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11 March 2010
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Archdiocese of Bello Horizonte promotes encounter for Catholic TVs
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The main Catholic Communication Network (TV Horizonte, Radio America, Radio Cultura, Journal of opinion and the site www.arquidiocesebh.org.br) from the the Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte, is ...
11 March 2010
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - New iPhone “apps” help maintain prayerful conversation with God
Washington, DC (Agenzia Fides) – Although computer manufacturer Apple boasted of the iPhone's more than 140,000 applications - or "apps” - there were still some waiting to be discovered by Catholic iPhone users.
Ac ...
11 March 2010
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Faithful in prayer for victims of World Vision attack
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The flow of the faithful is constant. At the National Shrine of Lahore, the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Christian pilgrims from all denominations come to pray, leave flowers, express empathy a ...
11 March 2010
AMERICA - Priestly formation should be geared towards becoming missionary disciples
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – The "Formation of Priests in Latin America" was the theme of the conference presented by the Vice President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, Archbishop Octavio Ruiz Arenas, among ...
11 March 2010
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Intimidation of Muslims in Punjab, one Christian dead
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – In the Punjab region of Pakistan, life is becoming more difficult for the Christian minorities. According to reports sent to Fides from the Christian organization "Life for All,” which operat ...
11 March 2010
ASIA/CHINA - Over 300 faithful from the Cathedral of the Diocese of Hohhot in Mongolia attended Lenten formation course
Hohhot (Agenzia Fides) – Living Lent by the grace of God, the Heavenly Father's love for us, we are blessed, meeting Jesus in your life, reaching the house of the Lord: these are the topics that were addressed by Fr. J ...
11 March 2010
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Cardinal Pell meets with the youth, in the spirit of WYD
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – A series of events to meet with young people, hear their questions, thoughts, desires...This is the initiative involving Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney, who, according to the Austra ...
10 March 2010
AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Nuncio Montemayor visiting Guinea Bissau
Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Luis Mariano Montemayor, Apostolic Nuncio to Guinea-Bissau, is paying a visit to the local church, to the two dioceses of Guinea Bissau and Bafata (see Fides 25/2/2010). According to ...
10 March 2010
AFRICA/RWANDA - “Bread, Life, Peace, and Freedom”: 4th continental meeting for Catholic Action Movements in East Africa in Kigali
Kigali (Agenzia Fides) - “Bread, Life, Peace, and Freedom.” These are the issues at the heart of the Fourth Continental Meeting of Catholic Action movements in East Africa which opens today in Kigali, Rwanda, on the ...
10 March 2010
ASIA/HONG KONG - From the Diocesan Year for Priestly Vocations to the Year of the Laity, activity of the Catholic Laity Association of Hong Kong
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Evangelization, formation of the laity, contact (visits to parishes, lay leaders participating in the meetings of the deaneries), diocesan activities, social service, attention to the Church ...
10 March 2010
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Arizona Bishops call for “concern for the most vulnerable among us” in immigration legislation
Phoenix (Agenzia Fides) –The bishops of the Catholic Conference of Arizona (Bishops Thomas J. Olmsted, Bishop of Phoenix; Gerald F. Kicanas, Bishop of Tucson; and James S. Wall, Bishop of Gallup (New Mexico) have told ...
10 March 2010
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu, 1984 Nobel Laureate, condemns repeated violence against children
Boston (Agenzia Fides) – The systematic use and abuse of children in conflicts across the world has continued, unabated, over the past 20 years, Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu said yesterday. Grave violations which p ...
10 March 2010
AMERICA/CHILE - International organizations working to rebuild Chile: repairs and mobile hospitals urgently needed
Concepcion (Agenzia Fides) - Chile is receiving international support thanks to large aid organizations. Alistair Duttom, Humanitarian Director of Caritas Internationalis, along with the national Caritas team, visited th ...
10 March 2010
AMERICA/CHILE - Church continues the distribution of aid, using Facebook and Internet
Concepcion (Agenzia Fides) – The Church in Chile continues the distribution of humanitarian aid to families affected by the earthquake that destroyed part of the country last February 27. A note from the Bishops' Confe ...
10 March 2010
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops announce document for dialogue among political groups and respect for institutional processes
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church is making a strong appeal to dialogue and seeks consensus between the government and the opposition, following the escalation of political tensions that emerged as a r ...
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