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• 14 December 2007
  EUROPE/POLAND - Czestochowa archdiocesan Pontifical Society Missionary Childhood pilgrimage to mark 150th anniversary of the PMS in Poland and 50th anniversary of the encyclical Fidei Donum Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - Saturday 15 December Czestochowa archdiocese will hold a Pontifical Society Missionary Childhood pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Pajęczno (Czestochowa) to mark 150th anniversar ...
• 14 December 2007
  AFRICA/ALGERIA - “These people deserve all the fraternal solidarity our little local Church can offer, however modest our means” said the Catholic Bishop of Laghouat after visiting Saharawi refugees in camps Algiers (Agenzia Fides) - “I have desired to visit these camps since the day I was appointed Bishop” Bishop Claude Rault of the diocese of Laghouat, in the Sahara region of Algeria writes in a letter to Fides after h ...
• 14 December 2007
  AFRICA/DJIBOUTI - “We are trying to solve the matter and obtain Fr Sandro's release” says Catholic Bishop of Djibout commenting the priest's detention Djibouti (Agenzia Fides)-“We are trying to solve the matter and obtain Fr Sandro's release” said Bishop Giorgio Bertin of Djibout diocese whose vicar general Rev Sandro De Pretis has been in prison since 28 October ...
• 14 December 2007
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “Fraternal concern and charity for brother and sister North Koreans”: Message for 24th national Caritas Day, positive results of first year of bilateral cooperation Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Practice charity in the season of Advent and acts of solidarity with people in North Korea living in poverty and hunger: this exhortation was part of a message for the 24 national Caritas Day Sund ...
• 13 December 2007
  VATICAN - “The testimony of Saint Paulinus of Nola helps us sense the Church as she is presented to us by Vatican II, a sacrament of intimate union with God and so of the unity of all of us and of the whole human race”: the catechesis of Pope Benedict XVI at the general audience Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Saint Paulinus of Nola, contemporary of Saint Augustine, with whom he had a bond of friendship, came from the Bordeaux region of France where he was born of a noble family. However he exer ...
• 13 December 2007
  AMERICA/PANAMA - 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 1 October 2007 appointed Rev. José Rodolfo Moreno Ríos of the archdiocesan clergy of Panama, National ...
• 13 December 2007
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Rector appointed for Saint Charles Theological Lwanga Seminary in Dar Es Salaam Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples appointed on 12 October 2007, Rev. Vincent Peter Mrio of the diocesan clergy of Same, Rector of Saint Charle ...
• 13 December 2007
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - The primary duty: to proclaim the Gospel Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The philosopher Rémi Brague, in a recent essay, writes that certain slogans must be overcome, identifying them with: the three monotheisms, the three religions of Abraham, the three religi ...
• 13 December 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - "The Church in Spain and Immigrants": theological-pastoral reflection and practical guidelines for pastoral care of immigrants Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The president of the Spanish Bishops' Commission for Migration, Bishop José Sánchez, yesterday presented a theological pastoral statement "The Church in Spain and Immigrants ", which offers a t ...
• 13 December 2007
  AFRICA/CONGO RD - Nkunda militia advance in northern Kivu. “The leader of the rebels wants to negotiate from a stronghold obtain a pass for his crimes ” a missionary told Fides Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- Ever more critical the humanitarian situation in north Kivu in the east of Democratic Congo where, after forcing the regular army to withdraw, the rebels led by Laurent Nkunda took control of th ...
• 13 December 2007
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “As Christians is it our duty to welcome Zimbabwean refugees ” says President of Southern African Bishops Pretoria (Agenzia Fides)- The Southern African Bishops have denounced the discriminate treatment given to emigrant citizens of Zimbabwe in South Africa due to the serious political and economic crisis in their country. I ...
• 13 December 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Catechists in the diocese of Fen Yang receive missionary mandate at the beginning of Advent on the feast of St Francis Xavier to prepare the community for the Nativity of Jesus Fen Yang (Agenzia Fides) - A group of 24 catechists of the 3rd course for 2007, in the diocese of di Fen Yang, Shan Xi province, received the missionary mandate on December 3, Feast of St Francis Xavier from the local Bi ...
• 13 December 2007
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Anxiously waiting for the revoke of the state of emergency, Pakistanis prepare for January elections Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - While the country waits anxiously for the revocation of the state of emergency which President Musharraf said will end on 16 December, Pakistani Christians continue to promote initiatives to f ...
• 13 December 2007
  AMERICA/CUBA - “Christmas helps us realise God's closeness and his love for all humanity” Cuban Bishops' Christmas Message Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "Christmas helps us realise God's closeness, his love for all humanity and his desire for our happiness", the Catholic Bishops of Cuba said in a Christmas message issued on 12 December addressed ...
• 13 December 2007
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops' Pastoral Letter to men and women who live on and work the land: “only a healthy society can recognise and protect the rural world as a gift of God ” Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday 12 December, feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe to whom all America is dedicated, the President of the Catholic Bishops of Chile Archbishop Alejandro Goic, presented a Pastoral L ...