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22 September 2008
AMERICA/CANADA - Among the themes for the Canadian Bishops’ Plenary Assembly opening today: Bishops’ Synod, Year of St. Paul, and the restructuring of the CCCB
Ontario (Agenzia Fides) – Today, September 22, the Bishops of Canada will gather for the annual Plenary Assembly of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) in Ontario. About 90 Bishops will be present to dis ...
22 September 2008
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - National Council for the Laity rejects the 26 most recent laws declared by the President and asks that all citizens participate responsibly in the November 23 elections
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – The National Council for the Laity (CNL) in Venezuela expressed its rejection of the 26 laws that the President has recently approved, in a public statement presenting its position in regards ...
22 September 2008
AMERICA/PERU - Activities and encounters in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Prelature of Ayaviri
Ayaviri (Agenzia Fides) – With a large gathering of youth entitled “Riqch´Ariy Wayna,” “Youth, get up!,” the Prelature of Ayaviri held another one of its important activities during this jubilee year, on the o ...
22 September 2008
VATICAN - Pope addresses Bishops participating in the Seminar conducted by the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples: “As successors of the Apostles, you continue the mission of Saint Paul in bringing the Gospel to the Gentiles. May you be inspired by him in understanding your vocation, strictly relying on the light of the Spirit of Christ.”
Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) – Saint Paul “is our teacher and we should learn from him how to gaze with sympathy upon the people to whom we are sent. We can also learn from him how to go to Christ to find the ligh ...
22 September 2008
VATICAN - “In many parts of the world, especially in Asia and Africa, there is a great need for vital areas of encounter with the Lord, where through prayer and contemplation people can recuperate serenity and peace with themselves and others,” the Pope tells Benedictine Abbots
Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) – “In a de-sacralized world and at a time marked by a worrisome culture of emptiness and ‘meaninglessness,’ you are called to declare, without compromises, the primacy of God and t ...
22 September 2008
ASIA/JAPAN - Taro Aso, Catholic, running for Premier
Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) – Taro Aso’s decision to run for Premier has sparked the curiosity and attention of Japanese citizens, the Christian churches, and the international press. Aso is currently serving as Secretary ...
22 September 2008
ASIA/INDONESIA - “Papua, land of peace”: local Church’s campaign for reconciliation
Jayapura (Agenzia Fides) – A peaceful march through the city streets, asking all the citizens to make an effort in good will and to always treat each other with a spirit of reconciliation in Indonesia: this is what the ...
22 September 2008
ASIA/PAKISTAN - The government’s effort to extinguish terrorism
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – The Pakistani government is working to eliminate “the cancer of terrorism” in the country. This is what the newly-elected President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari has explained, in mention ...
22 September 2008
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Uncertainty following the resignation of President Mbeki
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – “Uncertainty.” This has been the most common word in the commentaries and reports coming from the South African press following the resignation of President Thabo Mbeki. “"I have be ...
22 September 2008
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - “Feed the people,” the Bishops say, while the accord on sharing powers remains in a deadlock
Harare (Agenzia Fides) – While the accord for sharing powers in Zimbabwe remains at a standstill because no agreement is reached as to the appointment of Ministers, the Catholic Church is warning as to the grave condit ...
19 September 2008
ASIA/INDIA - Saint Peter and Saint Paul Cathedral of Jabalpur set on fire; heightened concern of the Church in India
Bhopal (Agenzia Fides) – Anti-Christian violence continues and the Catholic Church is concerned. Episodes of violence have taken place in recent days in Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu.
Through Agenz ...
19 September 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI addresses participants in a Symposium promoted by the Pave the Way Foundation: “your symposium offers to the public forum the possibility of knowing more fully what Pius XII achieved for the Jews persecuted by the Nazi and fascist regimes.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On September 18, at the Apostolic Palace in Castel Gandolfo, the Holy Father Benedict XVI met with participants in a Symposium promoted by the Pave the Way Foundation, which has brought t ...
19 September 2008
AFRICA/CHAD - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on July 14, 2008, appointed Father Aubert Dipou Noudjimongoum, of the clergy of the Archdiocese of N’D ...
19 September 2008
AFRICA/CAMEROON - Rector of the Interdiocesan Theological Major Seminary of Saint Augustine, Diocese of Maroua-Mokolo, appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on May 23, 2008, appointed Father Paul Lontsie-Keune, of the clergy of the Diocese of Bafoussam, Rector of ...
19 September 2008
AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops of Durango denounce violence, insecurity, and rise in drug trafficking: “May no one give in to this evil! May we not be discouraged!”
Durango (Agenzia Fides) – “We have seen how this bloodshed is tearing apart our country. We feel this pain because it has hurt our people and our families; it has been an attack on what is most sacred: life itself. ...
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