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26 February 2009
AFRICA/WESTERN SAHARA - Apostolic Prefect of Western Sahara resigns
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 25 February 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Apostolic Prefecture of the Western Sahara presented by Fr. Acacio Valbuen ...
26 February 2009
AFRICA/CONGO DR - “We're going to have to wait a few months to verify the results of the military operation,” missionary says following the retreat of Rwandan troops from Kivu
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “Certain official declarations seem excessively optimistic and I think that they have been made in order to justify the joint military operation; however, we should look at the facts: it does ...
26 February 2009
AFRICA/SIERRA LEON - Three guerrillas indicted in Sierra Leon for repeated sexual offenses is “a first step towards justice” missionary tells Fides
Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - “This is a first step towards justice and reparation towards victims, which should be followed by more similar acts,” Agenzia Fides was told by Fr. Gerardo Caglioni, Xaverian missionary pre ...
26 February 2009
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishops call for a social conversion at the beginning of Lent and a special week of penance for the conversion of the Nicaraguan people: March 30 - April 4
Managua (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops' Conference of Nicaragua has issued a Message upon the beginning of Lent, in which they make a strong call to social conversion, reminding the faithful that “the time of Lent is ...
26 February 2009
AMERICA/PANAMA - Sunday, March 1, launching of Great Mission until 2013, 500th anniversary of evangelization
Panama City (Agenzia Fides) – This Sunday, March 1, the Catholic Church in Panama will officially launch its Nationwide Mission, in the Basilica of Saint Michael the Archangel, in a Mass for the Feast of the Christ of ...
26 February 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI begins Lent: “Paul had an extraordinary experience of the power of God's grace, the grace of the Paschal Mystery which gives life to Lent itself.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the afternoon of Wednesday, February 25, Ash Wednesday, the Holy Father Benedict XVI traveled to the Church of Saint Anselm on the Aventine Hill and, after a moment of prayer, he proce ...
26 February 2009
VATICAN - Holy Father's Message to the Church in Brazil, for the Fraternity Campaign 2009: “Lent encourages us to never tire in the fight to do good”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI sent a message to Archbishop Geraldo Lyrio Roch of Mariana, President of the Brazilian Bishops' Conference (CNBB), upon the occasion of the annual Fraternity C ...
26 February 2009
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Munera Solidarity Campaign 2009, for needy schools
Quito (Agenzia Fides) – On the first day of Lent, February 25, Ecuador launched its Lenten Solidarity Campaign “MUNERA,” which the Church in Ecuador has conducted since 1976, according to a report sent to Agenzia F ...
25 February 2009
EUROPE/SPAIN - Sunday, March 1 is Latin American Missionary Day: “Do not be afraid to be generous in responding to the apostolic mission that presents itself on the horizon.”
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – This Sunday, March 1, is Latin American Missionary Day, organized by the Bishops' Commission for the Missions and a collaboration among the Dioceses of the Spanish Bishops' Conference. The them ...
25 February 2009
VATICAN - “AVE MARIA”: Mgr Luciano Alimandi - Lent: a freeing space
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Lent should be seen not only as a season in preparation for the Passover of Our Lord Jesus, but also as a time and a path of grace, as we make our way, amidst temptation and struggle with ...
25 February 2009
VATICAN - Economic crisis: Holy See warns of the effects of recession on poor nations and children, need for ethics in economic and financial undertakings
Geneva (Agenzia Fides) – The severe economic crisis, whose effects are being felt worldwide, is especially hitting developing nations and as a consequence runs the risk of placing the UN-established Millennium Goals fo ...
25 February 2009
AMERICA/ECUADOR - First missionary family from Ecuador departs for Guatemala, a fruit of CAM3; missionary sending on February 27 in the Cathedral
Quito (Agenzia Fides) – The Laguatasi- León Family of Ecuador: Marco Laguatasi, Maribel León, and their children Naomi, Pauleth, and Mateo Lagautasi León, will set off at the beginning of March, as ad gentes mission ...
25 February 2009
AFRICA/KENYA - A Lenten Campaign in support of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zimbabwe
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – The Jesuit School of Theology at Hekima College in Nairobi (Kenya) will be dedicating Lent 2009 to the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zimbabwe.
“In Zimbabwe, a political sta ...
25 February 2009
ASIA/SRI LANKA - Protection and solidarity towards civilians caught up in the conflict
Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - “In a true spirit of Christian charity let us give generous expression to our solidarity with our suffering brothers and sisters irrespective of their race, color or creed.” This was the app ...
25 February 2009
ASIA/CHINA - Members of the Catholic Rosary Association of the city of Xin Zhou kick off Lent with a spiritual retreat
Xin Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - “In these last four months of the Year of St. Paul, we should renew the evangelizing spirit of Saint Paul by announcing the Word of God in our parish.” These were the words of Fr. Pan Li Zh ...
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