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16 November 2007
ASIA/BANGLADESH - Local community of Oblate Missionaries of Immaculate Mary assists cyclone victims
Dacca (Agenzia Fides) - The local community of Oblate Missionaries of Immaculate Mary in Bangladesh has mobilised to provide assistance to victims of recent devastating cyclones which destroyed homes and crops in July an ...
16 November 2007
AMERICA/ECUADOR - A study grant for a seminarian from Ecuador will continue the work of evangelisation via the media, undertaken by Fr Cirillo Tescaroli
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Fr Cirillo Tescaroli, Italian Comboni missionary and tireless evangeliser through press, radio and television, who dedicated his life to proclaiming the Good News through the media, died on 30 Sep ...
16 November 2007
AMERICA/MEXICO - “The priesthood of Jesus Christ according to Saint Paul”: Mexico hosts 6th International Retreat for Priests
Guadalajara (Agenzia Fides) - From 19 to 23 November the Universidad Univa of Guadalajara in Mexico, will host the 6th International Retreat for Priests on the Theme: “ The priesthood of Jesus Christ according to Saint ...
16 November 2007
AMERICA/CHILE - The president of the Bishops' Conference promotes solidarity for earthquake victims: special collection at all Masses this Saturday and Sunday
Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) - Following a serious earthquake in northern Chile on Wednesday 14 November, the president of the Chilean Bishops' Conference, Bishop Alejandro Goic Karmelic of the diocese of Rancagua i ...
16 November 2007
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Blog dedicated to Blessed Mother Mary MacKillop draws more young people to WYD
Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) - After the interactive Mother Mary MacKillop museum opened near Melbourne, to recall her biography and spirituality (see Fides 12/11/2007), a Blog has been opened in her memory www.mmkmelb.blog ...
16 November 2007
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Archbishop of Kaduna resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, on 16 November 2007, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Kaduna (Nigeria) presented by Archbishop Peter Yariyok Ja ...
16 November 2007
VATICAN - The Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum is “a sign for the whole Church with regard to certain theological-disciplinary principles to be safeguarded in view of the profound renewal, so desired by the Council.” - Interview with Archbishop Albert Malcolm Ranjith, secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum promulgated by Pope Benedict XVI on 7 July 2007 came into force on 14 September. The document treats the Rite of Saint Pius V revised in 1962 by Pope Jo ...
15 November 2007
VATICAN - Benedict XVI continues his catechesis on Saint Jerome: “he placed at the centre of his life and his activity the Word of God, which shows man the path to life and reveals to him the secrets of holiness” - After the audience the Pope's prays in front of the relics of Saint Therese of Lisieux
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, at his general audience on Wednesday 14 November, continued his presentation of the figure of Saint Jerome who dedicated his life to studying the Bible an ...
15 November 2007
VATICAN - 22nd International Conference promoted by the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care on the theme: " Pastoral Care for Elderly Sick People"
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Today in the world there are 390 million over the age of 65 and the number is expected to rise to 800 million by the years 2025. Five hundred million live in countries where life expecta ...
15 November 2007
VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE - The Church: between fact and ideology. Rev Nicola Bux and don Salvatore Vitiello
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the 4th century Saint Cyril Bishop of Jerusalem. Warned pilgrims visiting the Holy Places: “…do not ask where the Church is, ask specifically for the Catholic Church” (PG 33,1048). ...
15 November 2007
TODAY ON THE INTERNET - - “And Pius XII enlisted the Jew to save him from the Nazis” by Andrea Tornielli - “Latin, a bond of unity among peoples and cultures”, Uwe Michael Lang traces the historical evolution of the liturgical language in the Roman rite - The 9th “Catholics and Public Life” Congress in Madrid, “God in public life. The Christian proposal”.
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The life of Bruno Ascoli, a Roman of, “Jewish race” according to the racial laws promulgated by Mussolini in 1938. Ascoli was baptised a month after the racial laws but it was too late ...
15 November 2007
AFRICA/GHANA - Seminar on slavery and the continuation of the Symposium of African and European Bishops of 2004: intervention by the secretary general of the Council of European Bishops' Conferences
Cape Coast (Agenzia Fides)- The Seminar for African and European Bishops continues in Cape Coast, in Ghana, on the theme of new forms of slavery (see Fides 14/11/2007). The Seminar is a new step in collaboration among th ...
15 November 2007
AFRICA - Energy for Africa: agreement signed in Rome in the context of World Energy Congress
Roma (Agenzia Fides)- The World Economic Forum and the World Energy Council have signed an agreement to reduce the shortage of energy in Africa. The agreement was signed yesterday, 14 November, in Rome in the context of ...
15 November 2007
AFRICA/CAMEROON - Following the assault on Bakassi peninsula: Nigeria and Cameroon continue to collaborate
Yaounde (Agenzia Fides)- After the assault in which thirty men were killed in the peninsula of Bakassi (see Fides 14/11/2007) the mixed Cameroonian Nigerian Commission is meeting for its 20th session to settle last deta ...
15 November 2007
AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops' Conference convokes Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church, on 18 November calling for special prayers for peace in the Holy Land
Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) - In answer to a call from the Catholic charity organisation Aid to the Church in Need ACN, the Catholic Bishops Conference of Chile has convoked a Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Churc ...
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