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12 June 2007
AFRICA/GHANA - “Take the path of reconciliation and forgiveness ” says the Catholic Bishop of Yendi, in northern Ghana, where the succession of the traditional king is a cause of dispute
Accra (Agenzia Fides) - No to “punitive” justice founded on revenge, yes to justice founded on reconciliation and pardon. This appeal was launched by Bishop Vincent Sowah Boi-Nai, the Catholic Bishop of Yendi, in nor ...
12 June 2007
AFRICA/MALAWI - “The funeral of First Lady could build new unity in Malawi” says a Monfort missionary
Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides)- “On June 9 2007 the whole of Malawi stopped for the funeral of the First Lady Ethel Mutharika, wife of President Bingu wa Mutharika who died on 28 May” Monfort missionary Fr Piergiorgio Gamb ...
12 June 2007
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales Archbishop of Manila,: “The people who abducted Fr. Bossi could be common criminals. Islam is not to be blamed”
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - “Another missionary taken hostage! This is very sad. He is not the only one: in the past other priests and missionaries were taken hostage and some were killed. In Mindanao there are groups of ...
12 June 2007
ASIA/INDIA - Blessed Sister Alfonsa will be India's first Saint
Cochin (Agenzia Fides) - Blessed Alfonsa, a sister from Kerala, will be India's first Saint. Pope Benedict XVI signed the decree for canonisation on June 1. Catholics in Kerala have welcomed the news which spread quickl ...
12 June 2007
ASIA/TAIWAN - Catholics live month of the Sacred Heart with deep devotion and in memory of John Paul II
Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in Taiwan are living June, the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, with deep devotion and in grateful memory of the beloved Pope John Paul II. According to the Tai Pei diocesan bulleti ...
12 June 2007
AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops call on Supreme Court to verify with impartiality according to the law, the unconstitutionality of the recent legislation to legalise abortion
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Mexico has issued a statement "The dignity of human life and justice" calling on the Supreme Court of Mexico to act with impartiality and according to the ...
12 June 2007
AFRICA/GHANA - The Pope creates Apostolic prefecture of Donkorkrom and appoints first Apostolic Prefect
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 12 June 2007 created the Apostolic Prefecture of Donkorkrom (Ghana), with territory taken from the diocese of Koforidua. The Holy Father Pope Benedict ...
11 June 2007
VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the Angelus: “In life today, often noisy and distracting, it is more than ever important to rediscover the ability for inner silence and recollection ” - Appeal for all hostages, including Catholic priests, in various parts of the world
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The supreme mystery of the Christian faith, the real presence of the Risen Christ in the Eucharist was the subject of the brief address given by Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday 10 June, bef ...
11 June 2007
VATICAN - “From my lips I raise a heartfelt invocation for the Holy Land, Iraq, Lebanon…and also for the other regions involved in a vortex of apparently inexorable violence”: Pope Benedict XVI visits Congregation for the Oriental Churches and announces the appointment of the new Prefect
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday June 9, the feast day of Saint Ephraim, a great doctor of the Syrian Church, the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI visited the Congregation for the Oriental Churches where he was w ...
11 June 2007
VATICAN - “ Following the example of Blessed Charles de Foucauld, may the Christians of your countries be credible witnesses to the universal brotherhood which Christ taught his disciples!”: Pope Benedict XVI encourages the members of the Regional Bishops' Conference of North Africa
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The diversity of the human and ecclesial situations in your countries is no impediment to the fraternity which you live in your Bishops' Conference, where you find appreciable support fo ...
11 June 2007
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses participants at the General Assembly of Caritas Internationalis: “The heart of Caritas is the sacrificial love of Christ, and every form of individual and organised charity in the Church must always find its point of reference in him, the source of charity.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Your Confederation does not simply work on behalf of the Church, is truly a part of the Church, intimately engaged in the exchange of gifts that takes place on so many levels of ecclesia ...
11 June 2007
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - In Mindanao Catholics wait and pray for the safe return of Fr. Bossi, Italian missionary taken hostage, prayers of the community and those who want peace
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - With anxiety and concern the local Church in the Philippines watches for developments in the abduction of Fr. Giancarlo Bossi, who disappeared yesterday 10 June in Zamboanga, Mindanao, in the ter ...
11 June 2007
AFRICA/COTE D'IVOIRE - A visit of great symbolic significance: the leader of radical wing of president's party goes to former rebel's stronghold
Abidjan (Agenzia Fides)- “A small symbolic step but most important on the path to peace in Cote d'Ivoire” said local Church sources with regard to a visit to Bouaké in the north of the country by Charles Blé Goudé ...
11 June 2007
AMERICA/MEXICO - “World Tour for Peace and Unity” from Basilica of Guadalupe starts a journey to 100 countries to conclude in Rome in 2008: music to promote peace and unity among all peoples
Mexico (Agenzia Fides) - With the motto “One in Heart and Mind”, defending life as a non negotiable value, building interior peace for world without conflict, seeking the unity of simple hearts Ecumenicon Project wil ...
11 June 2007
EUROPE/HUNGARY - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 14 April 2007, appointed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Hungary for a five yea ...
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