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• 27 June 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Chinese priests studying overseas anxiously await, like their communities and dioceses, the Papal Letter which they hope will promote unity and pastoral clarity Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - “The Papal Letter will strengthen our unity and help clarify certain doubts which assail the Chinese Catholic community”. With this conviction Chinese priests studying overseas anxiously awa ...
• 27 June 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Vocations, a life of sanctity and evangelisation: principal themes of spiritual retreat for priests in the diocese of Hang Zhou, Zhe Jiang province Hang Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - A recent spiritual retreat for priests in Hang Zhou diocese, Zhe Jiang Porvince was articulated in various moments marked by specific themes. “Strengthening our vocation” was the theme of ...
• 27 June 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - 3.000 participate in celebrations for the 10th anniversary of the Marian Shrine of Our Lady of the Mount at Tie Ling in the diocese of Liao Ning Liao Ning (Agenzia Fides) - Ten years ago the Marian Shrine of Our Lady of the Mount at Tie Ling, in the diocese of Liao Ning, was opened to the public. Today over 3,000 people gathered for a special 10th anniversary Mas ...
• 27 June 2007
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Emeritus Archbishop of Lusaka Adrian Mung’andu dies at the age of eighty four Lusaka (Agenzia Fides)- The Emeritus Catholic Archbishop of Lusaka, Zambia, Archbishop Adrian Mung’andu died on 25 June at Mina Medical Centre, in Lusaka, the Archdiocese of Lusaka reported to Fides, adding that the fu ...
• 27 June 2007
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Consecrated Life in the Church, theme for Assembly of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Colombia, 2 to 6 July Bogota(Agenzia Fides) - Life Consecrated to God for the Particular Church will be the central theme of the 83rd assembly of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Colombia 2-6 July in Bogota. Participants will include 90 b ...
• 27 June 2007
  AMERICA/CUBA - For the first time CELAM will hold its Ordinary Assembly in Cuba 10 to 13 July, which will follow pastoral lines issued by the 5th General Conference of the Council of Bishops' Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean in Aparecida in May and elect a new executive council Havana (Agenzia Fides) - The 31st Ordinary Assembly of the Council of Latin American Bishops' Conferences CELAM will take place in Havana at Casa San Juan Maria from the 10 to 13 July. This is the first CELAM assembly to ...
• 27 June 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Still more than a year away already 2,000 groups have registered representing over 120.000 young people; e-pilgrimage in preparation for the journey Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Almost 2000 groups representing more than 120,000 people have registered to attend the world's largest youth event in Sydney next year. Although still more than a year away, overseas group regist ...
• 27 June 2007
  AFRICA/UGANDA - The Pope accepts resignation of Archbishop of Tororo and appoints Successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 27 June 2007 accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Tororo (Uganda), presented by Archbishop James Odongo, in confor ...
• 27 June 2007
  AFRICA/UGANDA - The Pope accepts resignation of Bishop of Soroti and appoints Successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 27 June 2007 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Soroti (Uganda), presented by Bishop Erasmus Desiderius Wandera, in ...
• 26 June 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI visits Vatican Apostolic Library: “Your task is to safeguard the harmony between culture and faith revealed by the precious documents and treasures in your care” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Vatican Library, which is to undergo a few years of major renovation, “not by chance is called ‘Apostolic’ because as an Institution it has been considered since its foundation, � ...
• 26 June 2007
  VATICAN - Catholic Prayers in the Languages of the World: German (4) - The Christian Roots of the Peoples of Europe Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Protestant Reformation was a movement in Europe that began with Martin Luther's activities in 1517 and concluded with the Peace of Westphalia in 1648.[1] The movement began as an attemp ...
• 26 June 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Cardinal Caffarra presides ordinations of priest and deacons members of the Priestly Fraternity of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo: “The awareness you have of this evening and of yourselves must be filled to the brim with your mission” Roma (Agenzia Fides) - “Dear ordinands, you will soon say and repeat the greatest word a person can say: ‘Yes, I will". The supreme act of your freedom; this act give birth to your I. Because the I is generated not ...
• 26 June 2007
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - A new controversial lay threatens to aggravate the already precarious national economy Harare (Agenzia Fides)- The government of Zimbabwe has proposed a law to ensure that at least 51% of shares in every public company or any other business are owned by indigenous Zimbabweans. According to critics of Presi ...
• 26 June 2007
  AFRICA/SUDAN - “Darfur contact group" will support UN and AU efforts to find solution for crisis in the western Sudan region Paris(Agenzia Fides)- A ministerial meeting in Parish of the enlarged contact group on Darfur in order to increase international mobilisation around the efforts of the African Union, European Union and the UN in Darfur a ...
• 26 June 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Deus Caritas Est theme of 2nd cycle of catechesis in Shang Hai diocese: courses draw double the number of catechumens Shang Hai (Agenzia Fides) - The Encyclical Deus Caritas Est is the theme of the 2nd cycle of catechesis in the diocese of Shang Hai. The diocese's web site says the course taking place in Qi Bao parish, 10 June to 23 Mar ...