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• 10 July 2009
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Take the road indicated by the Encyclical Caritas in veritate to reach Millennium Goals Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – The encyclical of Benedict XVI Caritas in veritate, with its social and economic indications traces the best path for humanity to each the Millennium Goals: this was said by Caritas Australia, ...
• 10 July 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Feast of Saint Maria Goretti in the parish dedicated to her in the diocese of Zhou Zhi offers an opportunity to encourage parents to provide moral education for their children Zhou Zhi (Agenzia Fides) – More than 300 Catholics of Fu Feng parish in the diocese of Zhou Zhi, in Shaan Xi province, mainland China, celebrated the feast day of their patron saint Maria Goretti, on 6 July. Reports se ...
• 10 July 2009
  AFRICA/CONGO - “Free, fair and transparent vote" demanded by Bishops of Congo where Presidential elections will be held on 12 July Brazzaville (Agenzia Fides)- Congo Brazzaville will hold presidential elections on Sunday 12 July. Outgoing president Denis Sassou Nguesso, is expected to win. If re-elected he should govern the country for another seven ...
• 10 July 2009
  AFRICA/KENYA - Annan hands list of persons suspected of post-electoral massacres in 2008 to International Penal Court Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “Kofi Annan strikes light lightening. His steps are furtive, simple and symbolic but they could mark a turning point for Kenya”. This was how a major daily newspaper in Kenya, The Standard, c ...
• 10 July 2009
  EUROPE/POLAND - “Holidays with God” for children of poor families organised by the Pontifical Mission Societies, Caritas and Catholic Action Czestochowa Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - “Holidays with God” are an initiative organised by the Pontifical Mission Societies, Caritas and Catholic Action for about 1,800 children of poor families from Czestochowa and the whole ...
• 10 July 2009
  EUROPE/MOLDAVIA - MISSION AND EMIGRATION - “The suitcase tied with string”: People who have suffered, are little inclined to speak about it, they want to forget, they are frightened. And who wouldn't be? Iargara (Agenzia Fides) – A unnamed persons tells us: “Here you often find yourself in traps invented by the engineers of financial crimes. Wholesale drug peddlers . Sex traders. Traffickers of death even in the name ...
• 10 July 2009
  VATICAN - Death of Rev. Fr Matteo King who served in the Chinese section of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In the afternoon of Thursday July 9, in Taipei (Taiwan), Fr Matteo King, SDB, returned to the House of the Father. He was 79. On returning to Taiwan, after serving as an official in the C ...
• 10 July 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Caritas in veritate: “ Every migrant is a human person who, as such, possesses fundamental, inalienable rights that must be respected by everyone and in every circumstance”; for over a century direct commitment to assist migrants always considered "persons and friends” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In his latest encyclical, “Caritas in veritate”, the Holy Father Benedict XVI, speaking of integral human development, reflects on the phenomenon of migration (n. 62), “ a striking ...
• 10 July 2009
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Inauguration of Bishops' Plenary Assembly: “An apostolic, priestly and missionary agenda awaits us. We are determined to continue to advance in the renewal of our Churches by means of the Continental Mission ” Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Venezuela are holding their 92nd Ordinary Plenary Assembly which opened on Tuesday 7 July and should close on Sunday 12 July, and will focus on issues of interest for the ...
• 10 July 2009
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Another Taliban intimidation campaign against Christian communities and institutions Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Although the Pakistan army continues its offensive against Taleban militants in the Swat Valley, to restore state control of the territory and stop the imposition of fundamentalist Islamic prac ...
• 9 July 2009
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Crisis in Honduras: Costa Rica bridge of dialogue to restore peace in the region San José (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Costa Rica have issued a statement assuring solidarity with Honduras, and especially with the Catholic Church in that country “guided by our brother Bishops, in these ...
• 9 July 2009
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Crisis in Honduras: ““The fight we see should not increase violence instead it should be a new departure for dialogue, consensus, reconciliation ” Bishops say Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement “Building on the Crisis”, issued by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Honduras after events on 28 June, the Bishops express the necessity for explanations regarding what ...
• 9 July 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Missionary mandate to 86 teachers of catechism of the diocese of Shang Hai at the end of the 12th Formation Course, lay participants increasing Shang Hai (Agenzia Fides) – “We are people who unite, we are Christians, we are evangelisers, we are light, we are salt”: this was the theme of the 12th Formation Course for teachers of catechism in the diocese of ...
• 9 July 2009
  ASIA/INDIA - “Adopt a priest on-line ”: Salesian campaign for the Year of the Priesthood Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – An example of how modern media can serve the fruitfully faith, in this case the Year of the Priesthood: Adopt a priest on-line is the title of a campaign launched by the Vishwadeep Salesian ...
• 9 July 2009
  AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - 45th plenary assembly: Catholic Bishops of Congo discuss among other things, the ministry of the priest Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- The situation in the county is concerning, said the president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Democratic Republic of Congo , Bishop Nicolas Djomo who is bishop of Tshumbe, during his homi ...