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28 November 2009
MISSIONARY INTENTION - Holy Father's Missionary Intention for December 2009: “That at Christmas the peoples of the earth may recognize in the Word Incarnate the light which illuminates every man and that the Nations may open their doors to Christ, the Savior of the world.” Commentary.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In the countries of Christian tradition, no one can deny that Christmas is the most 'intimate' time of year. Without a doubt the dominant materialism tries to increasingly diminish the Ch ...
28 November 2009
AFRICA/CONGO DR - “I found a church eager to continue the work of missionaries and to contribute to human development," Fr. Magrin tells Fides, after visit to Kisangani
Kisangani (Agenzia Fides) - “I found a living Church, eager to make her contribution to human promotion and development in the area," says Fr. Giuseppe Magrin, Director of Formation for the Congregation for the Evangel ...
28 November 2009
VATICAN - “Hospitality and solidarity to strangers, especially if they are children, become a proclamation of the Gospel of solidarity. The Church proclaims this when she opens her arms and strives to have the rights of migrants and refugees respected.” Pope's Message for World Day of Migrants
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The 96th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, which will be celebrated on Sunday, January 17, 2010, will have the theme: “Minor migrants and refugees.” In his message, published for th ...
28 November 2009
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Church can go where others cannot: over 1,000 hospitals and 5,000 clinics caring for AIDS patients in Africa
Karen (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church is at the forefront of efforts to combat AIDS in Africa, in both the care and prevention spheres.” This is what a spokesperson from the African Jesuit AIDS Network told Fides in pr ...
28 November 2009
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Making miracles of solidarity with small gifts
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - "A small Christmas gift can accomplish great miracles": this is the underlining theme of the solidarity campaign for Advent being organized by the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Australia. ...
28 November 2009
AFRICA - African Bishops' Message for World AIDS Day: AIDS continues to be a priority for the Church in Africa, although it may have disappeared from the international agenda
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church is second to none in facing HIV in Africa and caring for people infected and affected,” says the Message for World AIDS Day (celebrated on December 1), from the Symposium of Bishops ...
28 November 2009
ASIA/CHINA - Diocese of Tang Shang celebrates 110th anniversary, publishes missionary materials
Tang Shang (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Tang Shang (originally Yong Ping) of the He Bei Province in mainland China, is celebrating its 110th anniversary with various initiatives, including the publishing of missionar ...
28 November 2009
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Bishops' Messages call Advent a time for change
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – The liturgical season of Advent, as time and opportunity for change: this is the theme that echoes in pastoral letters and messages from various Korean bishops being circulated for this forthco ...
28 November 2009
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Permanent Mission launched in La Paz today, strong emphasis on formation
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – Another city that is entering into the missionary atmosphere being lived across Bolivia is: La Paz. Today, 28 November, it will launch the Mission that will guide the path of the local church f ...
28 November 2009
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Preparations for January 2010 National Congress on Holy Childhood begin
Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – In honor of the celebration of the Holy Childhood National Conference to be held in January 2010 at the Prelature of Aiquile, the Holy Childhood Association (HCA) Coordination Committee of ...
28 November 2009
AMERICA/ECUADOR - “Become a missionary, putting on a smile for Christmas”: First Christmas Carols Festival of organized by the PMS
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "Become a missionary, putting on a smile for Christmas" is the slogan of the first Festival of Christmas Carols. The festival aims to promote the true Christian spirit of Christmas through music a ...
28 November 2009
ASIA/THAILAND - The story of the young ambassador of the Camillian Center of Rayong, one of the longest-living women born HIV-positive
Rayong (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of World AIDS Day, Fides has received the testimony of one of the many victims of the virus. Her name is Oon (Orapan) and at age 22, she has become an ambassador for the Center ...
27 November 2009
EUROPE/ITALY - 100th anniversary of the approval of the Capuchin Sisters of Immaculate Mary of Lourdes, now present in Brazil, Mexico, Albania and Madagascar, ready "for any work of charity"
Palermo (Agenzia Fides) - The Capuchin Sisters of the Immaculate of Lourdes celebrate on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception 2009, the centennial anniversary of the congregation and its aggregation to the Capuchi ...
27 November 2009
AFRICA/CONGO DR - “We are awaiting the publication of the UN report on Congo before making a comment” Xaverian missionaries say
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - In relation to the indiscretions of the press on the UN report in which reference is made to two Xaverian missionaries working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the General Curia of the ...
27 November 2009
VATICAN - “The Jubilee is also a special time given to us to renew the announcement of the Gospel to everyone, and to become, to an ever greater degree, a Church of communion and mission.” Benedict XVI in the Message to the Bishops of Vietnam for the Jubilee Year
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “"I whole-heartedly unite myself to the joy and thanksgiving of the Bishops of your country, whom I had the pleasure of meeting last June, along with all of their dioceses," writes Pope B ...
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