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8 May 2009
AMERICA/CHILE - “One Percent for the Church Campaign 2009”: everyone's responsibility “because it is just and right that we assume economic and pastoral collaboration for our family, the Church”
Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – The Church in Chile will launch the “One Percent for the Church Campaign 2009” this weekend. Bishop Santiago Silva, Auxiliary of Santiago and Secretary General of the Bishops' Co ...
8 May 2009
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - “Let us build a society built upon the civilization of love,” Mozambican Bishops write at the close of their Plenary Assembly
Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - “During his first visit to Africa, in Cameroon and Angola, the Holy Father left us a profound message. He came to us to pray for us, [to pray] that we would have the strength and courage to fac ...
8 May 2009
AFRICA/MALAWI - Study Seminar on Sorcery in Africa at the Intercongregational Philosophical Seminary of Balaka
Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides) – Yesterday, May 8, the Intercongregational Philosophical Seminary located on the outskirts of Balaka (Malawi) ended its study seminar on sorcery and its impact on pastoral activity.
The openi ...
8 May 2009
ASIA/NEPAL - “Nepal is a country experiencing a leadership crisis,” Pro-Vicar Apostolic tells Fides
Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - “The country is experiencing a time of uncertainty and tension. However, I do not think there is anyone who would want to return to the dark ages of chaos and crisis. Nepal is experiencing a ...
8 May 2009
ASIA/HONG KONG - Hong Kong Family Movement celebrates 15 years of foundation, committed to the mission in defense of the family
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - “If there is love in a family, the Risen Lord is in their midst.” These were the words of Bishop John Tong, the new Bishop of the Diocese of Hong Kong, in encouraging 38 families who renew ...
8 May 2009
VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE : Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - The world pollutes the Church
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In his homily during the Mass for the ordination of priests for his diocese of Rome, in St Peter's Basilica on Good Shepherd Sunday, 3 May 2009, the Holy Father, Benedict XVI, among other r ...
7 May 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI's catechesis on Saint John Damascene: “God wants to rest in us, he wants to renew nature also through our conversion, he wants to make us participants in his divinity.” Message to the people of Jordan, Israel, and Palestinian Territories
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – John Damascene is a “ a prominent personality in the history of Byzantine theology, a great doctor in the history of the universal Church. He is above all an eye witness of the passage ...
7 May 2009
VATICAN - Economic and social crisis lead to a discussion on fundamental human rights
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The basis of human rights has been the message of Christ that the Church has interpreted with various notions that have arisen in the Christian world, like the idea of the person, the id ...
7 May 2009
ASIA/BANGLADESH - Auxiliary Bishop of Chittagong appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on May 7, 2009 appointed Fr. Lawrence Subrata Howlader, CSC, Master of Novices of the Congregation of Holy Cross in Barisal, Auxiliary Bishop of Chittagong ( ...
7 May 2009
EUROPE/POLAND - A symposium on missiology, in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Missionary Formation Center in Warsaw, which has trained 804 missionaries for evangelizing the world
Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) – May 5-6, a jubilee celebration for the 25 anniversary of the Missionary Formation Center was held in Warsaw (Poland), according to a report sent to Agenzia Fides from Monsignor Jan Piotrowski, ...
7 May 2009
AMERICA/URUGUAY - Bishops' document on the Continental Mission: “more than a pastoral plan of action, it is God's call to the Church to embrace her identity as community of missionary disciples of Jesus Christ”
Florida (Agenzia Fides) - “The Continental Mission for a Church in Permanent State of Mission” is the title of the document issued by Uruguay's Bishops' Conference at the close of their Plenary Assembly held last wee ...
7 May 2009
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - 12th Encounter of Cuban Catholics in preparation for the anniversary of the discovery of the image of “La Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre”
Miami (Agenzia Fides) – The 12th encounter for Catholics living in and outside of Cuba was held in the South East Pastoral Institute's headquarters in Miami, April 26-30. The event was attended by 35 delegates, 14 of t ...
7 May 2009
ASIA/HONG KONG - Catholic Studies Center at Chinese university considers possibility of opening a Doctorate Program in Hong Kong, responding to educational needs of Catholics
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – Help the laity who wish to dedicate themselves to qualified formation or studies in Catholicism, solving concrete problems of daily life or domestic management from an economic standpoint: t ...
7 May 2009
ASIA/INDIA - Missionary Congress in Western India: listening and prayer are the basis of the mission and the antidote to violence
Goa (Agenzia Fides) – Relaunching the challenge of formation and mission in Western India, for Christian community that is more alive and aware of the spirit it has...this was the conclusion of the recent Missionary Co ...
7 May 2009
AFRICA/CONGO DR - The forgotten crisis in eastern Congo: Caritas working on the frontline in the distribution of aid to thousands of families in difficulty
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – Caritas of the Democratic Republic of Congo (“Caritas-Développement Congo”) is working in the frontline to help thousands of refugees from the two crisis that are now afflicting the east ...
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