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9 June 2008
VATICAN - Benedict XVI addresses the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue: “love...urges every believer to listen to the other and seek areas of collaboration. It encourages Christian partners in dialogue with the followers of other religions to propose, but not impose, faith in Christ.”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “It is the love of Christ which impels the Church to reach out to every human being without distinction, beyond the borders of the visible Church. The source of the Church’s mission i ...
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9 June 2008
ASIA/CHINA - In addition to camping tents, earthquake victims are receiving rice and cooking oil from the Catholic community; the volunteers work with generosity and constancy
Shi Jia Zhuang (Agenzia Fides) – “Big Uncle Franz”: that is what the children in the Jing An neighborhood in the District of An Xian, the site of the epicenter in the quake, call the leader of Caritas Germany who i ...
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9 June 2008
ASIA/TAIWAN - Inauguration of celebrations for Taiwan’s 150th anniversary of evangelization, remembering the first Dominican missionary
Kao Hsiung (Agenzia Fides) – Father Ruben Martinez, Vicar Regional Superior of Saint Joseph in Taiwan, of the Santa Rosa Province of the Dominican Order, playing the role of Dominican Father Fernando Sainz, OP on an ...
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9 June 2008
ASIA/SINGAPORE - Preparations underway for the celebration of the Pauline Year
Singapore (Agenzia Fides) – At the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Singapore,
all the preparations have been made for the celebration of the Pauline Year, declared by Benedict XVI to take place June 28, 2008 to J ...
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9 June 2008
ASIA/MYANMAR - Catholic volunteers continue in their commitment to solidarity, one month after Cyclone Nargis
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic volunteers continue their labor untiringly, however more help is needed in facing the emergency and rebuilding the area. This was what Archbishop Paul Zigthung Grawng of Mandalay, P ...
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9 June 2008
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Message from the Bishop of Oakland: “our efforts to enshrine this wisdom about marriage in the laws of our community are not an imposition of an ideology but a service of the truth which we make for the common good”
Oakland (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Allen Vigneron of Oakland (California) recently issued a Pastoral Message to all the faithful of his diocese offering them his pastoral support and guidance, following the California St ...
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9 June 2008
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Preparing for the Third American Missionary Congress CAM 3: relics of the Patroness of Missions on pilgrimage tour beginning June 23
Quito (Agenzia Fides) – The relics of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus, Doctor of the Church and Universal Patroness of the Missions, will arrive in Guayaquil (Ecuador) on June 23 and will enter to form part of the pre ...
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9 June 2008
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Message of the Holy Father upon the conclusion of centenary celebrations for the Archdiocese of Sao Paulo: “May this meaningful celebration revive all the living strength of this Archdiocese, so it may assume a significant role in the work of evangelization.”
Sao Paulo (Agenzia Fides) – The Pacaembu Stadium in the Archdiocese of Sao Paulo (Brazil) resonated with joy and fervor on Sunday, June 8. The number of faithful who participated surpassed expectations, according to a ...
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9 June 2008
EUROPE/ITALIA - Strengthening the network on a national and regional level, creating an international network to face up to the treatment of human beings. “I do not think that any country can wash its hands of the issue,” Sr. Victoria Gonzales de Castejon tells Fides
Rome (Agenzia Fides) – During their Plenary Congress celebrated in 2001, the International Union of Superior Generals (UISG) made the commitment to take action in facing the spreading plague of human trafficking. Since ...
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9 June 2008
VATICAN - “The new dialogue between faith and reason...should begin with the present situation of man and from there, develop a reflection that encompasses his ontological-metaphysical truth,” Benedict XVI tells participants from the European Symposium for University Professors
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On June 7, in the Vatican’s Clementine Hall, participants in the VI European Symposium of University Professors taking place in Rome with the theme: “Broadening the horizons of Ration ...
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9 June 2008
AFRICA/SUDAN - Agreement reached on Abyei, an oil-rich territory disputed over by northern and southern Sudan
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) – An accord has been reached on Abyei, the land that has been in dispute between northern and southern Sudan, which has lead to the recent fighting over its control (see Fides 21/5/2008). The a ...
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9 June 2008
AFRICA/DR CONGO - The offensive against the “negative forces” has still not begun, say local sources in east Congo
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – “Right now the situation is calm and there are still no signs of the announced offensive on the negative forces,” Fides was told by a source from the local Church in southern Kivu, in the ...
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9 June 2008
VATICAN - The Pope addresses the Bishops of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei: “May you experience renewed fervour in the great missionary task for which you, like Saint Paul, have been set apart and called- that of preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “By a happy coincidence, your visit to the city of the Apostles Peter and Paul comes at a time when the Church all over the world is preparing to celebrate a year dedicated to Saint Pau ...
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6 June 2008
ASIA/CHINA - Gratitude from the earthquake zone, for the prayers and personal donation sent by the Holy Father and the aid from the international Catholic community
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – The population living in the Chinese territory recovering from the earthquake is very grateful for the prayer and personal donation sent to them by the Holy Father Benedict XVI and for all the ...
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6 June 2008
ASIA/TAIWAN - The religious congregation, Sisters of “Our Lady of China,” celebrates four important events
Chia Yi (Agenzia Fides) – The Sisters of Our Lady of China (OLC) recently celebrated four important events: 68 years of their foundation of the Congregation; the 25th anniversary of the perpetual vows of Sister Liu Si ...
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