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21 November 2009
AMERICA/MEXICO - 10 Mexican Dioceses use Twitter for evangelization to communicate with youth
Queretaro (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Queretaro, Mexico has opened its account on microblogging. There are now 10 dioceses in Mexico that use the facility's computer network. The spokesman for the Diocese of Quereta ...
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21 November 2009
ASIA/INDIA - Social work, sustainable transformation, activities with children - responses to National Seminar on Human Rights of Children and Youth
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - National Seminar on "Human Rights of Children and Youth" organized by the Salesian Inspectorate "Jesus the Good Shepherd" in India-New Dehli (INN) recetnly ended in the city of New Delhi. The ...
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21 November 2009
ASIA/TAIWAN - Title of Archbishop Ad Personam granted to Bishop of Kaohsiung
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on November 21, 2009, granted the title of Archbishop Ad Personam to Bishop Peter Liu Cheng-chung, Bishop of the Diocese of Kaohsiung (Taiwan). (SL) (Agenzia ...
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20 November 2009
ASIA/TAIWAN - The celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the evangelization of Taiwan have led local Church "to a greater awareness of their missionary identity” National Director of PMS, Fr. Felice Chech, tells Fides; Saturday 21st scheduled closing presided by Cardinal Tomko
Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - On the afternoon of Saturday, November 21, Solemnity of Christ the King, Special Envoy of Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Jozef Tomko, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of P ...
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20 November 2009
ASIA / TAIWAN - Brief Overview of the Church and Celebrations for the 150th Anniversary of the Evangelization
Tai Nan (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Taiwan: Population: 22,675,000: 299,000 Catholics; ecclesiastical circumscriptions: 8, 493 parishes, 59 mission stations, 17 bishops, 250 diocesan priests, 443 religious p ...
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20 November 2009
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Asian Youth Day opens with young people from 22 nations, to give Asia a brighter future. Interview with Bishop Joel Baylon, President of the Bishops' Commission for Youth and organizer of AYD
Manila (Agenzia Fides) – The youth are “agents of true change and transformation before their respective church communities, families and friends...” hope for the Church's evangelization and for the future of Asia. ...
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20 November 2009
AFRICA/SUDAN - Central government and South Sudan respect 2005 peace accord, Cardinal Gabriel Zubeir Wako, Archbishop of Khartoum, tells Fides
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church will continue its work of evangelization and Christian witness as well as human development. As for the rest, it is difficult to predict," Cardinal Gabriel Zubeir Wako, Archbishop of Kh ...
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20 November 2009
VATICAN - “It is important for everyone, professors and students, never to lose sight of the end pursued -- to be an instrument of the evangelical proclamation.” Benedict XVI addresses teachers and students of Roman Pontifical Universities
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Your commitment to serve the truth that God has revealed shares in the evangelizing mission of the Church: It is an ecclesial service... It is important for everyone, professors and stud ...
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20 November 2009
AFRICA/EGYPT - Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches, visits Cairo
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – On November 18, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches, arrived for a visit to Cairo, the capital of Egypt, upon the invitation of His Beatitude Antonious Nag ...
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20 November 2009
ASIA/MYANMAR - Diocese of Hakha celebrates ordination of 18 new priests in Year for Priests
Hakha (Agenzia Fides) - “In this Year for Priests, the Diocese of Hakha is celebrating the historic even of a celebration of the ordination of 18 new priests. It is really a moment of grace and joy for all. May the Lor ...
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20 November 2009
AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Assembly of the North East Region of the CNBB addresses themes of the Continental Mission and the Amazon
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Amazon Rainforest and the Continental Mission were the two main themes for the Seventh Assembly of the Northeast Region of the CNBB (National Conference of Bishops of Brazil), which include ...
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19 November 2009
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “Korea needs to build bridges not walls,” Archbishop of Kwangju tells Fides, in wake of Obama visit
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Korea needs bridges, not walls: there is an urgent need to work for “reconciliation with our brethren of the North,” to end the “Cold War and the 'Iron Curtain', remnants of the las ...
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19 November 2009
VATICAN - Pope greets Plenary of the Congregation of the Evangelization of Peoples and makes an appeal to international community: “that efforts will be multiplied to offer an adequate answer to the tragic problems of childhood”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At the close of the General Audience, on November 18, the Holy Father Benedict XVI gave a special greeting to the members of the Plenary Assembly of the Congregation of the Evangelization ...
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19 November 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI receives President of Burundi and Prime Minister of Bangladesh: reaffirming the importance of dialogue and respect for human rights, in addition to the Church's contribution to human promotion
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the afternoon of November 17, the Holy Father Benedict XVI received the President of Burundi, Mr. Pierre Nkurunziza. They then had an interview with Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Secretar ...
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19 November 2009
EUROPE/SPAIN - Website for WYD in Madrid presented, for organization and information leading up to August 16, 2011
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - During the presentation of the website for World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid, the Archbishop of Madrid, Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela, announced that the Congress of Deputies has declared Worl ...
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