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30 October 2007
AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - Inongo diocese starts Evangelisation Centenary celebrations
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- The diocese of Inongo in the north of the province of Bandundu, in the west of Democratic Congo began Evangelisation Centenary celebrations October 2007-2008, with a solemn Mass on 14 October he ...
30 October 2007
ASIA/EAST TIMOR - Franciscan charisma spreads in East Timor, with testimony of simple life style and sharing with the poor
Dili (Agenzia Fides) - The new tiny nation of East Timor (born officially on 20 May 2002 ) is progressing in social and economic development and civil and moral growth also thanks to the presence of Franciscans. In East ...
30 October 2007
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Bishops denounce corruption and scandals: “the country risks moral bankruptcy”
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Philippines have called for an end to corruption and serious investigation to stop spreading political incorrectness. The Bishops' Conference statement was signed by the presid ...
30 October 2007
ASIA/CHINA - Solemn consecration of renovated parish of Our Lady of the Rosary, the only Catholic church in Chang Su, becomes a festival of evangelisation
Su Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands participated in the consecration of the renovated Our Lady of the Rosary parish in Yan Gang, Chang Shu city diocese of Su Zhou province of Jiang Su, presided by the Bishop on 13 Octob ...
30 October 2007
AMERICA/PERU - Pontifical Mission Societies and “Youth without Frontiers” promote a Missionary Youth Meeting and a course in missionary animation to foster a missionary spirit among young people
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies in Peru, faithful to their duty to promote mission awareness, have organised through the Missionary Youth Movement, Youth Without Frontiers, a Missionary Youth Meet ...
30 October 2007
AMERICA/ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Massive participation of Catholics in Pro Life Campaign organised by the local Church: “our nation loves life and will defend it from any attempt to violate or suppress it, because we consider life sacred and inviolable"
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of Catholics braved the pouring rain to take part in a Pro-Life March organised by the Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic as part of Church Campaign against the proposal t ...
30 October 2007
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “As the Church we promise to collaborate with you to build a reconciled Colombia and to promote the common good”: Bishops appeal to new national leaders after elections on 28 October
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "We congratulate those elected and we hope they will work to promote the cause of peace. As the Church we promise to collaborate with you to build a reconciled Colombia and to promote the common ...
30 October 2007
ASIA/INDIA - New Community Centre for environment protection opens in Bhayandar
Mumbay (Agenzia Fides) - Paryavaran Surakshan Kendra a Community Centre for environment protection has just been opened near Our Lady of Nazareth in Bhayandar, India. The Centre was opened by Bishop Bosco Penha, auxiliar ...
30 October 2007
AMERICA/ANTILLES - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 25 July 2007, appointed Rev. Donald Dean Chambers, of the clergy of the archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaic ...
29 October 2007
VATICAN - “The inscription in the Register of the Blessed of such a great number of Martyrs at the same time is a demonstration that the supreme witness of bloodshed is not an exception reserved for a few, it is a realistic possibility for the whole Christian people”: Pope Benedict XVI at the Angelus recalls the Beatification of 498 Spanish martyrs of the 20th century
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The shining witness given by Spain's martyrs ” and “the silent heroic witness of many Christians who live the Gospel without compromise” were mentioned by the Holy Father, Pope Ben ...
29 October 2007
VATICAN - “True joy lies in the freedom that only God can give” Pope Benedict XVI remarks at the end of a Concert given in his honour by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the afternoon 27 October in the Paul VI in the Vatican, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir gave a concert in honour of the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI. After listening t ...
29 October 2007
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI sends a letter to the new editor of the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano: “Seeking and creating occasions of comparison, the Osservatore Romano will serve the Holy See demonstrating the fecundity of the encounter of faith and reason, which renders possible cordial collaboration between believers and non believers”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI sent a letter to the new editor of the Osservatore Romano, Prof. Giovanni Maria Vian, the day he assumed his new responsibility. On the Letter, dated 27 O ...
29 October 2007
VATICAN - The Pope receives the Bishops of Gabon: “In your ministry with the living forces of your dioceses, you are called to develop, ever more organic diocesan and national pastoral care. The deeper communion among you and all Catholics, the stronger and more effective evangelisation”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - ““In your ministry with the living forces of your dioceses, you are called to develop, ever more organic diocesan and national pastoral care. At the same time you must organise more app ...
29 October 2007
EUROPE/POLAND -Mission Week in the archdiocese of Czestochowa closes with the sending of a priest on mission to Zambia
Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 28 October, at the end of Mission Week in Czestochowa, in the church of St. Adalbert, bishop and martyr, principal patron saint of Poland Fr Maciej Oset received the missionary man ...
29 October 2007
AFRICA/SOMALIA - Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi resigns
Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides)- Situation ever more confused in Somalia, where today, 29 October, prime minister Ali Mohamed Gedi presented his resignation to the temporary parliament meeting in Baidoa (250 km north west of ...
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