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9 January 2008
AFRICA/KENYA - President Kibaki launches new government, fierce opposition protests, “but no one wants to bring the crisis to a head” national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies tells Fides
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “The President has made his move, the opposition reacted swiftly also not to lose supporters' consensus, however I really hope the meeting on Friday 11 will take place and that the parties will ...
9 January 2008
AFRICA/KENYA - Kenya's crisis has serious economic repercussion on neighbouring countries: fuel imported through Mombasa port ever scarcer
Rome (Agenzia Fides)- The political crisis in Kenya is affecting the economies of bordering nations which depend to a large extent on Kenyan infrastructures for exports and imports, especially with regard to fuel.
The ...
9 January 2008
ASIA/VIETNAM - Local Catholic Church request restitution of former Apostolic Delegation building where Hanoi Catholics gather for special prayers
Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - “Dear brothers and sisters after many years the activities of the archdiocese are limited due to scarce material structures (…) the Archbishop and the Bishops' Conference have made several req ...
9 January 2008
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Week for the Sanctification of the Family in every diocese concludes with celebrations and prayer meetings
Seul (Agenzia Fides) - It was a week of special prayer of invocation and intercession for the family. A time in which the Church, looking at the Holy Family as a model, entrusted all the needs and problems of families in ...
9 January 2008
AMERICA/CANADA - Presentation of Cardinal Marc Ouellet Foundation, social initiative connected with the 49th International Eucharistic Congress, to promote the integration of immigrants and refugees in the region of Quebec
For more informationQuebec (Agenzia Fides) - On 6 January Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Archbishop of Quebec and Mgr Jean Picher, secretary general 49th International Eucharistic Congress (IEC2008), gave an official presentatio ...
9 January 2008
AFRICA/TOGO - New Bishop of Atakpamé appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on 9 January 2008, appointed as Bishop of Atakpamé (Togo) Rev Mgr. Nicodème Anani Barrigah-Benissan until now Councillor at the Nuntiature in Israel.
The B ...
8 January 2008
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses the Diplomatic Corps: “God can never be excluded from the horizon of man or of history. God’s name is a name of justice, it represents an urgent appeal for peace”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The traditional audience with members of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See for the presentation of new year wishes, held in the Apostolic Palace on 7 January, offered the Hol ...
8 January 2008
VATICAN - The Church's Missionary nature: relationship dialogue-mission - by Fr. Adriano Garuti and Lara De Angelis
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) -Vatican II and the documents of papal teaching since the Council inaugurated a new missionary attitude which always commences with a sentiment of deep esteem for what is in every human perso ...
8 January 2008
EUROPE/POLAND - Bio-ethics: a new challenge for teaching and catechesis
Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) -Bio-ethics and new ethic challenges in medicine will be the theme for reflection during a Catechetical Symposium on 12 January at the Institute for Theological Studies in Czestochowa for teac ...
8 January 2008
EUROPE/SWITZERLAND - Catholic Bishops support special collection on Sunday 13 January to assist needy mothers and families
Bern (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Switzerland have asked Catholics to give generously to a special collection to be taken at Masses on Sunday 13 January to support two initiatives to help needy expectant mot ...
8 January 2008
AFRICA/KENYA - Religious leaders committed to finding peaceful solution to Kenyan crisis; violence has serious economic impact
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - Kenya's religious leaders are actively committed to helping find a peaceful solution to the country's dramatic crisis. A delegation of religious leaders, including Cardinal Njue, Archbishop of N ...
8 January 2008
AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - “No to the division of Congo, yes to respect for the will of the people”: Catholic Bishops' Memorandum for Goma Peace Conference
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - To resolve the crisis in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, root problems must be settled “in every dimension: humanitarian, land ownership, historical, economic, political, ethnic ...
8 January 2008
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Catholic priest found dead in his home in Caracas
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Caracas has announced the tragic death of Fr Pedro Daniel Orellana Hidalgo, aged 50, found dead in his home early on Sunday January 6. The priest's body showed evident signs of ...
8 January 2008
AMERICA/PERU - The Archbishop of Lima convokes “Great Mission of Lima”: to start on 27 April, feast of Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo, and to close in 2010 with a Eucharistic and Marian Congress
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - During Mass on January 1st, the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, Archbishop of Lima, announced the start of a Great Mission of Lima, an initiative to respond to the ca ...
7 January 2008
VATICAN - On the solemnity of the Epiphany Pope Benedict XVI says “the Church is faithful to her mission only if she reflects the light of Christ the Lord, and thus helps all the peoples of the world on the path towards peace and true progress”.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The arrival of the Three Wise Men in Bethlehem to adore the new born Messiah, is the sign of the manifestation of the universal King to all peoples and to all men and women in search of ...
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