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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 ...
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 ...
29 January 2009
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - “Mayor Rajoelina has managed to spark the anger that was already present among the people,” reveal sources from Radio Don Bosco, the country's main Catholic radio station
Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – High tension continues in Madagascar, although there are no signs of further incidents. The assessment from recent days continues raising its numbers (a total of 80 people have died natio ...
28 January 2009
ASIA/THAILAND - The drama of the Rohingya “boat people” from Burma
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – The debate continues over the humanitarian conditions of the Burman refugees of Rohingya ethnic origins. They are an ethnic minority and followers of the Muslim religion, who suffer persecutio ...
28 January 2009
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Message for the Day of Consecrated Life: special attention to the youth
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – The consecrated life is a call to “live more radically following Jesus Christ, through prayer, action, service to others, and evangelization.” This is the Message for the Day of Consecrated ...
28 January 2009
ASIA/CHINA - Missionary spirit of St. Paul was the theme of the Third Theological Seminar on the Year of St. Paul in the Diocese of Nan Chong
Nan Chong (Agenzia Fides) – The Third Theological Seminar of the Year of St. Paul, organized by the Diocese of Nan Chong took place in the district of Da Zhou in recent days, on the theme: “The Missionary Spirit of S ...
28 January 2009
VATICAN - Pontifical Academy for Life: International Congress "The New Frontiers of Genetics and the Risk of Eugenics"
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the 15th General Assembly of its Members, the Pontifical Academy for Life will hold an International Congress on 20-21 February 2009, entitled: "The New Frontiers of Gene ...
28 January 2009
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Catholics in Botswana, South Africa, and Swaziland taking action in support of the people of Zimbabwe: February 15 declared day of prayer and solidarity
Harare (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Botswana, South Africa and Swaziland (members of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference, SACBC) have asked the Catholic community in their countries to contribut ...
28 January 2009
EUROPE/SPAIN - Spanish Bishops declare 2009 the “Year of Prayer for Life” beginning February 2
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – Upon the proposal made by the Bishops' Subcommittee for the Family and Defense of Life, Chaired by Bishop Juan Antonio Reig Pla of Cartagena, and upon the approval of the Executive Committee of ...
28 January 2009
AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - “Episcopal Leadership in Today's World, in the Spirit of Aparecida,” a course for Bishops in Latin America, begins
San Juan (Agenzia Fides) – From January 20-31, the University of the Sacred Heart in San Juan and the Saint Vincent Ferrer Preaching House in Bayamon are hosting a course entitled: “Episcopal Leadership in Today's Wo ...
28 January 2009
ASIA/TAIWAN - Message for Chinese New Year from the President of the Regional Bishops' Conference of Taiwan: “remain joyful, remember charity, blessed are the poor”
Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - “Do not forget your Christian identity.” This is what Archbishop John Hung, SVD of Tai Pei, President of the Regional Bishops' Conference of Taiwan, has told his faithful in his message for ...
28 January 2009
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Assessment of yesterday's fighting reveals at least 40 are dead, while diplomatic efforts continue
Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – The international community continues its efforts to resolve the serious political crisis in Madagascar (see Fides 27/1/2009). According to local Church sources in contact with Agenzia Fi ...
28 January 2009
EUROPE/ITALIA - “In the end, death awaited us all”: a book from Wanda Poltawska, one of the only living survivors of the Nazi medical experiments, presented on January 27
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – On January 27, 1945, Soviet troops entered the city of Auschwitz, coming upon the concentration camp; they knocked down the walls and freed the survivors that were left, nearly 7,000. That day wo ...
27 January 2009
VATICAN - Program for the Holy Father Benedict XVI's first apostolic trip to Africa: Cameroon and Angola (March 17 - 23)
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy See Press Office has released the program for the Apostolic Journey of the the Holy Father Benedict XVI to Cameroon and Angola (March 17-23, 2009). The Pope will depart from Rome ...
27 January 2009
VATICAN - Pope entrusts the youth with the task of evangelizing the “digital continent” in his Message for the 43rd World Communications Day
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The new digital technologies are, indeed, bringing about fundamental shifts in patterns of communication and human relationships. These changes are particularly evident among those young ...
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