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22 July 2008
AFRICA/SOMALIA - “The abduction of humanitarian aid workers is a result of the generalized chaos: even the control mechanisms on Somali clans have been broken”: an expert on the Horn of Africa gives his perspective
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “The abduction of humanitarian aid workers is a result of the extreme fragmentation of Somalian society,” Agenzia Fides was told by Federico Battera, Professor of Political Science at the Uni ...
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21 July 2008
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Sydney (5) - “We too can be tempted to make the life of faith a matter of mere sentiment, thus blunting its power to inspire a consistent vision of the world and a rigorous dialogue with the many other visions competing for the minds and hearts of our contemporaries.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In St. Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney, at 9:30am on Saturday, July 19, the Holy Father Benedict XVI celebrated the Holy Mass with the Australian Bishops, seminarians, and novices of religio ...
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21 July 2008
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Sydney (6) - “Accept into your hearts and minds the sevenfold gift of the Holy Spirit! Recognize and believe in the power of the Spirit in your lives!”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, July 19, there was a Prayer Vigil for the youth held at Randwick Racecourse, on the theme of the 23rd World Youth Day. “Once again this evening we have heard Christ’s gre ...
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21 July 2008
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Sydney (7) - “A new generation of Christians is being called to help build a world in which God’s gift of life is welcomed, respected and cherished”; “World Youth Day 2011 will take place in Madrid, Spain.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On July 20, at Randwick Racecourse, the Holy Father Benedict XVI presided the Closing Mass for the 23rd World Youth Day, during which he administered the Sacrament of Confirmation to 24 y ...
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21 July 2008
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - The youth, prophets for the Third Millenium: WYD concludes
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – The 23rd World Youth Day officially ended with the Prayer Vigil held on Saturday, July 19 and the Closing Mass on Sunday, July 20. WYD has been described by both the Holy Father and crowds of y ...
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21 July 2008
AMERICA/COSTA RICA - The “National Catechetical Center” opens its doors, to coordinate an evangelization effort in all the dioceses and promote catechetical training and textbooks
San Jose (Agenzia Fides) – The Costa Rican Bishops’ Conference has noted the importance of making catechesis a priority in Diocesan Pastoral Ministry and thus, in July 2008 it has opened the National Catechetical Cen ...
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21 July 2008
AMERICA/ECUADOR - 4th All-American Youth Missionary Encounter, to reflect on the Aparecida Document and the CAM 3 conclusions, establish an All-American Proposal
Quito (Agenzia Fides) – The city of Quito (Ecuador) will host the 4th All-American Youth Missionary Encounter (IV Enajomis) August 18-22, immediately following the celebration of the 3rd American Missionary Congress (C ...
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21 July 2008
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Catholic schools ask the Head of the Education Department to respect the agreement established in the “Marco” Law in planning and directing educational works
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – Last July 13, the Head of the Education Department held a meeting for the institutionalization of directors’ positions in the public and private schools. This event has caught the attention o ...
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21 July 2008
ASIA/INDIA - Violence against Christians in Orissa; Bishops’ appeal to authorities
Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) – As the ad hoc Committee established to investigate the violence committed against Christians in Orissa in December 2007 concludes its initial phase of work, with meetings and testimonies, ...
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21 July 2008
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Change for Zimbabwe: the government and opposition sign an agreement to begin direct dialogue
Harare (Agenzia Fides) – Is the political climate in Zimbabwe changing? This is what international analysts and the country’s population are all asking after it was announced that on July 21, an accord would be signe ...
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21 July 2008
AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Cocaine: a threat to fragile local establishments from Guinea Bissau to Sierra Leone
Bissau (Agenzia Fides) – The confiscation of over 500 kilograms of cocaine from a plane in the Bissau airport is showing the gravity of the drug-trafficking situation, especially, the extent of its complexity on all le ...
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21 July 2008
EUROPE/ITALY - 2007 Annual Report from “Medici con l'Africa CUAMM,” after over 50 years’ experience in sub-Saharan Africa, in the continent’s poorest areas
Padua (Agenzia Fides) – 452,367 clinical visits; 93,949 hospitalizations; 21,324 births; 210,302 vaccinations: these are some of the results of 2007, in the 16 hospitals of sub-Saharan Africa run by the NGO from Padua ...
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19 July 2008
Dossier - Instrumentum mensis Iunii pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontificis Benedicti XVI pro evangelizatione in terris missionum
Among the numerous audiences the Holy Father granted in the month of June, special mention should be made of his meeting on 2 June with pilgrims from the archdiocese of Turin, northern Italy accompanied by the Archbishop ...
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18 July 2008
VATICAN - “You heard it said, but I say to you…” - a little clarification Prof. Michele Loconsole
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Following queries with regard to an article by Prof. Michele Loconsole published in Fides 27 June, “Jesus the Jew: an authentic historic discovery or a storicist reduction?” (see Fide ...
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18 July 2008
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Sydney (3) - “As we promote Christian values, we must not neglect to proclaim their source by giving a common witness to Jesus Christ the Lord. It is he who commissioned the apostles, he whom the prophets preached, and he whom we offer to the world.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – At 10:30am on July 18, in the Crypt of St. Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney, the Holy Father Benedict XVI held an ecumenical encounter with several leaders of other Christian Churches and mem ...
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