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6 May 2008
VATICAN - “The Migrant and Itinerant Family,” theme for the 18th Plenary Session of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The 18th Plenary Session of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People will take place May 13-15 at the Dicastery headquarters in Piazza San Calisto, Vati ...
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6 May 2008
VATICAN - Cardinal Dias appointed by the Holy Father as Member of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI appointed Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Member of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts. The other m ...
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6 May 2008
ASIA/HONG KONG - Diocese celebrates World Communications Day, calling for a commitment to justice and truth
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - In union with the universal Church, the Diocese of Hong Kong celebrated the World Communications Day on Sunday, May 4, Solemnity of the Lord’s Ascension, with the theme chosen by His Holines ...
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6 May 2008
ASIA/CHINA - Despite their poverty, Catholics of Wei Xian, in the Diocese of Zhang Jia Kou, continue to help the victims of the winter freeze
Zhang Jia Kou (Agenzia Fides) - Everyone from 7 year-old children to 80 year-old grandparents from the Catholic community of Wei Xian, in the Diocese of Zhang Jia Kou (province of He Bei), made their contribution in help ...
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6 May 2008
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA - National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 4 April 2008, appointed Fr. Angelo Antolini, OFM Cap., National Director of the Pontifical Mission Socie ...
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6 May 2008
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Message of the Bishops for the Pauline Year: “a special time to reaffirm our commitment as members of the Church and renew our decision to follow Christ the Lord.”
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - “The Pauline Year will be celebrated in the entire Universal Church and its objective is not only to make the life and works of the Apostle to the Gentiles known. Indeed, it is also an invitat ...
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6 May 2008
ASIA/MYANMAR - Record tsunami destruction; aid efforts begin for the victims of Cyclone Nargis
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - Over 15,000 dead and 30,000 missing from a natural disaster that, as the victim count continues to rise, could result “the worst tsunami ever,” some analysts say. Cyclone Nargis ripped throug ...
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6 May 2008
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - From the “Sisifo syndrome” to authentic peace: the future of Mindanao - Interview with Fr. Eliseo Mercado, missionary of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - A territory with endless possibilities that struggle to become a reality; a ball of complex conflicts; a refuge for rebels and terrorists; absolute dominion by the Filipino Islamic community; the ...
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6 May 2008
AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Funds and investments from all over the world: the chance of a lifetime
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “The Democratic Republic of Congo has once more become respectable,” said an editorial in the Congolese periodical “Le Potentiel,” dedicated to the intensification of political, and abo ...
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5 May 2008
VATICAN - On the Solemnity of the Ascension, Benedict XVI recalls that “Jesus encourages us not to remain looking up at the sky, but to unite ourselves in prayer, invoking the gift of the Holy Spirit.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “In His discourses to the disciples, Jesus often insisted on the importance of His ‘return to the Father,’ the crowning of His entire mission. Indeed he came into the world to bring m ...
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5 May 2008
VATICAN - Pope tells Italy’s Catholic Action: “May you always know how to live up to the greatness of your Baptism, for the salvation of every man you meet and for a world that thirsts for peace and truth.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “In a missionary Church, placed before an educational emergency like the one found in Italy today, you who love and serve it should be tireless announcers and prepared, generous educators ...
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5 May 2008
VATICAN - “The Holy Rosary is not a pious practice consigned to the past, as if it were an outdated prayer to be recalled with nostalgia. On the contrary, the Rosary is experiencing a new springtime,” the Pope affirmed at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Holy Rosary is not a pious practice consigned to the past, as if it were an outdated prayer to be recalled with nostalgia. On the contrary, the Rosary is experiencing a new springtim ...
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5 May 2008
VATICAN - Pope at the plenary session of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences: “the responsibility of Christians to work for peace and justice, their irrevocable commitment to build up the common good, is inseparable from their mission to proclaim the gift of eternal life.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “How can solidarity and subsidiarity work together in the pursuit of the common good in a way that not only respects human dignity, but also allows it to flourish?” This is the central ...
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5 May 2008
ASIA/CHINA - Four religious sisters from the Congregation of St. Joseph take perpetual vows on the Solemnity of the Ascension
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) - On the Solemnity of the Lord’s Ascension, May 1, the beginning of the month of Mary and the feast of St. Joseph the Worker, 4 religious sisters of the Congregation of St. Joseph, in He ...
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5 May 2008
ASIA/CHINA - Over 2,500 faithful attend the consecration of the new Cathedral of the Diocese of Nan Ning
Nan Ning (Agenzia Fides) - Over 2,500 faithful from the Diocese of Nan Ning, in the province of Guang Xi, gathered from all over continental China -from Hong Kong to Vietnam- to participate in the solemn consecration and ...
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