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14 May 2009
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Marianhill Missionaries celebrate one hundred years of missions in Africa and throughout the world: the Benedictine charism as an instrument in freeing mankind from poverty, ignorance, and marginalization
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On July 28, 1909, Pope Pius X separated the Trappist monastery of Marianhill, in South Africa, from the Order of Reformed Cistercians. The Congregation of the Marianhill Missionaries was founded. ...
14 May 2009
AFRICA/MOROCCO - AECAM, Catholic Campus Ministry in Morocco, unites university students in the country
Rabat (Agenzia Fides) – Throughout the university cities of Morocco, Catholic youth from the various countries of sub-Saharan Africa come together not only to celebrate Sunday Mass, but also to participate in the life ...
14 May 2009
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Missionaries of Charity working to provide humanitarian aid to Swat refugees “in need of immediate assistance”
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – In the spirit of Mother Teresa, placing themselves at the service of “the poorest of the poor,” the Missionaries of Charity in Pakistan have responded to the humanitarian crisis of the r ...
14 May 2009
AFRICA/CONGO DR - North Kivu: Jesuit Relief Services launch alert for refugees and express concern for further military operations in South Kivu
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Over the last three weeks, in North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo), the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), have stepped up reprisals against the civilian popula ...
14 May 2009
ASIA/HONG KONG - New Bishop's priority: Year of Priestly Vocations in Hong Kong to coincide with the Year of the Priest declared by the Pope
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – From July 2009 to December 2010, the Diocese of Hong Kong will celebration the Year of Priestly Vocations, uniting itself to the intentions of the Holy Father Benedict XVI, who has declared ...
14 May 2009
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - CELAM Assembly continues with presentations from the seven departments of the Council on activities in the past two years
Managua (Agenzia Fides) – The 22nd Ordinary Assembly of the Latin American Bishops' Council (CELAM), which is being celebrated for the first time in Nicaragua (in Managua), continues underway. The main theme is the sta ...
14 May 2009
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Cases of HIV in Nicaragua reaches 4,102, the majority between 15-49 years of age
Managua (Agenzia Fides) – Following the recent discovery of 226 new cases of HIV in Nicaragua, the number of carriers of the virus has reached 4,102, according to a report from the local Ministry of Health. Of these 69 ...
14 May 2009
ASIA/SRI LANKA - Bishop of Kurunegala resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 14 May 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Kurunegala (Sri Lanka), presented by Bishop Anthony Leopold Raymond ...
14 May 2009
ASIA/THAILAND - Archbishop of Bangkok resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 14 May 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Archdiocese of Bangkok (Thailand) presented by Cardinal Michael Michai Kitbunch ...
14 May 2009
VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE : Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello -
The necessary and sufficient reason for the Pope's visit to the Holy Land
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Over the past few months no few experts and commentators expressed doubts about the Holy Father's Apostolic Visit to the Holy Land. Some even suggested, better not go: such a complicated si ...
14 May 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI in the Holy Land (18) - Mass in Manger's Square: “Bethlehem calls us to be: witnesses of the triumph of God’s love over the hatred, selfishness, fear and resentment...”
Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) – Having concluded the welcoming ceremony in the Palestinian Territories, the Holy Father Benedict XVI celebrated Mass in Manger's Square, in front of the Basilica of the Nativity. “I thank ...
14 May 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI in the Holy Land (17) - Welcoming Ceremony in the Palestinian Territories: “I earnestly beg the Almighty for peace, a just and lasting peace, in the Palestinian Territories and throughout the region.”
Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) – On the morning of May 13, the Holy Father Benedict XVI traveled to the Presidential Palace of the Palestinian Authority in Bethlehem, crossing the border between Israel and the Autonomous Pa ...
13 May 2009
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Messages and acknowledgment for the 25th anniversary of “Sisilah”
Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) – 25 years of dialogue towards peace and reconciliation, sowing hope, respect, and harmony amidst a society marked by violence, attacks, and hate...this is the world of the Christian-Islamic d ...
13 May 2009
VATICAN - AVE MARIA : Mgr Luciano Alimandi - The embrace of the Mother
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “Remain in me, as I in you. As a branch cannot bear fruit all by itself, unless it remains part of the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me. I am the vine, you are the branches ...
13 May 2009
AFRICA/CONGO DR - “The violence in North Kivu has never ceased,” says UN Special Representative for Congo
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – There is no peace for North Kivu, the region to the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where various armed groups are working, some of them from foreign countries. “The violence has ...
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