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9 October 2006
EUROPE/ITALY - Catholic Bishops issue message in view of the 4th National Catholic Church Meeting: being witnesses of hope not only in word “hope which accompanies and sustains evangelisation”
Roma (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the 4th National Catholic Church Meeting in Verona, 16-20 October which will reflect on the theme “Witnesses to the Risen Jesus, hope of the world” the Italian Bishops have issued a ...
7 October 2006
Instrumentum mensis Septembris pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontifici Benedicti XVI, pro evangelizatione in terris missionum
In September the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, made an apostolic journey to the Bavarian region of Germany, 9-14, where he visited Munich, Altötting and Regensburg. The visit, his fourth outside Italy, was a pilgri ...
6 October 2006
ASIA/SRI LANKA - “Tamil children must be guaranteed instruction, gateway to the future”: Catholic Bishop of Jaffna
Jaffna (Agenzia Fides) - Every effort must be made to guarantee instruction for Tamil children and young people despite the present situation of violence and conflict. Both parties, government troops and Tamil separatist ...
6 October 2006
VATICAN - TOWARDS THE PRIESTHOOD by Rev. Massimo Camisasca - “Espousing God’s freedom”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The freedom of God and the freedom of man affect the history of humanity since they are its constitutive components. God’s freedom is His continual initiative with which He never tires in ...
6 October 2006
EUROPE/GERMANY - “I will not leave you nor forsake you” Tragedy of HIV/AIDS in east Africa Pontifical Mission Societies October mission aid focus
Aachen (Agenzia Fides) - For Catholics all over the world the month of October is dedicated to remembering missionaries and putting into practice the reciprocal responsibility of every local Church to support missionary ...
6 October 2006
AMERICA/PERU - Congress for Catholic Students “Convivio 2006” reflects on faith and the necessity of a consistent style of life
Callao (Agenzia Fides) - "And you, who do you say that I am ?” (Mt 16,15) is the theme of the 23rd Congress for Catholic Students Convivio 2006, organised by the Movimento de Vida Cristiana of Callao 6-7-8 October i ...
6 October 2006
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Card. Jorge Arturo Medina Estévez, special envoy of Pope Benedict XVI closes plenary Council of the Catholic Church in Venezuela
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - After six years of intense activity the Plenary Council of the Catholic Church in Venezuela comes to a close on Saturday 7 October with a special Mass presided by Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Es ...
6 October 2006
EUROPE/PORTUGAL - “Mary, we entrust to you the Cause of Life”: International Pro-Life Congress in Fatima. Sunday 8 October World Day of Prayer for Life
Fatima (Agenzia Fides) - “Holy Mary, we entrust to you the Cause of Life" is the theme of the International Pro-Life Congress being held in Fatima organised by the Austrian branch of Human Life International and the Ap ...
6 October 2006
ASIA/INDIA - In a fishing village of mainly Catholic families at least 70 people die in an outbreak of chikungunya fever. Disease spread by culicine mosquitoes
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In the last three weeks the southern Indian state of Kerala has been affected by an outbreak of chikungunya fever, similar to dengue. The disease is spread by culicine mosquitoes
About 60,000 peo ...
6 October 2006
AFRICA/D.R CONGO - “Voters place your ballots to prevent more violence and the balkanisation of our country”: Catholic Bishops statement on the eve of second round of presidential and provincial elections
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- The Catholic Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo have called for vigilance and respect for the rule of democracy as the country is about to vote in the second round of presidential and p ...
5 October 2006
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - 50th anniversary of the Bishops’ Conference , 1st National Catholic Education Conferenc: “Catholic Education in a Globalised World ”
Leon (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Paraguay is celebrating its 50th anniversary with various initiatives including the 1st National Catholic Education Conference, 6 - 8 October at León Condou S ...
5 October 2006
VATICAN - Catholic Prayers in the languages of the world: (1) LATIN
Vatican City (Fides ) - For centuries Latin has been the official language of the Catholic Church especially in her prayers. The Second Vatican Council (1962-1965), in its first document, Constitution on the Sacred Litur ...
5 October 2006
VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - The Regensburg Lecture and its importance for the Church’s ‘diplomacy’
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of reaction to the Pope’s Lecture on 12 September in Germany from certain sectors of the Muslim world, the diplomacy of the Holy See, or the ‘the diplomacy of the Church ...
5 October 2006
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI continues Audience catechesis on the Apostles: The figure of Saint Bartholomew is before us to say that we can live and bear witness as disciples of Jesus even without sensational deeds
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday morning October 4, Pope Benedict XVI returned to the Vatican after spending the Summer at Castel Gandolfo, and gave his customary general audience in St Peter’s square, where ...
4 October 2006
VATICAN - AVE MARIA by Rev. Luciano Alimandi - “Queen of the Rosary”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In this month of October, dedicated to the prayer of the Rosary when parishes and communities intensify prayers for missionaries, on the roads of the world to proclaim the Gospel the pilgri ...
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