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20 October 2009
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “We need to convert to the truth in order to live in justice and have peace,” address given by Archbishop of La Plata
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - “We need to convert to the truth in order to live in justice, have correct reasoning, do what is just and have peace.” This is what Archbishop Hector Aguer of La Plata said in his addre ...
20 October 2009
EUROPE/POLAND - An intense missionary month with formation encounters nationwide and a newly updated website
Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - “The missionary animation and formation of the People of God are duties of the Church, which is by her very nature missionary. And this is the aim of our work here in Poland.” This is what Ag ...
20 October 2009
AFRICA - “Will for peace and pardon in African thought”: a talk by Professor Martin Nkafu Nkemnkia, professor at the Lateran and Gregorian Pontifical Universities
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “Africa needs a process of reconciliation 'ad intra' and 'ad extra,'” said Professor Martin Nkafu Nkemnkia from Cameroon, who teaches Culture, Religion, Art, and African Thought in the Lateran ...
20 October 2009
ASIA/CHINA - Chinese Catholics celebrate World Mission Sunday: in Tay Yuan, priests, religious, catechists, and faithful distribute flyers, respond to questions of passers-by
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – Chinese Catholics have also been celebrating World Mission Sunday (October 18), in communion with the Universal Church and according to the Message of Pope Benedict XVI: “The nations will wa ...
20 October 2009
ASIA/INDIA - “Evangelizing without fear of the obstacles nor the persecutions”: Final Message from the Indian Missionary Congress
Bombay (Agenzia Fides) – A great celebration of faith and a strong source of encouragement for the mission, which will continue on “without fear of the obstacles nor the persecutions”: this could be the definition ...
20 October 2009
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Nigerian President and rebel leaders meet; government willing to give 10% of oil profits to the region - is the Niger Delta conflict coming to an end?
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) – President Umaru Yar'Adua of Nigeria recently met with Henry Okah, leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) in his presidential palace, to discuss peace agreements.
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19 October 2009
VATICAN - World Mission Sunday “is a powerful reminder for every ecclesial community and for each Christian of the duty to proclaim and bear witness before all people to the Gospel,” said Benedict XVI in the Angelus, thanking the Pontifical Mission Societies for their services of animation and formation
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, October 18, the Holy Father Benedict XVI dedicated his address prior to the recitation of the Angelus with pilgrims in Saint Peter's Square, to World Mission Sunday and the Syn ...
19 October 2009
AMERICA/URUGUAY - Priests and bishops of the Dioceses of Salto, Mercedes, and Tacuarembo reflect on carrying out the Continental Mission
Salto (Agenzia Fides) – Last week, at the “Casa San Jose” religious residence, some forty priests, along with Bishop Carlos Collazzi of Mercedes, Bishop Pablo Galimberti of Salto, and Bishop Julio Bonino of Tacuare ...
19 October 2009
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Continental Mission launched in Archdiocese of Popayan: “an integral Permanent Mission that keeps the Church in constant evangelization”
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – With the presence of numerous faithful from all the parishes, the Archdiocese of Popayan officially launched its Continental Mission on October 12. The celebration was presided by Archbishop Iv ...
19 October 2009
ASIA/CHINA - Missionary month as a sign of charity and pilgrimage
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – In addition to the consecration of churches, deaconate ordinations, and perpetual and temporal vows of religious, which we reported on in recent days (see Fides 16/10/2009), charitable works and ...
19 October 2009
VATICAN - On Mission Sunday, Cardinal Ivan Dias presides Closing Mass for 400th anniversary of the death of St. John Leonardi, who “never left Italy and yet lived an intense missionary life”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Saint John Leonardi “with his luminous life made God present to mankind. This is the meaning of his missionary life.” These were the words of Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congre ...
19 October 2009
ASIA/INDONESIA - On Mission Sunday, first Camillian priest ordained: start of Camillian missionary's presence in Indonesia
Maumere (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, October 18, the 83rd World Mission Sunday, in Maumere, on the Indonesian island of Flores, the first Indonesian Camillian priest - Fr. Alfons Oles - was ordained. In the same Mass, ...
19 October 2009
ASIA/VIETNAM - Van Lang Elementary School opened thanks to Italian Association Amici di Raoul Follereau (AIFO)
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The Italian Ambassador in Vietnam, Andrea Perugini, and local representatives from the Italian Association Amici di Raoul Follereau participated on October 1, in an inauguration ceremony for the ...
19 October 2009
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Pontifical Society of the Holy Childhood Association of Nigeria asks “that all join hands in promoting the rights of children”
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - “We underline the urgent need of priests, religious, parents, guardians, catechists, teachers and government to be informed about child’s rights in the Church and society, so that they may bec ...
19 October 2009
AFRICA/CONGO DR - 13 years after the death of Archbishop Christophe Munzihirwa of Bukavu: reflections from a missionary
Bukavu (Agenzia Fides) – October 29 marks the 13th anniversary of the assassination of Archbishop Christophe Munzihirwa, then Archbishop of Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...
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