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3 June 2008
ASIA/CHINA - Returning from the earthquake zone, the first volunteers and religious sisters share their experience of faith lived in the midst of a desperate people
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – Catholics in He Bei have welcomed their “witnesses to the faith” with arms wide open: the first volunteers, including religious sisters who arrived on the site of the wreckage immed ...
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3 June 2008
ASIA/HONG KONG - Biblical formation and pilgrimage in the footsteps of Saint Paul, in preparation for the inauguration of the Pauline Year
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The Biblical formation and pilgrimage in the footsteps of Saint Paul, in Asia Minor, are the initiatives being promoted by the Diocese of Hong Kong in anticipation for the upcoming celebrati ...
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3 June 2008
AMERICA/CANADA - 49th International Eucharistic Congress: Youth Space, prayer vigil, Family Day, and Youth Service are among the activities planned for youth
Quebec City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Marc Ouellet and the 2008 International Eucharistic Congress (IEC 2008) organizers invite young people aged 18 to 35 to take part in events to be held June 15 to 22. Youth Space, a ...
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3 June 2008
EUROPE/SPAIN - After two years, “Misión Joven” concludes in Madrid with a consecration to the Heart of Jesus in Cerro de los Angeles
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – On Friday, June 6, the Ecclesiastical Province of Madrid (which includes the Dioceses of Madrid, Alcala de Henares, and Getafe) will celebrate the closing ceremony for “Misión Joven” (Yout ...
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3 June 2008
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Extraordinary meeting for the Bishops’ Permanent Commission, for the climate of hostility and the threat to social peace
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – On June 5, the Argentinean Bishops’ Conference will hold an “extraordinary meeting” of the Permanent Commission, in efforts to face the climate of hostility and the threat to social ...
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3 June 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI’s Message: “Hunger and malnutrition are unacceptable in a world which has, in fact, levels of production, resources and knowledge sufficient to put an end to such dramas and their consequences.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “The growing globalization of trade markets does not always favor the availability of food and the systems of productivity are often conditioned by limited structures, as well as protec ...
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3 June 2008
EUROPE/ITALY - FAO Conference: the alarming statistics on the world food crisis. Climate changes, rise in fuel costs and speculative activity are the central points of the meeting
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – 862 million of the world’s poor suffer from malnutrition or live on less than two dollars a day, the majority living in developing countries. This is the dramatic starting point for the FAO’s ...
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3 June 2008
AFRICA/KENYA - “Do not remain only on the aspect of security in order to understand migration,” said Cardinal Martino in the African Meeting on migration inaugurated in Nairobi
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Migration is “constantly on the policy agendas of governmental legislative bodies. There remains, however, the suspicion that the phenomena of migration may not be perceived in all their com ...
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3 June 2008
AFRICA - African programs for improving the continent’s food self-sufficiency
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – To improve African small farmers’ access to the market and increase the use of better technologies in agricultural production. These are some of the measures being taken to reach food self-suff ...
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2 June 2008
VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus invites all: “to renew his devotion to the Sacred Heart of Christ,” that expresses in a simple and authentic way the “glad tidings” of love and makes another appeal for the people of China and Myanmar
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the first Sunday and first day of the month of June, the Holy Father Benedict XVI dedicated his address prior to the recitation of the Angelus with the faithful gathered in Saint Peter ...
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2 June 2008
VATICAN - The Holy Father concludes the Month of Mary encouraging all to continue praying the Rosary, “so that, in the school of Mary, the lamp of faith may shine ever brighter in the heart of Christians and in their houses.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “The Rosary, when it is not a mechanical repetition of traditional formulas, is a biblical meditation that permits us to reflect on the events of the Lord’s life in the company of the ...
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2 June 2008
VATICAN - The Holy Father addresses the Bishops of Myanmar: “May God open the hearts of all so that a concerted effort may be made to facilitate and coordinate the ongoing endeavor to bring relief to the suffering and rebuild the country’s infrastructure.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The particular commitment of the Church in Myanmar to the poor and needy, noteworthy and appreciated, was mentioned by the Holy Father Benedict XVI during an audience held with the Bishop ...
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2 June 2008
ASIA/CHINA - “Evangelizing in the midst of desperate people”: Chinese Catholics touched and encouraged by the Pope, who once again has invited the world to pray for China and has sent a personal donation
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – “We are deeply touched and cannot express our immense gratitude to the Holy Father and the universal Church that he represents, that has been always so near us in prayer and with concrete wo ...
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2 June 2008
ASIA/CHINA - Parish of Long Gang offers a Mass and copies of the Bible to students preparing for exams
Wen Zhou (Agenzia Fides) – The young students of the parish church of Long Gang, in the Diocese of Wen Zhou, received a Bible as a gift at the end of the Mass celebrated on May 31, for students preparing for their fina ...
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2 June 2008
EUROPE/SPAIN - The Diocese of Toledo will renew its consecration to the Heart of Jesus on the Solemnity of Christ the King, “an act of profound adoration, in gratitude towards our Redeemer”
Toledo (Agenzia Fides) – In a statement signed May 30, Cardinal Antonio Cañizares, Archbishop of Toledo (Spain) and Primate of Spain, announced that on the Solemnity of Christ the King, the Archdiocese of Toledo will ...
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