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30 April 2008
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The woman, protagonist in the Church’s pastoral activity
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Women should take an ever more central role in the pastoral activity of the Church, whose task is to promote the value of the “feminine genius” and the human resources that exist in society. T ...
30 April 2008
VATICAN - AVE MARIA by Mgr Luciano Alimandi - Life in the Spirit
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Easter Season which culminates with the Solemnity of Pentecost, is a privileged time for deepening our communion with the Holy Spirit, the Third Person of the Trinity who, as we profess ...
30 April 2008
VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - The infallibility of the Pope in the Church
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Three years since the beginning of his ministry as Supreme Shepherd, what emerges most clearly in the teaching of Benedict XVI is the emphasis he places on the capital difficulty: the perso ...
30 April 2008
EUROPE/ITALY - 31st National Charismatic Convention, May 1-4: “Reborn through the Word of God”
Rimini (Agenzia Fides) - From May 1 - 4, the 31st National Convention for the Groups and Communities of Renewal in the Holy Spirit (“RnS”) will be held at the “Fiera di Rimini” (Italy), with the theme: “Reborn ...
30 April 2008
AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE - “No to the culture of death that is imposed by others,” Mozambique’s Bishops say, at the close of their Plenary Assembly
Maputo (Agenzia Fides) - “Once more, we wish to reflect on the evil of abortion, a very worrisome matter (in its existence and in the project underway that seeks its legalization and/or decriminalization).” This was ...
30 April 2008
AFRICA/KENYA - Talks on hold between Kenyan authorities and Mungiki sympathizers, following the assassinations of two of its top-ranking leaders
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - A mediation effort being carried out between Kenyan authorities and Mungiki supporters (see Fides 9/11/2006) was interrupted when two of the organization’s representatives were killed by a sho ...
29 April 2008
VATICAN - Cardinal Ivan Dias’ Apostolic Visit to Ethiopia and Djibouti, as Special Envoy of the Holy Father to ceremonies commemorating the new Christian Millennium, concluding with the National Eucharistic Congress
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, will visit Ethiopia where in Addis Ababa, as Special Envoy of the Holy Father Benedict XVI, he will conclu ...
29 April 2008
ASIA/TAIWAN - In the Diocese of Hwalien, some 2,600 faithful attend the ordination of 3 deacons, presided by Bishop Philip Huang who celebrates 25 years of priesthood
Hua Lien (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Hua Lien (Hwalien) joyfully celebrated the ordination of three new deacons on World Vocations Day, during which their Bishop Philip Huang Zhao Ming celebrated his 25th anniversar ...
29 April 2008
AFRICA/BURUNDI - “The Holy Father’s words are an incentive for the international community to take greater interest in Burundi,” the country’s Apostolic Nuncio says.
Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - “We are very grateful to the Holy Father for the appeal for Burundi. It is a way to remind the international community of the country’s situation, so that they can make a greater effort in ...
29 April 2008
AMERICA/CANADA - The Holy Father will deliver the homily for the closing Mass of the 49th International Eucharistic Congress on the 400th anniversary of Quebec City
Quebec City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Archbishop of Quebec, made a special invitation to the city’s inhabitants to participate in the closing ceremony of the 49th International Eucharistic Congress (IEC ...
29 April 2008
AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Preparations for CAM 3 conclude in Costa Rica, after four years of hard work
San Jose (Agenzia Fides) - The formation meetings for study of the CAM 3 Manual and the forming of the national delegation for the Congress, which will be celebrated in Quito in August of this year, concluded in Costa Ri ...
29 April 2008
AMERICA/PERU - Great Mission of Lima begins “to help all people to find and nurture a vital relationship with Christ, our hope.”
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Great Mission of Lima began on Monday, April 28, feast of St. Toribio de Mogrovejo, with a Solemn Mass and procession with an image and relic of the saint. Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, A ...
29 April 2008
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops speak out on the education system debate: “The education battle should not be won or lost by any party, because values and rights cannot be placed to a vote.”
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Venezuelan Bishops’ Conference has issued a statement to the public in order to present its position on some of the aspects of education in the country at this time. “Education is a mat ...
29 April 2008
ASIA/CAMBODIA - Laying of the cornerstone for the Saint Francis Institute for University Studies
Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - Thanks to an agreement signed between the Royal Agricultural University and the Catholic Church in Cambodia, a new Institute for University Studies named after Saint Francis of Assisi has beg ...
29 April 2008
AFRICA/SOMALIA - Crisis in Mogadishu continues to worsen
Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - Every day, the situation worsens in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital city where fighting between military soldiers of the transitional government, supported by Ethiopian troops, and Islamic mili ...
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