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26 June 2009
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Year of St Paul in Jerusalem: a contribution from Fr. Frédéric Manns OFM
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – Statistics are difficult to make and even more difficult to interpret. King David was punished by God because he wanted to make a censure of his people. God is the Lord of history. But human ...
26 June 2009
AFRICA/EGYPT - The Catholic Church in Egypt prepares to celebrate the conclusion of the Year of St Paul
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Most Catholic Eparchies and parishes in Egypt will celebrate in the next few days, the closing of the Year of St Paul. The event has been followed carefully by the faithful and offered them an opp ...
26 June 2009
EUROPE/ITALY - “The suitcase with a string”, Migrants take the floor
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On Rai Uno, from Monday 29 June and four Mondays running, in the second half of the evening, “ The suitcase with a string ” opens a different window on the universe of migrants, giving voice to ...
26 June 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI to ROACO assembly: “I renew my prayer and my appeal: never again war, never again violence, never again injustice; the universal Church remains at the side of our brothers and sisters who live in the Holy Land; I am thinking of the situation of refugees and migrants, which affects the Eastern Churches particularly”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “ Today’s meeting rekindles the joy of my recent pilgrimage to the Holy Land... I renew my prayer and my appeal for no more war, no more violence, no more injustice. I wish to assure ...
26 June 2009
MISSIONARY INTENTION
“That the Church may be a seed and nucleus of humanity reconciled and reunited in the one family of God, thanks to the witness of all the faithful in every country in the world ” - Comment on the Holy Father's Missionary Prayer Intention for the month of July
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - One of the consequences of man's sin is division. Already in the Book of Genesis we see how Babel represented separation, fruit of human pride (Gen 11, 1-9). Men who want to build with the ...
25 June 2009
ASIA/VIETNAM - System of religions and beliefs in Vietnam
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the ad limina apostolorum visit of the Bishops of Vietnam, 22 June, Fides publishes information on the life of the local Catholic Church, other religions present, the e ...
25 June 2009
ASIA/CHINA - With deep devotion Zhou Zhi diocese and the Chinese communities everywhere celebrate Feast of St John the Baptist; on the same day Fr. John Baptist Zhang Yong Shan, “exemplary worker in the Lord's vineyard ” died at the age of 93.
Zhou Zhi (Agenzia Fides) – Prayers for all priests in this Year of the Priesthood called by the Holy Father Benedict XVI, prayers for all who bear the name of John Baptist, prayers for all the faithful that “followin ...
25 June 2009
AMERICA/HAITI - Campaign to support Haiti, the poorest country in Latin America
Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) – The Work of pontifical right Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has launched a campaign to support the people of Haiti, which suffers the drama of infantile under nourishment and extreme p ...
25 June 2009
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - On the eve of Independence Day gendarmes arrest suspected authors of dynamite attacks
Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides)- On the eve of Madagascar's Independence Day, tomorrow 26 June, the gendarmes have arrested a group of persons, at least 8 according to some sources, suspected of belonging to a network of at ...
25 June 2009
AFRICA - Falling demand for traditional drugs, but rising consumption of synthetic drugs in developing countries, according to a UN Report on drugs in the world
Vienna (Agenzia Fides)- “ As long as demand for drugs persists, weak countries will always be targeted by traffickers. If Europe really wants to help Africa, it should curb its appetite for cocaine”, said Antonio Mar ...
25 June 2009
EUROPE/ITALY - Sisters of the Sacred Heart and the Community of S. Egidio, help former child-soldiers in Uganda and Sudan rediscover their dignity and to reinsert themselves into society
Roma (Agenzia Fides) – “For 21 years the rebels of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) have been spreading violence, sacking, terror among the people, using children a preys of war ”: with these words Sr Rosemary Ny ...
25 June 2009
EUROPE/MOLDAVIA - MISSION AND EMIGRATION - “The suitcase tied with string”: “They made me dream, they lied to me. Clients kept on coming and going. I want to tell girls: don't go abroad. Fairy tales! Realty is terrible”
Chisinau (Agenzia Fides) - Testimony from a Moldavian girl, victim of human trafficking. Deceived by many promises and forced to prostitute herself in various countries of Europe, she represents many, many young girls, s ...
25 June 2009
VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Year of the Priesthood: identity and mission
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 19 June, solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Holy Father Benedict XVI inaugurated, with Vespers in St Peter's Basilica, the Year of the Priesthood. A whole year dedicated to pri ...
25 June 2009
VATICAN - Catechesis of Benedict XVI: Saint Paul and the saintly Cure of Ars “differ considerable in the path of life which characterised them, however they have something fundamental in common: total identification with the ministry, their communion with Christ ”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “Why a Year of the Priesthood? Why commemorate the saintly Cure of Ars who apparently did nothing extraordinary?” These two questions were posed by the Holy Father Benedict XVI at the ...
24 June 2009
AFRICA/SUDAN - Concerned for the situation in Southern Sudan, the international community meets in Washington to save the 2005 peace agreement
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)- Representatives of 32 different countries and international organisations met yesterday, 23 June in Washington to save the Southern Sudan peace agreement. The signing of the Comprehensive Peace ...
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