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Year 2 - Number 24 - 11/23/2002

 

EDITORIAL

 

These last weeks of the 2002 open with two appointments in defence of life: November 30th is the First World Day against the death penalty and the day after, December 1st, is the World Day against AIDS.

In May the World Coalition against the death penalty (WCADP) was formed, initiated by the Community of Sant�Egidio and other associations; among its first proposals there was the one to indicate a day as the World Day against the death penalty. November 30th was proposed, the day the Grand Ducat of Tuscany abolished the death penalty in 1786, the first State in the world to do so.
On that day many cities � Rome, New York, Florence, Venice, Naples, Barcelona, Bruxelles, Wien, Copenhagen, Antwerp � will light their most famous monuments to say no to the death penalty and become �Cities for Life�.

On December 1st the World Day against AIDS will be celebrated. The elderly � celebrating their 30 years of friendship with the Community of Sant�Egidio in these days � will organise stands on Italian and European streets and squares, to inform, sensitise and raise funds to support the project against AIDS in Mozambique. This project is a priority for the Community, which was one of the first to start the therapy against AIDS in Africa. In the past days the second molecular biology laboratory was inaugurated in the north of the Country. It allows to screen the therapy for free, exactly what has been done in the rich countries of the world for many years now.
It is the Community�s concrete way to participate to this world commitment.

 

 NEWS 

11/21/02 - December 1st: World Day of Fight against AIDS

11/21/02 - A Book to Pray With: God's Word of God Every Day

11/20/02 - Paris (France) - Conference for the Ten Years Long Peace in Mozambique

11/15/02 - The Ten Years Peace in Mozambique: Conferences in Genova and in Novara

11/15/02 - Livorno - "Long Live Africa" a Book realised by the Children of the School of Peace

11/12/02 - News on the Web

11/11/02 - Beira (Mozambique) - The Second Laboratory of Molecular Biology has been Inaugurated

 

 NO TO THE DEATH PENALTY - NEWS 

The commitment of the Community of Sant'Egidio

11/20/02 - Italy - Rome - Commnity of Sant'Egidio - World Day against Death Penalty - Press Conference. (IT)

11/14/02 - Texas/USA - Urgent Appeal - James Allridge - �USA - 40 years old - Sentenced to death (EN)

Abolitions, commutations, moratoria, ...

11/15/02 - Florida/USA - Divided Florida Supreme Court Overturns Teen's Death Sentence. (EN)

11/14/02 - Philippines - S.C. saves 4 from death penalty. (EN)

11/09/02 - Iran - She runs away and escapes from stoning. (IT)

11/09/02 - Texas/USA - Court Blocks Execution of man with severe mental illness. (EN)

Other issues

11/20/02 - Florida/USA - Juveniles: the brothers Derek and Alex King, 14 and 13, have been sentenced respectively to eight and seven years of prison by an adult court.

11/20/02 - USA - Rethinking the Death Penalty. U.S. Courts Put More Barriers to Capital Punishment (EN)

11/19/02 - Maryland/USA� - New Md. Gov. to Lift Execution Ban. (IT-EN)

11/19/02 - Florida/USA� - Minors still executed. (EN)

11/18/02 - Iran - Reformist Aghajari could be sentenced to death. (EN)

11/18/02 - USA - New York Times: Competing for the Sniper Trial. (EN)

11/17/02 - Japan - Death row inmate loses appeal over forced confession. (EN)

11/17/02 - Texas/USA - Prisoners built the museum housing the electric chair. (EN)

11/16/02 - Afghanistan - Court confirms death sentence to Abdullah Shah. (IT)

11/16/02 - Texas/USA - Mir Aimal Kansi, 38, Pakistani citizen, was executed. (IT-EN)

11/15/02 - Germany/USA - Germany Urges U.S. to Drop Death Penalty Prosecution. (EN)

11/14/02 - Central Africa Republic - Nicolas Tiangaye, Chairman of the Car Human Rights League, speaks about the situation in the country. (EN)

11/13/02 - Iran - Two executions. An Afghan man was hanged on the public square. (IT)

11/13/02 - USA - A basic death penalty paradox that is tearing the Supreme Court apart. (EN)

11/12/02 - USA - I paradossi della pena capitale che spiazzano e lacerano la Corte Suprema. (EN)

11/11/02 - USA - U.S. Urged by UN to Sign Children's Treaty. (EN)

11/11/02 - Namibia - Parliament Urged to Tread With Care On Death Penalty. (EN)

11/11/02 - Italy - According to the President of the Bioethics Commission the Defence of Life is a universal value. (IT)

11/10/02 - New Jersey/USA - Judge mathesius Says Death Penalty "Not Worth the Effort". (EN)

11/09/02 - Illinois/USA - Illinois: Tale of two Ryans. (EN)

 

PRAYER

november 24, Sunday: Liturgy of the Sunday
Feast of Christ the King

november 25, Monday: Memory of the Poor

november 26, Tuesday: Memory of the Mother of the Lord

november 27, Wednesday: Memory of the Saints and the Prophets

november 28, Thursday: Memory of the Church

november 29, Friday: Memory of Jesus crucified

november 30, Saturday: Memory of the apostles
Feasts of St. Andrew the apostle. He preached the Gospel in Greece and died crucified, according to tradition, like his Lord. Remembrance of the Church of Constantinople that celebrates its memorial on this day.

december 1, Sunday: Liturgy of the Sunday
First Sunday of Advent

december 2, Monday: Memory of the Poor

december 3, Tuesday: Memory of the Mother of the Lord
Memory of Saint Francis Xavier, Jesuit of 16th century, missionary in India and Japan

december 4, Wednesday: Memory of the Saints and the Prophets
Memory of Saint John of Damascus, father of the Church and monk, who lived in Damascus in the 8th century.

december 5, Thursday: Memory of the Church
Today the Byzantine Church venerates Saint Saba (�532) �archimandrite of all the hermits of Palestine.�

december 6, Friday: Memory of Jesus crucified
Memory of Saint Nicolas (� 343). He was the bishop of Mira in southern Turkey, and is venerated in all of the East. His body is kept in the Italian city of Bari. For Muslims, today is the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting. (�Aid-l fitr)

december 7, Saturday: Sunday Vigil
Memory of Saint Ambrose (�397), bishop of Milan. Pastor of his people, defender of the poor and weak, Ambrose was strong in front of the arrogance of the emperor.

 

 

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