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• 2 July 2007
  OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The Pope appoints Auxiliary Bishop of Aitape Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 2 July 2007 appointed Rev. Otto Separy chancellor of the diocese of Wewak, Auxiliary Bishop of Aitape (Papua New Guinea) assigning to him the Titular S ...
• 30 June 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI at St Paul's Basilica: “Still today Christ needs apostles ready to sacrifice themselves. He needs witnesses and martyrs like Saint Paul … We will dedicate a special Year to Saint Paul from 28 June 2008 to 29June 2009 to mark two thousand years since his birth Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “At these first Vespers of the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul with gratitude we commemorate these Apostles whose blood together wit that of many other witnesses to the Gospel, rendere ...
• 30 June 2007
  VATICAN - “In Peter's profession of faith we can feel we are one, despite the divisions which down through the centuries have lacerated the unity of the Church with consequences which still persist ”: the Pope on the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Today's feast day offers me an opportunity to return once again to meditate on the confession of Peter, a decisive moment as the disciples walked with Jesus… inseparable from the pasto ...
• 30 June 2007
  VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus: “The feast day of the Apostles Peter and Paul is a special call to pray intensely and act with conviction to promote the cause of the unity of all Christ's disciples” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The feast day of the Apostles Peter and Paul is a special call to pray intensely and act with conviction to promote the cause of the unity of all Christ's disciples” said Pope Benedict ...
• 30 June 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses Papal Letter to Bishops, Priests, consecrated person and lay faithful of the Catholic Church in the Peoples Republic of China Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - A Papal Letter addressed by Pope Benedict XVI to Bishops, Priests, consecrated person and lay faithful of the Catholic Church in the Peoples Republic of China was made public today 30 June ...
• 30 June 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Papal Letter made public: first reaction of a priest in Beijing: “we are immensely grateful to Pope Benedict XVI , his religious teaching will help us walk with confidence on the path of authentic evangelisation” Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - “I have a sense of immense gratitude to the Pope and relief”: this was the first reaction of a local Catholic priest in Beijing with regard to the Papal Letter addressed to the members of th ...
• 30 June 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - A priest in Beijing says: “The Papal Letter is a pastoral guide and religious teaching for all …it will serve as a sort of Basic Law of the Faith” Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - “ The Papal Letter is a pastoral guide and religious teaching for all" said a priest in Beijing in front line for evangelisation who expressed his enthusiasm for the publication of the long aw ...
• 30 June 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - To defend life and the family Archdiocese of Mexico City intensifies family pastoral to increase awareness of the significance of these two founding values of society Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - To defend life and the family from the many attacks to which it is subject the Archdiocese of Mexico City had decided to intensify activity of family pastoral and to work harder in parishes ...
• 30 June 2007
  EUROPE - Last year Aid to the Church in Need funded 5,100 projects in parishes and diocese in 137 different countries and supported 16,724 seminarians all over the world Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - In the year 2006 the Catholic aid agency Aid to the Church in Need received more than 81 million Euro in donations, 10% more than in the previous year, according to a recent ACN Report. In a lett ...
• 28 June 2007
  VATICAN - "St Paul and passion for Christ” - a reflection on the occasion of the Pauline Year Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The announced Year of Paul will be an opportunity for everyone to increase their knowledge of the fascinating charismatic personality of St Paul, the first great evangeliser of the pagans a ...
• 28 June 2007
  VATICAN - The integral catechesis of Saint Cyril “involving body, soul and spirit, is still today emblematic for the catechetical formation of Christians ”: Pope Benedict XVI's address at the general audience Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday 27 June once again Pope Benedict XVI divided his Wednesday audience (his 100th audience) in two parts. In St Peter's Basilica, addressing visitors from various parts of the world ...
• 28 June 2007
  VATICAN - Second Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for Africa 4 - 25 October 2009 Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, has convoked a Second Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for Africa to be held in the Vatican 4 - 25 October 2009 on the following theme: “The Ch ...
• 28 June 2007
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - “In this region so generously given to us by God we must live side by side and in peace and harmony not in endless war” says Catholic Archbishop of Bukavu in eastern Congo where fighting is said to have resumed Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) - Democratic Congo once again faces another war in an area already devastated by a long and bloody African conflict which killed 5 million people in general silence: this is the warning issued by A ...
• 28 June 2007
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Public workers strike which paralysed South Africa for four weeks comes to an end Pretoria (Agenzia Fides )- “After consultation with their base, the public sector unions reached a unanimous decision to call to end the strike started on 1 June” Noluthando Sibiya, chairman of the SA teachers union ...
• 28 June 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - "The Papal Letter will strengthen communion among Catholics in China where there is profound respect for the words of the Head of the Family" Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - “The Papal Letter will strengthen communion among Catholics in China where there is profound respect for the words of the Head of the Family” Catholics in Beijing told Fides: “For the peop ...