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29 February 2008
VATICAN - “The document Dominus Iesus and the other religions” of Archbishop Angelo Amato, Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (fourth part)
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “L’Osservatore Romano” has made it possible for Agenzia Fides to publish the entire text of the speech given by Archbishop Angelo Amato, Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine ...
29 February 2008
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops concerned for the political crisis: “a serious threat to the foundations of democracy and the institutional life of the country.”
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - “The recent acts of extreme violence, that have already claimed human lives in Epizana, as well as the fighting that has broken out in certain areas, in protest of Parliament, are clear signs o ...
29 February 2008
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops make a call in facing the health emergency due to epidemics of dengue and yellow fever
Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Paraguay have made a call in regards to facing the health emergency that the country is now living through, due to epidemics of dengue and yellow fever. In March of last year, th ...
29 February 2008
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Emergency plan from Caritas Ecuador to provide urgent care to 5,000 families. Danger of gastrointestinal and endemic diseases
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Ecuador currently continues distributing humanitarian aid to the flood victims in the provinces of Los Rios and Manabi where, in collaboration with the Bishops’ Conference of Ecuador, th ...
29 February 2008
EUROPE - The European Network Institute for Family Policies join the fight against abortion: “There is an urgent need to end this drama that effects millions of women in the world.”
Belgium (Agenzia Fides) - “We need to guarantee the protection of rights for unborn children, and therefore, think seriously about a ban on abortion. “There is an urgent need to end this drama that effects millions o ...
29 February 2008
VATICAN - The Pope to the Bishops of El Salvador in their Ad Limina visit: “promote ambitious and audacious efforts at evangelization in your diocesan communities, to ensure that all the faithful may experience that intimate meeting with the living Christ which is at the basis and origin of Christian existence.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The El Salvadorian people are characterized by their living faith and deep religious sentiment. The Gospel, taken there by the first missionaries and fervently preached by pastors full o ...
29 February 2008
VATICAN - 28th Plenary Assembly for the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” underway
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - From Thursday, February 28th to Saturday, March 1 the 28th Plenary Assembly for the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum” is being held in Rome. The theme is: “Human and spiritual qualities ...
29 February 2008
ASIA/CHINA - Catholics in Mongolia restore communion, thanks to the Pope’s Letter to Chinese Catholics; over 1300 faithful attend the First Evangelization Congress
Bao Tou (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Benedict XVI’s Letter to the Bishops, priests, consecrated persons, and faithful of the Catholic Church in the People’s Republic of China is yielding fruits in the field of evangelizati ...
29 February 2008
VATICAN - Presentation of Pontifical Yearbook 2008 to the Holy Father
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - This morning, February 29, the Pontifical Yearbook 2008 was presented to the Holy Father Benedict XVI. A communique regarding the presentation highlights some of the salient facts contained ...
29 February 2008
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Madagascar suffering serious damages following the passing of two cyclones in a brief time period
Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) - The passing of the cyclone “Fame,” on January 27, followed by that of cyclone “Ivan,” on February 17, have caused serious damages in various parts of Madagascar. According to local ...
29 February 2008
ASIA/NORTH KOREA - First Annual Statement on Religious Freedom in North Korea
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Committee for Reconciliation of Korea of the Korean Episcopal Conference, in its annual meeting announced the publication of an “Annual Statement 2007 on Religious Freedom in North Korea.” ...
29 February 2008
ASIA/MYANMAR - Christians throughout the world unite in celebrating the World Day of Ecumenical Prayer for Myanmar
London (Agenzia Fides) - Christian communities of diverse creeds, throughout the world, will unite on March 8 in commemoration of the 10th World Day of Prayer for Myanmar. The initiative, begun in 1997 by a group of Chri ...
29 February 2008
AFRICA/KENYA - “The signing of this agreement means the end of a nightmare. I hope that the coalition between Kibaki and Odinga can confront the root causes of the country’s division,” Fr. Eugenio Ferrari tells Fides.
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “This means the end of a nightmare. Thanks be to God, our prayers have been answered,” Fides was told by Fr. Eugenio Ferrari, missionary in Kenya, following the signing of an agreement betwe ...
29 February 2008
VATICAN - “You heard it said but I say to you …” - an intervention by Prof. Michele Loconsole on Pope Benedict XVI's new prayer "for the Jews"
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Following the annual Day for Catholic-Jewish Dialogue on 17 January, virulent polemic broke out in Italy and the rest of the world with regard to a new version, in Latin, of the customary P ...
28 February 2008
VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Politics, Catholics, witness and mission
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “ Look: as Yahweh my God commanded me, I have taught you laws and customs, for you to observe in the country of which you are going to take possession. Keep them, put them into practice, ...
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