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7 October 2009
ASIA/TAIWAN - Among the initiatives for the missionary month, in light of the Missionary Month, a seminar and prayer encounter “for the five continents”
Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – All the Catholic communities of Taiwan are working “to walk in His Light,” following the guidelines given by the Holy Father Benedict XVI in the Message for World Missions Day 2009, entitl ...
7 October 2009
ASIA/INDIA - Create mission awareness and spread the Good News, the Church presents the Indian Missionary Congress
Bombay (Agenzia Fides) – It is an historical event for the Catholic community in India that will be presented tomorrow, October 8, by Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay: the Indian Missionary Congress, which ...
7 October 2009
ASIA/INDIA - “The Indian Missionary Congress: the hope that a new missionary era may open in the country,” India's Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies tells Agenzia Fides.
Bombay (Agenzia Fides) – The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of India have been busy in recent months with the preparation of the Indian Missionary Congress, which will take place in Bombay, October 14-18.
Fr. Igna ...
7 October 2009
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Diocese of Oruro launches Permanent Mission on first Sunday of October
Oruro (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, October 4, the Diocese of Oruro (Bolivia) officially launched its Permanent Mission. During the act, Bishop Cristobal Bialasik expressed the hope that this initiative may favor “the ...
6 October 2009
VATICAN - Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson's Report Before the Discussion: “it is time to 'shift gears' and to have the truth about Africa told with love, fostering the development of the continent which would lead to the well-being of the whole world”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Relator-General for the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops, Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, Archbishop of Cape Coast (Ghana), presented his Report Before the ...
6 October 2009
EUROPE/ITALY - Message from Combonian Chapter Delegates to the Bishops meeting in the Synod for Africa
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “As Combonian Missionaries, born in Africa and for Africa, what matters most is the future of this continent and, above all, of its Church that – no matter the work of so many missionaries from ...
6 October 2009
VATICAN - “In the light of God, to confess necessarily becomes proclaiming God, to evangelize and thus renew the world.” Pope's reflection at the First General Congregation of the Synod
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At the First General Congregation of the II Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops, on October 5, the Holy Father Benedict XVI gave a meditation on the Third Hour, “Nunc sa ...
6 October 2009
AFRICA/CONGO DR - “The Church does not have the 'magic solutions' to Africa's problems, but accompanies Africans,” says President of the Bishops' Commission for Social Communications in Congo
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “The black continent is once again the focus of the Church's concern. It is a clear and strong sign that presents the need for a serious reflection. Fifteen years after the first continental ...
6 October 2009
AFRICA/EGYPT - Update on activities of the Catholic Church in Egypt
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – Agenzia Fides has gathered information on activities of the Catholic Church in Egypt.
On September 18, 2009, the school year began at the Religious Studies Institute in Cairo, which has nearly ...
6 October 2009
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - New Camillian religious at St. Camillus Parish in Ouagadougou
Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) – The Parish of Saint Camillus in Ouagadougou celebrated the feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary with 19 young men who had expressed their desire to belong to the Lord in the Order of M ...
6 October 2009
ASIA/HONG KONG - Bishop John Tong on Education Day: “The family, the parish, and the Catholic school take on the same importance in vocational education.”
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - “Forming Genius for the Church – The Priestly Vocation and Formation” was the theme of the Day of Education promoted by the Diocese of Hong Kong. According to a report from the Kong Ko B ...
6 October 2009
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Christian communities working on the front line in the fight against religious discrimination; National Conference on October 24
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Preparations are underway in the various Christian communities in Pakistan, for the National Conference on October 24, which will bring Christians together in a pacific demonstration against ...
6 October 2009
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Missionary Month of October to be launched in Northeast Argentina: “to strengthen communion, participation, and missionary animation for the month of the missions, with a contribution from everyone.”
Corrientes (Agenzia Fides) – This past October 1, in the Basilica of Our Lady of Itati, there was a celebration for the launching of the Missionary Month of October, with a Mass presided by Archbishop Andres Stanovnik ...
6 October 2009
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Caritas appeal for Pacific and Southeast Asia, struck by natural disasters
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - “Many communities in the Pacific Ocean and Southeast Asia suffer natural catastrophes that lead to misery, evacuations, and extreme need. They need rapid and efficient assistance.” This is wh ...
5 October 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI opens II Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for Africa: “the Synod is the propitious moment to rethink pastoral activity and renew the impulse of evangelization.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – With the liturgical greeting “Pax vobis” the Holy Father Benedict XVI addressed the Synod Fathers and Collaborators of the II Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for Africa durin ...
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