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18 June 2007
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Six months old new mission in Tawl-Tawl where there are 72 Catholic families
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - “A new mission has been opened ! This is a moment of grace: children and adults wear their best clothes to be baptised and confirmed. Excited and little anxious they listen to the Word of God. ...
18 June 2007
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - 10th edition of Catholic Literary Award goes to two works: parent/ child relationship and the power of forgiveness
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Literary Award, instituted by the Catholic Times in 1998 for authors who sublime the Catholic spirit in literature, celebrated this year its 10th edition. On June 7 at the Uri Bank Au ...
18 June 2007
AMERICA - Respective Catholic Bishops call on governments of USA and Mexico to “work together to put an end to suffering experienced by emigrants of both countries ”
San Bernardino (Agenzia Fides) - In a joint statement the Emigration Committee of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the United States and the Commission for pastoral of human mobility of the Catholic Bishops Conference ...
18 June 2007
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Assisi - “Francis is a man for others, because to the core he is a man of God. If in his message we separate the ‘horizontal’ and the ‘vertical’ dimension we render Francis unrecognisable”
Assisi (Agenzia Fides) - In the afternoon of Sunday June 17in the cathedral of Assisi, dedicated to Saint Rufino, the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI had a meeting with the priests, men and women religious, and the super ...
16 June 2007
Instrumentum mensis Maii pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontifici Benedicti XVI pro evangelizatione in terris missionum
The month of May had as its central event the apostolic journey to Brazil undertaken by the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI to inaugurate in Aparecida the 5th General Conference of the Council of Bishops' Conferences of ...
15 June 2007
VATICAN - Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests: “That priests may be valid witnesses of the love of Christ
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Saintly Cure d’Ars said “the priesthood is the Heart of Christ”. It is certainly the act of supreme love that Christ has for those who accept to be his apostles whom he calls to l ...
15 June 2007
VATICAN - “The Divine Liturgy a channel of Mission”, Chrysostomos II receives honorary Doctorate in Missiology at the Pontifical Urban University
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, 14 June, at the Aula Magna of the Pontifical Urban University there was a ceremony to confer an Honorary Doctorate in Missiology to His Beatitude Chrysostomos II, Primate of the ...
15 June 2007
VATICAN - “Benedict XVI in Assisi: announce with St Francis the simplicity of the Gospel in a complex world ”. A contribution by Fr. Pietro Messa, OFM
Roma (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 17 June the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI will make a pastoral visit to Assisi on the occasion of the 800th anniversary of the conversion of Saint Francis. Fides gives below an ample co ...
15 June 2007
VATICAN - “Faced with secularisation, the proliferation of sects and the poverty of so many brothers and sisters it is urgent to form communities united in faith, like the Holy Family of Nazareth”: Pope Benedict XVI addresses the Council of Administration of the Populorum Progressio Foundation
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Since my beloved predecessor John Paul II created the Populorum Progressio Foundation, entrusting the responsibility to the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, the latter has devoted itself to ...
15 June 2007
EUROPE/PORTUGAL - St John of God Foundation will promote network of solidarity and healthcare: first campaign in aid of Angolan children victims of anti-personnel land mines and polio
Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - The Order of Hospitaller Brothers of St John of God on June 12, launched its own St John of God Foundation to raise funds and work in the field of healthcare with other Foundations and NGOs. St J ...
15 June 2007
EUROPE/SPAIN - Spain is the ninth country to allow therapeutic cloning: “Human cloning, whatever the end, is always and from every point of view anti-ethical and deplorable. We stand before an unimaginable path and sadly we do not know where it will lead us ”
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The Spanish parliament approved on 14 June a Law on bio-medical research which encourages and regulates “therapeutic cloning” in view of the supposed 'benefits' and 'improvement' of public he ...
15 June 2007
AFRICA - The abolition of the death penalty in Africa: scheda
Rome (Agenzia Fides)- In Africa the death penalty has been abolished in 14 countries: Angola, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Sao Tome e Principe, Rwanda, Seyc ...
15 June 2007
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Gaza: dramatic report from Caritas Jerusalem. “ The streets, rooftops, and even the hospitals have been turned into battlefields and most people are too afraid to go out”
Gaza (Agenzia Fides)-“The medical personnel cannot leave home. My children are so afraid. We keep hearing explosions and shooting …there is fighting everywhere”. This is the dramatic testimony from Dr Bandalay El-S ...
15 June 2007
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Preparation for 1st National Mission Congress in May 2008 “Parish, a missionary community"
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Salvador will hold its 1st National Mission Congress next year 16 - 18 May on the theme "The Parish, a missionary community" with the slogan "Missionary Parish without Frontie ...
15 June 2007
ASIA/INDIA - The Pope accepts resignation of the Bishop of Bhopal and appoints successor
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 15 June 2007 accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Bhopal (India), presented by Archbishop Paschal Topno, S.J., in ...
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