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25 September 2007
AMERICA/HONDURAS - 10th Continental Meeting of RIIAL, the Latin American Church's computer network, concludes with commitment to create new forms of presence and new services in the light of the Great Continental Mission
Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The 10th Continental Meeting of RIIAL, the Latin American Church's computer network, held in Honduras in Valle de los Ángeles, near Tegucigalpa came to a close on Friday 21 September. The 8 ...
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25 September 2007
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Prayers, enthusiasm, mission: young Oblates in Australia on the way to WYD
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - At the lay level young Australians are the ones who follow the spirituality of the Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate, a religious congregation founded by St Eugene de Mazenod. In Australia t ...
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25 September 2007
“Africa” September-October 2007 issue: the web changes communications in Africa; in Liberia former child soldiers find shelter in a cemetery; the unexplored face of a Nairobi slum
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Among the various articles in the September-October 2007 issue of "Africa" magazine published by the White Fathers, we mention:
- During the ferocious years of civil war they were forced ...
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24 September 2007
VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the Angelus : “The emergencies of hunger and pollution denounce with growing evidence that the logic of profit, if prevailing, increases the disproportion between rich and poor and a ruinous exploitation of the planet”
Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - “The emergencies of hunger and pollution denounce with growing evidence that the logic of profit, if prevailing, increases the disproportion between rich and poor and ruinous exploita ...
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24 September 2007
VATICAN - Benedict XVI's pastoral visit to Velletri: “This is our common mission: to be leaven of hope and peace because we believe in love. Love makes the Church live and since love is eternal it will make her live until the end of time”
Velletri (Agenzia Fides) - “I happy to be back here with you… I have returned with joy to meet your diocesan community for several years in a singular way my own and which will always be dear to my heart”. These w ...
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24 September 2007
VATICAN “Today, in a the ministry of the bishop, organisation aspects are absorbing, commitments are many, and so are necessities, however in the life of a successor of the Apostles first place must be given to God ”: Benedict XVI encourages recently ordained Bishops
Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) -“The apostolic and pastoral character of the bishop's prayer” was the theme on which the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI dwelt in his address to recently ordained bishops received in au ...
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24 September 2007
VATICAN - Consecrated gypsies, their vocation and mission to their ethnic brothers and sisters: First World Meeting for Gypsy priests, deacons and men and women religious
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Consecrated gypsies, their vocation and mission to their ethnic brothers and sisters, is the theme of the First World Meeting for Gypsy priests, deacons and men and women religious organise ...
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24 September 2007
EUROPE - Family Policy Institute urges Europe's political leaders to stop talking and take action to support families and to make the family a priority issue in their respective countries
Brussels (Agenzia Fides) - "It is an urgent priority for European countries to incorporate the family perspective in public policies as a social good which cannot be renounced and as a service to the nation " said Lola V ...
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24 September 2007
AFRICA - Flood emergency in Africa continues: harvests destroyed, millions left homeless, threat of epidemics and consequences at the level of public order
Rome (Agenzia Fides)- The devastating flood emergency continues in many different parts of Africa. Some 20 African countries have been affected by torrential rainfall since July. At least 270 people are confirmed dead an ...
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24 September 2007
AFRICA/BENIN - “The family is at the centre of our pastoral work and we focus especially on Holy Childhood ” the president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Benin, in Rome for the ad limina visit speaks with Fides
Roma (Agenzia Fides)- “The future of our Church in Benin is to give priority to the family since the family is the basic nucleus of society and of the Church” Bishop Antoine Ganyé, president of the Catholic Bishops' ...
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24 September 2007
ASIA/MALAYSIA - Bringing the Gospel to indigenous Animists: first PIME missionaries reached island of Borneo 150 years ago
Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - 1857-2007: 150 years of continual evangelisation in conditions of poverty, itinerant catechesis, caring for the sick, being close to families. This is the experience of Italian missionaries ...
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24 September 2007
ASIA/INDIA - “Violence against Christians must be stopped”: India's Christian send open letter to President Pratibha Devisingh Patil
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Make known the plight of India's Christians account of their religious faith and the escalation of violence against them: call for an end to acts of discrimination and threats and a serious in ...
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24 September 2007
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - In view of presidential and legislative elections, Bishop of Rio Gallegos issues Pastoral Letter: priorities include life, family, common good, social inclusion, federalism
Rio Gallegos (Agenzia Fides) - “We must discover our calling to work for the common good and shoulder responsibility for the social and political life in our province and in the country” Bishop Juan Carlos Romanín, ...
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24 September 2007
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Sixth Meeting for Brazilian Missionaries present in Bolivia: to strengthen and renew missionary ardour in the face of many challenges
Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Agenzia Fides) - The Sixth Meeting for Brazilian Missionaries present in Bolivia was held 7 - 9 September at Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, the National Office of the Pontifical Mission Societ ...
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24 September 2007
Sofia hosts 'Voices of the Abandoned' International Conference on abandoned children in Europe
Sofia (Agenzia Fides) - “Voices of the Abandoned”, is the title of an International Conference which will take place on 26 September at the Culture House in Sofia (Bulgaria). Promoted by the Amici dei Bambini, the co ...
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