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9 September 2008
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Cagliari (4) - “Family, formation, and faith. Dear youth of Cagliari and of all Sardinia, like Pope John Paul II, I also wish to leave you with these three words, three words that you must make your own with the light and strength of the Spirit of Christ.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI reserved his last encounter on his pastoral visit to Cagliari for the youth of Sardinia. In the Piazza Yenne, after a greeting from two youth representatives ...
9 September 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI honors the memory of Paul VI: “...the missionary ardor that animated him and encouraged him to make demanding apostolic journeys, even to distant countries, and to perform acts of great ecclesial, missionary and ecumenical significance.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “I am personally grateful to the Servant of God Paul VI for the trust he showed me in appointing me as Archbishop of Munich and Freising, in March 1977, numbering me among the College o ...
9 September 2008
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Angola emerges with renewed vigor after elections won by the incumbent party and with a plans to work in regional politics, especially in the Zimbabwean crisis
Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - Angola's main opposition party, UNITA (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola), has conceded defeat in the parliamentary elections on September 5 (see Fides 8/9/2008), won with ample ...
8 September 2008
VATICAN - Pope addresses the Bishops of Nicaragua: “We should never forget that the seed of the Gospel should always be sown, in every age, in every generation, so that it may fully bloom and so that its flower may never die.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In an audience held on September 6 with the Bishops of Nicaragua on their Ad Limina Apostolorum visit, the Holy Father Benedict XVI expressed his appreciation for their efforts to make th ...
8 September 2008
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Cagliari (1) - “May Mary help you bring Christ to the families, small domestic churches and the cells of society...May she help you to find the adequate pastoral plans that allow the youth to find Christ...May she give you the strength to evangelize the world of work, the economy, and politics...”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On September 7, the Holy Father Benedict XVI made a pastoral visit to Cagliari, on the centennial anniversary of the proclamation of of “Nostra Signora di Bonaria” (Our Lady of Bonari ...
8 September 2008
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Cagliari (2) - “May the Most Holy Virgin continue to watch over each and every one of you, so that the inheritance of the Gospel may be transmitted in tact to future generations.” - Appeal for Haiti
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – After the Mass celebrated in the square in front of the Shrine of Our Lady of Bonaria, on Sunday, September 7, the Holy Father Benedict XVI led the recitation of the Angelus. Before prayi ...
8 September 2008
AMERICA/PERU - Apostolic Vicar of Pucallpa resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 8 September 2008, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Apostolic Vicariate of Pucallpa (Peru) presented by Bishop Juan Luis Mart ...
8 September 2008
EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Creating missionary structures within parishes and dioceses; a foundational document for the Mission in the country; celebration of Diocesan Missionary Congresses enters to form part of the conclusions from the National Missionary Congress
Fatima (Agenzia Fides) – Following the celebration of the National Missionary Congress, celebrated September 3-7 in Fatima (Portugal) (see Fides 4/9/2008), the participants issued a final statement indicating some of t ...
8 September 2008
AMERICA/MEXICO - Nation on the move in response to the legalization of abortion: over 50 Catholic organizations committed to defending life; inauguration of the “Shrine for the Victims of Abortion”
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – About 50 lay Catholic organizations will inaugurate the Shrine for the Victims of Abortion in the “Panteón Civil de Dolores,” which will also become a “prayer space” for women suf ...
8 September 2008
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishops encourage the laity to participate in public life and elections: “Avoiding the responsibility to vote means renouncing the possibility of participating in the progress of our local governments.”
Managua (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Nicaragua, who are now in Rome for their Ad Limina Apostolorum visit, have published a Pastoral Letter in August, in response to the country’s current situation and the upcomi ...
8 September 2008
ASIA/INDIA - Fasting and prayer yesterday, in all the Christian communities of India, praying for peace in Orissa; no violence, but rather friendship and solidarity among believers of different religions. Indian Bishops’ Spokesman tells Agenzia Fides his testimony.
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – “Throughout the entire country, Christians of all confessions have prayed and fasted for peace in Orissa. The Day for Fasting and Prayer organized by the Catholic Church to take place on S ...
8 September 2008
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Bishops of Southern Africa decry the “lack of ethical leadership” and issue two Pastoral Letters in anticipation for 2009 elections; Year of Saint Paul and African Synod being reviewed at the Plenary Assembly
Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) – It’s election time in Africa. First, the legislative elections held this weekend in Angola, then there’s the greatly anticipated presidential elections of Ivory Coast scheduled for No ...
8 September 2008
AFRICA/ANGOLA - President Dos Santos’ party leading in the race, being described by African analysts as “regular,” in spite of a serious lack of organization
Luanda (Agenzia Fides) – “Although we are still awaiting official results, it seems that the government’s party will win,” local Church sources from Luanda, Angola’s capital, have told Agenzia Fides. Today, Sep ...
8 September 2008
ASIA/PAKISTAN - New President takes office in a country longing for stability
Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – President Asif Ali Zardari, elected Saturday, September 6 by Parliament and four provincial assemblies, is scheduled to take office on September 9. Zardari, the widower of Benazir Bhutto and ...
8 September 2008
ASIA/CHINA - “We know that the Catholic community is present and supporting us”: Jinde Charities and Catholics continue work at the earthquake zone, 4 months later
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – Four months after the terrible earthquake that claimed the lives of over 70,000 people in the Provinces of Si Chuan (Continental China), the Catholic community continues to offer the gr ...
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