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17 April 2008
VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - The Olympic Fire and the Fire of Jesus Christ
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The human longing for brotherhood has taken another hard blow: not even the Olympic Torch is above protest. Yet, if it is to be a symbol of something which can be achieved, at least there w ...
17 April 2008
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in the United States of America- “It is in this fertile soil, nourished from so many different sources, that all of you, Brother Bishops, are called to sow the seeds of the Gospel today.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the afternoon of April 16, the Holy Father Benedict XVI visited the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, where he presided Vespers and met with the Bishops of the United States ...
17 April 2008
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in the United States of America - “I come as a friend, a preacher of the Gospel and one with great respect for this vast pluralistic society.”
Vatican City (Agenzia City) - “I come as a friend, a preacher of the Gospel and one with great respect for this vast pluralistic society... As I begin my visit, I trust that my presence will be a source of renewal and ...
17 April 2008
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in the United States of America - “I am content to be able to meet, in this historical moment both for the Church and for the United Nations, this great people and this great Church.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “My trip has above all two objectives. The first objective is the visit to the Church in America, in the United States. There is a particular motive: The Diocese of Baltimore, 200 years a ...
17 April 2008
AMERICA - Meeting held for the organizing committee of the Great Continental Mission that will be launched August 17; song-writing contest to be held
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The ad hoc committee responsible for the organization and promotion of the Great Continental Mission is holding its meeting April 16-17 in Bogota (Colombia), at the headquarters of the General Se ...
17 April 2008
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Missionary Congress begins: “Bolivia has been blessed with the gift of so many missionaries that have come to share their faith and now it is Bolivia’s chance to go out and share its faith.”
Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The 5th National Missionary Congress in Cochabamba (Bolivia) began yesterday, with great enthusiasm. The theme for the Congress is: “Bolivia with Christ Listens, Learns, and Announces.” T ...
17 April 2008
AMERICA/HAITI - The scarcity and soaring costs of food: an “intolerable and scandalous situation that threatens to drown our country with new dramas”
Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Haiti, which is the poorest country in Latin America, has experienced growing tensions in recent days, due to the situation of scarcity and high cost of food products. Thousands of people ...
17 April 2008
AFRICA - Food emergency and hunger map
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - 36 countries have been heavily hit by the increase in the cost of food supplies. Of these 36, 21 are in Africa, 9 in Asia, 4 in Latin America, and 2 in Europe. A study performed by the FAO, the Foo ...
17 April 2008
ASIA/CHINA - The various events being held for the 400th anniversary of the evangelization of the Diocese of Shang Hai focus on the evangelization of the family.
Shang Hai (Agenzia Fides) - In honor of the 400th anniversary of the evangelization of the Diocese of Shang Hai, the main theme has focused on a reflection on its history, on the most important figures in its past, in or ...
17 April 2008
EUROPE/ITALY - 18,815 Jesuits worldwide; largest representation and youngest members in south Asia, with the most novices
Roma (Agenzia Fides) - According to statistics made available to Agenzia Fides from the General Curia of the Society of Jesus, dated January 1, 2008, the total number of Jesuits in the world is 18,815. They are subdivide ...
17 April 2008
ASIA/NORTH KOREA - Food crisis on the horizon in North Korea
Pyongyang (Agenzia Fides) - North Korea is on the verge of a humanitarian crisis: in the country that is already suffering chronic problems of hunger, poverty, underdevelopment, and an especially small harvest in 2008, d ...
17 April 2008
ASIA/MALAYSIA - Experience of youth and vocation pastoral in the diocese of Kuchin
Kuching (Agenzia Fides) - Young people who love the Lord Jesus and do not hesitate to answer his call to follow Him in the priestly or religious life or as active lay Catholics: over 400 young people from different paris ...
16 April 2008
EUROPE/SPAIN - Humanitarian organizations ask that April 16 be declared World Day Against Child Slavery: “a holocaust of global proportions, that is on the rise”
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian Cultural Movement and other Christian institutions have joined in launching a proposal requesting that April 16 be declared World Day Against Child Slavery. Numerous acts are schedu ...
16 April 2008
AMERICA/MEXICO - The Church in Mexico reaffirms its “yes” to life, “that cannot and should not be trampled by laws that threaten or destroy it”
Acapulco (Agenzia Fides) - Amidst the Archdiocese of Acapulco’s jubilee celebrations for its 50th anniversary as a diocese, “Buen Pastor” (Good Shepherd) Seminary organized a Bioethics Congress last week, entitled: ...
16 April 2008
AMERICA/CHILE - Document from the Archbishop of Santiago on “The Pastoral Option of Aparecida” distributed in parishes, in response to the challenges and guidelines presented in the 5th General Conference
Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) - 70,000 copies of the special issue of the magazine, “Encuentro” with an enclosed copy of the document “The Pastoral Option of Aparecida” by Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz, ...
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