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27 April 2006
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops of southern Chile and Argentina meet to intensify mutual knowledge, consolidate brotherhood and discuss the migratory problem in the region
San Carlos de Bariloche (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of southern Chile and Argentina met 18 and 19 April at San Carlos di Bariloche (Argentina) to intensify mutual knowledge and consolidate brotherhood among bi ...
27 April 2006
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The importance of awareness of being and knowing for evangelisation : focus of 2nd national congress of Catholic Educators
Bogota (Fides Service) - The 2nd national congress of Catholic Educators will take place at San Buenaventura University 9 to 11 May 2006 organised by the Colombian Bishops respective Commissions for Pastoral of Evangel ...
27 April 2006
AMERICA/BRAZIL - “The Eucharist: life of the community and source of mission”: slogan 1st Diocesan Eucharistic Congress in archdiocese of Mariana organised to mark the diocese’s 100th anniversary and in preparation for the National Eucharistic Congress
Mariana (Fides Service) - As part of celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of the archdiocese of Mariana in Brazil the 1st Diocesan Eucharistic Congress is being held 26 - 29 April in the town of Conselheiro Lafaiet ...
27 April 2006
VATICAN - The Pope’s meditation at the weekly Audience: “Tradition is not the transmission of things or words, a collection of things long dead…it is a living river which connects us to the origins, the great river which leads us to the door of eternity” - Appeal for peace on the 20th anniversary of Chernobyl
Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Communion in time: Tradition”. This was the theme Pope Benedict XVI chose for his meditation at the weekly general audience on Wednesday 27 April in St Peter’s Square. “Ecclesial C ...
27 April 2006
AFRICA/SENEGAL - The World Youth Day Cross in Senegal: “An event which gave new vitality to the Christian community ” National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies reports
Dakar (Fides Service)- “An exceptional event involving the whole Christian community ” said Fr. Giuseppe Giordano, OMI, National Director of the Pontifical Mission in Senegal, describing the arrival in Dakar in Holy ...
27 April 2006
VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - “Church membership and Charity”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Church membership and Charity”. A priest, a missionary, indeed a Christian is authentic only if he or she operates as a member of the Body of Christ, the Church. What must a Christian ...
27 April 2006
INSTRUMENTUM MENSIS MARTII PRO LECTURA MAGISTERII SUMMI PONTIFICI BENEDICTI XVI PRO EVANGELIZATIONE IN TERRIS MISSIONUM
The month of March began for the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, with his Lenten Spiritual Exercises. In the papal Redemptoris Mater chapel dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, with the members of the Curia the Pope list ...
26 April 2006
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - The Pope appoints new Metropolitan Archbishop of Bukavu
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 26 April 2006 appointed Metropolitan Archbishop of Bukavu (Democratic Republic of Congo) Bishop François-Xavier Maroy, until now titular Bishop of T ...
26 April 2006
ASIA/CAMBODIA - Catholic Formation Centre educates children with a disability
Phnom Penh (Fides Service) - According to Disability Action Council which offers assistance to persons with disabilities, Cambodia has between 50,000 and 60,000 children with a disability.
Light of Mercy Catholic Centre ...
26 April 2006
EUROPE/AUSTRIA - “Bicycles are very Useful”: “Delegados de la Palabra” May Collection bicycles for catechists in mission lands
Vienna (Fides Service) - Delegados de la Palabra is the title of a special collection organised by MIVA (Missions-Verkehrs-Arbeitsgemeinschaft) to help catechists in young Churches of Africa and Latin America move around ...
26 April 2006
EUROPE/SPAIN - Spain has 16,781 diocesan missionaries on mission all over the world: Diocesan Missionaries Day calls to mind their witness and supports their work of evangelisation
Madrid (Fides Service) - At this time of the year many dioceses in Spain celebrate Diocesan Missionaries Day to express gratitude to their own local men and women missionaries working in many different parts of the world ...
26 April 2006
VATICAN - Programme of the Pope’s Apostolic Journey to Poland 25 to 28 May
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The programme of Pope Benedict XVI's forthcoming apostolic journey to Poland May 25 and 28 was made public today at the Holy See Press Room. The Holy Father will depart from Rome's Fiumicin ...
26 April 2006
AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Caritas mobilised to assist at least 30,000 people trapped by fighting near the Senegal border
Bissau (Fides Service) - Caritas Guinea-Bissau is helping at least 30,000 people completely isolated because of fighting around the towns of Varela and Suzana in northern Guinea Bissau near the border with Senegal.
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26 April 2006
AMERICA/PERU - Celebrations in Lima and Rome for Saint Toribio de Mogrovejo "who distinguished himself for the spirit of selfless dedication to building and consolidating the ecclesial communities of his time with a great spirit of communion and collaboration” a Papal Message recalls
Lima (Fides Service) - To mark the 4th centenary of the death of Saint Toribio di Mogrovejo, 2nd archbishop of Lima and patron saint of Latin American Bishops, an International Academic Congress is taking place in Lima ( ...
26 April 2006
OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLAND - Religious leaders and Catholic Archbishop of Honiara call for reconciliation. The Church assists victims of disorder last week
Honiara (Fides Service) - Religious leaders in Solomon Islands launched an appeal for peace and reconciliation following disorder in recent days. Condemning all forms of violence the religious leaders said the country ne ...
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