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10 March 2008
VATICAN - Meeting for the commission established by Pope Benedict XVI to study life of the Church in China
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy See Press Office has released the following communique: “The commission established by Pope Benedict XVI to study the most important questions concerning the life of the Church i ...
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10 March 2008
ASIA/CHINA - Meeting and walking together with the Lord: Youth Encounter on marriage, organized by the Diocese of Fen Yang
Fen Yang (Agenzia Fides) - “Keeping the faith, knowing truth, meeting the Lord, walking together in Love, establishing the true value of marriage” is the theme for the Youth Encounter in the Diocese of Fen Yang, in t ...
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10 March 2008
AMERICA/CUBA - Visit of the Secretary General of Missionary Childhood to groups of children and adolescents from the country’s 11 dioceses
Havana (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Patricio Byrne, Secretary General of the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood, visited the various dioceses of Cuba February 25-March 5, according to a statement made to Agenzia Fides b ...
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10 March 2008
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “A living Church with an abundance of vocations, over 2,000 catechists, and 23 martyrs, despite today’s numerous problems and challenges...” - Interview with the Apostolic Vicar of Izabal.
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Guatemala is divided into 12 diocese and 2 Apostolic Vicariates, one of which is the Apostolic Vicariate of Izabal, that depends on the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its Apostolic ...
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10 March 2008
OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Caritas New Zealand comes to the aid of African countries in need
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10 March 2008
VATICAN - Positivism and materialism “have led to a boundless enthusiasm for progress” and the past appears “as a dark backdrop against which the present and future glitter with misleading promise,” Pope tells the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The crisis of historiography, that must “fight for its very existence in a society ruled by positivism and materialism,” was denounced by the Holy Father Benedict XVI in an audience he ...
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10 March 2008
AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Summit talks begin for the Economic Community of Central African States, regarding Chad
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - An extraordinary summit meeting has been held for the heads of state and government of the Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC), regarding the crisis in Chad, in the wake of a f ...
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10 March 2008
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Proliferation of arms: Tanzania, the country least affected by the crisis, promotes a regional initiative
Arusha (Agenzia Fides) - The problem of the uncontrolled spread of firearms and weapons of war has been the focus of a meeting held by members of Parliament from eastern African countries, which took place in Arusha, Tan ...
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10 March 2008
ASIA/MALAYSIA - Election results show the rise of the opposition; government is called to work for dialogue, equality, and respect among the diverse ethnic communities
Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - General elections in Malaysia have sealed the victory for the National Front coalition, led by Adullah Balawi. The coalition, which until now, has held a strong two-thirds majority in Parli ...
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10 March 2008
VATICAN - The Pope celebrates Mass in the church of San Lorenzo: “Life in abundance is to be in communion with true life, with infinite love. Thus we truly enter life in abundance and become messengers of life for others ”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 9 March at 10am the Holy Father Benedict XVI celebrated Mass at the church of San Lorenzo “in Piscibus”, just outside St Peter's Square, on the occasion of the 25th anniversar ...
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7 March 2008
VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello
'Idea of man' central to Catholic commitment in politics
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - When two months ago an Italian Catholic weekly said that Catholics did not wish to be mortified within a political party, immediately one of them hastened to contradict; however recent even ...
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7 March 2008
VATICAN - “The document Dominus Iesus and the other religions” of Archbishop Angelo Amato, Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (fifth part)
Christ's grace and non Christians: Viis sibi notis (Ad gentes, n. 7); Modo Deo cognito (Gaudium et spes, n. 22)
Having established this picture of doctrinal reference, we come now to two questions. The first concerns ...
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7 March 2008
VATICAN - Joint Communique Released by Cardinal Bertone and Catholicos Karekin II
Etchmiadzin (Agenzia Fides) - On the afternoon of March 4, Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone initiated his official visit to Armenia, in Etchmiadzin with His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians. I ...
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7 March 2008
VATICAN - Pope tells Bishops of Guatemala: “I encourage you to continue with renewed energy the Church's evangelizing mission in the context of modern cultural movements and globalization, giving fresh vigor to preaching and catechesis”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “As did my venerated predecessor, John Paul II, in his first visit to your country, I encourage you to continue with renewed energy the Church's evangelizing mission in the context of mod ...
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7 March 2008
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Colombia-Ecuador Conflict: today at 12noon, an Our Father “for peace in Colombia.” Meeting held for the 22 Presidents of Episcopal Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Following a meeting with Colombia’s President Alvaro Uribe, Cardinal Pedro Saenz Rubiano, Archbishop of Bogota, declared that “this is a tough and difficult situation, but it shows what the g ...
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