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3 December 2009
EUROPE/BELGIUM - Catholics in Copenhagen call for accord on climate changes that protects the poor
Brussels (Agenzia Fides) – After 12 months of campaigning for "climate justice," Catholic Church leaders, advocates, development agencies, and support groups of Caritas Internationalis and CIDSE (International Cooperat ...
3 December 2009
AFRICA/SOMALIA - The African Union and infiltration of Islamic fundamentalism in Somalia
Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – The attack occurred today, December 3, in Mogadishu that has killed 20 people, including 4 Ministers of Somalia's transitional government (in addition to those of Health, Education, and the ...
2 December 2009
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Pontifical Mission Societies in Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis use Advent/Christmas campaigns to promote mission ad gentes and reflect on immigration
St.Paul/Minneapolis (Agenzia Fides) – As the Society for the Propagation of the Faith (now more commonly referred to as the Center for Mission) in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis approaches its 75th year ...
2 December 2009
EUROPE/SPAIN - “Missionaries with our Diocesan Church - you are too!” - Letter from the Archbishop of Pamplona-Tudela for the Feast of Saint Francis Xavier
Pamplona (Agenzia Fides) - "The missionary is someone who has given up everything for Christ, and not for a Christ who is idealized or distant, but for a Christ-God who has come to him and left a deep impression on him. ...
2 December 2009
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - City of Ramallo celebrates Feast of Saint Francis Xavier
Ramallo (Agenzia Fides) – An entire city, with over 12,000 inhabitants, is getting ready to celebrate the Feast of St. Francis Xavier: the City of Ramallah, in the Province of Buenos Aires. The program of festivities d ...
2 December 2009
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Relics of Don Bosco travel to Porto Alegre: a long pilgrimage inspiring festivities and devotion everywhere
Porto Alegre (Agenzia Fides) - The world pilgrimage that in the next six years will have crossed five continents, arrived on November 30 in Porto Alegre. The urn containing the mortal remains of St. John Bosco, the Itali ...
2 December 2009
ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholic pilgrims to the island of Shang Chuan show their great devotion to Saint Francis Xavier, Patron of the Missions
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – The small island of Shang Chuan, in the Province of Guang Dong, on the coast of southern China, where St. Francis Xavier died on December 3, 1552, is a favorite destination for pilgrimage amon ...
2 December 2009
AFRICA/KENYA - Climate changes: Wangari Muta Maathai is a prophetic voice from Africa capable of inspiring the world, says missionary in Kenya
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – On the eve of the Summit on Climate Change scheduled to take place in Copenhagen (December 7-18), Agenzia Fides wishes to re-publish an article originally written for the magazine “The Harp ...
2 December 2009
AFRICA/CONGO DR - "We waited for a clarification of the UN; since it does not arrive we explain our position," say Xaverian Missionaries of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) - The Xaverian Missionaries operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have expressed dismay for the journalistic indiscretions in regards to the confidential report prepared by a team of ex ...
2 December 2009
ASIA/INDIA - Christians accused of “illegal conversions” for political motives
Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) – Accusing Christians in India of carrying out a campaign of illegal or fraudulent conversions is a tactic being used by Hindu fundamentalist movements for mere political reasons, says an ecum ...
2 December 2009
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Online Advent Calendar from Redemptorists
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Mark the liturgical season of Advent, with stories from the missions, testimony of evangelical life, messages and ideas of Christian life, prayer and brief spiritual reflection: this is the objec ...
2 December 2009
ASIA/INDIA - Every month in Talavadi: "Festival of Life" - a day of games, prayer, and sharing for disabled children sponsored by Opera Don Guanella
Talavadi (Agenzia Fides) – Among the traditional events in India is the "Festival of Life" promoted by “Guanelliani” (Servants of Charity, Opera Don Guanella), which is held in Talavadi, Diocese of Ooty, in the nor ...
2 December 2009
AMERICA/PERU - HIV/AIDS apostolate is an opportunity to live the Gospel
Callao (Agenzia Fides) - "HIV/AIDS affects not only the body but the whole person, his relationships and his social life. This is a true pathology of the spirit. It implies a threat and involves a crisis of moral values, ...
1 December 2009
VATICAN - LXXII (Year 2008) version of “Missionary Bibliography”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Library of the Pontifical Urban University has published the LXXII volume of "Bibliography Mission" for the Year 2008. This book, unique in its kind, provides a rich documentation of ...
1 December 2009
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Christians and Buddhists sign a joint declaration for the abolition of the death penalty: “We universally support the complete elimination of such extreme punishment that does not consider the sacredness of life.”
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - "Every life that has come into existence on this earth is sacred. The death penalty is for us 'murder' in the name of law and institution that artificially deprives a human being of his irreplacea ...
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