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18 March 2009
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - In the Year of Saint Paul, a new parish in Moaaga dedicated to the Apostle is “overflowing with missionary zeal”
Moaaga (Agenzia Fides) – Saint Paul's Parish in Moaaga is the most recent addition to the Archdiocese of Koupela (Burkina Faso). It was erected by Archbishop Seraphin Francois Rouamba of Koupela, in a decree dated July ...
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18 March 2009
ASIA/TAIWAN - Novena in Saint Joseph's Parish in Lu Chou to prepare for 122th anniversary
Taipei (Agenzia Fides) – Since March 10, the parish dedicated to Saint Joseph, in Lu Chou, Archdiocese of Taipei, has been praying a novena in preparation for the feast of its patron, Saint Joseph, recalling the 122 ye ...
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18 March 2009
AFRICA/CAMEROON - The long road to authentic abolition of all discrimination against women
Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - “A legislation that calls for the prohibition of dicriminations against women according to article 1 of the Convention, and appropriately sanctioning the violations of article 2b of the same d ...
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17 March 2009
VATICAN - Statement from the Holy See Press Office: new Chinese-language section on www.vatican.va
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – A statement from the Holy See Press Office says that “for the occasion of the Solemnity of St. Joseph, husband of the Virgin Mary and Patron of the Universal Church, the official websit ...
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17 March 2009
VATICAN - Pope tells participants of the Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for the Clergy: “The centrality of Christ brings with it the correct appreciation of the ministerial priesthood, without which neither the Eucharist nor, consequently, the mission and the Church herself would exist.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the eve of his first apostolic trip to Africa, the Holy Father Benedict XVI held an audience with participants of the Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for the Clergy on March 16. T ...
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17 March 2009
EUROPE/SPAIN - Bishops' Conference launches pro-life campaign: “our society is adopting a severe perversion of the truth about abortion”
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – The Spanish Bishops' Conference has launched a pro-life campaign entitled: “Protect my life!”. The initiative coincides with the celebrations for the Day for Life, which will be celebrated ...
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17 March 2009
EUROPE/AUSTRIA - “Africans in Europe”: Congress on Pastoral Care for African Immigrants in Europe
Modling (Agenzia Fides) – On March 8-11, the city of Modling (Vienna), hosted the yearly encounter entitled “Pastoral Care for Immigrants in the Urban Metropolises of Europe,” which this year was subtitled: “Afri ...
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17 March 2009
EUROPE/POLAND - Catholic websites supporting pro-life action, for the “Day for the Sanctity of Life”
Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – On March 25, feast of the Annunciation of the Lord, the Church in Poland will celebrate the “Day for the Sanctity of Life,” to support the defense of human life from conception until n ...
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17 March 2009
AFRICA/ANGOLA - 450 children cared for by the “Semente do Futuro” Center in Huambo are the hope for a more complete and dignified life
Huambo (Agenzia Fides) – The “seeds of the future,” in Angola, are 450 children living in Huambo, in the western heart of the country, supported long-distance by Italian families who decided several years ago, alon ...
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17 March 2009
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Human Life International presents the “Cardinal Von Galen” Award to the President of the Bishops' Conference for defending human rights and life
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - “With great joy we received the news of the 'Cardinal Von Galen' Award to be presented to Archbishop Antonio Arregui of Guayaquil, President of the Ecuadorian Bishops' Conference, for his untiri ...
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17 March 2009
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - National Assembly of PMS Diocesan Directors concludes: “May God grant us the missionary zeal to transmit the joy and enthusiasm of knowing Jesus to others
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – After four days of prayer and hard work, the National Assembly of Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) Diocesan Directors of Argentina has finally come to a close, with a Mass held in the c ...
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17 March 2009
AMERICA/CANADA - Flying to Montreal - A suitcase tied with string (correspondence from Luca De Mata - 16)
Montreal (Agenzia Fides) - After spending time in Belgium, I am on my way to Canada. In my investigation into immigration or better, into the movement of peoples from one continent to another, I am confronted with a phe ...
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16 March 2009
VATICAN - “I depart for African with the awareness of having nothing else to propose and give to those whom I will meet if not Christ and the Good News of His Cross”; at the Angelus, Benedict XVI asks all to accompany him on his missionary journey with their prayers
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Just before setting off for his first apostolic journey to Africa (March 17-23), in which he will visit Cameroon and Angola, the Holy Father Benedict XVI dedicated his address prior to th ...
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16 March 2009
VATICAN - Pope tells participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for Divine Worship: “in the Eucharist, adoration must become union: union with the living Lord and with His mystical Body”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On March 13, the Holy Father received participants in the plenary assembly of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, who have been meeting to consider t ...
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16 March 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells Bishops of Argentina: “The episcopal ministry is at the service of the unity and communion of the entire Mystical Body of Christ. The Bishop is called to promote and defend the integrity of the faith and the common discipline of the entire Church.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The episcopal ministry is at the service of the unity and communion of the entire Mystical Body of Christ. The Bishop is called to promote and defend the integrity of the faith and the c ...
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