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9 July 2009
AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - 45th plenary assembly: Catholic Bishops of Congo discuss among other things, the ministry of the priest
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- The situation in the county is concerning, said the president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Democratic Republic of Congo , Bishop Nicolas Djomo who is bishop of Tshumbe, during his homi ...
9 July 2009
EUROPE/GERMANY - MISSION AND EMIGRATION - “The suitcase tied with string”: “They promised me I would go to university here in Germany. But actually they took away my passport. They wanted me to be a prostitute and I was already pregnant …”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Prostitution, abuse … immigration besides being a dramatic reality is also a demonstration of the evil which grips the whole of the planet. Everywhere we heard terrible stories like this one ...
9 July 2009
VATICAN - Ave Maria: Mgr. Luciano Alimandi - God's power is revealed in weakness
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The root of our rebellion against the Lord is pride which, we might say, makes us want to do without God, to feel self-sufficient, capable of running our own lives and sometimes, even the l ...
9 July 2009
VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Caritas in veritate, in continuity
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Heart and reason: heart, as the centre of human personality, and reason as the indispensable condition for all authentically personal behaviour. These would appear to be the great coordinat ...
9 July 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI presents at the general audience his third encyclical “Caritas in veritate”: “Charity in truth is the principal propelling force for the authentic development of every human person and of the whole of humanity ”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “ Charity in truth is the principal propelling force for the authentic development of every human person and of the whole of humanity . This is why the Social Doctrine of the Church rot ...
9 July 2009
VATICAN - Letter in the form of a Motu proprio “Ecclesiae unitatem” by the Holy Father Benedict XVI on the new structure of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “ The duty to safeguard the unity of the Church, with the solicitude to offer everyone help in responding appropriately to this vocation and divine grace, is the particular responsibili ...
9 July 2009
EUROPE - MISSION AND EMIGRATION - “The suitcase tied with string”: poor people frighten us, because poverty can be just around the corner
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – It is easy to judge a persons who holds out his hand begging for a coin, or the drunk who falls asleep on the pavement, of the drug addict who reels aimlessly here and there among the crowds. Po ...
7 July 2009
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Capuchin Fonte Colombo Fraternity at Porto Alegre has cared for HIV positive persons since 1996
Porto Alegre (Agenzia Fides) - One most important events in the conversion of St Francis of Assisi was his meeting with a man suffering from leprosy. From then on Saint Francis lived in profound communion with the exclud ...
7 July 2009
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Violence against Christians in Punjab: Justice and Peace Commission launches appeal
Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Churches in Pakistan are concern about fresh episodes of anti-Christian violence by Islamic fundamentalists in Punjab. The most serious recent episode happened on 30 June when a mob of some 600 ...
7 July 2009
ASIA/CHINA - Conclusion of “Hundred Days of Bible Reading ” and a Sacred Scripture competition in the parish of Dong Ding, province of Hei Long Jiang
Hei Long Jiang (Agenzia Fides) – To meditate deeply on Sacred Scripture, become more familiar with the Word of God so that Sacred Scripture becomes the “daily bread” of the faithful: this was the goal of an initiat ...
7 July 2009
ASIA/HOLY LAND - A Day for saying “no” to drug abuse
Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) – “Drugs: no thank you”: was the slogan of a special Day recently organised by Caritas Jerusalem, involving and increasing awareness among young Israelis and Palestinians. The campaign was ...
7 July 2009
AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - What is needed to stop devastating cycle of violence in eastern Congo is a process of integration for Rwandan refugees, say missionaries
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- From the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo reports continue to arrive of suffering caused to local people by gangs of armed men (see Fides 3 July 2009). The UN Organising Committee of Hu ...
7 July 2009
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Alarm for xenophobe episodes against immigrants and migrants
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides)- A year after xenophobe violence against immigrants in South Africa (see Fides 26 and 29 May 2008), embers of xenophobe intolerance appear to be glowing among the ashes.
In Cape Town the tar ...
7 July 2009
VATICAN - Presentation of Pope Benedict XVI's third encyclical “Caritas in veritate: on integral human development in charity and truth”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – This morning in the Holy See Press Office a press conference was held to present Benedict XVI's new Encyclical "Caritas in veritate". Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, President of the Po ...
7 July 2009
VATICAN - “ Tourism - celebrating diversity ” : Pastoral Message on the occasion of World Tourism Day 2009 issued by the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Itinerant Peoples.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “ Diversity is a fact, a reality, but, as Pope Benedict XVI reminds us, it is also a positive factor, something good, and not a threat or a danger, ” says a Pastoral Message issued by ...
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