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• 23 September 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - HAPPINESS, HEALTH WORKERS, CARING, THE SICK, FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF PASTORAL WORK AT THE AIPAS NATIONAL MEETING Rome (Fides Service) - The annual meeting of the Italian Association for Pastoral for the Sick will take place 6-10 October in Collevalenza with the theme “Happy the person who cares for the weak: the joy of giving”. ...
• 23 September 2003
  ASIA/MYANMAR - AMIDST ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL TROUBLES WITNESS OF FAITH ENTRUSTED TO ZETAMAN YOUNG CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES Vatican City (Fides Service) – Deep in the forest in central Myanmar, groups of young Catholic missionaries called Zetamans, (little evangelisers) go around villages teaching children to know and love Jesus. Fides lear ...
• 22 September 2003
  POPE JOHN PAUL II’S MISSIONARY PRAYER INTENTION FOR OCTOBER 2003: THAT GOD WILL NOT FAIL TO PROVIDE THE CHURCH WITH PRIESTS RICH IN WISDOM AND HOLINESS, READY TO CARRY THE LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH Comment by Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Vatican City (Fides Service) – “I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd offers his life for his sheep” (Jn 10,11). These words of Jesus are a good description of the Shepherd, who for the people of the Old Testam ...
• 22 September 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - 5TH GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON DRUG PREVENTION Rome (Fides Service) – The 5th Global Drug Prevention Conference opens today 22 September in Pomezia, near Rome. Among the special guests Archbishop Javier Lozano Barragan President of the Pontifical Council for the Pa ...
• 22 September 2003
  ASIA/IRAQ - IN THE NEW IRAQ FOR THE FIRST TIME A CHALDEAN PRIEST MEMBER OF MOSUL PROVINCIAL COUNCIL: “PEACE DEPENDS ON EFFORTS OF EVERYONE” Mosul (Fides Service) – In the new Iraq, Mosul, the historical Ninive where Christians have always been present, has in its Provincial Council, the civil authority in the area, for the first time a Chaldean priest, Rev ...
• 22 September 2003
  EUROPE - PRESENT-DAY CHALLENGES FACING THE CHURCH IN EUROPE: PRESIDENTS OF EUROPE’S BISHOPS’ CONFERENCES PLENARY ASSEMBLY IN VILNIUS St Gallen (Fides Service) – The Presidents of the 34 Bishops’ Conferences in Europe, which make up the Council of European Episcopal Conferences (CCEE), are to meet in Vilnius, Lithuania, from 2-5 October. Bearing in ...
• 22 September 2003
  VATICAN - POPE SAYS AT ANGELUS: “IN THESE LAST WEEKS OF THE YEAR OF THE ROSARY LET US FEEL MORE THAN EVER UNITED IN PRAYING THE HOLY ROSARY, PARTICULARLY FOR FAMILIES AND FOR PEACE IN THE WORLD” Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) – Continuing his spiritual pilgrimage towards the Shrine of Pompei where he will go on 7 October the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, on Sunday 21 September, during the Angelus address P ...
• 22 September 2003
  VATICAN - PROGRAMME OF EVENTS TO MARK 25TH YEAR OF JOHN PAUL ELECTION TO THE PAPACY RELEASED: CELEBRATIONS TO CULMINATE WITH BEATIFICATION OF MOTHER TERESA ON MISSION SUNDAY Vatican City (Fides Service) – The Vatican has released the programme of events to mark the 25th anniversary of John Paul II’s election to the See of Peter, 16th October 1978-2003. On Wednesday 15 October the Pope ...
• 22 September 2003
  VATICAN - “CALLED TO HOLINESS, WITNESSES OF TRUTH AT THE SERVICE OF EVANGELISATION” SEMINAR FOR NEW BISHOPS IN ENGLISH SPEAKING MISSION TERRITORIES COMES TO A CLOSE Vatican City (Fides Service) – “Be examples of brotherhood and prayer. Let us continue along this path of fraternal friendship, aware of our call to holiness. Getting to know each other personally facilitates buildin ...
• 22 September 2003
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - TOWARDS 2ND AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS (CAM 2) – CALENDAR OF EVENTS, CONGRESS HANDBOOK, CENTRAL AMERICAN MISSIONARY PROJECT FOCUS OF WORK MEETING Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – A preparatory meeting for CAM 2, organised by CELAM Department for Missions and Spirituality – Section Mission ad gentes, held at the offices of the Council of Latin American Bishops, CELAM i ...
• 22 September 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - “CHRIST IN THE COLD OF THE EAST” TV PROGRAMME WINS PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC QUALITY AWARD AT PRIX ITALIA Catania (Fides Service) – The award presented by the President of the Italian Republic for quality was assigned this year to “Christ in the Cold of the East” television programme produced by the present Director of ...
• 22 September 2003
  ASIA/IRAQ - IRAQI CHRISTIAN HOLD FIRST CONVENTION Arbil (Fides Service) - Iraqi Chaldean Christians are holding a Meeting, the first in post-war Iraq. The five day meeting, taking place in Kosinjak near Arbil in the region of Iraqi Kurdistan, is attended by Christians f ...
• 22 September 2003
  ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - DIALOGUE BETWEEN RELIGIONS IS A PATH FOR PEACE: INTERRELIGIOUS MEETING IN THE HEART OF ASIA, KAZAKHSTAN A BRIDGE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST Astana (Fides Service) – For two days, 23 and 24 September the Spirit of Assisi blew in Astana the capital of Kazakhstan, during an interreligious meeting attended by a delegation from the Holy See. Speaking to Fides ...
• 22 September 2003
  VATICAN - POPE SAYS TO UGANDAN BISHOPS: “ASSURING YOU AND YOUR PEOPLE OF MY SPIRITUAL CLOSENESS IN THESE DIRE CIRCUMSTANCES, I JOIN YOU IN CONDEMNING EVERY ACT OF BLOODSHED AND DESTRUCTION” Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) – Welcoming Uganda Bishops for their ad limina visit on 20 September Pope John Paul II said: “Your presence here today fills me with joy and brings back memories of my visit ten years ...
• 19 September 2003
  AFRICA/KENYA - 2003 INTERNATIONAL ICAS CONFERENCE ON AIDS: CHALLENGES Nairobi (Fides Service) – The 13th International Conference on AIDS will be held in Nairobi, Kenya, 21-27 September. Participants will discuss the Challenges to face in order to solve this serious problem, The first wi ...