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- ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics appreciated and recognized by society and the media
- VATICAN - “The Church in the Service of Love for the Suffering” - Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers and XVIII World Day of the Sick
- EUROPE/SPAIN - “Give Life, Sowing Hope”: 15th Diocesan Day for Health Pastoral Care
- ASIA/THAILAND - Home for disabled children run by Camillians organizes yearly Day for Children
- AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - “The situations of violence are extremely serious and threaten the collapse of society,” Archbishop of San Salvador affirms
- AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Laura Chinchilla: first woman elected President of Costa Rica
- CEP APPOINTMENTS - EUROPE/IRELAND - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed
- ASIA/TAIWAN - Legion of Mary celebrates 60 years in Taiwan
- AMERICA/BRAZIL - “Intermirifica.net” - a missionary opportunity
- AMERICA/HAITI - “At times I feel so helpless, but knowing that I have many people praying for me helps me to continue doing the little I can...” Testimony from a volunteer in Haiti.
- AFRICA/MALAWI - Malawi President's election as President of African Union, inspires hopes and fears
- AFRICA/CONGO DR - Yet another military operation in east Congo causes concern among missionaries
- ASIA/INDIA - “White Book” on violence, to bring reconciliation and justice to Orissa: appeal from Archbishop of Bhubaneswar
- AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishop Lara Barbosa on the “Clean Card Law”: “We are open to dialogue, but without changes in the law.”
- ASIA/INDONESIA - Archbishop of Medan tells Fides there is interreligious dialogue and friendship in Sumatra
- ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Archbishop Paciano Aniceto, President of Bishops' Commission on Family and Life, responds to press accusations: “Presidential candidates should be clear on respect for life.”
- VATICAN - Pope's Message for Lent: “creating just societies, where all receive what is necessary to live according to the dignity proper to the human person and where justice is enlivened by love.”
- ASIA/CHINA - Catholic community of He Bei promotes family and Christian marriage in preparation for Chinese New Year, a family celebration
- AMERICA/MEXICO - 14th National Holy Childhood Association Congress aired live on the Internet
- AMERICA/ECUADOR - 100th anniversary of the birth of Bishop Leonidas Proańo, Bishop of the Indians and the poor, faithful Pastor under the continual guidance of the Holy Spirit
- AFRICA/CONGO DR - Religious leaders from 4 Central African nations willing to mediate negotiations with LRA rebels
- AFRICA/KENYA - Proposal to insert Constitutional clause denying that changes definition of initiation of life from conception to birth is inspired by an “anti-life mentality”
- VATICAN - Bishops of England and Wales come to pray in Propaganda Fide Chapel where Cardinal Newman was ordained a Catholic priest
- VATICAN - Benedict XVI at General Audience: “a missionary fire must always burn in the heart of the Church, which drives incessantly to take the first proclamation of the Gospel and, where necessary, to a new evangelization”
- AMERICA/HAITI - Bishop Dumas, President of Caritas Haiti: “The people need a helping hand. Enough talk about this ordeal. Enough with the controversies. This should be a time for reflection."
- AFRICA/NIGERIA - "We are all concerned about the power vacuum created by the absence of the President," Archbishop of Jos tells Fides
- ASIA/HONG KONG - Trappists in Hong Kong celebrate long-awaited perpetual vows of two monks
- AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - “Life triumphs” in new Constitution of Dominican Republic
- AFRICA/KENYA - Kenya celebrates 100th anniversary of Consolata Missionaries
- AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Publication of Proceedings from First International Forum on Migration and Peace
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