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14 December 2007
VATICAN - Benedict XVI receives new Ambassadors of Thailand, Seychelles, Namibia, Gambia, Suriname, Singapore and Kuwait: “may all those involved in the government of nations, do all they can to restore hope to the peoples whom they have the duty to guide…in every country may education be a priority”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “May all those involved in the government of nations, do all they can to restore hope to the peoples whom they have the duty to guide; may they take their deepest aspirations into account ...
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14 December 2007
VATICAN - The Holy Father expresses grief for the death of Cardinal Stickler, archivist and librarian emeritus of Holy Roman Church
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Benedict XVI has sent two telegrammes of condolence for the death, at the age of 97, of Cardinal Alfons Maria Stickler S.D.B., archivist and librarian emeritus of Holy Roman Church: one to ...
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14 December 2007
VATICAN - The diocese of Albano to celebrate Cardinal Sodano's 80th birthday
Roma (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Marcello Semeraro of the diocese of Albano, has announced that on Saturday 15 December at 5pm at the Basilica Cathedral of San Pancrazio Martire, the Church in Albano will gather to pray wit ...
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14 December 2007
VATICAN - Benedict XVI addresses Rome's university students: “Look at the Blessed Virgin Mary and learn from her ‘yes’ to say ‘yes’ to God's call”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Thursday 13 December at the end of a special Mass for the students of universities in Rome presided by Cardinal Camillo Ruini the Pope's Vicar for the diocese of Rome, in preparation for ...
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14 December 2007
EUROPE/POLAND - Czestochowa archdiocesan Pontifical Society Missionary Childhood pilgrimage to mark 150th anniversary of the PMS in Poland and 50th anniversary of the encyclical Fidei Donum
Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - Saturday 15 December Czestochowa archdiocese will hold a Pontifical Society Missionary Childhood pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Pajęczno (Czestochowa) to mark 150th anniversar ...
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14 December 2007
AFRICA/ALGERIA - “These people deserve all the fraternal solidarity our little local Church can offer, however modest our means” said the Catholic Bishop of Laghouat after visiting Saharawi refugees in camps
Algiers (Agenzia Fides) - “I have desired to visit these camps since the day I was appointed Bishop” Bishop Claude Rault of the diocese of Laghouat, in the Sahara region of Algeria writes in a letter to Fides after h ...
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14 December 2007
AFRICA/DJIBOUTI - “We are trying to solve the matter and obtain Fr Sandro's release” says Catholic Bishop of Djibout commenting the priest's detention
Djibouti (Agenzia Fides)-“We are trying to solve the matter and obtain Fr Sandro's release” said Bishop Giorgio Bertin of Djibout diocese whose vicar general Rev Sandro De Pretis has been in prison since 28 October ...
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14 December 2007
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - “Fraternal concern and charity for brother and sister North Koreans”: Message for 24th national Caritas Day, positive results of first year of bilateral cooperation
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Practice charity in the season of Advent and acts of solidarity with people in North Korea living in poverty and hunger: this exhortation was part of a message for the 24 national Caritas Day Sund ...
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13 December 2007
VATICAN - “The testimony of Saint Paulinus of Nola helps us sense the Church as she is presented to us by Vatican II, a sacrament of intimate union with God and so of the unity of all of us and of the whole human race”: the catechesis of Pope Benedict XVI at the general audience
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Saint Paulinus of Nola, contemporary of Saint Augustine, with whom he had a bond of friendship, came from the Bordeaux region of France where he was born of a noble family. However he exer ...
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13 December 2007
AMERICA/PANAMA - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on 1 October 2007 appointed Rev. José Rodolfo Moreno Ríos of the archdiocesan clergy of Panama, National ...
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13 December 2007
AFRICA/TANZANIA - Rector appointed for Saint Charles Theological Lwanga Seminary in Dar Es Salaam
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples appointed on 12 October 2007, Rev. Vincent Peter Mrio of the diocesan clergy of Same, Rector of Saint Charle ...
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13 December 2007
VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello - The primary duty: to proclaim the Gospel
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The philosopher Rémi Brague, in a recent essay, writes that certain slogans must be overcome, identifying them with: the three monotheisms, the three religions of Abraham, the three religi ...
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13 December 2007
EUROPE/SPAIN - "The Church in Spain and Immigrants": theological-pastoral reflection and practical guidelines for pastoral care of immigrants
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The president of the Spanish Bishops' Commission for Migration, Bishop José Sánchez, yesterday presented a theological pastoral statement "The Church in Spain and Immigrants ", which offers a t ...
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13 December 2007
AFRICA/CONGO RD - Nkunda militia advance in northern Kivu. “The leader of the rebels wants to negotiate from a stronghold obtain a pass for his crimes ” a missionary told Fides
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- Ever more critical the humanitarian situation in north Kivu in the east of Democratic Congo where, after forcing the regular army to withdraw, the rebels led by Laurent Nkunda took control of th ...
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13 December 2007
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - “As Christians is it our duty to welcome Zimbabwean refugees ” says President of Southern African Bishops
Pretoria (Agenzia Fides)- The Southern African Bishops have denounced the discriminate treatment given to emigrant citizens of Zimbabwe in South Africa due to the serious political and economic crisis in their country. I ...
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