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16 April 2009
OCEANIA/SOLOMON ISLANDS - Easter, a time for prayer and celebration for the youth, in the spirit of WYD
Honiara (Agenzia Fides) – The celebration of the Easter Triduum 2009 has been for the youth of the Solomon Islands, an opportunity to relive the spirit of intense prayer and joy that they lived in the recent World Yout ...
15 April 2009
ASIA/HONG KONG - Bishop of Hong Kong resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 15 April 2008, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Hong Kong (China) presented by Cardinal Joseph Zen-Ze-kiun, SDB, i ...
15 April 2009
EUROPE/ITALY - President of the Italian Bishops' Conference visits earthquake site; Sunday, April 19, nationwide collection for the people of Abruzzo
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On his visit yesterday to L'Aquila and the surrounding areas devastated by the earthquake, Italian Bishops' Conference President Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco announced that another 2 million Euros wo ...
15 April 2009
EUROPE/POLAND - Czestochowa's Major Seminary launches Apostolate of Prayer for Vocations on Holy Thursday
Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – This part Holy Thursday (April 9), Archbishop Stanislaw Nowak of Czestochowa officially launched the Pastoral Ministry for Vocations in the Archdiocese of Czestochowa. “We should pray fo ...
15 April 2009
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Catholics in South Africa generously respond to the Bishops' appeal for Zimbabwe
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community of Southern Africa has risen to the challenge of assisting the poor and destitute in Zimbabwe. After a call by the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference (Swaz ...
15 April 2009
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops ask for forgiveness for the sins committed by members of the Church and renew their commitments made in their ordination as Bishops
Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) – The Permanent Council of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Paraguay has issued a statement in regards to the recent news that revealed that the current President Fernando Lugo had a child w ...
15 April 2009
AMERICA/BRAZIL - “Youth Standing Up Against Violence” is the motto for Citizens' Week 2009
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The Youth Pastoral Ministry of Brazil is calling on all youth in the country to participate in the Citizens' Week 2009, which will began yesterday, April 14, and runs until April 21, with the ...
15 April 2009
AMERICA/CHILE - Continental Mission on the Internet: videos for promoting this time of grace and a guide for the Continental Mission in Chile
Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – With dynamic resources for evangelizers, the Church in Chile has updated their special website for the Continental Mission. It is a missionary spirit in the Church of Latin America a ...
15 April 2009
AMERICA/MEXICO - Diocesan Church Day on April 18, to help appreciate the treasure of the Catholic faith
Tuxtla (Agenzia Fides) – The Archdiocese of Tuxtla will celebrate “Diocesan Church Day” this April 18, as a day of thanksgiving, with the goal of “appreciating the treasure of the Catholic faith, coming together ...
15 April 2009
ASIA/CHINA - Easter in Chinese Catholic communities with the administration of the Sacraments of Christian Initiation; 5 priests ordained in Feng Xiang
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – According to information sent to Agenzia Fides, Chinese Catholics lived Easter in a sign of communion with the Holy Father and the Universal Church, joyfully witnessing the fruits of evangelizati ...
15 April 2009
ASIA/SRI LANKA - Sister Greta Educational Center for deaf children: from a shack to a rehabilitation center
Kelaniya (Agenzia Fides) – At 40 km from the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo, the Education Center for Hearing Impaired Children has been functioning since 1982, serving children who are hard of hearing. The Center came ...
15 April 2009
AFRICA/SOMALIA - UN High Commissioner for Refugees helping Somalis returning to Mogadishu, where the situation remains unstable
Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – While the international community focuses its attention on the hijacked sea vessels under the control of Somali pirates, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has issued ...
15 April 2009
VATICAN - AVE MARIA : Mgr. Luciano Alimandi - The faith of Mary
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “When the Sabbath was over, Mary of Magdala, Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices with which to go and anoint him. And very early in the morning on the first day of the wee ...
13 April 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the Regina Cæli: “ The whole Church rejoices, expressing her sentiments by singing: "This is the day of Our Lord Jesus Christ”
Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) – On Easter Monday 13 April, the Holy Father Benedict XVI led the recitation of the Regina Cæli with the faithful gathered in the courtyard of his Summer Residence at Castel Gandolfo: ...
12 April 2009
VATICAN - “From the depths of my heart, I wish all of you a blessed Easter. To quote Saint Augustine, “Resurrectio Domini, spes nostra - the resurrection of the Lord is our hope” (Sermon 261:1).” : the Pope's Easter Greetings
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Easter Sunday the Holy Father Benedict XVI addressed an Easter Message to the whole world, a message of hope: “Jesus rose again so that we, though destined to die, should not despair ...
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