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19 October 2009
ASIA/INDIA - Diocese of Miao, northeastern India, continues missionary work among tribes
Miao (Agenzia Fides) – The young Diocese of Miao, begun in 2006, in a remote corner of northeastern India, continues its work of evangelization of tribal peoples with great success, as there are many who joyfully embra ...
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19 October 2009
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Youth and the faith: study reveals importance of the family
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – The adolescents and youth of Korea have a great interest in the faith and a desire grow in their relationship with God. In spite of existing analysis and the idea of a young world that is inunda ...
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16 October 2009
EUROPE/AUSTRIA - “An expression of Catholicity” - Pontifical Mission Societies in Austria present World Mission Sunday as “the largest solidarity campaign in the world,” special invitation to join in reaching out to children
Vienna (Agenzia Fides) – October 18, 2009, Austria will also be celebrating World Mission Sunday. In all the parishes of the Austrian Dioceses, the faithful are called to pray and offer a contribution to the meeds of t ...
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16 October 2009
VATICAN - Message from the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue to Hindus, for the feast of Diwali: “Hindus and Christians: Committed to Integral Human Development”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “And Pope Benedict XVI wrote recently that "integral human development presupposes the responsible freedom of the individual and of peoples" (Caritas in veritate, no. 17). Such authentic ...
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16 October 2009
THE PONTIFICAL MISSION SOCIETIES FOR MISSIONARY ANIMATION AND COOPERATION
“The universal mission should become a fundamental constant in the life of the Church”, Fr. Timothy Lehane Barrett, SVD, General Secretary of the Pontifical Mission Society for the Propagation of the Faith
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16 October 2009
EUROPE/ITALY - World Mission Sunday this Sunday, Missio encourages everyone to remember the sacrifice of Fr. Ruggero Ruvoletto, recently killed in Brazil
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the 83rd World Mission Sunday (WMS), which will be celebrated this Sunday, October 18, Missio, the foundation within the Italian Bishops' Conference (CEI) for missionary minist ...
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16 October 2009
AMERICA/CHILE - “Women, missionary disciples for life in Chile”: National Encounter of Women's Pastoral Ministry “to determine the specific contribution of women in the mission”
Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, October 17, at the Marian College of Santiago de Chile, there will be a National Encounter of Women's Pastoral Ministry on the theme: “Women, missionary disciples for ...
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16 October 2009
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Missionary Congress of the Archdiocese of Managua, to give life to a diocese of “pilgrim disciples and missionaries”
Managua (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, October 11, thousands of missionaries from various parishes of the Archdiocese of Managua participated in the Archdiocesan Missionary Congress on the theme “Disciples and Missiona ...
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16 October 2009
ASIA/CHINA - The month of October is a “season for missionary harvest” with the consecration of 9 new churches, diaconate ordinations, vows of religious from various dioceses
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – According to information from Agenzia Fides, the various Chines Catholic communities are intensely living this missionary month of October, which also coincides with the month of the Rosary and w ...
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16 October 2009
ASIA/INDIA - World Missions Sunday in the wake of the Indian Missionary Congress
Bombay (Agenzia Fides) - “World Missions Sunday has an important significance for the Catholic community in India, especially this year, as we will also be celebrating the end of the Indian Missionary Congress, taking ...
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16 October 2009
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Hope and expectation for the fate of abducted missionary
Pagadian (Agenzia Fides) - “The civil-military committee working on the case of the abduction of Fr. Sinnott is working well, thanks to the work of intelligence sources, as well. We are hopeful. There have been positiv ...
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15 October 2009
ASIA/TAIWAN - A month after his passing, Catholics remember Fr. Angelo Giovanni Pastro, Camillian missionary who spent half a century serving the sick and Chinese indigenous peoples
Taipei (Agenzia Fides) - “Abba” (Father) is the favorite word the faithful of Taiwan use - especially the children - in referring to their beloved Fr. Angelo Giovanni Pastro, an Italian Camillian Missionary, who died ...
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15 October 2009
EUROPE/SPAIN - Pastoral Letter of Cardinal Rouco Varela for Mission Sunday: “The Church of the 21st Century feels the urgent need for Christ's love to reach every heart, especially the poor...”
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church of the 21st Century feels the urgent need for Christ's love to reach every heart, especially the poor, those who suffer, and the marginalized.” This is what the Archbishop of Madr ...
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15 October 2009
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Preaching the Gospel helps to reflect on and update content and activity of the missionary dimension of the Church”: Message from the Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz
Santa Fe (Agenzia Fides) - “Preaching the Gospel helps to reflect on and update content and activity of the missionary dimension of the Church.” This is what Archbishop Jose Mara Arancedo of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz ...
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15 October 2009
AFRICA/SEYCHELLES - “Awaken Catholics to the Church's mission”: the objective of World Mission Sunday
Port Victoria (Agenzia Fides) - “Thanks to Fr. Leon des Avanchers and the first missionaries, we received the Good News of the Gospel. This Good News is what we must make known around us,” writes Fr. Edwin Mathiot, D ...
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