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• 18 July 2003
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - TOWARDS THE AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS CAM 2: CARD. SEPE URGES NATIONAL MISSION CONGRESS TO INVOLVE A GREATER NUMBER OF PERSONS AND EFFORTS AT THE SERVICE OF MISSION AD GENTES Belo Horizonte (Fides Service) – In preparation for the 2nd all American Mission Congress in November, the Church in Brazil officially inaugurated yesterday 17 July in Belo Horizonte its 1st National Mission Congress p ...
• 18 July 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON “UNIVERSITY AND CHURCH IN EUROPE”. UNIVERSITIES: WHERE GOSPEL AND CULTURE MEET Rome (Fides Service) – “Probably Europe has never seen a Symposium of this type. We have come from more than 40 countries to discuss and re-launch dialogue between University and Church. A dialogue which despite alte ...
• 18 July 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - A CREDIT CARD FOR CHARITY: FORMER CATHOLIC SCHOOL PUPILS OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS TO POOR CHILDREN Bangalore (Fides Service) – Shopping can also be a work of charity. Former pupils of Christ College in Bangalore, a prestigious Catholic college where many of India’s eminent personalities of the world of culture, po ...
• 18 July 2003
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - FIRST PASTORAL VISIT BY CARDINAL CRESCENZIO SEPE: THE CHURCH IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO BEGS NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN Vatican City (Fides Service) – From 7 – 13 July Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, made his first pastoral visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo during which ...
• 18 July 2003
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - ARCHBISHOP OF KISANGANI PAX CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT ASKS FOR UN MANDATE IN ITURI TO BE PROLONGED Kinshasa (Fides Service) – Pax Christi International PCI has launched an appeal for the extension of operations of the United Nations and the European Union to Ituri, in the north east of Democratic Congo. In a letter ...
• 18 July 2003
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “OPTIMISM AND HOPE IN SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES” BISHOP IN MINDANAO TELLS FIDES SERVICE – GOVERNMENT REBELS CEASE FIRE IS FRUIT OF CHURCH MEDIATION Kidapawan (Fides Service) – “We are delighted: the cease fire agreement is truly a welcome signal of hope and encouragement. I am optimistic for the outcome of peace talks: there is commitment and good will on both s ...
• 18 July 2003
  EUROPE/ITALY - ST JOHN’S UNIVERSITY HONORARY DOCTORATE FOR CARDINAL GIOVANNI BATTISTA RE EUROPE/ITALY ST JOHN’S UNIVERSITY HONORARY DOCTORATE FOR CARDINAL GIOVANNI BATTISTA RE Rome (Fides Service) – St John’s University established in New York in 1870, which has a branch in Rome, will hold a cere ...
• 18 July 2003
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - NEW YOUTH MAGAZINE IN FAISALABAD IN MEMORY OF LATE DOMINICAN BISHOP ANDREOTTI WHO “LED YOUNG PEOPLE TO CHRIST” Faisalabad (Fides Service) – He is remembered in his diocese as a passionate supporter of youth pastoral, a Bishop who encouraged and accompanied many priestly and religious vocations, built schools, social and cultura ...
• 17 July 2003
  VATICAN - POPE’S WEDNESDAY TEACHING: IN THE PSALMS THE MATERNAL TENDERNESS OF JERUSALEM IS AN IMAGE OF GOD’S LOVE FOR MANKIND Castel Gandolfo (Fides Service) – Pope John Paul II held his first Summer audience for a small group of lucky people on Wednesday 16 July in the courtyard of his residence at Castel Gandolfo in the cool of the Roman hi ...
• 17 July 2003
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - ANOTHER MASSACRE IN ITURI REGION. TERRIFIED PEOPLE SEEK SAFETY IN PARISHES AND FOREST Bunia (Fides Service) – “We have reliable confirmation that at least 24 people were killed four days ago in that area” local Church sources in Bunia, main town of Ituri region in north east Democratic Congo, commen ...
• 17 July 2003
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - TOWARDS AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS CAM 2 – CREATING GREATER MISSION AWARENESS IS ONE OF THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF PMS IN UNITED STATES New York (Fides Service) – The Church in the United States, which will take part in the American Mission Congress in November in Guatemala, is defining the composition of the delegation which will attend CAM 2, Father ...
• 17 July 2003
  AMERICA/CHILE - TOWARDS CAM 2 AMERICAN MISSION CONGRESS – YOUNG CHILEANS ATTEND MISSIONARY FORMATION SCHOOL Talagante (Fides Service) – For three consecutive years Melipilla diocese in Chile has organised a successful School in Missionary Formation for young people which intends to offer above all missionary, spiritual and h ...
• 17 July 2003
  AFRICA/UGANDA - 21st GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF CATHOLIC UNIVERSITIES: NEW TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN PROGRESS. COMMITMENT AND RESPONSIBILITY Rome (Fides Service) – Every three years the International Federation of Catholic Universities IFCU, which has about 200 member universities in various parts of the world, holds a general Assembly. This year the meetin ...
• 17 July 2003
  ASIA/INDIA - DISADVANTAGED YOUTH DISCOVER ARTISTIC TALENTS IN ART, CULTURE, LITERATURE THANKS TO SUMMER COMMUNICATIONS COURSE OFFERED BY JHABUA DIOCESE New Delhi (Fides Service) – The Church in India is multiplying initiatives for the growth and development of its activity in the field of communications, adopted as a pastoral priority for the new millennium. After the ...
• 17 July 2003
  AFRICA/SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE - SITUATION UNCERTAIN FOLLOWING COUP: IS OIL THE TARGET? Sao Tome (Fides Service) – There is confusion in Sao Tome and Principe, the small island nation in the Gulf of Guinea, after the army staged a coup during the night of 15 July. The rebel military led by the head of the ...