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• 13 October 2009
  Instrumentum mensis Septembris pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontificis Benedicti XVI, pro evangelizatione in terris missionum The Holy Father Benedict XVI in the month of September continued to reside in his Summer Residence in Castel Gandolfo, from where, on Sunday 6th he made a pastoral visit to Viterbo and Bagnoregio. On Saturday the 12th , ...
• 12 October 2009
  VATICAN - Among the five new saints canonized by Benedict XVI is Father Damien: “His missionary activity, which gave him so much joy, reaches its summit in charity.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, October 11, the Holy Father Benedict XVI celebrated a Mass in Saint Peter's Square, where he canonized 5 new saints. In the homily, making reference to Jesus' dialogue with the ...
• 12 October 2009
  VATICAN - Pope prays Rosary “with Africa and for Africa” with Italian and African university students: “The new evangelization in Africa is also counting on your generous efforts.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the II Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops, on the afternoon of Saturday, October 12, a Marian Vigil “with Africa and for Africa” was held in the Pa ...
• 12 October 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Preparations underway for Advent Mission in Diocese of Cordoba: “reach out to everyone, especially those farthest away, preaching the Kingdom of God” Cordoba (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, October 10, at the Saint Teresa of Jesus School in Cordoba (Argentina), delegates from parishes, movements, associations, and communities gathered together to work on preparations ...
• 12 October 2009
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Archbishop of San Jose asks married couples to remain strong in the face of legal bills that seek to eliminate God from public sphere: “We are all convinced of the need to evangelize” San Jose (Agenzia Fides) - “Faith is transmitted like a lantern that is passed from one hand to the next, and marriage is the foundation of the family...” This is what Archbishop Hugo Barrantes Urena of San Jose, Pre ...
• 12 October 2009
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Relic of new Saint Damien de Veuster on pilgrimage in America Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On October 11, in Saint Peter's Basilica, Pope Benedict XVI canonized 5 new saints. One of these saints is the Belgian-born missionary Father Damien De Veuster, the “Apostle of the Lepe ...
• 12 October 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Special section opened on Comboni Missionaries website: “Preparing for the 10th General Chapter 2010” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – As of October 10, the Comboni Missionary Sisters have opened a new section on their official website entitled “Preparing for the 10th General Chapter 2010.” The date chosen is no coincidence, ...
• 12 October 2009
  VATICAN - “In this time of grace the whole of the Christian community is called to rediscover the beauty of the priestly vocation and thus to pray for priests.” Letter to the sick, suffering, and health care workers Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the Year for Priests, which His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI declared beginning with the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, this past June 19, 2009, the Pontifical C ...
• 12 October 2009
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Missionary kidnapped in South Philippines; Appeal from Bishops of Mindanao Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) – The plague of kidnappings continues to afflict the Catholic community of South Philippines. Yesterday evening, October 11, a missionary from the Society of Saint Columban was kidnapped. No n ...
• 12 October 2009
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Preparations underway for World Mission Sunday, with special appeal to children and laity to get involved in the Church and Korean society Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Children and laity active in the missionary effort: this will be the main goal behind the events being planned for World Mission Sunday (WMS), which is October 18. In a message sent to Agenzia ...
• 12 October 2009
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Pontifical Mission Societies prepares for World Mission Sunday: PMS National Director in Zambia speaks with Fides Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) - “The Pontifical Mission Society of the Holy Childhood is very young in Zambia. 10 years ago dioceses started a serious program of organizing the Society as part of the overall life of the local ...
• 12 October 2009
  AFRICA/GUINEA - “The crisis in Guinea risks turning into an ethnic conflict,” local sources tell Fides. Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - “We have no confirmation that among those who were suppressed in the protest on September 28 were former Liberian rebels of Ulimo and the NPFL,” Agenzia Fides was told by sources from the Ch ...
• 12 October 2009
  AFRICA/KENYA - Death of Bishop Francis Baldacchino, First Bishop of the Diocese of Malindi Malindi (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Francis Baldacchino, OFMCap, of Malindi (Kenya) passed away on October 10, 2009. Born in Malta, on July 6, 1936, the Capuchin Friar and missionary worked in Africa for over 40 years (La ...
• 12 October 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Large attendance at perpetual vows of 5 religious from Franciscan Order of the Child Jesus, on the First Sunday of the Missionary Month Yi Chang (Agenzia Fides) – Five religious sisters of the Franciscan Order of the Child Jesus in the Diocese of Yi Chang made their perpetual vows on the First Sunday of the Missionary Month of October. According to inf ...
• 9 October 2009
  VATICAN - To our Fides readers Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Mr. Luca De Mata will no longer be serving as Director of Agenzia Fides, having reached the age of retirement. We express to him our gratitude, from the Congregation of the Evangelization ...