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26 November 2007
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Official launching of TV Maria in the Philippines, with its own cable channel
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The date of baptism will be 8 December 2007, feast of the Immaculate Conception: with the inauguration by Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales, Archbishop of Manila, the Church in the Philippines will offi ...
26 November 2007
ASIA/CHINA - Special care for the elderly in Da Zhai parish in the diocese of Han Dan: spiritual and physical care for the elderly open to non Catholics
Han Dan (Agenzia Fides) - More than one hundred elderly people - including about 20 non Catholics - took part in a course for the elderly organised by the parish of Da Zhai, Cheng An district in the diocese of Han Dan fr ...
26 November 2007
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Labour wins elections and promises to revise government Aboriginal community policies
Canberra (Agenzia Fides) - During elections on 24 November after 11 years of Liberal government, Australians voted for the Labour party led by Kevin Rudd. The labour party obtained over 50% majority in parliament and in ...
26 November 2007
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - After the serious events in recent days the Bishops call for respect for life and an end to hostilities
Sucre (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with the gravity of clashes in recent days the Bishops' Conference of Bolivia issued statements on the 23 and the 25 November expressing deep concern and calling on the people to put aside v ...
26 November 2007
AMERICA/CHILE - “Dialogue, definitively, is the compulsory path to overcome the present concerning deterioration of day to day co-existence”: Bishops' appeal at the end of plenary assembly
Punta di Tralca (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us make room for dialogue" is the title of a statement issued by the Catholic Bishops of Chile at the end of a four day plenary assembly 19 to 22 November of which the main task w ...
26 November 2007
AMERICA/MEXICO - Mexico's national Cathedral reopens after closing for a week following episodes of violence in the church
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - After having been closed for a week, the national Cathedral of Mexico opened in the evening of Saturday 24 November for first Vespers of the Solemnity of Christ the King, according to a stat ...
26 November 2007
AMERICA/ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - University students involved in “door to door” campaign against malaria, dengue and leptospirosis after the deaths of 60 people
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - About 900 medicine students at the Università Autonoma di Santo Domingo (UASD) are involved in a door to door campaign for the prevention of leptospirosis and other killer diseases in the ...
26 November 2007
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Bishop of Lwena appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, on 26 November 2007, appointed as Bishop of Lwena (Angola) Rev. Fr. Jesús Tirso Blanco, S.D.B., Salesian Vice-Inspector in Angola.
Fr. Jesús Tirso B ...
23 November 2007
VATICAN - “Peace, prosperity, and respect for human rights are inseparably linked. The time has come to ensure, for the sake of peace, that no man, woman and child will ever be hungry again!”: Benedict XVI addresses FAO Conference
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Holy See has always maintained a keen interest in every effort made to rid the human family of famine and malnutrition, in the awareness that resolving these problems requires not on ...
23 November 2007
VATICAN - Friday 30 November presentation of Pope Benedict XVI's second encyclical "Spe salvi"
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The new Encyclical of Benedict XVI, "Spe salvi," will be presented at the Holy See Press Office at 11.30 a.m. on Friday, November 30. The document will be presented by Cardinal Georges Mari ...
23 November 2007
VATICAN - Today, College of Cardinals meets for prayer and reflection on the eve of the Consistory
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday 24 November, at 10.30, in St Peter's Square the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI will hold a public Consistory for the creation of twenty three new Cardinals (see Agenzia Fides 17/ ...
23 November 2007
VATICAN - Over one billion people in the world regarded as 'homeless' : First International Meeting on the Pastoral Care of the Homeless
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the 26th and 27th of November, the First International Meeting on the Pastoral Care of the Homeless on the theme: “In Christ and with the Church at the service of the homeless (clochar ...
23 November 2007
VATICAN - TODAY ON THE INTERNET - World Conference of Church Bodies working for Justice and Peace (22-24 Nov.) - Diocese of Mongu in Zambia marks ten glorious years
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The 2nd World Conference for Church Bodies working for Justice and Peace, on Friday 23 November, will focus on present day challenges to development - the person and the concept of “human ...
23 November 2007
AFRICA/KENYA - “There is no honour without burden. If the Lord asks us, through the Pope, to shoulder this responsibility I am certain that this is not our work, it is the Lord who works in us, we are his tools” says Cardinal elect John Njue, Archbishop of Nairobi
Roma (Agenzia Fides)- “These sort of things are totally unexpected. Especially in my case, I have just been moved to Nairobi as Archbishop” Cardinal elect John Njue, Archbishop of Nairobi and president of the Catholi ...
23 November 2007
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Nigerian senate rejects ceding of Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - Nigeria's senate has approved a motion declaring that last year's handover of the oil-rich Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon was illegal.
With a vote yesterday 22 November, Senators called on the g ...
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