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5 November 2007
AFRICA/RWANDA - Telecommunications in Africa: local governments and international institutions make promises in Kigali
Kigali (Agenzia Fides)- A promise to invest 55 billion dollars (38 billion euro) in the next five years in the sector of African telecommunications, was the closing act of Connecting Africa Summit held at the end of Octo ...
5 November 2007
ASIA/TURKEY - As the winds of war blow stronger in the Middle East, Christians in Antioch gather in prayer
Antioch (Agenzia Fides) - Conflict between Turkey and the Iraqi Kurdish region would be a disaster for the peoples of the whole region of the Middle East, especially people in southern Turkey, Syria and northern Iraq. Wi ...
5 November 2007
ASIA/SRI LANKA - Tamil political leader killed: rebels prepare to raise the level of conflict
Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Three days of mourning, arms silent; then a violent reaction could raise the level of civil conflict in Sri Lanka. This was how Liberation Tiger of Tamil Eelam responded to the death of politica ...
5 November 2007
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Catholic University of Korea opens Asia's first Highly Specialised School of Bio-ethics
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The first Highly Specialised School of Bio-ethics in Asia has been opened in Seoul, South Korea, at the Catholic University of Korea. The recently inaugurated Institute, named after Cardinal Nicho ...
5 November 2007
ASIA/HONG KONG - Fifteen years ago she came from the Philippines to be a housekeeper, Sr Maricris made her perpetual vows as a member of the Congregation of Our Lady of the Angels
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Fifteen years ago Maricris llasos, university graduate in Education in the Philippines came to Hong Kong keep house for an elderly couple. Today Sr. Maricris Llasos made her perpetual vows as ...
5 November 2007
AMERICA/MEXICO - “These phenomena reveal the tragedy of poverty in all its vastness, and the vulnerability of millions of Mexicans ”: numerous initiatives to assist flood victims
Tabasco (Agenzia Fides) - Tabasco, in southern Mexico is living the worst tragedy in its history, due to floods which have affected 15 of the 17 municipalities in the state and which left more than one million people hom ...
5 November 2007
AMERICA/ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Intense mobilisation of the local Catholic Church after the passage of tropical storm Noel: “Inestimable damage caused by Noel, call for a time of special and intense solidarity”
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - "Solidarity is for every day and always. But the inestimable damages caused by tropical storm Noel over the past few days in vast areas of our country, call us to a time of special intense ...
5 November 2007
AFRICA/CAMEROON - The Pope appoints Coadjutor Archbishop of Douala
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 3 November 2007, appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Douala (Cameroon), Mgr Samuel Kleda until now Bishop of diocese of Batouri (Cameroon). (S.L.) (Agenz ...
3 November 2007
VATICAN - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI expresses his condolence for the death of Rev Oreste Benzi, “tireless apostle of charity to assist the helpless and those most in need”, who sought to address “the many social problems afflicting the world today ”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI sent a message of condolence to Bishop Francesco Lambiasi of the diocese of Rimini, through Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone Secretary of State, expressing his co ...
3 November 2007
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI at the Angelus on All Saints Day: “At times we might think holiness is a privileged condition reserved for a few elect. In actual fact to become a saint is the task of every Christian, indeed we could say, of every person!”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Christian is already holy because baptism unites him with Jesus and with His paschal mystery, but at the same time he must strive to be a saint by becoming more and more like Him. At ...
3 November 2007
VATICAN - “Interweaving the "honest citizen" with the "good Christian" is not in the least outmoded” says Pope Benedict XVI at the general audience dedicated to Saint Maximus Bishop of Turin
Vatican City(Agenzia Fides) - “Between the end of the fourth and the start of the fifth century, another Church Father after Saint Ambrose, helped considerably to diffuse and consolidate Christianity in northern Italy: ...
3 November 2007
VATICAN WORDS OF DOCTRINE - Challenge or tribulation? Relativism is corroding the concept of martyrdom, Rev Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - One word found everywhere in writings, including ecclesiastical works is “challenge”, to indicate, in substance, worldly things which provoke the Church. The term is a call to fight a ...
3 November 2007
EUROPE/ITALY - The legacy of Rev Oreste Benzi: “We are part of the Church and the Church has assigned to us a role in the world of slavery, poverty and abuse ”
Roma (Agenzia Fides) - “We are part of the Church and the Church has assigned to us a role in the world of slavery, poverty and abuse”: Rev Oreste Benzi, a priest of the diocese of Rimini, founder in 1968 of the Com ...
31 October 2007
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI chooses theme for World Communications Day 2008: “The media: at the Crossroads between activism and service. Seeking the Truth in order to share it with others ”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The media: at the Crossroads between activism and service. Seeking the Truth in order to share it with others", is the theme chosen by Pope Benedict XVI for the 42nd World Communicatio ...
31 October 2007
VATICAN - AVE MARIA: God wants man free in holiness!, Rev. Luciano Alimandi
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - We are called to become friends of God, conforming our desires with those of God's Spirit, as we are told by St Paul : “ f you do live in that way, you are doomed to die; but if by the S ...
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