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14 November 2008
VATICAN - Solemn Commemorative Act: a concert attended by the Holy Father and presentation of awards by the Saint Matthew Foundation, in memory of Cardinal François-Xavier Nguyên Van Thuân, for the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church believes that human rights express the transcendent dignity of the person, the only creature that God has willed for himself as an end and never a means, and she believes that ...
14 November 2008
EUROPE/ITALY - Reactions of the Catholic world to the Court of Cassation's authorization of Eluana Englaro's removal from life support
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The Court of Cassation has decided to confirm the interruption of the life support being received by Eluana Englaro, who has been in a vegetative state for 16 years. The event has provoked certai ...
14 November 2008
AMERICA/URUGUAY - The nation's President vetoes the clause in the Reproduction Law that sought to decriminalize abortion
Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) – Uruguay's President Tabare Vazquez, who is also a doctor of medicine, yesterday (November 13) vetoed a part of the Law on Sexual Health and Reproduction, which called for the decriminalizat ...
14 November 2008
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Historic agreement between the Holy See and the Brazilian Government, recognizing the juridical status of the Catholic Church in Brazil
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - “The agreement signed on November 13 in Rome, between the Holy See and the Federal Republic of Brazil, is in response to a demand of a juridical nature of the Church and establishes, in one s ...
14 November 2008
AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops' Assembly concludes with an appeal to the laity to “use creativity in developing new, more effective means to make Christianity present in the world.”
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - “The present Assembly can be qualified as being of historical precedence for its topics of discussion, its methodology, and its participants. Together, Bishops and laity, we have been able ...
14 November 2008
ASIA/IRAQ - Babel College returns to the Chaldean Church: hope for suffering Iraqi Catholics
Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – In the midst of so much suffering, pain, denied rights, and discrimination, the Catholic Church in Iraq has good news: on November 6, 2008, the Baghdad headquarters of Babel College, the only ...
14 November 2008
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Testimony and evangelization in the family. The Church celebrates the “Day of the Laity” on November 16
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – The laity are essential in the Church's mission and for this reason, the Church in Korea will celebrate the “Day of the Laity,” to be held in all the dioceses and parishes on November 16, wh ...
14 November 2008
AFRICA/DR CONGO - “There is a silent genocide taking place in east Congo, right before our very eyes,” say Congolese Bishops, in an urgent plea to the international community
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of the Permanent Committee of the Congolese Bishops' Conference (CENCO) have issued a “cry of grief and protest,” saying that they are “disturbed and overcome by the human t ...
14 November 2008
AFRICA/DR CONGO - “Indescribable and often unknown damage”: testimony of the Bishop of Goma, the capital of North Kivu, now in the hands of rebels
Goma (Agenzia Fides) – There seems to be a break in the fighting in North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo) taking place between the Congolese army and rebels led by Laurent Nkunda, who have concentrated thei ...
13 November 2008
VATICAN - The Pope at the close of his General Audience: “Come, Lord! Come to your world, in the way that you know. Come where there is injustice and violence. Come to the refugee camps, in Darfur and in North Kivu, in so many places in the world...In this sense, we pray with St. Paul: Maranà, thà! Come, Lord Jesus!”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – During the General Audience held on November 12, in St. Peter's Square, the Holy Father Benedict XVI continued his catechesis on the Apostle St. Paul, highlighting his preaching on the se ...
13 November 2008
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Cardinal George makes a plea to defend life for the common good of the nation, in the US Catholic Bishops' Assembly
Baltimore (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Francis George, Archbishop of Chicago and President of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, dedicated his opening address at the Bishops' Fall Assembly being celebrated in the ci ...
13 November 2008
AMERICA/HAITI - Another school collapses in the capital; NGO AVSI denounces construction-code violations in the country and launches a prevention campaign for security of school buildings
Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – The NGO AVSI (Association of Volunteers in International Service) in Haiti are launching an aid campaign for the victims of the fallen school buildings and a prevention campaign in this ...
13 November 2008
AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops' call for the Continental Mission: “This firm missionary decision should reach out to all ecclesial structures and enter into the pastoral plans for all dioceses, parishes, religious communities, movements, and Church institutions.”
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - “In reaffirming the our commitment to form disciples and missionaries, we make the firm resolution to place more attention in seeing to the sound instruction of beginners, those in Christi ...
13 November 2008
VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE, Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Beyond the “shady areas”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Recent discussion about the borders of the possibility for a state organ to legislate with regard to the most sensitive issues of life and to recognise or, even worse, declare, “non-l ...
13 November 2008
ASIA/INDIA - Saint Paul awakening interests in Tamil Nadu
Dharmapuri (Agenzia Fides) – The faithful of Tamil Nadu are taking active interest in the history, person, and spirituality of Saint Paul, says Fr. Adiruben Nolase, Director of the Diocesan Pastoral Center of the Dioce ...
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