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23 December 2008
DIES NATALIS DOMINI NOSTRI IESU CHRISTI 2008 - Wishing you a blessed Christmas, in contemplation and proclamation of the mystery of Christ, who has become Incarnate in order to save all mankind and make us “God's light” to all peoples. Luca de Mata, Director and the editorial staff of Agenzia Fides Blessed Christmas 2008 - New Year 2009
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23 December 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells the Roman Curia: “The missionary spirit of the Church is none other than the impulse to communicate the joy which has been given. May it always be alive in us and so be radiated on the world in the midst of its tribulations.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The year just concluding has been rich by way of retrospective glances on important moments in the recent history of the Church, but also rich in events which carry within them pointers ...
23 December 2008
MISSIONARY INTENTION - The Pope’s Missionary Intention for January 2009: “That the different Christian confessions, aware of the need for a new evangelization in this period of profound transformations, may be committed to announcing the Good News and moving towards the full unity of all Christians in order to offer a more credible testimony of the Gospel.” Commentary.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Church is like a river that irrigates the heart of human history. Over its course, it finds ever new and different landscapes to which it must adapt herself. Sometimes they are narrow ...
23 December 2008
EUROPE/GERMANY - Agenzia Fides interviews an illegal immigrant in Germany on the tariffs and the fears of someone trying to enter Europe (Luca de Mata writes from Germany)
Cologne (Agenzia Fides) – An interview with an illegal Filipino immigrant normally involves a gathering of the large Filipino community. All of them want to tell their story. The trip. Humiliations and the debts that h ...
23 December 2008
AFRICA/EGYPT - “Perhaps if the Lord had chosen to be born in this epoch, given God's way of acting, He would not have disdained this place”: says a missionary working in the rag-picker district of Cairo
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) – “In our very modest structure we try to make sure the small classrooms where we teach our children are kept clean. We insist on the necessity of hygiene and order as a system of life, and we h ...
22 December 2008
VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus recalls that in the Christmas mystery of salvation, “beyond the historical dimension... there is a cosmic dimension: Christ is the sun of grace who, with his light, transfigures and inflames the universe with expectation,” and greets participants in the initiatives underway for the world Year of Astronomy
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “With the feast of Christmas just a few days away, we are invited to fix our gaze upon the ineffable mystery that Mary carried for nine months in her virginal womb: the mystery of God who ...
22 December 2008
VATICAN - “You can pray to the Lord that he will change the hearts of those who make weapons, bring terrorists to their senses, convert the heart of those who think always of war and help humanity to build a better future for all the children of the world.” The Pope addresses the youth of Italy's Catholic Action (A.C.R.)
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – According to custom, on December 20, the Holy Father Benedict XVI received a group of youth representing Italy's Catholic Action (A.C.R.), in an audience to wish them a blessed Christmas. ...
22 December 2008
VATICAN - Pope tells Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology: “Every man, every society, needs a culture that is open to the anthropological, moral, and spiritual dimension of its existence.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The diffusion of artistic and historical culture in all sectors of society provides the men and women of our age with means to rediscover their own roots and extract cultural and spiritu ...
22 December 2008
VATICAN - Apostolic Letter of the Holy Father, on the occasion of the 8th Centenary of the death of Blessed John Duns Scotus: “Solid as he was in the Catholic Faith, he made all efforts to understand, explain, and defend the truths of the faith through the light of human reason.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI sent an apostolic letter to the Archbishop of Cologne, Cardinal Joachim Meisner, and the participants in the International Scientific Congress, on the occasio ...
22 December 2008
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “May the Holy Family be the model of the Christian family”: Christmas message from the Bishops' Commission for the Family
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - “Spousal love and the sign of divine love”: this is the title of the message issued by the Commission for the Family, of the South Korean Bishops' Conference, on the occasion of Christmas and ...
22 December 2008
ASIA/INDIA - Strike and protests of Hindu extremists in Orissa on Christmas Day: Christians fear more violence is yet to come
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – Hindu radicalist groups, those responsible for the anti-Christian violence reported in Orissa and in other Indian states in past months, have announced that they will hold a nationwide strik ...
22 December 2008
VATICAN - Fraternal gathering for all those working in International Secretariats of the Pontifical Mission Societies
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, December 20, at the CIAM (International Center for Missionary Animation) headquarters, a Christmas gathering was held for all the personnel working in the International Secre ...
22 December 2008
AMERICA/PERU - In their Christmas Message, the Bishops tell people to look upon the poverty of children
Lima (Agenzia Fides) – The announcement of the birth of the Savior “is a cause for joy and hope; a source of strength for overcoming the culture of violence and death and for building solidarity, progress, and peace ...
22 December 2008
AMERICA/MEXICO - For the first time, the flame from Bethlehem to Mexico will bring a “light of hope” to all homes.
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – For the first time, the flame that the Scouts send from Bethlehem to Europe and the United States will reach Mexico, as well. The flame reached the “Templo Expiatorio Cristo” (Old Basi ...
22 December 2008
AFRICA/CONGO DR - An uncertain Christmas in East Congo, where hundreds of thousands of refugees are living in make-shift camps. Reflections from a missionary.
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “What is cause for concern is the situation of absolute uncertainty that continues to weigh heavily on Congo and on the neighboring countries, like a black cloud,” Fr. Antonio Trettel, Jave ...
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