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• 8 October 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Cang Zhou diocese gives joyful welcome 4 new priests and 6 deacons and overtakes the one hundred mark of diocesan priests Cang Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - The diocese of Xian Xian (today Cang Zhou) gave a joyful welcome to 4 new priests and 6 deacons ordained in September. According to “Faith” magazine published in He Bei, with these ordinat ...
• 8 October 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - In life and in death Bishop Giovanni Han Dingxiang suffered for the cause of the Gospel Yongnian (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Giovanni Han Dingxiang, of the diocese of Yongnian (Yungnien/Handan) in the mainland China province of Hebei died on September 9 at the age of 68. He was born on 17 May 1939. Ordained a ...
• 8 October 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - World Mission Sunday 2007: local Pontifical Mission Societies initiatives focus on Fidei donum missionaries Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - For World Mission Sunday 2007 the Catholic Bishops of India will focus attention on the theme of Fidei donum priests and the formation of missionaries to send to other countries. The national ...
• 8 October 2007
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Catholics in India and other Asian countries hold vigils of prayer for peace in Myanmar New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday 7 October Catholics all over India marked a national day of prayer for peace and reconciliation in Myanmar, during which they expressed solidarity with the Burmese people. The day, o ...
• 8 October 2007
  AMERICA/CHILE - First national Mission Congress will render homage to Fidei Donum missionaries in Chile and identity new paths for missionary service in the light of Aparecida Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - To mark the 50th anniversary of the publication of the Fidei Donum Encyclical and to respond to the mission impulse given by the 5th General Conference of the Council of Bishops' Conferences of ...
• 8 October 2007
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Intense October missionary campaign on the theme “Disciples and Missionaries, that all may have life”; Bishops to open Missionary Holy Year and issue a Pastoral on the theme of Mission Quito (Agenzia Fides) - " Disciples and Missionaries, that all may have life" is the theme of Missionary October in Ecuador, Osvaldo Fierro Terán national secretary of the Pontifical Mission Societies and head of Missi ...
• 8 October 2007
  OCEANIA/ SOLOMON ISLANDS - Meeting for Catholic educators to improve education in the Islands and offer society increasingly good service Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - Education of children as they grow and develop and young people as they mature is a delicate task. The Catholic Church in Solomon Islands continues to hold study seminaries, refresher courses an ...
• 8 October 2007
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Pope accepts resignation of Archbishop of Nairobi and appoints the Successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 6 October 2007 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Nairobi (Kenya), presented by Archbishop Raphael S. Ndingi Mw ...
• 6 October 2007
  VATICAN - CATHOLIC CHURCH STATISTICS FIDES - October 2007 - Mission Sunday 2007 Special Feature CATHOLIC CHURCH STATISTICS WORLD POPULATION - CATHOLICS PERSONS /CATHOLICS PER PRIEST ECCLESIASTICAL CIRCUMSCRIPTIONS - MISSION STATIONS BISH ...
• 5 October 2007
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Germany has 175 Fidei donum missionaries working in other countries and of these 140 are on mission in Latin America; the Bishops' mission agency Adveniat prepares, co-ordinates, and keeps them in contact Essen (Agenzia Fides) - The idea of opening an Office for the coordinate and provide information on the activity of the country's Fidei donum sent on mission to Latin America and Caribbean came to the Catholic Bishops of ...
• 5 October 2007
  EUROPE - For 7 October World Rosary Day thousands all over the world will be praying the Rosary at the same hour for peace, life, the family , the Pope and vocations Roma (has been World Rosary Day. Thousands of Catholics all over the world will pray with rosary beads in hand at the same time. Religious institutes, lay movements, parishes, families are encouraged to pray the rosary o ...
• 5 October 2007
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - “Nigerian dioceses have benefited greatly from Fidei Donum missionaries. We are now discussing how to use them for the Nigerian Diaspora in the world ” says Nigerian national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Abuja (Agenzia Fides)- “The Fidei Donum Encyclical of which we are celebrating the 50th anniversary is one of the most popular and it focuses almost exclusively on Africa” Mgr Hypolite Adigwe, national director of th ...
• 5 October 2007
  AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - UN general secretary warns: “Drug trafficking is a threat to democracy in Guinea Bissau” Bissau (Agenzia Fides)- “Drug traffickers threaten to subvert the nascent democratisation process in Guinea Bissau, entrench organised crime and undermine respect for law” UN general secretary Ban Ki-moon said in a ...
• 5 October 2007
  ASIA/MYANMAR - October 6, Day of prayer and action for peace in Myanmar London (Agenzia Fides) -Prayers, Meetings and Demonstrations will be held on 6 October "Day of global action” for peace in Myanmar, organised by the association Christian Solidarity Worldwide which defends the rights o ...
• 5 October 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Fidelity to the Pope, simplicity of life and 22 years in prison: Bishop Benedetto Cai Xiufeng of the diocese of Wuzhou, dies at the age of almost ninety Wuzhou (Agenzia Fides) - On 20 August 2007 Bishop Benedict Cai Xiufeng, of Wuzhou (Wuchow) in the autonomous region of Guangxi of mainland China, died at almost 90 years of age after years of suffering from a heart condi ...