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29 April 2009
AFRICA/CONGO DR - “Thank you, Holy Father, for bringing hope for the future back to our continent” - A Message from the Bishops of Congo
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of the Democratic Republic of Congo thank His Holiness Benedict XVI for “having visited our land of Africa, for having confirmed our faith in Jesus Christ, the Light of the Worl ...
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29 April 2009
AFRICA/KENYA - A missionary's testimony from Korogocho, the fourth largest Nairobi slum that is home to 120,000 people
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “Calling to mind the shantytowns of Korogocho – Nairobi (Kenya), its people, and reinterpreting the experience I have had over the course of the many years in which I have lived here, always ...
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28 April 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI visits Abruzzo's earthquake victims: “Dear friends, my presence among you is intended as a tangible sign of the fact that the crucified Lord is risen and does not abandon you.”
L'Aquila (Agenzia Fides) – Hope for the living, prayers for the dead. In brief, this is the message that the Holy Father Benedict XVI launched to the earthquake victims of Abruzzo, in a visit that lasted a matter of ho ...
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28 April 2009
AFRICA/KENYA - “Politicians are insensitive to the people's suffering,” Bishops say in calling for food price control to overcome hunger
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “The vast majority of our leaders show a blatant insensitivity to the needs of our people. They pursue their own selfish interest, thus nurturing greed and corruption. Goods and wealth which r ...
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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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