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6 June 2006
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI opens Rome’s Annual Diocesan Church Meeting: “The more we nourish ourselves with Christ, the more we are in love with Him, the more we feel impelled to bring others to Him: in fact we cannot keep for ourselves the joy of the faith, we feel the need to share it.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The discovery of the beauty and joy of the faith is a journey which every new generation must travel for itself because the faith touches all that is ours, our most intimate thoughts, ou ...
6 June 2006
ASIA/INDONESIA - After the earthquake in Java, volunteers in Semarang diocese work tirelessly
Yoyakarta (Agenzia Fides) - A week after the earthquake in Java which affected mainly the city of Yoyakarta, aid is funded more by private than government contributions. In the days following the quake in which 6,000 wer ...
6 June 2006
ASIA/HONG KONG - “Carrying God’s love to all”: vocation evening and exhibition encourage young people to discover that a vocation is an expression of Love
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Help participants, above all young people, understand that a vocation is an expression of Love and that Christians have a duty to carry God’s love to all people: these motivations inspired a ...
6 June 2006
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - New Church Movements: springtime for mission in Oceania
Paramatta (Agenzia Fides) - New Church Movements and Communities are a springtime for mission in Oceania said Bishop Kevin Manning of Paramatta diocese after Pope Benedict XVI June 3 meeting in Rome with Movements and ...
6 June 2006
AMERICA/CILE - 2nd Conference on Hispanic-American Catholics and Public Life: the light of the Gospel must illuminate private and public life
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The 2nd Conference on Hispanic-American Catholics and Public Life organised by San Tommaso University in Chile will be held 8 and 9 June. The 1st Conference held in 2005 was attended by over 1 ...
6 June 2006
AMERICA - Catholic Church and the fight against AIDS. Report to UN
New York (Agenzia Fides) - During a meeting of the United Nations Organisation held recently in New York on results and goals in the fight against HIV/AIDS there emerged the serious concern of His Holinesss Benedict XVI ...
6 June 2006
EUROPE/ITALY - «Preach the Gospel and care for the Sick», statement from Italian Bishops’ Commission for Services of Charity and Healthcare
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In the presentation of a statement issued by the Italian Bishops’ Commission for Services of Charity and Healthcare on 4 June the president of the Commission Bishop Francesco Montenegro said “f ...
5 June 2006
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops and social pastoral workers in frontier dioceses in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay search for paths of dialogue in social-environment conflict
Uruguayana (Agenzia Fides) - About eighty people, bishops, priests, religious, social pastoral workers and experts gathered in Uruguayana (Brazil), from 29 to 31 May for the “21st Meeting of Frontier Dioceses" from Arg ...
5 June 2006
VATICAN - “The Holy Spirit illuminates the human spirit and revealing Christ crucified and Risen shows how we can become more like Him” : Pope Benedict XVI on Pentecost Sunday
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Pentecost Sunday 4 June Pope Benedict XVI presided Mass in St Peter’s Square. “At Pentecost the Holy Spirit came down upon the Apostles and this was the beginning of the Church’s u ...
5 June 2006
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI on the Eve of Pentecost: “The Holy Spirit desires unity, totality. Therefore His presence shows itself especially in missionary impulse. A person who finds something true, beautiful and good in life runs to share it with everyone, everywhere”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In St Peter’s Square in the early evening of Saturday June 3 the eve of Pentecost, the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI presided the celebration of the 1st Vespers of Pentecost with an estim ...
5 June 2006
EUROPE/ITALY - “Youth and Family” meeting Regnum Christi Movement; 54 Legionaries of Christ deacons ordained
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “Youth and Family” was the title of a Meeting held at the Pontifical College Regina Apostolorum, in Rome, organised by the Legionaries of Christ and the Regnum Christi Movement.
The slogan "Li ...
5 June 2006
ASIA/CHINA - 19 Sisters of diocesan Congregation of the Missionaries of Mary Mediatrix of Souls in Purgatory of Cang Zhou tale perpetual vows on the feast of the Visitation
Cang Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - “You are taking your vows on the feast of the Visitation which means you must take Our Lady as your model for life and mission, imitating her goodness, humility and obedience. At the Crucifi ...
5 June 2006
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Energy resources are for everyone: Message from Bishops' Justice and Peace Commission for World Environment Day
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Energy is a resource which belongs to everyone and it must be used sparingly because it is not eternal. Sources of sustainable energy which respect nature and man must be found. This was affirmed ...
5 June 2006
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishop of Morón announces Diocese’s 50th anniversary Jubilee Year calling for “profound renewal in each of our communities in view of new ardour and enthusiasm for the task of evangelisation commanded by the Lord”
Morón (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Luis Guillermo Eichhorn of the diocese of Morón in Argentina has called a Jubilee Year to mark the 50th anniversary of the diocese created by Pope Pius XII on 11 February 1957. The first ...
5 June 2006
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Forced conversion to Islam: Christians and other religious minorities protest
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - In Pakistan a wave of forced conversion to Islam is causing concern and protest among Christians and other religious minorities. Recently a forum of religious leaders issued a statement “Force ...
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