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15 July 2009
ASIA/INDIA - The Gospel makes its way among the Garo peoples, thanks to the charisma of Padre Pio of Pietrelcina
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Garo indigenous peoples of northeast India are evermore receptive to the message of the Gospel and are converting to Christianity. This is, at least in part, thanks to the charisma o ...
15 July 2009
VATICAN - Speech of the Permanent Observer to the Holy See to the UN Economic and Social Council: place the promotion of life at the heart of the decisions regarding health assistance
Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - “Failure to place the promotion of life at the center of health care decisions results in a society in which an individual’s absolute right to basic health care and life would be limited by t ...
14 July 2009
AFRICA/NIGERIA - One of the leaders of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta freed within hours of an unprecedented attack in Lagos
Lagos (Agenzia Fides) – An unprecedented attack and the release from prison of a leader of the guerrillas have marked the last two days of difficult negotiations between the Nigerian government and rebels of the Moveme ...
14 July 2009
ASIA/BANGLADESH - “Old and new” missionaries for evangelizing the country and the ad gentes mission
Dacca (Agenzia Fides) – The missionaries have given and continue to give a determining contribution to the evangelization of the country, for human promotion and for the social development of the Bengal people.
On the ...
14 July 2009
ASIA/TURKEY - Positive prospects on the horizon for ecumenical and interreligious dialogue in Turkey after the Year of St. Paul
Istanbul (Agenzia Fides) – After the Year of St. Paul, which has been “a year of grace,” new, encouraging prospects seem to appear on the horizon, in terms of ecumenical and interreligious dialogue in Turkey. This ...
14 July 2009
EUROPE/ITALY - L'Aquila inauguration of a new children's clinic sponsored by Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital, Colliers International, and Happy Family Onlus
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On Wednesday, July 15, 2009, at 4pm, inauguration activities will begin for the new children's clinic in Abruzzo, near the “Verde Acqua” Sports Complex in L'Aquila.
The new clinic, inaugurat ...
14 July 2009
AMERICA/PERU - President of the Bishops' Conference requests that the draft bill on religious freedom be addressed “in a climate of dialogue, respect for people and institutions, and seeking above all the good of the country”
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - “I am making a call to serenity and to sanity, so that this Parliament may address the most urgent matters that now concern Peruvian society. An example of this are the events that have been occu ...
14 July 2009
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops request that with new education law, everyone may reject “all that shows an imposition of criteria or orientations from any side”
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - “Education is a task for everyone” is the title of the statement issued by the Bishops of Venezuela at the close of their Plenary Assembly, after the presentation of a “list of ideas for t ...
14 July 2009
AMERICA/CUBA - Spanish priest killed after 12 years of intense pastoral work, with a special charisma for the religious tradition of the local people
Havana (Agenzia Fides) – A Spanish priest was found dead on Monday, July 13, in his parish of the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rule (Nuestra Señora de la Regla) in Havana (Cuba). His name was Mariano Arroyo Merino, a nat ...
14 July 2009
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Diocesan Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the Archdiocese of Kasama, along with another priest, drown in Lake Bangweulu
Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) – The Diocesan Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies of the Archdiocese of Kasama (Zambia), Fr. Lenatus Fisamu, has died following an accident in Lake Bangweulu. Another priest, Fr. Simon ...
14 July 2009
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - MISSION AND EMIGRATION - “La valigia con lo spago”: “What we are seeing today on the Arizona border is the greatest human rights crisis ever, a crisis which causes the death of over 200 people every year in this State alone.”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “What we are seeing today on the Arizona border is the greatest human rights crisis ever, a crisis which causes the death of over 200 people every year in this State alone.” These were the wor ...
14 July 2009
ASIA/HONG KONG - Year for Priestly Vocations: Bishop Tong presides a Mass for vocations in which 5 priests give their testimony of 30 years of priesthood
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The Diocese of Hong Kong is intensely living the diocesan celebration of the Year for Priestly Vocations, which was opened by Bishop John Tong of Hong Kong this past July 1, in harmony with ...
14 July 2009
EUROPE/POLAND - Nearly 150,000 copies of the encyclical “Caritas in veritate” in Polish distributed with the Catholic magazine “Niedzela”
Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – The Polish Catholic magazine “Niedzela,” the most widely-read magazine in Poland, headquartered in Czestochowa, has recently published the third encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI on inte ...
14 July 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI in Valle d'Aosta for a period of rest
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Since yesterday, Benedict XVI has been in the region of Valle d'Aosta, in the residence of Les Combes di Introd, where he will remain until Wednesday, July 29, for a time of rest, as he a ...
13 July 2009
AFRICA/CONGO DR - Congolese Bishops declare a Jubilee Year for healing the evils of the country and “with God and in justice, building a united and prosperous Congo”
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “A year of grace for our country, a year of renewal and joy, a year of reconciliation with God, to end the practices of corruption and banality that are destroying the nation and with God and ...
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