Youth in Guatemala were encouraged to proclaim Jesus Christ to their peers during the special Mass for Mission Sunday on 19 October, at the Eucharistic S ...
• 23 October 2003
  AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - AFTER PROLONGED DROUGHT, TORRENTIAL RAINS: 15 MILLION, ONE QUARTER OF THE POPULATION, COULD DIE OF MALARIA BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR Addis Ababa (Agenzia Fides) – Although good rains this year in Ethiopia may produce a good harvest, before the end of the year some 15 million of Ethiopia’s 66 million may die, not of hunger but of Malaria. This was ...
• 23 October 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - CORSO USMI, CUM, MIGRANTES: “PLURALITY OF CHARISMA AND SERVICE AMONG MIGRANTS; CONSECRATED LIFE AT THE SERVICE OF HUMAN MOBILITY NELLA MOBILITÀ UMANA” Rome (Fides Service) – Reflect on service among migrants according to one’s special charisma starting from life experience and following the directions of the local Church: this is the objective of a Course organised ...
• 23 October 2003
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - FIRST ASIAN MEETING OF RECTORS OF SHRINES: THE SHRINE, A PLACE OF WELCOME AND OF ENCOUNTER FOR DIFFERENT RELIGIONS AND A PLACE FOR EVANGELISATION Manila (Fides Service) – Pilgrimages and visits to shrines are one of the most important religious aspects of history and culture of religions in Asia and therefore also an environment of evangelisation which must be c ...
• 23 October 2003
  PRESENTATION OF THE BOOK “IL VANGELO DEL GIUBILEO, LA CHIESA SUI SENTIERI DEL TERZO MILLENNIO” BY CARDINAL CRESCENZIO SEPE Roma (Agenzia Fides) – Urban University Press invites you to the presentation of the volume “Il Vangelo del Giubileo - La Chiesa sui sentieri del Terzo Millennio” (The Gospel of the Jubilee – The Church on the pa ...
• 23 October 2003
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE CELEBRATES 25TH YEAR OF POPE JOHN PAUL II’s PONTIFICATE: JUBILEE MASSES AT BRASILIA CATHEDRAL; BISHOPS’ WEB SITE SPECIAL JUBILEE SECTION Brasilia (Fides Service) – To celebrate the 25th Year of Pope John Paul II’s pontificate, the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops (CNBB) planned two special Jubilee Masses: at the National Marian Shrine of Apare ...
• 23 October 2003
  EUROPE/SPAIN - HOLY SEE DELEGATION AT INTERNATIONAL DONOR CONFERENCE FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ Madrid (Fides Service ) – The Holy See has sent a delegation to a major conference to raise money for the reconstruction of Iraq taking place in Madrid 23 and 24 October. More than 70 countries and multilateral organis ...
• 23 October 2003
  VATICAN - THE POPE GRANTS SPECIAL AUDIENCE TO NEW CARDINALS, THEIR FAMILIES AND ACCOMPANYING CATHOLICS: “AS I RENEW MY WARM GREETINGS AND GOOD WISHES FOR THE MISSION ENTRUSTED TO YOU AT THE SERVICE OF THE CHURCH I WISH TO ENTRUST YOU AND YOUR MINISTRY TO THE HEAVENLY PROTECTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY ” Vatican City (Fides Service) – Pope John Paul II granted a special audience to the new Cardinals, their families and accompanying Catholics on 23 October in the Paul VI Audience Hall. The Holy Father greeted the Cardin ...
• 22 October 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - THE PERSON ENGAGES IN SCIENCE, THE PERSON HAS FAITH, THERE IS NO CONTRADICTION SAYS MGR GUTIERREZ INTERVIEWED BY FIDES AFTER “MIRACLES AND CAUSES OF SAINTS: MEETING OF SCIENCE AND FAITH” SYMPOSIUM Rome (Fides Service) – “Miracles in the Causes of Saints: Meeting of Science and Faith” was the theme of a Symposium held recently at the Pontifical Regina Apostolorum College in Rome. Mgr Jose Luis Gutierrez a re ...
• 22 October 2003
  CONVENTION “DANIELE COMBONI: A PLAN FOR THE REGENERATION OF AFRICA ” HISTORY OF PEOPLES AND HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC MISSIONS Rome (Fides Service) – Comboni missionaries, male and female branches, the History Archives for Education in Italy, the Sacred Heart Catholic University in Brescia, have organised a Convention “Daniele Comboni: a pla ...
• 22 October 2003
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - NUMBERS OF INFANT DEATHS FOR MALARIA CAN BE REDUCED WITH BROAD SPECTRUM ANTIBIOTICS AND VACCINATION CAMPAIGNS Rome (Fides Service) – A survey among 1000 children from 0 to 15 years old in sub-Saharan country Burkina Faso where malaria is a serious problem, shows that the number of hospital deaths among children because of mala ...
• 22 October 2003
  EUROPE/UNITED KINGDOM - 46664: GIVE ONE MINUTE OF YOUR LIFE TO AIDS: NELSON MANDELA SPONSORS MUSIC PROGRAMME TO KEEP ATTENTION ON THE PLAGUE OF AIDS Rome (Fides Service ) – Music to fight Aids. This is the aim of “Album 46664” a collection of funds for the fight against AIDS. “In the last twenty years – says Nelson Mandela – Africa has been struck by a t ...