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• 19 June 2007
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - Intensify relations between to two sides of the South Atlantic to fight organised crime and promote peace and development: a meeting in Luanda Luanda (Agenzia Fides)- The sixth meeting of representatives of the South Atlantic Peace and Co-operation Zone closes today 19 June in Luanda, the capital of Angola. The SAPCZ was formed in 1986 by the 24 African and Lat ...
• 19 June 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - Berhampore pays homage to Mother Teresa of Calcutta with a Film Festival and the unveiling of a statue Berhampore (Agenzia Fides) - The city of Berhampore is preparing for a Film Festival in honour of Mother Teresa of Calcutta: four days of films and debate from 27 - 30 June at Rabindra Sadan, and also the unveiling of a ...
• 19 June 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “The continent of hope must also be also the continent of love, life and peace”: says Archbishop of Antequera-Oaxaca after CELAM 5 Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop José Luis Chávez Botello of Antequera-Oaxaca, Mexico, addressed a brief letter to the faithful "A new start for hope and life", sharing his experience during the 5th General Conferen ...
• 18 June 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Assisi- “Assisi tells us that loyalty to one's religious convictions, loyalty above all to Christ, crucified and risen, is expressed not with violence or intolerance, but rather with sincere respect for others, with dialogue, and with proclamation which appeals to freedom and reason, and with commitment for peace and reconciliation” Assisi (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 17 June, the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI paid a visit to Assisi on the occasion of the eighth centenary of the Conversion of Saint Francis of Assisi. The Pope travelled by helicopte ...
• 18 June 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Assisi - “I feel it is my duty to launch from here a pressing appeal for an end to all the armed conflicts which bloody the earth. May weapons be silent, and everywhere may hatred give way to love, offence to forgiveness and discord to union!” Assisi (Fides Service) - On Sunday 17 June at the end of Mass in front of the Basilica of St Francis in Assisi Pope Benedict XVI sent greeting to the members of other Christian confessions and other religions who accepte ...
• 18 June 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Assisi - “Every Friar must be an authentic contemplative, with his eyes set on the eyes of Christ. Like Francis with the leper, he must see the face of Christ in our brothers and sisters who suffer, and offer to all the announcement of peace.” Assisi (Agenzia Fides) - In the afternoon of Sunday June 17 during his day's visit to Assisi, the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI paid a visit to the community of German Poor Clare Sisters at Holy Cross Convent in Assisi ...
• 18 June 2007
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Concern in Bukavu, eastern Congo, after the assassination of a local radio journalist. The trial of the suspected murderers postponed until the end of the month Bukavu (Agenzia Fides)- Postponed until June 25, the trial of the suspected murderers of journalist Serge Maheshe who ran Radio Okapi radio station in Bukavu in the east of Democratic Congo sponsored by the United Nation ...
• 18 June 2007
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Could strife within the President's party be behind and alleged coup plot in Zimbabwe? Harare (Agenzia Fides) - An alleged coup plot has been revealed in Zimbabwe. Local press said 6 suspects arrested at the end of May are due to report in court on 22 June on charges of plotting to overthrow the government ...
• 18 June 2007
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Six months old new mission in Tawl-Tawl where there are 72 Catholic families Manila (Agenzia Fides) - “A new mission has been opened ! This is a moment of grace: children and adults wear their best clothes to be baptised and confirmed. Excited and little anxious they listen to the Word of God. ...
• 18 June 2007
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - 10th edition of Catholic Literary Award goes to two works: parent/ child relationship and the power of forgiveness Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Literary Award, instituted by the Catholic Times in 1998 for authors who sublime the Catholic spirit in literature, celebrated this year its 10th edition. On June 7 at the Uri Bank Au ...
• 18 June 2007
  AMERICA - Respective Catholic Bishops call on governments of USA and Mexico to “work together to put an end to suffering experienced by emigrants of both countries ” San Bernardino (Agenzia Fides) - In a joint statement the Emigration Committee of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the United States and the Commission for pastoral of human mobility of the Catholic Bishops Conference ...
• 18 June 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Assisi - “Francis is a man for others, because to the core he is a man of God. If in his message we separate the ‘horizontal’ and the ‘vertical’ dimension we render Francis unrecognisable” Assisi (Agenzia Fides) - In the afternoon of Sunday June 17in the cathedral of Assisi, dedicated to Saint Rufino, the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI had a meeting with the priests, men and women religious, and the super ...
• 16 June 2007
  Instrumentum mensis Maii pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontifici Benedicti XVI pro evangelizatione in terris missionum The month of May had as its central event the apostolic journey to Brazil undertaken by the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI to inaugurate in Aparecida the 5th General Conference of the Council of Bishops' Conferences of ...
• 15 June 2007
  VATICAN - Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests: “That priests may be valid witnesses of the love of Christ Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Saintly Cure d’Ars said “the priesthood is the Heart of Christ”. It is certainly the act of supreme love that Christ has for those who accept to be his apostles whom he calls to l ...
• 15 June 2007
  VATICAN - “The Divine Liturgy a channel of Mission”, Chrysostomos II receives honorary Doctorate in Missiology at the Pontifical Urban University Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, 14 June, at the Aula Magna of the Pontifical Urban University there was a ceremony to confer an Honorary Doctorate in Missiology to His Beatitude Chrysostomos II, Primate of the ...