News
3 March 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI, in the Angelus: “the tendency in man to construct an ideological system of security is strong,” with an exhortation to allow Jesus to heal us, “Jesus who can and wants to give us the light of God”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In this Sunday of Lent, the Gospel of John, from the reading Cycle A, we find “a true and real baptismal itinerary,” Pope Benedict XVI said, prior to the recitation of the Angelus with ...
3 March 2008
VATICAN - Pope’s appeal for the release of the Chaldean Archbishop of Mosul, Iraq; an end to violence in the Holy Land; caring for the world’s children
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Following the recitation of the Angelus on Sunday, March 2, the Holy Father Benedict XVI launched three appeals. “With profound sadness, I have followed the events surrounding the kidnapp ...
3 March 2008
VATICAN - Pope tells University Students: “Today God is calling on you European and American young people to cooperate with your contemporaries throughout the world so that the lifeblood of the Gospels can renew the civilization of these two continents and all of humanity.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the afternoon of Saturday, March 1, there was a prayer vigil held in the Paul VI Hall in the Vatican, in commemoration of the 6th European Day for University Students, promoted by the Co ...
3 March 2008
VATICAN - Speaking to the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum,” the Pope reminded them that the charitable activity of the Church “must never be reduced to mere philanthropy but must be a tangible expression of evangelical love”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Those who work in the many forms of charitable activity of the Church cannot, then, content themselves just with offering technical services or resolving practical problems and difficult ...
3 March 2008
VATICAN - Cardinal Dias, Holy Father’s Special Envoy for the celebrations of the New Christian Millenium in Ethiopia
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI appointed Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect for the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, as his Special Envoy for the celebrations of the New Christian Mil ...
3 March 2008
VATICAN - Reply from the Doctrine of the Faith on the Baptismal formulae
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Made public by the Holy See Press Office, February 29, were the responses of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to two questions concerning the validity of Baptism conferred wit ...
3 March 2008
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Archbishop of La Plata: new subject, “Building Citizenship,” is “a dangerous instrument of indoctrination and politicization of adolescents, with no reference to the integral concept of the human person and the ethical nature of his activity”
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Hector Aguer, of Plata, recently warned faithful of the dangers of a new subject that is trying to be introduced in schools, called, “Building Citizenship,” similar to the ...
3 March 2008
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The expansion of the Missionary Childhood and Youth, and Missionary October among the themes of the Annual Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Annual Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies of Argentina took place on February 26-27 and was attended by the directors of each ecclesiastical district of the country, according ...
3 March 2008
AMERICA/PERU - Priests prepare for the Great Mission of Lima that begins April 28 and lasts until 2010.
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday, February 27, there was a meeting held in the Seminary of Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo with over 150 priests, among them were Vicar Generals, parish pastors, and chaplains of the Archdio ...
3 March 2008
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Pontifical Missionary Union of Nigeria meets to intensify campaign for missionary awareness and responsibility
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies, Nigeria, has concluded a two-day meeting/workshop for the members of the Pontifical Missionary Union of Priests and Religious. The meeting was held at the John P ...
3 March 2008
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Caritas Jerusalem renews the call on behalf of the suffering people of Gaza
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - As word spreads of the recent retreat of the Israeli Army from the Gaza Strip, Caritas Jerusalem renews its call for help and assistance for the suffering Palestinian people of the area.
“T ...
3 March 2008
AFRICA/KENYA - Violence continues; need for a “healing of people’s souls and resolution of real estate property,” a missionary says
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “We need to offer healing of people’s souls: this is one of the most common headlines in Kenya’s newspapers,” Agenzia Fides was told by Fr. Roger Tessier, Canadian missionary of the Whit ...
3 March 2008
ASIA/IRAQ - Christians join in prayer for the release and saving of the kidnapped Archbishop in Mosul
Bagdad (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Iraq, throughout the Middle East, and in other places in the world have begun a campaign of intense prayer for the release and saving of Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho Chaldean Archb ...
3 March 2008
ASIA/CHINA - Approaching Easter: Hong Kong examining its catechumens in light of Spes Salvi; the testimony of an 102-year-old recent convert to Catholicism convinces her daughter-in-law to request Baptism
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Chinese Catholics are painstakingly preparing for the celebration of a Holy Easter, above all, to offer a welcome of enthusiasm to the catechumens, who this Easter Vigil, will receive the Sacrament ...
1 March 2008
Dossier - The martyrs of the Spanish Civil War and the repercussions on the missionary world
The martyrs of the Spanish Civil War and the repercussions on the missionary world
General introduction
MEN AND WOMEN RELIGIOUS MARTYRS AND EVANGELISATION
In the meantime what was happening in the missions?
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