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5 December 2005
ASIA/HONG KONG - Message from Bishop Zen after participation in the Synod on the Eucharist: may the family put the Eucharist at the centre of life
Hong Kong (Fides Service) - On his return from Rome where he took part in the Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist, Source and Summit of the Church’s Life and Mission Bishop Joseph Zen Catholic Bishop of Hong Kong shared ...
5 December 2005
ASIA/INDIA - New Catholic Directory of India: valuable aid for Catholic communities and tool for evangelisation
New Delhi (Fides Service) - The 2005 edition of the Catholic Directory of India was released recently in New Delhi by Cardinal Telesphore Toppo, archbishop of Ranchi and President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of ...
5 December 2005
EUROPE/GREECE - Appreciation of Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew for the Holy Childhood Meeting for Countries of the Mediterranean and Eastern Europe held for the first time in Greece: “May your work bear fruit for the good of little ones and the glory of the Most Holy Trinity”
Corfu (Fides Service) - The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I sent a brief message of appreciation and congratulations to participants at the 5th Holy Childhood Meeting for Countries of the Mediterrane ...
5 December 2005
VATICAN - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe on pastoral visit to Ho Chi Minh City archdiocese: “St Francis Xavier responded generously to the Lord’s command, crossing the world to announce Christ. Today the missionary situation is no better”
Ho Chi Minh City (Fides Service) - The pastoral visit to Vietnam of Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples from Friday 2 to Sunday 4 November touched the archdiocese of Ho ...
3 December 2005
Instrumentum mensis Novembris pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontifici Benedicti XVI pro evangelizatione in terris missionum
Among the most significant interventions by the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI during the month of November we mention an address given on 25 November on the occasion of the inauguration of the Academic Year of the Univer ...
2 December 2005
AMERICA/MEXICO - Mission Exhibition shows and analyses Catholic evangelising activity: PMS traces historical path of mission from Jesus Christ to Pope Benedict XVI
Merida Yucatan (Fides Service) - Among the activities of the 13th national mission congress taking place in Mérida Yucatán, was a Mission Exhibition at Yucatán Siglo XXI Centre. The main objective of the exhibition op ...
2 December 2005
ASIA/INDONESIA - Salesian Novitiate prepares for new Sumba premises to include a youth centre
Sumba (Fides Service) - Salesians, teachers and pupils at Waipengali on the island of Sumba are happy that a first new building for Tigaraksa Novitiate at a new Salesian Centre is almost ready. The building will accommo ...
2 December 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - Pope Benedict XVI and Holy Childhood
Rome (Fides Service) - Children all over Italy are getting thank you letters from Pope Benedict XVI. In recent months the children had written to the new Pope to tell him about their love for the Gospel and deep desire t ...
2 December 2005
EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - The light of Christ illuminates Europe: theme for 3rd European Ecumenical Assembly
Sangallo (Agenzia Fides) - The Conference of European Churches KEK and the Council of European Episcopal Conferences CCEE and announced the winner of a competition for a Logo for the 3rd European Ecumenical Assembly AEE3 ...
2 December 2005
VATICAN - New call from Benedict XVI: “the leaders of nations and all people of good will to unite and put a stop to the violence that disfigures humanity and places a heavy mortgage on the development of mankind and the hope of many peoples”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - On December 1 Pope Benedict XVI received the Letters of Credence of eleven new ambassadors to the Holy See. After greeting the diplomats, he gave each of them a written message concerning ...
2 December 2005
ASIA/CINA - Catholic web sites blacked-out after reporting news of attack on nuns in Xi An now visible but no trace of news in question
Xi An (Fides Service) - Blacked out for several hours on November 30 for reporting breaking news of attacks on ‘helpless women religious in Xi An’ (to quote the Holy See press office), the most popular Chinese Cathol ...
2 December 2005
VATICAN - “I know the Lord is a Father to the Church in Viêt Nam and very generous in his blessings. The apostolic results we see are fruits of common efforts and sincere and fraternal collaboration”: Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples in Huê
Huê (Agenzia Fides) - After the pilgrimage to the national Marian shrine of Our Lady of La Vang and the blessing of the House of the Pilgrim, in the afternoon of Thursday 1 December Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of ...
2 December 2005
AFRICA/SUDAN - UNHCR organises “go and see visits” for Sudanese refugees living outside their country in view of repatriation. UNHCR says 21 years of civil war left 4 million internally displaced persons and put 500,000 to flight
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The United Nations High Commission for Refugees is preparing to help refugees from southern Sudan to repatriate now than peace has been restored after 21 years of civil war. On December 1 UNHCR ...
2 December 2005
AFRICA/UGANDA - In memoriam: religious leaders in northern Uganda commemorate 6,000 men, women and children brutally slaughtered three years ago by LRA
Gulu (Agenzia Fides)- The members of Acholi Religious leaders Peace Initiative ARPLI held a service to commemorate some 6,000 men, women and children brutally murdered at Omot in the northern Ugandan district of Pader th ...
2 December 2005
ASIA/TAIWAN - Tai Nan diocese holds solemn closing of Year of the Eucharist with special attention for young people
Kaohsiung (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday November 30, feast of Christ the King and the last Sunday of the Liturgical year the diocese of Tai Nan celebrated the solemn closing of the Year of the Eucharist. According to Chris ...
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