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30 December 2010
THE NAMES OF PASTORAL WORKERS, PRIESTS, MEN AND WOMEN RELIGIOUS AND LAY CATHOLICS
KILLED DURING 2010
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Once again this year, Fides publishes an annual document of all the pastoral workers who lost their lives in a violent manner over the course of the last 12 months. According to informati ...
29 December 2010
AFRICA/NIGERIA - No priests killed during clashes at Christmas in Nigeria
Jos (Agenzia Fides) - “No priest in Jos or Maiduguri was killed during the Christmas attacks” in Nigeria, revealed Archbishop Ignatius A. Kaigama of Jos to Fides, regarding reports in the media which announced that a ...
29 December 2010
EUROPE/GERMANY - Children with disabilities at the centre of 53rd Campaign by Star Singers (Sternsinger) who have chosen Cambodia as the symbolic country
Aachen (Agenzia Fides) - For the 53rd time, around the time of 6 January, the “Star Singers” (Sternsinger) of the German Mission of Childhood, will be on the streets of Germany with their Christmas carols. “Childre ...
29 December 2010
ASIA/CHINA - Large statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus unveiled in front of the Cathedral of Lan Zhou
Lan Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - An impressive two and a half metre high statue, made with the best quality marble, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, was inaugurated recently. It is located in the plaza of the Cathedral ...
29 December 2010
ASIA/HONG KONG - “Bulletin for the Study of Catholicism” launched by the Chinese University Catholic Studies Centre
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The “Bulletin for the Study of Catholicism” has been created by the Chinese University Catholic Studies Centre. According to reports from the Kong Ko Bao (the Chinese version of the dioc ...
29 December 2010
Holy Father's Missionary Intention for January 2011: “That Christians may achieve full unity, witnessing to all the universal fatherhood of God”. Commentary.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Benedict XVI has repeatedly announced that one of the main aims of his Pontificate is to work for ecumenism, to continue to make progress towards achieving the unity that Christ desire ...
29 December 2010
AFRICA/CÔTE D'IVOIRE - Situation still blocked, meanwhile Gbagbo plays the media card
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides) - The delegation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) met yesterday, 28 December, for three hours with the outgoing President of Côte d'Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, to renew their ...
29 December 2010
AMERICA/CHILE - “The level of development of a community is measured by the ability to take care of the weak” declare the Bishops of Chile
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Chile (CEC) published a statement entitled: “Cry for innocent lives” in which everyone is invited to protect unborn human life, offering useful in ...
29 December 2010
AMERICA/PERU - Acquittal of missionary Father Bartolini and director of Radio East welcomed with joy
Yurimaguas (Agenzia Fides) - The Peruvian Bishops' Conference announced that the Amazonian High Court acquitted Father Mario Bartolini, Italian Passionist priest and pastor in the town of Barranquita. Along with him, jou ...
28 December 2010
VATICAN - The announcement of Christmas a “cause for hope for all those whose dignity is offended and violated, because He who was born in Bethlehem came to liberate man from the root of all forms of slavery”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The announcement of Christmas is also a light for peoples, for the collective journey of humanity.... To believe in God who wanted to share our story is a constant encouragement to engag ...
28 December 2010
VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus: “Our world continues to be marked by violence, especially against the disciples of Christ”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Sunday, 26 December, Feast of the Holy Family, the Holy Father appeared at the window of his study to pray the Angelus with the faithful gathered in St Peter's Square. “Jesus was born in ...
28 December 2010
VATICAN - Appointment of the Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 23 December, 2010, appointed as Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Father Savio Hon Tai-Fai, SDB, Professor of Theology at the ...
28 December 2010
ASIA/CHINA - The Diocese of Xi Chang celebrates one hundred years of evangelization with three ordinations
Xi Chang (Agenzia Fides) - More than 500 faithful of the diocese of Xi Chang, in the province of Si Chuan, participated in the solemn Eucharistic Concelebration during which they thanked the Lord for a hundred years of e ...
28 December 2010
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of the Archbishop of Pretoria and Military Ordinary
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on 23 December, 2010, appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Pretoria and Military Ordinary of South Africa, Bishop William Slattery, OFM, until now Bishop of ...
28 December 2010
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Appointment of the Bishop of Kimberley
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on 23 December, 2010, appointed as Bishop of Kimberley (South Africa), Mons. Abel Gabuza, Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Pretoria.
Mons. Abel Ga ...
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