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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 ...
28 December 2010
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Resignation of Bishop of Manga and appointment of successor
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on 28 December, 2010, accepted the resignation from the pastoral care ministry of the Diocese of Manga (Burkina Faso), presented by Bishop Wenceslas Comparoré, ...
28 December 2010
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Conjugal love and sacramental love: week for the Sanctification of the Family
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the Week for the Sanctification of the Family, which began with the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Sunday, 26 December, Father Paul Hwang Cheol-soo, Preside ...
28 December 2010
AMERICA/HAITI - From 180 to 200 patients a day in the clinic of the Dominican Sisters of the Presentation in La Plaine
La Plaine (Agenzia Fides) - Before the earthquake that devastated Haiti on 12 January, 2010, the Dominican Sisters of the Presentation had two communities: one in the capital, Port au Prince (the house called “Maison M ...
28 December 2010
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Cardinal Jorge Urosa-Savino fears Venezuela is moving towards a dictatorship
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Jorge Urosa-Savino, Archbishop of Caracas, has expressed concern that a dictatorship is being established in Venezuela. According to local press reports, the Archbishop of Caracas has ...
23 December 2010
Christmas Greetings from Fides
“The word of God has bestowed upon us the divine life which transfigures the face of the earth, making all things new (cf. Rev 21:5). His word engages us not only as hearers of divine revelation, but also as its herald ...
23 December 2010
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Liberty and justice for Asia Bibi: demonstration in Rome
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Italian society will take to the streets to send a message of solidarity and closeness to Asia Bibi: parliamentarians, the Catholic world, other religious communities and Italian civil society toda ...
23 December 2010
ASIA/CHINA - Bishops in mourning
Shijiazhuang (Agenzia Fides) - On 15 November, 2010, Bishop Paul Jiang Taoran died, aged 84, bishop emeritus who had exercised his episcopal ministry in Shijiazhuang, in the diocese of Zhengding (Hebei Province, mainland ...
23 December 2010
ASIA/HONG KONG - “The Gifts of the Magi”: Christmas letter to the “family” in which Bishop John Tong shares four dreams with his faithful
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - “To continue evangelization efforts”, “to promote vocations”, “to take care of faithful foreigners”, and “to assume the role of bridge” are the four dreams of Bishop John Tong, ...
23 December 2010
AMERICA/ECUADOR - New programs for the 52,000 Colombians migrated to Ecuador
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Ministers for Foreign Affairs from Colombia and Ecuador have asked the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to help in assisting more th ...
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