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24 November 2008
VATICAN - Agenzia Fides launches its 8th language: new on-line version in Arabic, dedicated to the Pope's Teachings
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Just days before the celebration of the feast of Saint Francis Xavier, Patron of the Missions (December 3), also Agenzia Fides' 81st birthday, its website (www.fides.org) will now feature ...
24 November 2008
VATICAN - On the Solemnity of Christ the King, the Pope recalls that “the Kingdom of God is not a question of honors and appearances...God will accept into his eternal kingdom those who have made the effort every day to put his word into practice.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The kingship of Christ is, indeed, the revelation and the implementation of the kingship of God the Father, who governs all things with love and with justice. The Father entrusted the So ...
24 November 2008
ASIA/JAPAN - “The Beatification of the 188 martyrs is an event of grace, the hidden treasure, an occasion to rediscover and bear witness to the faith.” Interview with Archbishop Joseph Takami of Nagasaki
Nagasaki (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Joseph Takami has served as the President of the Executive Committee for the Beatification of the 188 Japanese martyrs. The Beatification will take place today, November 24, in Nag ...
24 November 2008
AFRICA/IVORY COAST - Archbishop of Gagnoa appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on November 22, 2008, appointed Bishop Joseph Ake Yapo, Archbishop of Gagnoa (Ivory Coast). Until now, he has served as Bishop of Yamoussoukro. (SL) (Agenzi ...
24 November 2008
ASIA/INDONESIA - Bishop of Denpasar appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on November 22, 2008, appointed Fr. Silvester San, of the clergy of Ende, Bishop of Denpasar (Indonesia). Until now, he has served as Rector of the Major Sem ...
24 November 2008
ASIA/INDIA - Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate have been working 40 years in India, at the service of the poor and peace
Madras (Agenzia Fides) – Bringing the Gospel to a multi-religious and multi-cultural nation, in a constant service to the poor, in the establishment of dialogue and peace: with this spirit, 40 years ago, the first miss ...
24 November 2008
ASIA/TAIWAN - Jesuits celebrate 50 years of evangelization and cultural promotion through the mass media
Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – The great “machine” of the mass media operated by the Jesuits – the Kuangchi Program Service and Guanachi Cultural Group, the producer and publishing house – is celebrating 50 years of ...
24 November 2008
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Participate in the vote, contribute to democratic debate: the Bishops of South Africa prepare for 2009 elections
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - “For Democracy to live, we all need to participate. For Christian voters, this participation is a serious obligation,” this is how the South African Bishops are inviting local Catholics ...
24 November 2008
AFRICA/BURUNDI - Community of Saint Egidio calls abolition of the death penalty “a historic decision”
Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - “The Parliament in Burundi has abolished the death penalty in the country, adopting a new penal code with 90 votes in favor, none against, and 10 abstentions. Now that the Great Lakes Region ...
24 November 2008
AMERICA/CUBA - Bishops ask all faithful to learn from Fr. Olallo's example of charity, prayer, and service, as they celebrate his Beatification on November 29
Camagüey (Agenzia Fides) - “As we prepare for the Marian Jubilee Year, in honor of the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the image of Our Lady of “La Caridad,” we hope that the example of holiness left by Fath ...
24 November 2008
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The VI Latin American and Caribbean Encounter on Prison Ministry seeks common guidelines, in the spirit of the Aparecida Document and the Continental Mission
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – From November 24-28, the city of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) will be hosting the VI Latin American and Caribbean Encounter on Prison Ministry, organized by the Department of Justi ...
24 November 2008
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Church's appeal for the victims of the recent heavy rains. “Help Your Church” collection organized for November 29-30
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in Venezuela, through Caritas Venezuela, has made an appeal to solidarity for those brethren suffering from the results of the recent heavy rains that have hit the country, ...
24 November 2008
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Bishops begin their Plenary Assembly on “Mission and Family,” in the Galapagos Islands, now raised to Apostolic Vicariate
Galapagos (Agenzia Fides) – From November 24-28, the Ecuadorian Bishops will be holding their CCXI Plenary Assembly on San Cristobal Island, Galapagos, on the theme: “Mission and Family.”
In the first part of the ...
24 November 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells members of the Archdiocese of Amalfi-Cava de' Tirreni: “May Saint Andrew help you to increasingly rediscover the importance and urgency of bearing witness to the Gospel in every part of society.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, November 22, the Holy Father Benedict XVI received a large representation from the Archdiocese of Amalfi-Cava de' Tirreni, who had come to Rome on a pilgrimage with the relic ...
24 November 2008
AMERICA/CUBA - The beatification of Fray Jose Olallo Valdes in Cuba, a call to “a more concrete commitment to serving those who suffer”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “It is a cause for great joy among the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God, this discovery of another example of holiness right here among our own, a confirmation of the importance of the spir ...
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