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23 September 2009
AFRICA/SUDAN - A Bishop from South Sudan asks international community to protect civilians from Lord's Resistance Army attacks
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Edward Hiiboro Kussala of Tombura-Yambio, in the State of Western Equatoria (South Sudan), has called for the intervention of the international community in stopping attacks of Ugandan ...
23 September 2009
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - 5,000th priest in 164-year history of the Church in Korea ordained in Year for Priests
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – It is a landmark within the Year for Priests, proclaimed by Pope Benedict XVI, and which will serve as an inspiration in the vocational ministry in Korea: the Church's celebration of the ordinat ...
23 September 2009
ASIA/HONG KONG - Religion and Morality course: proposal for a Catholic school for the new school year, to offer an integral education and raise good citizens
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – A course on religion and morality in Catholic schools, to offer an integral education and form good citizens is the proposal of the Catholic schools for the new school year. According to a r ...
22 September 2009
EUROPE/POLAND - Catholic weekly “Niedzela” leads pilgrimage to Shrine of Jasna Gora for the Year for Priests; support for Church mass media projects
Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - “Fidelity of Christ, fidelity of the priest” is the main theme of the Year for Priests and it has also been the theme for the pilgrimage led by the Polish Catholic weekly “Niedzela” ...
22 September 2009
VATICAN - 50th International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin, June 2012
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The next International Eucharistic Congress (which is the 50th), will take place in Dublin (Ireland), from 10 to 17 June 2012 in Dublin, Ireland, on the theme: "The Eucharist: Communion w ...
22 September 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells recently appointed bishops: “The time that the priest and bishop dedicate to God in prayer is always the best employed, because prayer is the soul of pastoral activity...the inexhaustible source of missionary fervor.”
Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - “One of the essential tasks of the bishop is precisely to help priests, by example and with fraternal support, to follow their vocation faithfully, and to work with enthusiasm and love ...
22 September 2009
ASIA/LEBANON - Solemn Mass for the beginning of Mission Month and presentation of Pope's Message for World Mission Sunday 2009
Batroun (Agenzia Fides) – The Pontifical Mission Societies of Lebanon are celebrating, as they do every year, the beginning of Mission Month, in communion with the Universal Church. The Holy Mass opening the Mission Mo ...
22 September 2009
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - A “map” of religious life in Australia, to strengthen the mission
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – Catholic Religious Australia, an organization that includes representatives of all the Catholic religious institutions present in Australia, has done a study to get a concrete idea of religious ...
22 September 2009
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “A Bible for Every Aborigine” Campaign and numerous initiatives throughout the country to celebrate “Bible Month”
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – On Monday, September 21, at the headquarters of the Christian and Missionary Movement of Buenos Aires, an interreligious and ecumenical peace celebration was held. The initiative, along w ...
22 September 2009
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “200 works of social service for 200 years of justice and solidarity”: proposal from the 12th Day for Pastoral-Social Ministry
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - 200 works of social service for 200 years of justice and solidarity: this is the proposal that has emerged following the workshops at the 12th Day for Pastoral-Social Ministry (see Fides 17 ...
22 September 2009
AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - One out of eight women risks death from childbirth: “In resolving this tragedy, economic resources are needed, but so is a reflection on the dignity of the woman,” missionary says
Freetown (Agenzia Fides) – One out of every eight pregnant women in Sierra Leone risks death during the pregnancy or at childbirth, says a report from Amnesty International. In the Western World, this percentile is red ...
21 September 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the Angelus: “to 'do' works of peace we need to 'be' men of peace, entering the school of 'the wisdom that comes from above,' to assimilate its qualities and produce its effects,” and expresses sorrow for the attack in Afghanistan
Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) – The “true wisdom” described by Saint James in the readings from the Sunday Liturgy (3:16-4:3) was the theme chosen by the Holy Father Benedict XVI for his address given prior to th ...
21 September 2009
VATICAN - In the encounter with Patriarchs and Major Archbishops of the Eastern Churches, Benedict XVI announces Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Middle East, October 10-24, 2010
Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - “In speaking of peace, our thought turns, in the first place, to the regions of the Middle East. For this reason I will take this occasion to announce the Special Assembly of the Synod ...
21 September 2009
ASIA/CHINA - Bishop Bartholomew YU Chengti of Hanchung, one of the great witnesses to the freedom of the Church, for which he suffered imprisonment and house arrest, dedicating his entire life to evangelization
Hanchung (Agenzia Fides) – His Excellency Bartholomew YU Chengti, Bishop of the Diocese of Hanchung (Hanzhong), in the Province of Shaanxi (China mainland), died on September 14, 2009. His physical conditions were alre ...
21 September 2009
ASIA/HONG KONG - “Intercultural/international Character and Vocation” are the themes of the Chapter of the Dominican Province of the Far East, in Hong Kong
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - “Intercultural/international Character and Vocation” are the two main themes of the Chapter of the Dominican Province “Our Lady of the Rosary,” i.e. the Dominican Province of the Far E ...
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