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11 September 2007
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Austria - “In a monastery of Benedictine spirit, the praise of God, which the monks sing as a solemn choral prayer, always has priority.”
Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, in the afternoon of Sunday 9 September, paid a visit to Heiligenkreuz Abbey, the largest Cistercian monastery in Europe, founded in 1135 by Leopold III. After ...
11 September 2007
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Austria - “Volunteer work is a service to human dignity, inasmuch as men and women are created in the image and likeness of God … the volunteer work carried out by children is at times impressive; we need only think of the activity of the Sternsinger at Christmastime”
Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - “ It is good to meet people who are trying to give a face to the Gospel message in our communities; to see people, young and old, who concretely express in Church and society the love which we, ...
11 September 2007
EUROPE/FRANCE - “Pilgrimages and Shrines, paths of peace, places of mercy: 5th European Congress for Pastoral Care of Pilgrimages and Shrines opens in Lourdes on the eve of Jubilee Year to mark the 150th anniversary of the Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Lourdes (Agenzia Fides) - In Lourdes, France, on Monday 10 September in the presence of about one hundred directors of pilgrimages and rectors of Shrines in 20 European different countries of Europe the 5th European Cong ...
11 September 2007
AFRICA - Small hydro-electric plants, the key to electrifying rural Africa
Rome (Agenzia Fides)- Africa has enormous hydroelectric power still to be exploited. This is affirmed in a recently published study by Wim Jonker Klunne, expert in renewable energy. Only 7% of Africa's hydroelectric pote ...
11 September 2007
AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - “At least 50,000 people flee fighting in east Congo” says Italian Volunteer Service AVSI which has worked in the area for years
Goma (Agenzia Fides)- At least 50,000 are fleeing their homes to escape violence in north Kivu in Democratic Congo, caused by fighting between the regular army and rebels led by Laurent Nkunda which started at the end of ...
11 September 2007
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - South Korea death penalty “abolitionist de facto” if this year ends with no execution having been carried out
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Awareness campaigns promoted by the local Catholic Church, other religious communities, civil associations, and the media with regard to the need to abolish the death penalty, have brought good re ...
11 September 2007
ASIA/SRI LANKA - “Don't forget Sri Lanka!”: Sri Lanka's Christians call on international community to remember the travailed island of the Indian subcontinent.
Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - The Christians of Sri Lanka have urged the international community not to forget the travailed Island of the Indian subcontinent, where civil conflict is causing unbearable suffering and the dea ...
11 September 2007
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Catholic Bishops concerned about atmosphere of political conflict, demand dialogue the best path to peaceful and democratic social harmony"
El Alto (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Bolivia, meeting in Trinidad for the ordination of Bishop Francisco Focardi OFM, appointed auxiliary bishop of Beni, issued a pastoral statement, "Dialogue and the Common ...
11 September 2007
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “The Family and the Future of Humanity”: Family Congress 12 - 15 September
La Plata (Agenzia Fides) - " The Family and the Future of Humanity” is the theme of a Family Congress to be held from Wednesday 12 September to Saturday 15 September in La Plata Argentina, organised by the Archdiocese ...
11 September 2007
AMERICA - The social communicator profession and its challenges in Latin America
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - To offer space for reflection on the social communicator profession and the ethical challenges posed by the context of Latin America, a Latin American Congress on the Ethics of Communication is b ...
11 September 2007
OCEANIA/TAHITI - Young Tahitians pray and dream of World Youth Day next year in Sydney
Papeete (Agenzia Fides) - Dreaming of WYD. Young Tahitians, still edified and enthusiastic after welcoming and hosting the pilgrim youth Day Cross and Marian Icon, in May this year, are praying and working with all their ...
11 September 2007
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - The Pope accepts resignation of Archbishop of Bulawayo
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, on 11 September 2007, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Bulawayo (Zimbabwe), presented by Archbishop Pius Alick ...
10 September 2007
VATICAN - Pope Benedict in Austria - “Show us Jesus!” It was with this plea to the Mother of the Lord that we set off on our journey here. This same plea will accompany us as we return to our daily lives. And we know that Mary hears our prayer”
Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - Saturday 8 September the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI travelled to the Marian Shrine of Mariazell, in the Austrian Alps, where he presided an outdoor Concelebration of the Eucharist to mark the ...
10 September 2007
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Austria - “The heart of the mission of Jesus Christ and of all Christians is to announce the Kingdom of God. This announcement in the name of Christ means for the Church, the priests, the religious and all the baptised, commitment to be present in the world as His witnesses.”
Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - In the afternoon of Saturday 8 September inside the Basilica of Mariazell the Holy Father presided the celebration of Second Vespers of the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary with ...
10 September 2007
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Austria - “We too need access to the Risen one, who sustains us through and beyond death. We need this encounter which brings us together, which gives us space for freedom, which lets us see beyond the bustle of everyday life to God’s creative love, from which we come and towards which we are travelling ”
Vienna (Agenzia Fides) - Sunday 9 September, at 10am the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI presided a Celebration of the Eucharist at Vienna's St Stephen's Cathedral. In his homily the Pope illustrated the meaning of Sun ...
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