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30 October 2006
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI’s Angelus reflection: “The rediscovery of the values of Baptism is the basis of every Christian’s missionary commitment … those who let themselves be captured by Christ cannot help but give witness to the joy of following in His footsteps” - appeal for hostages
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The miracle of the healing of the blind man at Jericho, narrated by St Mark the Evangelist, the Gospel of the 30th Sunday of the Year, was the theme of Pope Benedict XVI’s reflection befo ...
30 October 2006
EUROPE/SPAIN - “It is impossible to foster or even to respect the common good, without putting the value and sublime value of every human person at the centre” 4th International Conference on Bio-Ethics, Human Dignity and Common Good
Cordova (Fides Service) - “It is impossible to promote or even to respect the common good, without putting the value and sublime value of every human person at the centre of the interest and decision making of all, pub ...
30 October 2006
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - 1st Conference on the Evangelisation of Culture 3 to 5 November to promote presence of Catholics in public life
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) -“Civil Society and Politics are a challenge. In the history of our continent Catholics made substantial contribution to the building of institutions and conformation of the culture of the ...
30 October 2006
ASIA/HONGKONG - Salesian Father Peter Newbery receives state award for his work in the field of education
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) -Kong Ko Bao bulletin of the Catholic diocese of Hong Kong reports that Salesian Father Peter Newbery has been proclaimed the best teacher of the year and offered a Honorary Doctorate by the Hon ...
30 October 2006
ASIA/TAIWAN - Bishop Wang blesses new Church dedicated to Our Lady of the Rosary
Tai Chung (Agenzia Fides) - Seven years ago a Catholic church in Cao Tun in the diocese of Tai Chung was among the many building destroyed in a severe earthquake which affected central Taiwan. Considering the geological ...
30 October 2006
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Caritas Korea will continue to provide aid for North Korea: principles for cooperation projects
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) -In its latest report sent to Fides Caritas Korea says in view of aid programme 2007 for N. Korea, it formed a team and held Senior Working-level meetings with N. Korean counterparts, explaining tha ...
30 October 2006
ASIA/BANGLADESH - Tension and instability, violence in the streets for the formation of interim government in view of elections in 2007
Dacca (Agenzia Fides) - Difficult months led ahead as Bangladesh waits for general elections early in 2007. Recently violence exploded in the streets of Dacca between supporters of the main political coalitions Awami Le ...
28 October 2006
The Pope’s Missionary Prayer intention for November 2006: “For believers everywhere: may they work to remove old and new barriers to Africa’s development”.
Comment by Cardinal Peter Turkson, Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana
Vatican City (Fides Service) - In 1994, at the Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops, the rest of the Universal Church joined the African Church to take a candid, but a sympathetic look at the African conti ...
28 October 2006
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI appoints Cardinal Ivan Dias member of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, as a member of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion o ...
28 October 2006
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Special study seminar reflects on the Catholic Church’s mission in east Africa
Arusha (Agenzia Fides) - More than 125 philosophy seminarians and religious representing ten different congregations attended a special two day seminar 26-27 October at Senior Spiritan Seminary, Arusha, Tanzania. Accordi ...
28 October 2006
ASIA/CAMBODIA - Ecumenical visit where the Catholic faith first arrived 450 years ago
Kompong Cham (Agenzia Fides) - Many in Cambodia including the public authorities, regard Christianity as a foreign religion imported by the French when the country was a French Protectorate from 1863 to 1953, or the Unit ...
28 October 2006
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Resignation and succession of the Archbishop of Lusaka
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 28 October 2006 accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Lusaka, Zambia, presented by Archbishop Medardo Joseph Mazomb ...
28 October 2006
AFRICA/COTE D’IVOIRE - New Rector for the Inter-diocesan Seminar for Theology of Abidjan
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 1 September 2006, appointed as Rector of the Inter-diocesan Seminar for Theology in Abidjan, Cote d’I ...
28 October 2006
AMERICA/PERU - Solemnity of Señor de los Milagros: Bishops urge Peruvian Catholic emigrants to treasure and maintain their Catholic faith and identity
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the Solemnity of Cristo Negro, El Señor de los Milagros, one the national Catholic feasts most loved by the people of Peru, the Catholic Bishops of Peru addressed a special mess ...
28 October 2006
ASIA/SRI LANKA - Amidst rising hopes although violence continues government and Tamil separatist rebels resume talks
Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Hopes rise in Sri Lanka as the government and the Tamil separatists start a new two day session of talks 28 and 29 October in Geneva with the mediation of a delegation from Norway.
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