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21 July 2009
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Niamkey Konanko Health Center inaugurated, to serve 25,000 persons
Niamkey Konanko (Agenzia Fides) – The Jesuits' information services have issued a statement saying that a new Health Center was recently inaugurated in Niamkey Konanko, Ivory Coast. Father Umberto Libralato, vice-presi ...
21 July 2009
ASIA/CHINA - At the opening of the Year for Priests, prayer with photo of all the priests of the Archdiocese of Beijing distributed, to encourage daily prayer for priests
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – The text of the prayer for priests for the Year for Priests, with photos and a brief biography of each of the diocese's 50 priests was distributed to all the faithful at the solemn celebration ...
21 July 2009
VATICAN - Holy Father sends greetings to Tour de France in Valle d'Aosta
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy See Press Office has released the following statement today from Director Fr. Federico Lombardi: “On the occasion of the passing of the Tour de France through Valle d'Aosta, th ...
21 July 2009
VATICAN - July 27-31, annual meeting of the "Populorum Progressio" Foundation's Administrative Council for financing projects for indigenous mixed race and Afro-American rural communities of Latin America and the Caribbean
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The annual meeting of the administrative council of the "Populorum Progressio" Foundation is due to be held from 27 to 31 July at the Schwerte Catholic Academy in the archdiocese of Paderbo ...
20 July 2009
AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - 150th anniversary of the death of the founder of the Society of African Missions: a missionary's testimony
Freetown (Agenzia Fides) - “When this pilgrimage to Freetown for celebrating the 150th anniversary of the death of our founder and his first companions was first proposed, many of our brothers in the order thought that ...
20 July 2009
AFRICA/CONGO DR - “For me, my life is Christ”: Message of the Congolese Bishops for the Year for Priests
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “Along with the Holy Father, we hope that the Year for Priests may contribute to strengthening your effort for interior renewal, so as to make your testimony in our country and in the world m ...
20 July 2009
AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops of Morelia denounce violence in Michoacan and call for a Triduum of Prayer for Peace, July 23-25
Michoacan (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Morelia have issued a statement showing their deep concern “for the unusual wave of crime and violence that has recently been a cause for bloo ...
20 July 2009
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Bishops ask Secretary of State to continue efforts in resolving Honduras's political crisis; second dialogue attempt by President of Costa Rica fails
Washington (Agenzia Fides) – Writing on behalf of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), Bishop Howard J. Hubbard of Albany, N.Y., sent a letter July 16 to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, urging ...
20 July 2009
ASIA/INDONESIA - The Jemaah Islamiyah behind attacks in Jakarta
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) – The Indonesian police have announced that the Jemaah Islamiyah is behind the kamikaze attacks that took place in Jakarta during the night this past July 16-17, causing 8 deaths and over 60 wou ...
20 July 2009
ASIA - The Church in Asia and paths of dialogue: FABC seminar
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – Dialogue, in all its forms, is for the Church in Asia a fruitful road to evangelization. This is the principle at the heart of reflection and discussion for the seminar being organized by the ...
20 July 2009
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - MISSION AND EMIGRATION - “La valigia con lo spago”: Lucrezia crossed the desert with her children, which the “coyote” that led them said: “The children slow you down. Leave them behind!,” but she did not leave them and she died in their arms
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “The wall between Mexico and the United States has claimed 10,000 lives as of today. Marco, a 5-year-old, was hidden in the back of a truck, on a desert road, along with his father. He felt great ...
20 July 2009
ASIA/TAIWAN - The Catholic Church offers “guardian angels” to young mothers: the work of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd in 4 centers, two telephone help lines and a website
Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – According to statistics from the Internal Affairs Ministry of the government in Taiwan, 8,195 children were born to single mothers in 2008, equal to 4% of all births. The number of mothers und ...
20 July 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI prays the Angelus in Romano Canavese: “Providence always helps those who do good and dedicate themselves to justice; it helps those who do not think only of themselves but of those who are worse off.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, July 19, the Holy Father Benedict XVI left Les Combes (Introd), in Valle d'Aosta, where he was spending a brief time of rest, and traveled to Romano Canavese (Diocese of Ivrea) ...
18 July 2009
Instrumentum mensis Iunii pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontificis Benedicti XVI pro evangelizatione in terris missionum
Thursday 11 June, Solemnity of Corpus Christi, the Holy Father, Benedict XVI presided Mass in the square in front of his cathedral, San Giovanni in Laterano, at the end of which he presided the Blessed Sacrament Proces ...
17 July 2009
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - A window to Asia through the Australian Catholic news
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – The interaction and strict connection on a political, cultural, social, and religious level between eastern Asia and Oceania are well-known. The migration patterns between the two continents ar ...
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