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7 March 2008
VATICAN - Joint Communique Released by Cardinal Bertone and Catholicos Karekin II
Etchmiadzin (Agenzia Fides) - On the afternoon of March 4, Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone initiated his official visit to Armenia, in Etchmiadzin with His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians. I ...
7 March 2008
VATICAN - Pope tells Bishops of Guatemala: “I encourage you to continue with renewed energy the Church's evangelizing mission in the context of modern cultural movements and globalization, giving fresh vigor to preaching and catechesis”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “As did my venerated predecessor, John Paul II, in his first visit to your country, I encourage you to continue with renewed energy the Church's evangelizing mission in the context of mod ...
7 March 2008
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Colombia-Ecuador Conflict: today at 12noon, an Our Father “for peace in Colombia.” Meeting held for the 22 Presidents of Episcopal Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Following a meeting with Colombia’s President Alvaro Uribe, Cardinal Pedro Saenz Rubiano, Archbishop of Bogota, declared that “this is a tough and difficult situation, but it shows what the g ...
7 March 2008
AMERICA - Colombia-Ecuador Conflict: The Church calls for serenity, dialogue, and peace: “In a war, everything is lost and nothing is gained.”
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The most highly qualified representative of the Catholic Church in Venezuela, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, has made an appeal to the President of the Republic, the authorities, and the people, a ...
7 March 2008
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Interview with an Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala City: the family, caring for the poor, sects, young people, Christian formation...among the main challenges that the Church is facing
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Raul Martinez Paredes, Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala City, has recently been in Rome for his “ad limina” visit. In an interview with Agenzia Fides, the Bishop explains the main challenge ...
7 March 2008
AMERICA - Colombia-Ecuador crisis. Bishops ask for prayers that “the plague of enmity and violence may leave our country and that we may be strengthened in our vocation as a fraternally united Continent.”
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, March 7, by the end of the day at the summit meeting in the Dominican Republic, in an annual gathering of Latin leaders, they declared the crisis over with a handshake: Presiden ...
7 March 2008
AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity of Onitsha becomes Nigeria’s first Minor Basilica
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday, March 8, there will be a solemn celebration held in Nigeria for the inauguration of the first Minor Basilica in the nation, the Basilica of the Most Holy Trinity in Onitsha, in the pr ...
7 March 2008
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Renewed strength for the Jesuit mission in Oceania
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - With the appointment of Australian Jesuit Fr. Mark Raper as President of the Jesuit Conference for East Asia and Oceania, the Company of Jesus is looking to give a “boost” to the evangelizing ...
7 March 2008
ASIA/CHINA - Diocese of Ning Xia holds a Solemn Mass for the newly-baptized of 2007, accompanied by the community on their journey in the faith
Ning Xia (Agenzia Fides) - “Our Christian family does not forget their brothers and sisters who have been baptized during 2007. We unite in asking the Lord to bless them.” These were the words of Bishop Li Jing, rece ...
7 March 2008
ASIA/MALAYSIA - “Vote for the Common Good”: exhortation from the Church to all citizens, for upcoming elections
Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - In a document issued by the Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur, published in the diocesan monthly Catholic Asian News, March Edition, the Church makes an appeal to voters on the eve of general ele ...
6 March 2008
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Colombia-Ecuador conflict: Bishops ask for prayer and sacrifice for peace, because “nothing positive and lasting can be established with violence, hate, and war”
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - “Nothing positive and lasting can be established with violence, hate, and war,” say Venezuelan Bishops in their Message of March 5, issued amidst the tension and uncertainty that has envelop ...
6 March 2008
AMERICA - Meeting for the Secretary Generals of Episcopal Conferences for discussing and planning the Continental Mission
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - From Tuesday to Friday (March 7), the meeting of Secretary Generals from the 21 Episcopal Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean was held in the headquarters of the Latin American Episcop ...
6 March 2008
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - “Missionary Parish, Without Limits” is the theme for the I Missionary Congress of El Salvador, in preparation for CAM3
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - May 16-18, the city of San Salvador will host the First Missionary Congress of El Salvador, with the theme: “Missionary Parish, Without Limits,” according to a statement sent to Agenzia ...
6 March 2008
ASIA/HONG KONG - Vocational testimony from a lay consecrated woman: “Don’t wait! Don’t be afraid! Put out into the deep!”
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - “The Lord attracted me toward Him in prayer, a prayer that placed a desire in me to be always with the Lord! Don’t wait! Don’t be afraid! Put out into the deep! When you are at peace, yo ...
6 March 2008
ASIA/SRI LANKA - Concern for the increase in violence and refugees in the country
Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Experts on international affairs and non-governmental organizations have issued a notice on the deterioration of the social situation in Sri Lanka, where the civil conflict is having a negative ...
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