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12 November 2008
AFRICA/SOMALIA - “I have reason to believe that the two Sisters' kidnappers are only vandals,” the Bishop of Djibouti tells Fides
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “I know that area of the Kenyan-Somalian border quite well and I knew the two nuns who were kidnapped from the mission in El-Wak,” Bishop Giorgio Bertin of Djibouti, Apostolic Administrator of ...
12 November 2008
EUROPE/RUSSIA - Two Jesuits killed in Moscow buried in their native countries
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The lifeless bodies of Fr. Otto Messmer and Fr. Victor Betancourt, Jesuits, were found on the afternoon of October 28, in their home in Moscow (see Fides 31/10/2008). According to a report releas ...
12 November 2008
AMERICA/URUGUAY - Bishops issue a statement at the close of their Plenary Assembly, with an Advent Message for all the faithful, at the start of the Continental Mission
Florida (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Uruguay have ended their Plenary Assembly (November 5-11) in Florida, with a statement on the main themes addressed and with an Advent Message from all the Bishops, at the start ...
12 November 2008
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - “Day of Prayer for Life and Peace” on November 15-16, for an end to violence, for harmony among Venezuelans, and a peaceful resolution to the nation's problems
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela) has made an appeal to all priests, religious, and faithful of the Archdiocese, asking that they actively participate in the Day o ...
12 November 2008
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishops denounce violent episodes surrounding Sunday's elections and ask that an investigation be performed so as to abate the generalized mistrust of the public
Managua (Agenzia Fides) – After the release of Sunday's (November 9) election results, on Monday, the Bishops' Conference of Nicaragua called for “the revision of the meeting notes in the hands of participating polit ...
12 November 2008
ASIA/INDIA - “Never grow tired of doing good,” says Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil, echoing the words of Saint Paul
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – Reconciliation and peace go hand in hand, never tiring of doing good. This is what Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil of Guwahati (in the state of Assam, northeastern India) said in his recentl ...
12 November 2008
VATICAN - “Pastoral Care in the Treatment of Sick Children”: 23rd International Conference of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the last decade more than two million children have been killed in the course of armed conflict, six million have been left handicapped, tens of thousands mutilated by antipersonnel mine ...
12 November 2008
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - “We wish to take up the testimony left by the missionaries, to continue spreading the Gospel, in communion with the Universal Church,” the PMS Director of Zambia tells Fides
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “ We wish to take up the testimony left by the missionaries, to continue spreading the Gospel, in communion with the Universal Church,” says Fr. Bernard Macadani Zulu, National Director of the ...
12 November 2008
ASIA/IRAQ - Hope for the return of Christian refugees to Mosul
Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - A new, fragile hope is coming to thousands of Christian refugees who have fled their hometown in past months, due to attacks, threats, and violence carried out by Islamic fundamentalist groups. Th ...
12 November 2008
ASIA/TURKEY - Antioch hosts the inauguration of the “St. Paul Cultural Center” in the Year of St. Paul
Antioch (Agenzia Fides) – A library specializing in Saint Paul, with a study center for experts, religious, laity, and all wishing to deepen in their knowledge of the Apostle of the Gentiles...this is what is being off ...
11 November 2008
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Coadjutor Bishop of Matadi appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on November 11, 2008, appointed Bishop Daniel Nlandu Mavi, Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Matadi (Democratic Republic of Congo). Until now, he has served ...
11 November 2008
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI to visit the Embassy of Italy to the Holy See, December 13
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The Embassy of Italy to the Holy See has released a statement saying that this December 13, his holiness Benedict XVI will make a visit to the Embassy itself. It will be the fourth time that a Po ...
11 November 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI advises Bishops of Bolivia to promote “systematic, widespread and incisive catechesis is needed, catechesis that teaches the Catholic faith clearly and completely. This Year of St. Paul that we are celebrating, is a special occasion to imitate the apostolic and missionary vigor of this great Apostle.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “I know well of the difficult circumstances affecting the faithful and citizens of your country, which at the current time seem to be becoming even more marked. These certainly cause conc ...
11 November 2008
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Cardinal Julio Terrazas tells the Holy Father of the joys and hopes, sorrows and concerns of the country, during the Ad Limina visit
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Our great desire is that this encounter may be an expression of our affection for the successor of Peter,” said Cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandoval, Archbishop of Santa Cruz and President ...
11 November 2008
AMERICA/MEXICO - President of the Pontifical Council for Families calls the WMF 2009 “a splendid experience of universal brotherhood.” The Pope will participate via satellite and send Cardinal Bertone as his delegate
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - “As President of the Pontifical Council for the Family and in accord with the Archbishop of Mexico, Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, I invite you all to participate with your families in ...
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