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26 June 2009
ASIA/CHINA - Han Dan diocese closes Year of St Paul and calls Catholics to live the Year of the Priesthood with intensity
Han Dan (Agenzia Fides) – The closing of the Year of St Paul in the diocese of Han Dan was at the same time a call to take an active part in the Year of the Priesthood, following the indications of the Holy Father Bene ...
26 June 2009
AFRICA /GUINEA BISSAU - calm reigns on election vigil, people heed religious leaders' joint appeals
Bissau (Agenzia Fides)- On the eve of 28 June presidential elections, the situation in Guinea Bissau appears calm, Fides learned from local Catholic sources in the capital Bissau. “The electoral campaign is peacefully ...
26 June 2009
EUROPE/ITALY - Diplomas awarded to 250 immigrant students from 30 different countries at the Louis Massignon Italian School run by the Community of S. Egidio; in 20 years the school has been attended by 5.000 foreigners
Napoli (Agenzia Fides) - Sunday 28 June at 5pm at the S. Egidio Community in Naples (via S.Nicola al Nilo 4), there will be a ceremony to award diplomas to 250 immigrant students of the Louis Massignon Italian School run ...
26 June 2009
VATICAN - “The Year of St Paul comes to an end, but the spiritual benefits and the transformation it has produced all over the world, must continue” says Cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Presenting today at the Holy See Press Office a few considerations at the end of the Year of St Paul Cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of St P ...
26 June 2009
ASIA/INDONESIA - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) –Cardinal Ivan Dias, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 8 May 2009 appointed Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Romanus Harjito, O.Carm. National Director the Pontifical Missi ...
26 June 2009
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Year of St Paul in Jerusalem: a contribution from Fr. Frédéric Manns OFM
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – Statistics are difficult to make and even more difficult to interpret. King David was punished by God because he wanted to make a censure of his people. God is the Lord of history. But human ...
26 June 2009
AFRICA/EGYPT - The Catholic Church in Egypt prepares to celebrate the conclusion of the Year of St Paul
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - Most Catholic Eparchies and parishes in Egypt will celebrate in the next few days, the closing of the Year of St Paul. The event has been followed carefully by the faithful and offered them an opp ...
26 June 2009
EUROPE/ITALY - “The suitcase with a string”, Migrants take the floor
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On Rai Uno, from Monday 29 June and four Mondays running, in the second half of the evening, “ The suitcase with a string ” opens a different window on the universe of migrants, giving voice to ...
26 June 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI to ROACO assembly: “I renew my prayer and my appeal: never again war, never again violence, never again injustice; the universal Church remains at the side of our brothers and sisters who live in the Holy Land; I am thinking of the situation of refugees and migrants, which affects the Eastern Churches particularly”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “ Today’s meeting rekindles the joy of my recent pilgrimage to the Holy Land... I renew my prayer and my appeal for no more war, no more violence, no more injustice. I wish to assure ...
26 June 2009
MISSIONARY INTENTION
“That the Church may be a seed and nucleus of humanity reconciled and reunited in the one family of God, thanks to the witness of all the faithful in every country in the world ” - Comment on the Holy Father's Missionary Prayer Intention for the month of July
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - One of the consequences of man's sin is division. Already in the Book of Genesis we see how Babel represented separation, fruit of human pride (Gen 11, 1-9). Men who want to build with the ...
25 June 2009
ASIA/VIETNAM - System of religions and beliefs in Vietnam
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the ad limina apostolorum visit of the Bishops of Vietnam, 22 June, Fides publishes information on the life of the local Catholic Church, other religions present, the e ...
25 June 2009
ASIA/CHINA - With deep devotion Zhou Zhi diocese and the Chinese communities everywhere celebrate Feast of St John the Baptist; on the same day Fr. John Baptist Zhang Yong Shan, “exemplary worker in the Lord's vineyard ” died at the age of 93.
Zhou Zhi (Agenzia Fides) – Prayers for all priests in this Year of the Priesthood called by the Holy Father Benedict XVI, prayers for all who bear the name of John Baptist, prayers for all the faithful that “followin ...
25 June 2009
AMERICA/HAITI - Campaign to support Haiti, the poorest country in Latin America
Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) – The Work of pontifical right Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has launched a campaign to support the people of Haiti, which suffers the drama of infantile under nourishment and extreme p ...
25 June 2009
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - On the eve of Independence Day gendarmes arrest suspected authors of dynamite attacks
Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides)- On the eve of Madagascar's Independence Day, tomorrow 26 June, the gendarmes have arrested a group of persons, at least 8 according to some sources, suspected of belonging to a network of at ...
25 June 2009
AFRICA - Falling demand for traditional drugs, but rising consumption of synthetic drugs in developing countries, according to a UN Report on drugs in the world
Vienna (Agenzia Fides)- “ As long as demand for drugs persists, weak countries will always be targeted by traffickers. If Europe really wants to help Africa, it should curb its appetite for cocaine”, said Antonio Mar ...
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