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23 January 2009
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops once again call on authorities to use just treatment and not to involve the Church nor her Hierarchy in pre-election political propaganda
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – The Bolivian Bishops' Conference (CEB) has expressed “its surprise and concern for the constant attacks and disqualifications that the highest authority in the country has made against the pe ...
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23 January 2009
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Bishops alert on the situation of violence and the rise of delinquency in the country
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – The Auxiliary Bishops of Santo Domingo and Santiago, in their homilies in honor of Our Lady of Altagracia (the country's patroness), their concern for the situation of violence and the r ...
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23 January 2009
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The exclusive moving testimony of Cardinal Castillo Lara given to Agenzia Fides just days before his death: “taking lives does not eliminate poverty.”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Rosalio Castillo Lara, a Salesian from Venezuela, President emeritus of Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See and President emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for the Vatica ...
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23 January 2009
ASIA/HONG KONG - Christian leaders in the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: unite efforts in fighting the environmental and financial crises in the world
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Unite efforts to fight the environmental and financial crises in the world: this is the conviction that the Christian leaders of Hong Kong have expressed during the prayer encounter they org ...
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23 January 2009
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Prayer Encounter for the Week for Christian Unity: faithful praying for the “divided nation”
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – The Christians of various confessions present in Korea gathered to pray together, reflect on the divisions among them, and invoke God, in the name of unity. The encounter was attended by over 4, ...
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23 January 2009
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “Biological colonialism is on our doorstep:harvesting ovarian human eggs in Africa will help meet the needs of embryonic stem cell research in industrialized countries,” says the Archbishop of Johannesburg
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - “The Global ethic is a challenge to the churches,” Archbishop Buti Joseph Tlhagale of Johannesburg said in his opening address at the Plenary Assembly of the Southern African Catholic B ...
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23 January 2009
ASIA/HONG KONG - Message for Chinese New Year from the six major religious groups of Hong Kong: solidarity, charity, moral principles, interior purification, and spirituality are the keys to overcoming the current crisis, to bring about peace and harmony
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Solidarity, charity, moral principles, interior purification, and spirituality are the key points that the leaders of the six major religious groups of the Special Administration of Hong Kong ...
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23 January 2009
AFRICA/CONGO DR - General Nkunda, one of the main perpetrators in the war in North Kivu, arrested in Rwanda. One missionary tells Fides: “We are worried about the underhanded activity of the military operations.”
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Congolese rebel General Laurent Nkunda was arrested yesterday (January 22) evening in Rwanda in a joint operation carried out by Rwandan and Congolese armed forces. Nkunda, who is accused of ...
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23 January 2009
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - The Church says “No” to armed children in the South's conflict
Basilan (Agenzia Fides) – Children and young men taking up arms is extremely dangerous and should be avoided at all costs. This is what the Catholic Church in South Philippines has said in observing the intensification ...
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23 January 2009
EUROPE/ITALY - New ideas and projects for the future of youth in the First International Festival of Itineraries of the Spirit: International Day of Prayer with the theme: “We Want Peace in the Holy Land.”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – A new collaboration has been established between the most important “Vacation Schools” in Europe, the “Accademia Britannica” and the youth of the National Association “Papa Boys,” fr ...
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22 January 2009
VATICAN - “Let us make our own the desire of St. Paul, who dedicated his entire life for the one Lord and for the unity of his mystical body, the Church, giving with his martyrdom, a supreme testimony of fidelity and love for Christ”: the Pope's catechesis dedicated to the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Four times, in His prayer to the Father from the Upper Room – before suffering His Passion – Jesus prays that his disciples may be “one,” and twice, He mentions the reason for thi ...
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22 January 2009
VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Opposition to the Petrine Magisterium prevents Christian unity
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - No few Pastoral Letters, instead of citing the Pope as the touchstone of authenticity or guarantee of the catholicity of a bishop's teaching, name the current popular cardinal, theologian, ...
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22 January 2009
ASIA/VIETNAM - Caring for the newborns in Vietnam: the PMS of Australia's effort to counteract abortion
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – Counteracting abortion by caring for newborns and new moms: this is what the Pontifical Missions Societies (PMS) of Australia are working to accomplish through their “Charity House” initiat ...
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22 January 2009
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Hispanic Alliance for Life and Family founded to provide pro-life information and educational material for Hispanics in the USA
Washington (Agenzia Fides) – Following the first Hispanic National Pro-Life Congress that took place in Dallas, Texas September 19-21, 2008, several leaders have been working on the formation of a coalition of pro-life ...
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22 January 2009
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Archdiocese of Caracas to launch Mission on January 24: “an opportunity to renew our Church structures and communities, to enliven the faith and religious practice of Catholics, and offer renewed strength to the evangelization effort”
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - “The evangelizing Mission will be, without a doubt, with the help of God and Our Lady of Coromoto, a perfect opportunity to renew our Church structures and communities, to enliven the faith an ...
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