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22 July 2009
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Educating in “ecological evangelization” in Korean dioceses
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - “Ecological evangelization” is the term coined by the Justice and Peace Commission of the Korean Bishops' Conference, for spreading awareness among the faithful regarding the problems and resp ...
22 July 2009
AMERICA/PERU - Opening of the Jubilee Year for the 400th anniversary of the creation of the Diocese of Arequipa, a time of thanksgiving, reconciliation, and social justice
Arequipa (Agenzia Fides) - “This has been a celebration attended by over 30,000 faithful, from all the regions of the Archdiocese, which is 25,000 square kilometers,” Archbishop Javier Del Rio Alba of Arequipa said, ...
22 July 2009
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Pastoral Letter of the Bishops for the 50th anniversary of the “Cursillos of Christianity”: “This moment in the life of our nation is the moment for the brave, those who are willing to give reasons for their hope and faith.”
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - “This moment in the life of our nation is the moment for the brave, those who are willing to give reasons for their hope and faith, with the awareness that these are based on the demands of lo ...
22 July 2009
AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Bishops cancel pilgrimage to Cartago because of AH1N1 flu
San Jose (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops' Conference of Costa Rica has issued a statement cancelling the pilgrimage to Cartago and inviting the faithful of the country to live the feast of Our Lady with the novena, in th ...
22 July 2009
ASIA/CHINA - First Evangelization Congress of the Diocese of Ji Lin dedicated to social service as an instrument of evangelization and reflection on Vatican II
Ji Lin (Agenzia Fides) – Social service as an instrument in evangelization; the role of every member of the Church; reflection on the 4 Constitutions of the II Vatican Council, were the main themes of the first Evangel ...
22 July 2009
ASIA/THAILAND - Don Bosco Home for evangelizing youth of ethnic minorities
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – Don Bosco Home, located in the Diocese of Chiang Mai, is finally a reality. The Salesians of Thailand have officially opened the multi-purpose pastoral center for youth from ethnic minority gr ...
22 July 2009
AFRICA/CAPE VERDE - Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on July 22, 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Santiago de Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) presented by Bishop Paulino Do L ...
22 July 2009
MISSIONARY INTENTION - Holy Father's Missionary Prayer Intention for August 2009: “That those Christians who are discriminated against and persecuted in many Countries because of the name of Christ may have their human rights, equality and religious freedom recognized, in order to be able to live and profess their own faith freely.” Commentary.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In the Decree “Dignitatis humanae,” the Second Vatican Council declares that “ the human person has a right to religious freedom. This freedom means that all men are to be immune fr ...
21 July 2009
AFRICA/CONGO DR - Importance of reserves of coltan and other minerals being used to fuel the war in North and South Kivu
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The mineral resources of North and South Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo) are what have been fueling a conflict that has been going on for over 12 years now. This is what is explai ...
21 July 2009
ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Refugees return, but the operations are not enough
Dili (Agenzia Fides) – The drama of those who have been forced to leave their homes, lands, and all they own, because of the violence and conflict, is all too familiar to the people of East Timor. The nation, from its ...
21 July 2009
AMERICA/CUBA - Cardinal Jaime Ortega: “A mantel of sorrow and pain has covered our Archdiocese of Havana since we learned of the terrible assassination of Fr. Mariano Arroyo.”
Havana (Agenzia Fides) - “A mantel of sorrow and pain has covered our Archdiocese of Havana since the morning of Monday, July 12, when we learned of the terrible assassination of Fr. Mariano Arroyo. The details of the ...
21 July 2009
AMERICA/PERU - Cardinal Cipriani, Special Envoy at the IV Centennial Celebration of the Diocese of Ayacucho, asks that foundational missionary spirit be maintained
Ayacucho (Agenzia Fides) – This Monday, July 20, in Ayacucho's Plaza de Armas, Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani presided as Pontifical Legate of Pope Benedict XVI, the Thanksgiving Mass in honor of the 400th anniversary of ...
21 July 2009
AFRICA/EGYPT - The Church in Egypt mourns the death of Mother Marie Georgette Habashy, a prominent figure in the local Catholic community
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in Egypt has lost one of its leading figures: Mother Marie Georgette Habashy, former Superior General of the “Egyptian Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus,” who was the ...
21 July 2009
AFRICA/ERITREA - 12 priests ordained: highest number in the history of the Church in Eritrea
Asmara (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in Eritrea is celebrating the ordination of 12 priests. According to a report sent to Agenzia Fides from Fr. Kibrom Tseggai, Director of the Office for Social Communications ...
21 July 2009
ASIA/LAOS - Small Church in Laos remembers Bishop Vorachak, Apostolic Vicar of Savannakhet
Savannakhet (Agenzia Fides) – A community in mourning, united in their sorrow but with a steadfast faith in the eternal embrace of the Father, has remembered the figure of Bishop Jean Sommeng Vorachak, Apostolic Vicar ...
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