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13 November 2007
AFRICA/SOMALIA - “The people can take no more” Catholic Bishop, Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu tells Fides
Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides)- “Dramatic news continues to arrive from Mogadishu. Fighting persists and the people cannot take any more. This is a rebellion to every effect” said Bishop Giorgio Bertin, Bishop of Djibouti ...
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13 November 2007
AFRICA/CONGO RD - Fresh fighting in eastern Congo, more civilians move, the region has at least 800,000 internally displaced persons
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- Rebel troops of Laurent Nkunda attacked a refugee camp near Goma, the main city in north Kivu in the east of Democratic Congo. Congo army sources say the attack was thwarted and 27 of the assail ...
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13 November 2007
ASIA/HONG KONG - “The experience of building a community on the Word of God” theme of 8th Bible Seminar in Macao
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - “The experience of building a community on the Word of God ” was the theme of the 8th Bible Seminar in the Chinese language held in Macao in the first week of November. According to Hong K ...
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13 November 2007
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Drug addiction is not only a problem of ‘substances’, it is a matter of culture, values, life style and decision": Bishops denounce drug abuse which is widespread among young people and feeds on the innocence and fragility of children
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "Drug abuse, synonym of death " is the title of an pastoral Letter issued by the Catholic Bishops of Argentina at the end of their 94th plenary assembly 5-9 November. In the letter the Bis ...
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13 November 2007
AMERICA - CELAM presidency voices solidarity with Venezuelan Bishops: may the Lord “continue to fortify the prophetic role of Bishops at this time”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - A letter of solidarity with the Bishops of Venezuela, attacked for expressing their moral opinion on constitutional reforms (see Fides 22/10/2007; 31/10/2007; 12/11/2007)) has been addressed to the ...
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13 November 2007
AMERICA/CHILE - Pro Life Parliamentarians World Assembly: “the wager for Life is not for one country, or a few parliamentarians it is for all humanity”
Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) - Some fifty parliamentarians and members of government from 17 countries took part in a Pro Life Parliamentarians World Assembly in Santiago del Chile, according to a report by the Euro ...
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13 November 2007
AMERICA/PERU- Caritas Peru and Continental Bank agreement to rebuild four schools for the benefit of two thousand pupils affected by earthquake
Callao (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas del Peru and the Foundation BBVA Banco Continentale have signed an agreement to collect funds to rebuild schools and provide pedagogical and psychological assistance for children in areas ...
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13 November 2007
AMERICA/ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - State offices for public health and social assistance launch vaccination programme among marginalised communities
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - A campaign to vaccinate children against diphtheria and tetanus has been launched in the town of San José de Oca promoted by state offices for public health and social assistance. The vac ...
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12 November 2007
VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the Angelus: “May Saint Martin helps us understand that only with common commitment to share, can we tackle the great challenges of our time: to build a world of peace and justice where every person may live with dignity ”. Appeal for Lebanon
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The testimony offered by Saint Martin, Bishop of Tours, whose liturgical feast is the 11 November, was the focus of the address given by Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday 11 November before leadi ...
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12 November 2007
VATICAN - The Pope receives Confraternities of the Italy: “The Church in Italy needs you to help the Gospel of Charity reach everyone, along old paths and new”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Since they were started Confraternities “have distinguished themselves for typical forms of popular piety and initiatives of charity to assist the poor, the sick and suffering, involving ...
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12 November 2007
VATICAN - Italian Federation of Catholic Universities “FUCI has contributed towards the formation of whole generations of exemplary Christians, who put into practice and spread the Gospel at the cultural, civil, social and ecclesial level ” Pope Benedict XVI recalls
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on November 9 received in audience a delegation of the Italian Federation of Catholic Universities F.U.C.I., on the occasion of the 110th anniversary of ...
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12 November 2007
VATICAN - The Holy Father's grief at the death of Cardinal Stephen Fumio Hamao
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has sent a telegrammes to Bishop Rafael Masahiro Umemura of Yokohama, Japan, for the death, at the age of 77, of Cardinal Stephen Fumio Hamao, president emeritus of the Pont ...
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12 November 2007
VATICAN - “Pastoral Care for elderly sick persons ”: presentation of 22nd International Conference promoted by the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Pastoral Care for elderly sick persons” is the theme of the 22nd International Conference promoted by the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care which will be presented on 14 Novemb ...
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12 November 2007
AFRICA/UGANDA - “The people are ready to forgive the rebels” Catholic Archbishop of Gulu told Fides
Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- “There are concrete hopes for peace and we are confident for the future” said Archbishop John Baptist Odama of the diocese of Gulu, in northern Uganda, where the LRA delegation continues its ...
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12 November 2007
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Cardinal Martino, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace makes pastoral visit to Madagascar
Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides)- Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace made a pastoral visit to Madagascar to the diocese of Ambatondrazaka, in the occasion of the cente ...
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