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11 October 2005
ASIA/INDIA - Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament with special intention for families affected by earthquake. Catholic hospital in Kashmir headquarters for Christian aid organisations
New Delhi (Fides Service) - In these last two weeks of the special Year of the Eucharist called by Pope John Paul II October 2004-2005, Catholics in Bangalore Karnataka state, recently rook part in three days of intense ...
11 October 2005
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “We rely on solidarity and prayers that the God of Life may give strength and hope to families who have lost loved ones, homes and harvests”: Catholic Bishops of Guatemala call for help for flood victims
Guatemala City (Fides Service) - “With our hearts filled with grief we communicate the anguish, sadness, sufferings of this country for many years: civil war, inhuman violence, chronic poverty, hunger, unemployment, la ...
11 October 2005
AMERICA/PERU - “Promoting peace, the community of peoples and the common good”: a theme of the 8th Social Week focused on social principles of “Gaudium et spes”
Lima (Fides Service) - In the framework of celebrations for the 40th anniversary of the promulgation of “Gaudium et spes” by Vatican II, the Catholic Bishops of Peru (CEP) will focus the 8th national Social Week 18 ...
11 October 2005
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - ‘Caring for people with a mental infirmity’ World Day for the Sick 11 February: main celebration in Adelaide
Adelaide (Fides Service) - Caring for people with a mental infirmity is the theme chosen for the 13th World Day for the Sick. Adelaide in Australia will host the main celebration of this event organised by the Catholic ...
11 October 2005
VATICAN - Monday 17 October Synod Bishops will join the Pope for evening Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in St Peter’s Basilica: everyone in Rome is warmly invited
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Monday 17 October the Bishops taking part in the 11th assembly of the Synod of Bishops will join Pope Benedict XVI in St Peter’s Basilica for evening Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament an ...
10 October 2005
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Pope appoints new Auxiliary Bishop of Durban
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 10 October 2005 appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Durban (South Africa) Rev. P. Barry Wood, OMI, until now Vicar General of the same archdiocese, assigning ...
10 October 2005
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - The Pope appoints new metropolitan archbishop of Bloemfontein
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 10 October 2005, appointed Archbishop of Bloemfontein (South Africa), Bishop Jabulani Nxumalo OMI, until now titular Bishop of Fico and Auxiliary of th ...
10 October 2005
AMERICA/PERU - Towards Arequipa Diocesan Eucharistic Congress: 150 Eucharist Week Animators prepare with reflection on apostolic Letter “Dies Domini”
Arequipa (Fides Service) - Preparations continue with enthusiasm for a Diocesan Eucharistic Congress organised by the archdiocese of Arequipa on the theme “Eucharist, food for new life”, 13 - 20 November. The organis ...
10 October 2005
VATICAN - This evening Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe opens academic year 2005/2006 pontifical Urban University
Vatican City (Fides Service) - With a solemn concelebration of Mass and the invocation of the Holy Spirit presided this evening October 10, by Card. Crescenzio Sepe, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of ...
10 October 2005
VATICAN - Indicating the figure of Blessed Clemens August Graf von Galen, Benedict XVI recalls that “the faith is not merely a private sentiment, to be hidden when it is embarrassing ” and asks for prayers for the Synod of Bishops. Appeal for earthquake victims in south east Asia and floods in central America
Vatican City (Fides Service) - On Sunday 9 October Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, prefect of the congregation for the causes of saints, celebrated Mass in St Peter’s and, charged by Pope Benedict XVI, he read the Apo ...
10 October 2005
VATICAN - The importance of song in Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: a reflection
Vatican City (Fides Service) - We give our English translation of a reflection by Fr Hermann Geissler a member of “Das Werk” an an official of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the faith, on the importance of son ...
10 October 2005
EUROPE/SPAIN - Numerous activities to celebrate World Mission Sunday. Spain has 17,515 missionaries working all over the world to break the bread of the Word and the Eucharist
Madrid (Fides Service) - “I think Mission Sunday this year will help us understand the authentic sense of mission and certainly lead many in different walks of life to do their best to make their life a mission” said ...
10 October 2005
AFRICA/LIBERIA - Liberia prepares to vote in an atmosphere of hope. Catholic novena of prayer organised by the Bishops ended yesterday
Monrovia (Fides Service)- “There is expectation and hope for the future. People know tomorrow’s vote will be decisive in the country’s history” said local Church sources in Monrovia capital of Liberia about to ho ...
10 October 2005
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Bukavu mourns Archbishop Charles Mbogha Kambale who died yesterday after a long illness
Bukavu (Fides Service)- Catholics in Bukavu in the east of Democratic Congo are mourning their Archbishop Charles Mbogha Kambale who died on Sunday 9 October after a long illness.
The Archbishop died in Bukavu hospita ...
10 October 2005
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Pakistan’s Catholics assist Kashmir earthquake victims. “A day’s wages in aid of the homeless”. Caritas sends volunteers to the site, President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference leads special prayers
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - “We are still deeply shocked and traumatised by the tragedy. The death toll rises by the hour and loss of life and damage to structures is vast. It is feared that as many as 40,000 people have ...
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