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23 March 2009
ASIA/TURKEY - World Forum acknowledges: “Water is a fundamental human need,” but it is not yet a right: 1.2 billion people do not have sufficient supply of drinking water
Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) – Water is a fundamental human right. This was the conclusion of the fifth World Water Forum in Istanbul, which concluded yesterday, March 22. The main focus of the summit in the Turkish capita ...
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23 March 2009
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - “A book for missionary activities with children, offering the public experiences from places all over the world,” PMS Director from Zambia says
Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - “The book was written, thinking of the animators and their valuable service to children. The general objective is to help the animators to assimilate the main principles and take on the right s ...
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23 March 2009
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Rajoelina swears in as President of the transitional government, while international community considers the change of power unconstitutional
Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – Andry Rajoelina swore in as President of the transitional government in Madagascar, however the international community has not recognized the process that has led to the coming into powe ...
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21 March 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Cameroon (7) - Meeting with the Special Council of the Synod for Africa: “Africa has received a particular vocation to know Christ. Let Africans be proud of this!”
Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) – The final encounter before the Farewell Ceremony in Yaounde was the Holy Father Benedict XVI's meeting with members of the Special Council of the Synod for Africa, on the evening of March 19, ...
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21 March 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Cameroon (8) - The Farewell: “People of Cameroon, I urge you to seize the moment the Lord has given you!”
Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) – On Friday, March 20, at 8:45am, the Holy Father Benedict XVI left the Apostolic Nunciature and travelled to the Nsimalen International Airport in Yaounde, where a Farewell Ceremony was held at ...
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21 March 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Angola (9) - The arrival: “you must take from your spiritual and cultural heritage the best values that Angola possesses, and go out to meet one another fearlessly”
Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – At 12:45 on Friday, March 20, the Holy Father Benedict XVI landed in 4 de Fevereiro International Airport of Luanda, Angola's capital, where he was met by civil, military, and religious authori ...
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21 March 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Angola (10) - Address to political and civil authorities: “African men and women themselves, working together for the good of their communities, should be the primary agents of their own development.”
Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - “You are the protagonists and witnesses of an Angola which is on the road to recovery. In the wake of the twenty-seven-year civil war that ravaged this country, peace has begun to take root, br ...
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21 March 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Angola (11) - Meeting with Bishops: “continue to raise your voice in defence of the sacredness of human life and the value of the institution of marriage, as well as in promotion of the family’s proper role in the Church and in society”
Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – On the evening of Friday, March 20, the Holy Father met with members of the Bishops' Conferences of Angola and São Tomé, in the chapel of the Nunciature. “May our prayer of praise rise up, ...
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21 March 2009
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Spanish priest shot to death, after 34 years of working with street children
Recife (Agenzia Fides) – Police sources have informed that 64 year-old Father Ramiro Ludeña, a native of Toledo (Spain) was killed yesterday, March 20, in Recife, in northeastern Brazil where he had been working 34 ye ...
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21 March 2009
Instrumentum mensis Februarii pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontificis Benedicti XVI pro evangelizatione in terris missionum
During the General Audiences this month, The Holy Father Benedict XVI concluded the cycle of catechesis on St Paul to mark the Year of St Paul and on 11 February he started a presentation of the great Writers of the Chur ...
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20 March 2009
VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Rev. Nicola Bux and rev. Salvatore Vitiello - Mission: contents and method coincide.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In his invaluable address to the Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for the Clergy, held in the Vatican 16-18 March, the Holy Father, Benedict XVI, among many important indications, offer ...
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20 March 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Cameroon (2) - Meeting with Bishops: “In this year dedicated to Saint Paul, it is most opportune to recall the urgent need to proclaim the Gospel to everyone. This mandate, which the Church received from Christ, remains a priority.”
Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) – In the Church of Christ-Roi in Tsinga, Yaounde, on the morning of Wednesday, March 18, the Holy Father Benedict XVI met with the Bishops of Cameroon. After recalling the motive of his visit - ...
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20 March 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Cameroon (3) - Celebration of Vespers: the example of Saint Joseph “helps us to understand that it is only by complete submission to the will of God that we become effective workers in the service of his plan”
Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) – The First Vespers of the Solemnity of Saint Joseph were presided by the Holy Father in the Basilica of Marie, Reine des Apôtres in the Mvolyé neighborhood in Yaoundé, in the afternoon of We ...
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20 March 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Cameroon (4) - Meeting with the Muslim community: “May the enthusiastic cooperation of Muslims, Catholics and other Christians in Cameroon be a beacon to other African nations of the enormous potential of an interreligious commitment to peace, justice and the common good!”
Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - “May the enthusiastic cooperation of Muslims, Catholics and other Christians in Cameroon be a beacon to other African nations of the enormous potential of an interreligious commitment to peace ...
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20 March 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Cameroon (5) - Mass on the occasion of the publication of the Instrumentum Laboris: “Sons and daughters of Africa, do not be afraid to believe, to hope, and to love; do not be afraid to say that Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life.”
Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) – On the Solemnity of Saint Joseph (March 19), the Holy Father Benedict XVI presided a special Mass on the occasion of the publication of the Instrumentum Laboris of the Second Special Assembly ...
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