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28 April 2009
MISSIONARY INTENTION - The Pope's Missionary Intention for May 2009: “That the recently founded Catholic Churches, grateful to the Lord for the gift of faith, may be ready to share in the universal mission of the Church, offering their availability to preach the Gospel throughout the world.” Commentary.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Lord Jesus sent the Apostles to preach the Gospel to the entire world. As fruit of the vitality of His Word and the power of His Grace, the Kingdom has extended little by little throu ...
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28 April 2009
AFRICA/ALGERIA - Condolences for death of Brother Xavier Habig of the Fraternité des Petits Frères del Evangile, in car accident
Alger (Agenzia Fides) – The Diocese of Laghouat-Ghardaïa in Algeria is deeply saddened by the death of Brother Xavier Habig of the Fraternité des Petits Frères del Evangile (Fraternity of the Little Brothers of the ...
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28 April 2009
AMERICA/ECUADOR - The Church in Ecuador officially launches the National Mission: “The Church is in need of a good house-cleaning.”
Quito (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in Ecuador officially began the National Mission with a Mass concelebrated in the Basilica “del Voto Nacional,” on April 23, during the celebration of the Plenary Assembl ...
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28 April 2009
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Priest receives death threats for speaking out against the “de facto decriminalization” of drugs and authorities' indifference towards youth
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Jose Maria Di Paola, better known as “Fr. Pepe,” has received death threats following the recent publication of a document in which local priests denounced the “de facto decrimi ...
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28 April 2009
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Church's solidarity with Christians under attack from the Taliban
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Emmanuel Yousaf Mani, Director of the National Justice and Peace Commission of the Pakistani Bishops' Conference, has expressed the Church's closeness, solidarity, and desire to offer conc ...
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28 April 2009
ASIA/SRI LANKA - Another “tsunami” for Tamil civilians suffering from the war
Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - “The Tamil civilians affected by the violent conflict underway are experiencing a second tsunami”: this is the advisory being sent out by Fr. Ajith Perera, a priest from Trincolmalee who ha ...
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27 April 2009
VATICAN - At the Regina Caeli, Pope expresses his hope that the pilgrimage of those who have come to Rome for the canonizations “can help each one [of you] to 'run' with more joy and energy toward the final 'goal,' toward 'the prize of God's upward calling, in Christ Jesus.'”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday, April 26, at the close of the Mass celebrated in Saint Peter's Square for the proclamation of the 5 new saints, the Holy Father Benedict XVI opened his address prior to the rec ...
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27 April 2009
EUROPE/ITALY - Pilgrimage of the relics of Saint John Bosco begins in the 130 countries where Salesians are present
Turin (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the celebration by the Salesian Family in Piedmont and the Val d’Aosta of the 150 anniversary of the founding of the Salesian Congregation (see Fides 8/7/2008; 2/2/2009), fr ...
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27 April 2009
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “In the 2009 election, the real victory belongs to all the South Africans...We call on the new government to show an even greater commitment to service towards the marginalized,” Bishops of South Africa write, following elections
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – Jacob Zuma, leader of the African National Congress (ANC), is the new President of South Africa. Zuma won the elections on April 22 (see Fides 22/4/2009). The ANC obtained 65.9% of the vo ...
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27 April 2009
VATICAN - Seven Cardinals as Special Envoys of the Holy Father for the concluding acts of the Year of Saint Paul in Pauline sites
Vatican City(Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the close of the Year dedicated to the Apostle Saint Paul, which will take place simultaneously on June 29, 2009 in various “Pauline sites,” the Holy Father Benedict ...
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27 April 2009
AFRICA/UGANDA - Exhibition on Saint Paul inaugurated for the Year of Saint Paul, on the 4th anniversary of the election of Benedict XVI
Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – On the 4th anniversary of the election of Pope Benedict XVI, the Apostolic Nunciature in Uganda, in addition to the reception for ecclesiastical and civil authorities, has erected an exhibitio ...
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27 April 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI encourages faithful to follow example of the new saints “so that our lives may be hymns of praise to God, following the footsteps of Jesus, whom we adore with faith in the mystery of the Eucharist and serve with generosity in our neighbor.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The light radiating from the countenance of the Risen Christ shines on us today, especially in the evangelical lives of the five blesseds, who in this celebration are inscribed in the li ...
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27 April 2009
VATICAN - Holy Father Benedict XVI reminds Catholic religion teachers of their role in “giving soul to the school and assuring the Christian faith of a full citizenship in areas of education and culture.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “May your teaching be similar to that of Saint Paul, capable of showing your students that dimension of freedom and full appreciation of man redeemed by Christ, as is present in God's pla ...
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27 April 2009
AMERICA/MEXICO - Alert for swine flu: Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera has called for a Novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe, asking that she free the city and the country from danger
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The Secretariat of Health has issued a public alert on the outbreak of the swine flu, which has led the Mexican Bishops' Conference (CEM) to issue a statement to the faithful and the popul ...
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27 April 2009
AMERICA/HONDURAS - Pilgrimage for young people, calling for an end to violence and kidnapping in the country
Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) – The city of El Paraiso welcomed over 5,000 youth on April 26, who had left Tegucigalpa last Friday, passing through Danli and then on to El Paraiso, in a pilgrimage calling for an end to ...
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