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30 January 2009
AFRICA/DR CONGO - 900 dead and 700 kidnapped by Ugandan guerrillas in North Congo; Caritas calls for “protection of humanitarian aid organizations working to help victims of the violence.”
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – There are nearly 900 people dead and over 700 kidnapped by Ugandan rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), since a series of attacks tha ...
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30 January 2009
MISSIONARY INTENTION - The Pope’s Missionary Intention for February 2009: “That the Church in Africa may find adequate ways and means to promote reconciliation, justice and peace efficaciously, according to the indications of the Synod of the Bishops’ Special Assembly for Africa.” Commentary.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – This past month of November, the Special Council for Africa, of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops, in preparation for the upcoming second Synod for this continent, met in th ...
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30 January 2009
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Message from the Custodians of the Holy Land for the International Day of Prayer for peace in the Holy Land, January 31: “Peace has a price, peace demands conversion...Praying for peace means opening our hearts to receive peace, God's gift to those loved by the Lord.”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the International Day of Prayer for Peace, to be celebrated on January 31 in over 400 cities across the world, during which youth will take part in 24 hours of continuous praye ...
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30 January 2009
VATICAN - The Pope tells Bishops of Russia in their Ad Limina visit: the Catholic community is called to offer the youth a pure transmission of “the wealth of holiness and fidelity to Christ and to the human and spiritual values that are at the basis of efficient human and evangelical progress.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Communion with the Bishop of Rome, guarantee of ecclesial unity, allows the communities entrusted to your pastoral care, although minorities, to feel 'cum Petro and sub Petro,' living pa ...
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30 January 2009
VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells the Roman Rota: “Above all, there is a need for a positive rediscovery of the capacity that normally every person has to be married, by virtue of their very nature as man or woman. We run the risk of falling into a sort of anthropological pessimism that, in light of the present cultural situation, considers it practically impossible to be married.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Above all, there is a need for a positive rediscovery of the capacity that normally every person has to be married, by virtue of their very nature as man or woman. We run the risk of fal ...
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30 January 2009
ASIA/TURKEY - Preparing for the 5th World Water Forum in Istanbul: As the world faces a water crisis, “we need to protect this essential good for humanity”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The planet's water sources are drying up. There is an urgent need for intervention, in order to protect them and administer their resources. This is the focus of attention for the international c ...
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29 January 2009
VATICAN - The Holy Father's telegram to the new Patriarch of Moscow and of All Russia, Kirill
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI sent the following telegram to the new Patriarch of Moscow and of All Russia, Kirill. “I have received with gladness the news of your election as patriarch ...
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29 January 2009
VATICAN - Pope encourages faithful to pray to the Lord and to Saint Paul, that “as Christians, we can be ever more characterized, in relation with the society in which we live, as members of the 'family of God'...and that the pastors of the Church have increasingly more paternal sentiments, both gentle and strong, in the formation of the house of God, of the community, of the Church.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The final letters of Saint Paul, called the pastoral letters, two sent to Timothy, and one to Titus, his close collaborators, were the focus of the catechesis of the Holy Father Benedict ...
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29 January 2009
VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE: Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Revocation of excommunication: an act of real ecumenism.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI expressed a wish in a Letter which accompanied the Motu proprio “Summorum Pontificum”, addressed to the Catholic bishops of the world, on 7 July 2007: “ I ...
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29 January 2009
ASIA/HONG KONG - Father Quirino De Ascaniis, PIME missionary for 75 years in Hong Kong, dies at the age of 100, known and loved for his dedication and complete openness to God's will.
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - “He served the Church and the mission in the Chinese world with all his life and strength, dedicating himself to the parish, pastoral ministry, etc. with a great simplicity.” This was how ...
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29 January 2009
EUROPE/ITALY - 200th anniversary of the birth of Cardinal Guglielmo Massaja, first Apostolic Vicar of the Galla people, who shed “new light on the Catholic missions in Africa”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Guglielmo Massaja is considered one of the greatest missionaries of the 19th century. He was the first to go and evangelize the tribal people of Galla (southern Ethiopia), to study the c ...
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29 January 2009
EUROPE/ITALY - January 31 - youth in 400 cities worldwide will spend 24 hours in prayer for peace in the Holy Land: celebrations in Rome, Jerusalem, Africa, Asia, America
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, January 31, youth from across all the continents will join in a non-stop 24 prayer campaign that will cross oceans and nations, involving Masses and Eucharistic Adoration in ...
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29 January 2009
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Internal conflict in the opposition party threatens plans to reach an agreement on sharing power; 7 million Zimbabweans at risk for hunger
Harare (Agenzia Fides) – While pressures from civil organizations and the Catholic Church in the countries of southern Africa in relation to the Mugabe regime continue (see Fides 28/1/2009), the nation-members of the S ...
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29 January 2009
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - National Youth Day on January 31: “The youth need missionaries that carry out their apostolate with normality, energy, and joy.”
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – On January 31, the Dominican Republic will celebrate its National Youth Day, organized by the National Commission for Youth Ministry, presided by Msgr. Julio Cesar Corniel. There will be ...
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29 January 2009
EUROPE/SPAIN - Supreme Court decides that the right to conscientious objection does not exist in the case of Education for Citizenship; parents who object say “the Government cannot ignore over 52,000 objections”
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – The Supreme Court, after nearly 3 days of debate, has ruled that “the right to conscientious objection does not exist” in the case of the academic course “Education for Citizenship,” in ...
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