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29 January 2008
ASIA/TURKEY - “Paul, witness and Apostle of the Christian identity”: Catholic Bishops of Turkey issue Letter for the Year of St Paul
Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) - “Paul is apostle and teacher for all Christ's disciples, but especially for those of us who live here in Turkey; the apostle of the gentiles is a son of this land and it was mainly here that ...
29 January 2008
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops' plenary focuses on the “role of women in the Church and in society”. Archbishop Castro Quiroga: “may women be once again energetic defenders of life, marriage and motherhood”
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - “The world expects Christian women, made bold by the power of the Holy Spirit, to be courageous apostles and missionary disciples of Jesus Christ; firm defenders of life, marriage and motherhoo ...
29 January 2008
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops call the national government and armed groups to be reconciled and to resolve social and armed conflict; national demonstration 4 February
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Colombia gathered in a plenary assembly have urged Colombians to take part in a peaceful national demonstration on 4 February at midday to protest against the practice of ...
29 January 2008
AFRICA/KENYA - “There is a split in the President's ethnic group: crisis more complex than it appeared”
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- Grave escalation of the Kenyan crisis: for the first time army helicopters opened fire to disperse angry mobs in Naivasha city, Rift Valley, 90 km from Nairobi, the centre of violence in recent ...
29 January 2008
EUROPE/SPAIN - Over six thousand people at Sunday's pro-life and pro-family gathering in Barcelona organised by “Pact for Life and Dignity” platform
Barcelona (Agenzia Fides) - More than six thousand people took part in Sunday's pro-life and pro-family gathering in Barcelona organised to defend life and the family by the platform “Pact for Life and Dignity” and a ...
29 January 2008
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic Sister receives award for 50 years of service to the rural poor
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - In recognition of her person and service, appreciated by the Australian civil community, is the esteem of the entire nation for the Catholic Church: Sr Patricia Rhatigan, who dedicated 50 years ...
28 January 2008
VATICAN - The Pope's Angelus: “The kingdom of God is therefore life which becomes apparent after death, the light of truth which dispels the shadows of mistruth ”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The beginning of Christ's public mission narrated by St Mark the Evangelist in the liturgy of the Word for the 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, is marked by preaching of the Kingdom and healing ...
28 January 2008
VATICAN - The Pope addresses the Roman Rota: “render Rotal jurisprudence ever more openly unitary and effectively accessible to all operators of justice so as to reach uniform application in all Church tribunals”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The first centenary of the re-establishing of the Apostolic Tribunal of the Roman Rota on the part of Saint Pius X, “is an opportune occasion to reflect on a fundamental aspect of the Rot ...
28 January 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI concludes Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: “today, as in the past, Ecumenism has a profound need of that vast community of Christians of all traditions who without clamour pray and offer their life to promote unity”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “At the end of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity we are ever more aware that the task of recomposing unity, which requires our efforts and energy, is infinitely superior to our capab ...
28 January 2008
VATICAN - “The law of the Church is first of all, lex libertatis: a law which renders us free to follow Christ” the Pope said at a Conference promoted by the Pontifical Commission for Legislative Texts
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Ius ecclesiae is not only a set of norms produced by the ecclesial Legislator for this special people, the Church of Christ. It is first and foremost an authoritative declaration on the ...
28 January 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI encourages the Mixed Working Group of the Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches “ open the way for more intense cooperation so the Lord's prayer ‘that they may be one' may be better realised in our day”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Dear friends, I pray that the new mixed work group may build on the basis of the praiseworthy work already accomplished and open the way for ever more intense cooperation so that the Lor ...
25 January 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI's Message for World Communications Day: “also in the sector of social communications essential dimensions of the human person and the truth concerning the human person come into play. ”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “There is no area of human experience, especially given the vast phenomenon of globalisation, in which the media have not become an integral part of interpersonal relations and of social, ...
25 January 2008
ASIA/CHINA - Death of Bishop Mattia Chen Xilu of Kinghsien.
Kinghsien (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Mattia Chen Xilu of the diocese of Kinghsien (Jingxian/Hengshui), died in Jizhou Hospital in the mainland China province of Hebei, on 16 January. The Bishop, almost 80 years old, was in ...
25 January 2008
EUROPE/SPAIN - “Getting to Work” Missionary Childhood Day in Spain Sunday 27 January
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - “Getting to Work” is the theme of Missionary Childhood Day in Spain on Sunday 27 January. The purpose is to encourage children to collaborate in missionary work directly, “working to build ...
25 January 2008
AFRICA/KENYA - Opposition leader Odinga meets President Kibaki, but violence continues
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “This was a good sign, but there is still long way to go to reach pacification ” said a local Catholic source in Nairobi after Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga ...
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