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23 January 2008
AMERICA/MEXICO Cardinal Rivera calls all the baptised to a state of mission “to be light of Christ in the city”
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Norberto Rivera, Archbishop of Mexico, presented Pastoral Guidelines for 2008, with the title “Formation for Christian Life” which aim to re-launch a permanent state of mission ...
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22 January 2008
AMERICA/CUBA - OCSHA meeting for priests comes to an end: 103 Spanish missionary priests serving in 20 different countries of Latin America
Havana (Agenzia Fides) - Last week some 103 Spanish priests working as missionaries in 20 different countries in Latin America gathered at the Casa San Juan María Vianney de Havana, for Meeting of OCSHA (Hispanic-Americ ...
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22 January 2008
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Beatification of Mother Candelaria de San José “opportunity to strengthen the faith and defend it from deviations ”
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Venezuela has announced the first beatification of a daughter of that local Church, Mother Candelaria di San José, foundress of the Carmelite Sisters of Vene ...
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22 January 2008
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Hope for dialogue between government and prefectures; Bishops say every effort must be made to reach positive results
Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - “Dialogue for consensus” is the title of a statement issued by the standing council of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Bolivia, at the end of a meeting this week in Santa Cruz, in whi ...
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21 January 2008
AMERICA/MEXICO - Archbishop of Oaxaca calls for new impulse to Marian devotion in 2008: “evangelisation without Mary cannot be authentic”
Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) - “We are convinced that love for the Blessed Virgin Mary is a pillar of sound evangelisation, it increases vocations and provides a safe path to fidelity to vocations received”. This statement ...
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18 January 2008
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Cecilianos Monks in Caçapava do Sul: the intellectual Pope is patrimony of universal culture
Caçapava do Sul (Agenzia Fides) - “We express our closeness to the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI following the deplorable episode at La Sapienza University in Rome”, we read in a statement sent to Fides by Fr. Mar ...
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18 January 2008
AMERICA/COSTA RICA - “On behalf of all Catholics and missionaries in Costa Rica we express profound and filial closeness to our beloved Pope”
San José (Agenzia Fides) - “After hearing of the deplorable events which led to the cancellation of the visit by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI to La Sapienza University in Rome, we wish to express to the Successor Pe ...
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18 January 2008
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - “As Catholics we cannot remain silent in a situation in which a small group of people tried to distance God from the hearts of the people”
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. José Rafael Romero Linares, national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Venezuela, informs Fides that the national office team met yesterday to discuss the events which led to ...
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18 January 2008
AMERICA/ECUADOR - From the “Continent of Hope” total communion with the Pope and profound sadness
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "With deep concern we heard of the incomprehensible attitude of a few professors and students at La Sapienza University in Rome who deprived the majority of the university community of an opportun ...
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18 January 2008
AMERICA/ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - “From the Dominican Republic we want the Pope to know he can count on us”
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - "As the national Co-ordinator of Youth pastoral in the Domincan Republic and Director of Radio Juventus Don Bosco, I join testimonies of affection and solidarity with Pope Benedict XVI aft ...
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18 January 2008
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - “This situation is a call to evangelise every sector of society ”
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "In the face of the situation which has arisen at La Sapienza University in Rome which led to the cancellation of the visit Pope Benedict XVI was due to make as part of his ministry, with the of ...
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17 January 2008
AMERICA/CHILE - Local Catholic Church appeals for solution to Mapuche conflict
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement “Peace in Araucanía, Fruit of Justice”, the president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Chile, Bishop Alejnadro Goic Karmelic, has given voice to the local Church desire ...
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17 January 2008
AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishops defend Mexico's peasants and indigenous peoples: “When market laws are applied to the rights of individuals and peoples, profit becomes a supreme value”
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Mexico is concerned for the social-economic situation of the country's peasants especially following the coming into force in January 1 of the final stage of lifting customs du ...
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16 January 2008
AMERICA/CUBA - OCSHA Meeting: Spanish priests on missionary service in America “discuss missionary challenges in the different American countries”
Havana (Agenzia Fides) - About 100 priests from Latin America and the United States members of OCSHA (Hispanic-American Priestly Cooperation) have gathered this week for a meeting for Spanish priests on missionary servic ...
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16 January 2008
AMERICA/ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - The local Church heeds the Great Continental Mission call: “good opportunity to give new life to our Church and intensify pastoral animation ”
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - In a Pastoral Letter issued for the feast of Our Lady of Altagracia, the patroness of the country on 21 January, the Bishops of the Dominican Republic offer the people a “word of suppor ...
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