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9 May 2007
AMERICA/PERU - “5th General Conference of the Bishops' Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean is called to give new impulse to evangelisation in this vast eminently Catholic region of the world”: message from president of Peruvian Bishops' Conference
Lima (Fides Service) - Archbishop Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, OFM, of Trujillo pesident of the Peruvian Bishops' Conference said a press conference in view of the imminent opening of CELAM 5 "in continuity with the ...
9 May 2007
AFRICA/NAMIBIA - National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies confirmed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 4 May 2007 confirmed Rev. Fr. Winfried Deing OMI, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies f ...
8 May 2007
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses Superiors General: “ in you I thank the immense army of witnesses to Christ's love who operate on the frontiers of evangelisation, education and social charity”.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Addressing Superiors General, representing 794 families of women religious operating in 85 different countries all over the world Pope Benedict XVI whom he received in audience on Monday 7 ...
8 May 2007
VATICAN - PMS Annual General Assembly: Pontifical Mission Society of Holy Childhood receives more offerings to help children in need
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - After a day's rest on Sunday, the work of the Annual General Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies at the Fraterna Domus in Sacrofano just outside Rome, resumed on Monday 7 May with a repor ...
8 May 2007
VATICAN - PMS Annual General Assembly: new impulse for Pontifical Missionary Union called to be the "soul of the PMS ”
Roma (Agenzia Fides) - The Secretary General of the Pontifical Missionary Union, Fr. Vito del Prete, PIME, was the last to give his annual report on the past year's activity which included to important events: the 50º ...
8 May 2007
VATICAN - The Month of Mary - «Qué Soy Era Immaculada Councepciou»: the 18 Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Lourdes in 1858 (6)
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Sunday 21 February 1858: 6th Apparition. “The Lady appears early in the morning to Bernadette who is accompanied by about a hundred people. The local doctor tells the story: «Bernadette ...
8 May 2007
EUROPE/ITALY - 13th general assembly of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions PIME Communion and Mission “ad extra” in the 3rd Millennium
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - A prayer Vigil in the evening of Sunday 6 May at the Casa Divin Maestro in Ariccia, Rome, opened the work of the 13th general assembly of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions PIME which ha ...
8 May 2007
EUROPE/ALBANIA - Salesians in Albania: assistance and development programmes for Rom and Gypsy youth
Tirana (Fides Service) - To promote respect for human rights in Albania the Italian NGO Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo (VIS) connected with the Salesians has launched a programme with the title “All Differ ...
8 May 2007
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Diamond producers form association
Luanda (Agenzia Fides)- African Diamond Producers Association ADPA founded in November 2006 is taking its first steps. ADPA held its first meeting at the end of April in Luanda, capital of Angola, where its head offices ...
8 May 2007
AFRICA/GUINEA - Army mutiny ends: “we are seeing the first signs of positive change” says communications officer of the Catholic archdiocese of Conakry underlining the executive's consideration for the local Church
Conakry (Fides Service)- “The crisis has ended and the worst appears to be over” Fr Come Traoré, in charge of communications in the Catholic archdiocese of Conakry, the capital of Guinea where it was feared an army ...
8 May 2007
ASIA/TAIWAN - At Miao Li Convent diocese of Hsin Chu Cardinal Shan inaugurates a Holy House of Loreto, the third in the world and the only one in Asia
Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) -A special Mass presided by Cardinal Paul Shan to inaugurate a perfect reproduction of the shrine of the "Holy House of Loreto" was attended by more than 2,000 people. About fifty bishops and prie ...
8 May 2007
OCEANIA/ SOLOMON ISLANDS - Human Rights and Violence latest issue of Voice Katolika
Honiara (Agenzia Fides) -Human Rights and Violence is the focus of the latest issue of Voice Katolika magazine, produced by the Catholic Church in Solomon Islands. Readers will find contributions by experts, formative ar ...
7 May 2007
VATICAN - The month of May, coinciding with the Easter Season “can be an opportunity to return to the faith of the early Church and, united with Mary, realise that still today our mission is to courageously and joyfully announce and bear witness to Christ crucified and risen”: Pope Benedict XVI at the Regina Cæli
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 6 May in his reflection before the recitation of the midday Marian hymn Regina Caeli, Pope Benedict XVI dwelt on traditional devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary in the month of Ma ...
7 May 2007
VATICAN - Letter from the Cardinal Secretary of State to the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the encyclical Fidei Donum: “This method in time could become the norm for missionary co-responsibility ”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - On 21 April, to mark the 50th anniversary of the encyclical Fidei domum issued by the Servant of God Pope Pius XII, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone Secretary of State, sent a letter to the Prefe ...
7 May 2007
VATICAN - The Pope addresses Superior Council of the Pontifical Mission Societies and participants at Congress of Fidei donum Missionaries: “Although many are the challenges to evangelisation in our day, many too are the signs of hope which testify all over the world to encouraging missionary vitality among the Christian people ”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Especially to Africa… Pius XII was looking when, with prophetic intuition, he thought of that new missionary "agent", named after the first words of his encyclical Fidei donum. He wish ...
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