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17 January 2009
Dossier - Instrumentum mensis Decembris pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontificis Benedicti XVI pro evangelizatione in terris missionum
During the General Audiences this past month, the Holy Father, Benedict XVI continued his cycle of catechesis on St Paul, in this special Year of St Paul. On 22 December, Benedict XVI received the Roman Curia in audience ...
16 January 2009
AMERICA/MEXICO - 6th World Meeting of Families (3) - “In every person and migrant there should be a missionary in words and actions, bearing witness to the truth of the Gospel.”
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – According to the organizing committee of the 6th World Meeting of Families being celebrated in Mexico City January 14-18, the opening events have had positive results. The number of guests ...
16 January 2009
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - “Called to make a conscientious, free, and responsible vote”: Bishops' document on the January 25th referendum of the new Constitution
Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – The Bolivian Bishops' have published a Pastoral Message entitled “Called to make a conscientious, free, and responsible vote,” in which they analyze the 10 positive and the 10 most tro ...
16 January 2009
AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops denounce the fashion show that attacks the Blessed Virgin Mary: “We will not be believers who disappoint the Lord and His Blessed Mother with our silence.”
Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) – In a statement to all Catholics and men of good will, entitled “The Virgin Mary, authentic model of humanity,” issued on January 15, the Permanent Committee of the Chilean Bishop ...
16 January 2009
AFRICA/KENYA - “Fr. Giuseppe dedicated his entire life to education; for forty years he carried out his mission in Kenya”: the religious brother of a missionary killed today in Nairobi present his testimony to Fides
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - “Father Giuseppe was a good, generous person who dedicated his entire life to education,” Agenzia Fides was told by Fr. Giuseppe Ettorri of the General House of the Consolata Missionaries, i ...
16 January 2009
AFRICA/CAMEROON - Bishops of Cameroon invite the faithful to pray and make acts of charity in preparation for Pope Benedict XVI's visit in March
Yaounde (Agenzia Fides) - “We give thanks to the Lord for allowing the Pontiff, the Universal Pastor, to chose to visit Cameroon, a missionary land consecrated for over a century to Mary, Queen of Apostles, by the Pall ...
16 January 2009
VATICAN - Pope tells the General Inspectorate for Public Security in the Vatican: “our daily work, whatever it may be, takes on a different value and meaning, because we base it on perennial human and spiritual values that make are lives more serene and more useful to our brothers.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On January 15, the Holy Father Benedict XVI received the General Inspectorate for Public Security in the Vatican for the exchange of New Year's greetings. The Pope expressed his “most h ...
16 January 2009
AMERICA/MEXICO - 6th World Meeting of Families (4) - “International Law should seek to protect family unity and fight today's ever-growing phenomenon of de facto unions,” says Archbishop Marchetto in his talk on the migrant family
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - “In the current panorama of international migration patterns, the family is having to face new challenges and many inconveniences,” said the Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the P ...
16 January 2009
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Kidnappings continue in South Philippines after talks between government and rebels end
Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) – The local community and the Church is troubled at the kidnapping of three Red Cross workers on the island of Jolo. Their names are Eugenio Vagni (Italian), Andreas Notter (Swiss), and Jean L ...
16 January 2009
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The laity is of increasing importance in the pastoral life of the Church, study from the Archdiocese of Seoul shows
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Catholic lay men and women are working hard and are becoming increasingly more active in pastoral activities of the Church. This is what was found in a study done by the Archdiocese of Seoul and ...
16 January 2009
ASIA/CHINA - Superiors of Chinese Congregations visit the earthquake zone; 8 months after the quake, the religious are the only aid workers who continue providing spiritual and material assistance
Mian Yang (Agenzia Fides) - “Thank you and keep up the good work! You spread Christ's love, participating in His work of Redemption.” This is what Superior Generals of the 11 Chinese religious congregations of sister ...
16 January 2009
VATICAN - A 2008 marked by religious hatred and anti-Christian secularism
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The year 2008 was heavily marked by anti-Christian violence and persecution throughout the world. Areas that for many years had remained immune to the intolerance and had been places that ...
15 January 2009
VATICAN - The Letters to the Colossians and the Ephesians “are a great catechesis, from which we can learn not just how to be good Christians, but also how to come to be truly persons”: the Pope's catechesis at the General Audience
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In his catechesis given at the General Audience on January 14, the Holy Father Benedict XVI spoke of the two “twin” letters of Saint Paul: the Letter to the Colossians and the Letter ...
15 January 2009
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - Bishop of Mansa resigns
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 15 January 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Mansa (Zambia) presented by Bishop Andrew Aaron Chisha, in conf ...
15 January 2009
ASIA - “Living the Eucharist in Asia”: next Plenary Assembly of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC) to be held in the Philippines
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – An official statement from FABC offices in Bangkok says that the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC) will celebrate its 9th Plenary Assembly from August 10-16, 2009 in Manila. The ...
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