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30 May 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells Italian Bishops: “For us Bishops, for our priests, for catechists, and for the entire Christian community, the educational emergency assumes a very specific form: that of the transmission of the faith to the new generations."
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “In Italy, as in many other countries, there is a strong sense of what we could call an authentic ‘educational emergency,’” said the Holy Father Benedict XVI on May 29, in a meeti ...
30 May 2008
VATICAN - Program of Benedict XVI’s Apostolic Journey to Sydney for the 23rd World Youth Day
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy See Press Office has released the program for the Apostolic Journey of the Holy Father Benedict XVI to Sydney, Australia, for the 23rd World Youth Day. The Pope will depart from ...
30 May 2008
VATICAN - The Pope tells new Ambassadors: “The international community is also called to act -- over and above simple justice -- by showing its solidarity with the poorest and ensuring a better distribution of wealth.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On May 29, the Holy Father received the Letters of Credence of nine new ambassadors to the Holy See (Tanzania, Uganda, Liberia, Chad, Bangladesh, Belarus, Guinea, Sri Lanka, and Nigeria). ...
30 May 2008
EUROPE/POLAND - Holy Childhood Association meets in anticipation for the National HCA Congress commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Association’s presence in the country
Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) – On May 27, at Warsaw’s John Paul II Museum, a gathering for children of the Holy Childhood Association was held with representatives from the city’s grammar schools. A report on the event w ...
30 May 2008
AMERICA/UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - National Migration Conference: July 28-31, 2008, with the theme: “Renewing Hope, Seeking Justice.”
Washington, DC (Agenzia Fides) – The National Migration Conference 2008 will take place July 28-31 in Washington, D.C., with the theme: “Renewing Hope, Seeking Justice.” The Conference is sponsored by the Migration ...
30 May 2008
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops reaffirm their commitment to fight for life, in the face of the Supreme Court decision to allow the use of frozen embryos for scientific research
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Brazilian Bishops’ Conference (CNBB) has issued a statement expressing their regret for the Supreme Court’s decision to allow researchers to use embryos reserved for in vitro fertilizat ...
30 May 2008
ASIA - Food emergency continues due to an increase in the cost of rice; speculations and natural disasters are among crisis’ causes
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The increase in the cost of basic food items on a worldwide level is having more and more drastic affects on the lives of millions of people. This is the most alarming and dramatic announcement o ...
30 May 2008
AFRICA/GUINEA - Fighting between the Presidential Guard and rebel soldiers: crisis worsens and the population continues to face more difficulties
Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – “We are trapped inside our houses. The people do not dare to go out and the businesses and offices are all closed. Every so often, a gun shot is heard in the distance,” Fides was informed ...
30 May 2008
ASIA/CHINA - The death of Archbishop Giacomo Zhao Ziping: firm in his principles, with respect and dialogue for all, working for the formation of the clergy and the promotion of religious life.
Tsinan (Agenzia Fides) – On May 18, 2008, at nearly 96 years of age, Archbishop Giacomo Zhao Ziping of Tsinan (Jinan), in the province of Shandong (continental China), passed away. The news of his death came as a surpr ...
30 May 2008
AFRICA - Africa is the continent suffering most from the world food emergency
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Africa is the suffering most from the food emergency that is affecting many of the world’s countries, to the point that various experts fear that the African nations implied in the rise of pric ...
30 May 2008
EUROPE/ITALY - Religion Today Film Festival: the cinema at the service of dialogue among religions
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The 9th Religion Today Film Festival will begin October 16, in Bolzano (Italy). The Festival began in 1997 in the city of Trent, dedicated to the subject of dialogue among religions. This charact ...
29 May 2008
VATICAN - Holy Father’s Catechesis on Saint Gregory the Great “During a disastrous and desperate time, he was able to create peace and hope. This man of God shows us the true fonts of peace, from which true hope comes, and so becomes a guide also for us today.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI dedicated his catechesis during the audience on Wednesday, May 28, to the figure of “one of the greatest fathers in the history of the Church, one of the fo ...
29 May 2008
VATICAN - May 30: World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – This year, the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is celebrated on May 30, which has been declared the World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests. In the Letter sent on this oc ...
29 May 2008
AMERICA/CANADA - Next Sunday, collections will be taken up in all the nation’s parishes for the cyclone victims in Myanmar
Ottawa (Agenzia Fides) - Responding to the catastrophic situation in Myanmar (Burma) following Cyclone Nargis, which left more than 100,000 dead and millions of people homeless, Archbishop V. James Weisgerber, President ...
29 May 2008
AMERICA/CANADA - Preparations continue for the International Eucharistic Congress: on June 19th , Eucharistic Procession through the streets of Quebec City, with live coverage on the Internet
Quebec City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Archbishop of Quebec City, and the 2008 International Eucharistic Congress (2008 IEC) organizers invite the public to take part in a Eucharistic procession through the ...
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