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• 15 June 2009
  AMERICA/PANAMA - “The Eucharist: Source and Summit of Our Mission,” theme of the 39th Eucharistic Congress, during which the Archdiocese will launch its Great Mission Panama City (Agenzia Fides) – The Archdiocese of Panama will officially launch its Great Mission, this Sunday, June 21, at 9am, in the Roberto Mano Arena of Piedra Duran, on the occasion of its 39th Eucharistic Congres ...
• 15 June 2009
  AFRICA/NAMIBIA - Rector of Saint Charles Lwanga Interdiocesan Seminary of the Archdiocese of Windhoek appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on January 1, 2009, appointed Fr. Benny Karuvelil of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate as Rector of the Sa ...
• 15 June 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - Two and a half million people are victims of human trafficking: religious take action against trafficking, which now involves all countries Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Nearly two and a half million people are the victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation, 500,000 of which are in Europe and between 29,000 and 38,000 in Italy. As a result of these alarming f ...
• 15 June 2009
  EUROPE - MISSION AND IMMIGRATION - “The Suitcase with the String”: stories of Chinese immigrants to Europe: “To survive, you either have to be strong or commit illegal actions.” Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Two testimonies from Chinese immigrants - the first from Naples, known for its factories, and the second from London, where the Chinese community is an age-old historical reality of integration � ...
• 15 June 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI addresses the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation: “the financial crisis shows in a clear way how the economic and financial paradigms that have been dominant in recent years must be rethought” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The financial crisis that has struck the industrialized nations, the emergent nations and those that are developing, shows in a clear way how the economic and financial paradigms that ha ...
• 15 June 2009
  VATICAN - Pope at the Angelus mentions: “'Corpus Domini' is a manifestation of God, an attestation that God is love” and “the hundreds of millions of persons who suffer from hunger...is an absolutely unacceptable reality that is hard to control” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the Sunday on which several countries celebrate the feast of Corpus Christi (or 'Corpus Domini), “ the feast of the Eucharist, in which the sacrament of the Lord's Body is carried so ...
• 13 June 2009
  Instrumentum mensis Maii pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontificis Benedicti XVI, pro evangelizatione in terris missionum The principal event in the month of May was the Holy Father's pilgrimage to the Holy Land 8- 15, during which Benedict XVI visited Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Territories. We mention among his many engagements, a ...
• 12 June 2009
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Presidential elections in Indonesia: religious minorities call for guarantees and rights Yakarta (Agenzia Fides) – Religious minority groups in Indonesia are calling for guarantee of security, respect for basic rights, and civil liberties during the electoral campaign leading up to elections scheduled for ...
• 12 June 2009
  ASIA/NEPAL - A Christian testimony of forgiveness in the aftermath of the Cathedral bombing Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – Balan Joseph Palamootil, Catholic layman of Indian background who was wounded in the attack on the Assumption Cathedral in Kathmandu on May 23 of this year (see Fides 25/5/2009), forgave in ...
• 12 June 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics celebrate Corpus Christi with a public Solemn Eucharistic Procession: an evangelizing testimony to non-believers Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, also known as the feast of Corpus Christi, is very widely celebrated among Chinese Catholics. According to information released to Agenzia Fides, the ma ...
• 12 June 2009
  AMERICA/PERU - Launching of “Compartir” Campaign 2009, to promote the reconstruction of churches destroyed in the 2007 earthquake Lima (Agenzia Fides) – With the title: “Earthquakes Destroy, Sharing Rebuilds,” the Peruvian Bishops' Conference will launch a campaign on June 12, entitled “Compartir” (Share) 2009. This year, the Bishops are ...
• 12 June 2009
  AMERICA/REPUBLICA DOMINICANA - Government rejects proposal to modify civil effects of marriage in Constitution Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – On June 10, the Revisionary Assembly vetoed a proposal aimed at acknowledging the civil effects of the marriages held in all the churches present in the Dominican Republic, in the Consti ...
• 12 June 2009
  AMERICA/CUBA - Community of Sant'Egidio inaugurates “Home of Peace and Dialogue” in Havana Havana (Agenzia Fides) – On June 5, the Community of Sant'Egidio inaugurated the “Home of Peace and Dialogue” in Havana (Cuba). From now on, it will serve as the headquarters of the movement on the island. At ...
• 12 June 2009
  AFRICA/SENEGAL - Bishops' concern for situation in Guinea Bissau and Mauritania Dakar (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde, and Guinea Bissau have launched an appeal to the government and the “active forces” of these nations, asking that they respect the common good ...
• 12 June 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - “The Suitcase with a String”: Haven't we noticed how Africa is here among us, cultivating our lands? Haven't we all realized that our fields are no longer filled with our youth? Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “When I hear someone with a big heart say 'now I want to give Africa an ambulance,' I think of the fact that beforehand, they would need streets, sewage systems, water purifiers, drinking water.. ...