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7 February 2008
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - According to the Church, government apologies made to aborigines will bring a new season of understanding, peace, and development
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The official apologies offered by the Australian government, now under the direction of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, will be presented to the aborigines February 13, for “the Stolen Generation” ...
7 February 2008
AFRICA/GHANA - Instruction and Development at the heart of the President of Ghana’s visit to Rome
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “Africa is a vast continent formed by over 50 countries, many of which have gained independence in the last 40-50 years and are still working to overcome the negative consequences left behind fro ...
7 February 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI General Audience: Lent “keeps alive the understanding that being a Christian is a path that constantly demands renewed effort.” - Appeal for Chad
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “We are entering into an “intense” liturgical season that, as we prepare for the celebration of Easter - the heart and centre of the liturgical year and of our entire existence - invi ...
6 February 2008
VATICAN - The Holy Father's Letter on the occasion of Brazil's Fraternity Campaign 2008: all threats to life must be fought”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI has addressed a Letter to Archbishop Geraldo Lyrio Rocha, Archbishop of Mariana and President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Brazil, on the occasio ...
6 February 2008
VATICAN - AVE MARIA - Lent: a season for God's work
Mgr. Luciano Alimandi
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Evangelists give us testimony of many miracles worked by Jesus and we are amazed to see how God's power cures the sick, frees those possessed by demons, brings the dead back to life, co ...
6 February 2008
EUROPE/SPAIN - “Manos Unidas” Campaign 2008: “Promoting healthy motherhood by fostering the conditions that allow a mother to be who she is: fount of life, self-giving, and total donation.”
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - “Manos Unidas” (United Hands) will present its Campaign for 2008, the theme of which is: “Healthy mothers, a right and a hope,” inspired by the fifth Objective of the Developmental Object ...
6 February 2008
AFRICA/CHAD - Five thousand refugees in local parish in Kousseri, Cameroon; local Caritas at work. The Holy Father sends donation through Cor Unum.
N’Djamena (Agenzia Fides) - “There are about 5 thousand refugees from Chad in the Catholic parish church in Kousseri, diocese of Yagoua, Cameroon,” Agenzia Fides was informed by Sr. Lucia of the Congregation of Sis ...
6 February 2008
AFRICA/KENYA - Opposition group threatens more demonstrations as grave humanitarian conditions continue
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Negotiations between Kenyan president, Mwai Kibaki, and opposition leader, Raila Odinga, continue in a tense climate due to threats from the opposition to return to the streets in demonstrations ...
6 February 2008
ASIA/SRI LANKA - “The trail of blood must come to an end”; meanwhile, disasters and civilian victims increase
Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - “We must put an end to the trail of blood and hate that is sweeping across the country.” This is the plea that comes from the Catholic religious orders that are working on the frontline prov ...
6 February 2008
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Launching of Brotherhood Campaign in defence of human life
Brazil (Agenzia Fides) - The Brazilian Bishops Conference has begun their 45th Brotherhood Campaign today, February 6th, Ash Wednesday. This year, the Campaign’s theme is, “Brotherhood and the defence of life” and ...
6 February 2008
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “Sharing with Joy”: Lenten Campaign to bring aid to victims of natural disasters
Bogotá (Agenzia Fides) - As Lent begins, so too does the Campaign for Communication of Goods that each year is sponsored by the National Secretariate for Social Pastoral Work (SNPS/Caritas Colombia) with the goal of hel ...
6 February 2008
AFRICA/SUDAN - New foundation of Daughters of St. Paul in Juba
Juba (Agenzia Fides) - After 25 years of civil war, southern Sudan is experiencing a time of peace. Following a peace signing in January of 2005, Bishop Paris Taban, Bishop of Torit, offered an invitation to all religiou ...
6 February 2008
AFRICA/BENIN - “Smile it's Lent!” : a Letter from Bishop of Natitingou
Natitingou (Agenzia Fides) - “The word Lent does not mean sadness, aridity… instead it is a special 40 days given to us by the Church. In the Bible the number 40 evokes a special time in which God calls us to live cl ...
5 February 2008
MISSIONARY PRAYER INTENTION - “That Institutes of Consecrated Life, so flourishing in mission countries, may rediscover the missionary dimension and, faithful to the radical choice of Gospel counsels, be generous in bearing witness to Christ and proclaiming Him to the ends of the earth.”
Comment on the Holy Father's Missionary Prayer intention for February 2008
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “ From the very beginning of the Church men and women have set about following Christ with greater freedom and imitating Him more closely through the practice of the evangelical counsels, ...
5 February 2008
VATICAN - Mission continues - Fr. Adriano Garuti and Lara De Angelis
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Missionary activity, today as always, requires courage. It is one thing to talk about it, but to live it is much more demanding. Being present in the world as it is today with its religious ...
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