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21 May 2010
VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells Pontifical Mission Societies: “The preaching of the Gospel is the call to the freedom of the children of God, also for the building of a more just society in solidarity.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – This morning, May 21, the Holy Father Benedict XVI received participants in the Ordinary General Assembly of the Superior Council of the Pontifical Mission Societies, and gave the followi ...
20 May 2010
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Shootout between military and special police forces in Antananarivo, first reports sent to Fides
Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – "There are several injured, but the news is still fragmented," Fides has learned from an editor of Radio Don Bosco from Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar where today, May 20, gunfir ...
20 May 2010
VATICAN - “Let us pray that the Holy Spirit will make this apostolic journey fruitful, and animate in the whole world the mission of the Church”: Pope recalls trip to Portugal and greets priests from International College of St. Paul
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At the close of the General Audience on Wednesday, May 19, the Holy Father Benedict XVI greeted Italian-speaking pilgrims, offering a special greeting to the priests of the International ...
20 May 2010
EUROPE/ITALY - “Children of Rome Stand With the Children of the World”: Holy Childhood Association Day
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, May 22, the Diocese of Rome celebrates the Holy Childhood Association Day with a meeting for children called "Children of Rome Stand With the Children of the World." The afternoon's ...
20 May 2010
AFRICA/NIGERIA - PMS National Director of Nigeria: promote children's rights, give them aid, education, a decent life
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "As the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), we are committed to spreading the Gospel message, to promoting evangelization, justice, and peace, but we also have a strong desire to work for a greater ...
20 May 2010
EUROPE/GERMANY - German bishops call for prayer for the Church in China, with the hope of greater communion in prayer
Bonn (Agenzia Fides) – On May 24, the attention of Catholic faithful throughout the world will turn towards China. On the day of the feast of Mary, Help of Christians, the German bishops are asking priests and faithful ...
20 May 2010
ASIA/THAILAND - Church in Thailand makes appeal amidst crisis: Respect life and human dignity
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - "We Catholics, as a part of Thai society, cannot remain indifferent in this delicate situation of conflict. All men are children of God. We need to respect the value of life and human dignity. T ...
20 May 2010
VATICAN - Development, Progress and Common Good
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Development, Progress and Common Good are the three key words that form the title for the International Conference sponsored by the Scientific Committee of “Fondazione Centesimus Annus Pro Pontif ...
20 May 2010
AFRICA - PMS National Directors of Burkina Faso-Niger and Mozambique tell Fides about the “increasingly missionary character of the African Church”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The African Church, founded by the efforts of missionaries, is becoming increasingly more missionary, sending its own priests, missionaries, and religious to other parts of the world. This is wha ...
20 May 2010
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - National Director of PMS: Venezuela living the Continental Mission, preparing for CAM 4 in Maracaibo
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “While everyone in the Church is baptized and consecrated for the mission, many of us do not make the urgent situations are own concern; we have no clear sense of belonging, of community partic ...
19 May 2010
EUROPE/GERMANY - “Even Jesus, at the beginning of his mission chose twelve 'players' for the 'World Cup' to 'win' the Kingdom of God”: latest issue of “Kindergarten + Mission” magazine focuses on World Cup
Aachen (Agenzia Fides) - “Even Jesus, at the beginning of his mission chose twelve 'players' for the 'World Cup' to 'win' the Kingdom of God,” writes Monsignor Winfrid Pilz, former Director of the Holy Childhood Asso ...
19 May 2010
AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - “Military reinforcements are on their way to protect the people from the LRA guerrillas,” Bishop of Bangassou tells Fides
Bangassou (Agenzia Fides) - “We hope that the military mobilization in these hours will be able to restore security in the villages east of my diocese," Fides was told by Bishop Juan Jose Aguirre Muños, Bishop of Bang ...
19 May 2010
ASIA/THAILAND - Priest from Bangkok: “It's like a painful birth that the nation is experiencing.”
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – The nation is shocked by the violent ending that has stifled the protest of the "red shirts." After the force action from the army, which broke the barricades erected in the heart of Bangkok a ...
19 May 2010
EUROPE/ITALY - May 24: Day of Prayer for the Church in China celebrated in various Chinese Catholic communities throughout Italy
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The "World Day of Prayer for the Church in China" was instituted by Pope Benedict XVI in his Letter to Chinese Catholics on May 27, 2007, Solemnity of Pentecost, with these words: "Dear Pastors a ...
19 May 2010
AFRICA - Church in Guinea Bissau and Togo working for hope and peace, National Directors of the PMS tell Fides
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – "The Church in Guinea Bissau always has been and continues to be among its people and continues to be a sign of hope. In the difficult situations that the country has experienced and continues to ...
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