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24 October 2007
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Miami archdiocese and Voz Catolica newspaper celebrate 50th and 25th respective anniversaries: Voz Catolica valuable channel of evangelisation among Spanish speaking immigrants
Miami (Agenzia Fides) - The archdiocese of Miami is celebrating two anniversaries, 50 years since its creation and 25 years since the first publication of the local Catholic newspaper Voz Catolica mainly for Spanish spea ...
24 October 2007
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Caroline Chisholm, active lay woman involved in social apostolate on the way to the honour of the altars
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - In the year 2008 Australian Catholics will ask permission to open the diocesan stage of a process for the beatification of British born lay woman Caroline Chisholm, who devoted her life to social ...
23 October 2007
EUROPE/ITALY - New goal for the Association Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII: Rev Oreste Benzi inaugurates first Family Home in Sardinia
Sennori (Agenzia Fides) - The Association Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII has been present in Sardinia for about 9 years. In this period has opened the Cooperativa Sociale San Damiano which cares for 20 adults with physic ...
23 October 2007
EUROPE/POLAND -5th Week for Christian Culture opens in Czestochowa
Czestochowa (Agenzia Fides) - On Mission Sunday, 21 October, the 5th Week for Christian Culture 21-28 October was opened in Czestochowa, Poland. The initiative is sponsored by metropolitan Archbishop of Czestochowa, Arch ...
23 October 2007
EUROPE/UNITED KINGDOM - Coalition of European and American NGOs denounce the Conference 'Women Deliver' for manipulation and deceit “instead of a Conference on life it was a Conference to promote death”
London (Agenzia Fides) - The Conference 'Women Deliver' held in London 18-20 October has been denounced by a Coalition of European and American NGOs for sectarianism manipulation and deceit, according to a statement sent ...
23 October 2007
AFRICA/EGYPT - SECAM Standing Committee meets in Cairo: principal focus for the Bishops, human trafficking, 200 years since the End of Slavery in Africa
Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - The Standing Committee of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) will be meeting in Cairo, Egypt from October 25-29, 2007. The issue of new slaveries or human traf ...
23 October 2007
ASIA/INDIA - Report on violence against Christians in the state of Karnataka
Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - It is the state with the sad record of the most violence inflicted on Christian communities: Karanataka State in southern India is known for one of India's the high international level technol ...
23 October 2007
ASIA/INDONESIA - Christian communities build bridges with East Timor after a history of painful wounds
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - It was not without pain that East Timor gained independence from Indonesia with a referendum in 1999. The decision for independence freely expressed by the people of Timor was followed by pro-In ...
23 October 2007
AMERICA/ECUADOR - “We hope the next constituent assembly will achieve opportune reforms and we pray the Lord may illuminate the Assembly members”: Bishops' Conference message at conclusion of Plenary Assembly
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - “Our country has a great desire for positive change which will affect the life of our nation for the good of all the people" the Catholic Bishops of Ecuador said in a message issued at the end o ...
23 October 2007
AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Bishops call for a National Development Agenda and a national project which considers the interests of all citizens, after the people said yes to the Free Trade Agreement
San José (Agenzia Fides) - "United as brothers and sisters, let us build up Costa Rica" is the title of a Message issued by the Catholic Bishops of Costa Rica following the first referendum in the history of the country ...
23 October 2007
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - With Pastoral Letter the Bishop of Ballarat encourages participation in World Youth Day in Sydney next year
Ballarat (Agenzia Fides) - "World Youth Day is always a wonderful opportunity for young people from around the world to build bridges of friendship and hope between continents, peoples and cultures, said Bishop Peter Con ...
23 October 2007
EUROPE/ITALY - World's first medical/scientific web page accessible to the visually impaired
Messina (Agenzia Fides) - The Operative Unit of Genetics and Paediatric Immunology of the University of Messina has opened the first medical and scientific web page completely accessible to visually impaired, blind, par ...
23 October 2007
ASIA - A healthy diet is vital in the treatment of people with AIDS
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - HIV positive people in Asia will benefit from a campaign to extend public policies to fight the disease and emphasise feeding programmes as part of the treatment.
Some countries in southern and ...
23 October 2007
Paolo Gulisano - “COLOMBANO, UN SANTO PER L'EUROPA” COLUMBANUS A SAINT FOR EUROPE - Ed. Ancora
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “Columbanus is the patron Saint of those dedicated to the cause of a united Europe". This statement by the illustrious European expert Robert Schuman reveals the importance of the figure of the 6 ...
22 October 2007
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Naples - “The power, which in silence and without clamour changes the world and transforms it into the Kingdom of God, is faith, and the expression of this faith is prayer … The Church's mission is to nourish continually the faith and hope of the Christian people”
Naples (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 21 October the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, made a pastoral visit to Naples. On his arrival at the Stazione Marittima, at the Port of Naples the Pope was welcomed by Cardinal Crescen ...
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