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14 October 2009
OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Growing Awareness of the faith and donations for October, Missions Month
Wellington (Agenzia Fides) - “In New Zealand, the faithful are increasingly more aware of the activities and goals of the Missions Month (October) and are preparing for World Missions Sunday (WMS) with fervor, while t ...
14 October 2009
AMERICA/ECUADOR - “Missionary Festival” in the four sectors of the city of Quito, for Mission Sunday
Quito (Agenzia Fides) – For World Mission Sunday (DOMUND) 2009, in the four sectors of the city of Quito, the capital of Ecuador, there will be “Missionary Festivals” for “praying and celebrating all our missions ...
14 October 2009
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “The application of the Convention of Rights of the Child, a utopia that is possible”
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - “The application of the Convention of Rights of the Child, a utopia that is possible” will be the theme of the 10th Archdiocesan Encounter for Youth and Children, to be held October 27 ...
13 October 2009
VATICAN - Holy Father to visit FAO Headquarters and Synagogue in Rome
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy See Press Office has issued a statement saying that on the morning of Monday, November 16, the Holy Father Benedict XVI will travel to the FAO Headquarters (Rome), for the openin ...
13 October 2009
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “Fr. Sinnott is in urgent need of medicine. We ask for prayers for his safety,” Bishop of Pagadian tells Agenzia Fides
Pagadian (Agenzia Fides) - “Fr. Sinnott is a man of peace. We ask that his abductors may release him soon and treat him with compassion, given his precarious health conditions,” Bishop Emmanuel Cabajar of Pagadian to ...
13 October 2009
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “We hope Fr. Sinnott may be released within a week, as he may not survive in extreme conditions,” Vicar General of Pagadian tells Agenzia Fides
Pagadian (Agenzia Fides) – In commenting on concern for the health conditions of Fr. Michael Sinnott, Missionary of Saint Columban abducted in Pagadian, Monsignor Gilbert Hingone, Vicar General of the Diocese of Pagadi ...
13 October 2009
ASIA/TAIWAN - “The Taiwan Story: The Second Wave of Evangelization”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (formerly known as 'Propaganda Fide') and the Evangelization of Taiwan,” “Historical, Political, and Missionary Context of the Second Perio ...
13 October 2009
AMERICA/URUGUAY - Message from the Bishop of Melo for World Mission Sunday: “The Church exists to evangelize. Announcing the Good News of Jesus is the mission of every Christian.”
Melo (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church, the community that all of us form as baptized, exists to evangelize. Announcing the Good News of Jesus is the mission of every Christian.” This is what Bishop Heriberto Bodeant of ...
13 October 2009
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Presentation of working document and logo for First Missionary Congress in Diocese of Moron, May 21-23, 2010
Moron (Agenzia Fides) - “Missionary Disciples: You are the light of the world and the salt of the eath.” This will be the theme of the First Missionary Congress of the Diocese of Moron (suffragan of Buenos Aires), wh ...
13 October 2009
AFRICA/KENYA - “The wounds of hatred are still fresh and in order to heal the Church has to affirm that reconciliation is an essential instrument to accomplish justice and peace”: Archbishop of Kisumu's Synod address
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “Due to post 2007 election violence our church witnessed the death of over 1300 Kenyas and the internal displacement of over 350,000 Kenyans. The wounds of hatred are still fresh and in order to ...
13 October 2009
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Appointment of Prime Minister from among list of protagonists of the political crisis, but incumbent appeals to Constitutional Court to block decision
Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – The new Prime Minister “of consensus” of Madagascar, Eugene Mangalaza, was appointed in a decree signed by the President of the High Authority of Transition, Andry Rajoelina.
Mangala ...
13 October 2009
Instrumentum mensis Septembris pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontificis Benedicti XVI, pro evangelizatione in terris missionum
The Holy Father Benedict XVI in the month of September continued to reside in his Summer Residence in Castel Gandolfo, from where, on Sunday 6th he made a pastoral visit to Viterbo and Bagnoregio. On Saturday the 12th , ...
12 October 2009
VATICAN - Among the five new saints canonized by Benedict XVI is Father Damien: “His missionary activity, which gave him so much joy, reaches its summit in charity.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, October 11, the Holy Father Benedict XVI celebrated a Mass in Saint Peter's Square, where he canonized 5 new saints. In the homily, making reference to Jesus' dialogue with the ...
12 October 2009
VATICAN - Pope prays Rosary “with Africa and for Africa” with Italian and African university students: “The new evangelization in Africa is also counting on your generous efforts.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the II Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops, on the afternoon of Saturday, October 12, a Marian Vigil “with Africa and for Africa” was held in the Pa ...
12 October 2009
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Preparations underway for Advent Mission in Diocese of Cordoba: “reach out to everyone, especially those farthest away, preaching the Kingdom of God”
Cordoba (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, October 10, at the Saint Teresa of Jesus School in Cordoba (Argentina), delegates from parishes, movements, associations, and communities gathered together to work on preparations ...
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