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10 November 2008
OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - New Prime Minister elected; Christian leaders make an appeal for the war on poverty
Wellington (Agenzia Fides) – New Zealand has elected a new Prime Minister, after 9 consecutive years of the Labour Party, conservative John Key, a 47 year-old businessman, has been elected with 45% of the votes, versus ...
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8 November 2008
Instrumentum mensis Octobris pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontificis Benedicti XVI, pro evangelizatione in terris missionum
At the beginning of the month, on October the 4th , the Supreme Pontiff Benedict XVI made an official visit to the President of Italy at the Quirinal Palace. From the 5th to 26th in the Synod Hall in the Vatican the 12t ...
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7 November 2008
VATICAN -WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Hope is not individualistic, but it does depend on personal conversion
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In his Encyclical on hope, Pope Benedict XVI poses the question whether or not Christian hope is individualistic (cfr n 13-15). He starts from the images of “heaven” with which the ear ...
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7 November 2008
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI tells participants in the first Seminar of the Catholic-Muslim Forum: “We are challenged to demonstrate, by our words and above all by our deeds, that the message of our religions is unfailingly a message of harmony and mutual understanding.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Upon the conclusion of the first Seminar organized by the Catholic-Muslim Forum, established by the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and the representatives of the 138 Musli ...
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7 November 2008
VATICAN - Final Declaration from the First Seminar of the Catholic-Muslim Forum
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The first Seminar of the Catholic-Muslim Forum was held in Rome from 4-6 November 2008. Twenty-four participants and five advisors from each religion took part in the meeting. The theme o ...
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7 November 2008
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Plenary Assembly of the Argentinean Bishops' Conference: an analysis of the situation in the country and the Church, the Continental Mission, and the formation of permanent deacons
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – On Monday, November 10, the Argentinean Bishops' Conference (CEA) will begin its 96th Plenary Assembly at 4pm, in Pilar. The event will be presided by Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Arch ...
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7 November 2008
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishops call on the people to participate in city elections on Sunday and to maintain their calm, so that may take place without violence
Managua (Agenzia Fides) – This Sunday, November 9, Nicaragua will elect city authorities in 146 of the 153 municipal jurisdictions. The other seven will hold elections on January 18, 2009. The main contenders in the ra ...
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7 November 2008
AMERICA/CHILE - Archdiocese of Santiago drafts Pastoral Plans: “the great challenge is the pastoral conversion, the missionary renewal of the Church”
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – In the spirit of Aparecida and the Pastoral Guidelines for 2008-2012 from the Chilean Bishops' Conference, the Church in Santiago has drawn up a pastoral plan for the coming year, during a me ...
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7 November 2008
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Fides learns of dramatic testimonies from the humanitarian crisis in Kivu
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “The humanitarian situation in North Kivu is one of catastrophic proportions,” Fr. Sylvestre, Director of the Radio Maria “Queen of Peace” in Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu. “We ar ...
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7 November 2008
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Summit in Nairobi opens in search of a solution to the North Kivu crisis, as conflict continues
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) – Today in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, the Summit of the Great Lakes Countries will begin. The participants will discuss the war taking place in North Kivu, in northeastern Congo. The Summit ...
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7 November 2008
ASIA/INDIA - Bishop Andrew Marak, first Bishop of the “Garo” tribe, tells Fides about the evangelization effort in northeastern India
Tura (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Andrew Marak of Tura (the Indian state of Meghalaya) was born, lives, and exercises his ministry in northeastern India, in a mountainous area that is covered with forests, which are inhabi ...
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7 November 2008
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Consecrated life at the service of the person and the mission: religious Daughter of the Cross celebrate the anniversary of their arrival in the country
Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – Evangelizing and witnessing to the Christian faith in Pakistan is not always easy. Those who profess faith in Christ are often discriminated against or targeted by Islamic fundamentalist group ...
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7 November 2008
ASIA/CHINA - All Souls' Day especially dedicated to the memory of deceased missionaries and priests who dedicated their lives to the mission in China
Zi Bo (Agenzia Fides) – In communion with the Universal Church, Catholics in China celebrated All Souls' Day. In many parishes, the traditional Mass for the Dead has been an opportunity for the Chinese world to relaunc ...
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6 November 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI's Catechesis at the General Audience: “We can say with Paul that the true believer obtains salvation professing with his lips that Jesus is Lord and believing in his heart that God has raised him from the dead”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The “decisive importance” that Paul gives to Christ's Resurrection was the focus for the Catechesis given by the Holy Father Benedict XVI at the General Audience on November 5. “On i ...
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6 November 2008
EUROPE/POLAND - Book on the theology and mission of Saint Paul published by the Catholic weekly “Niedzela” sells 180,000 copies
Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) – For the Year of St. Paul, the Polish Catholic weekly “Niedzela,” the most widely read magazine in Poland with headquarters in Czestochowa, has published another book within their serie ...
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