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5 September 2007
EUROPE/ITALY - “Discovering the Face of Christ in every Prisoner”: 12th International Congress of the International Commission for Catholic Prison Pastoral (ICCPPC)
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - From 5 to 12 September the 12th International Congress of the International Commission for Catholic Prison Pastoral is taking place in Rome at the Casa La Salle in via Aurelia Nuova 472-476) on th ...
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5 September 2007
AFRICA/D. R. CONGO “Who is funding for the new war in Congo?” a missionary asks in a dramatic report to Fides
Goma (Agenzia Fides)- Fides received a dramatic report from a missionary in north Kivu, Democratic Congo, where fierce fighting between the regular army and the rebels led by Laurent Nkunda has continued for several days ...
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5 September 2007
ASIA/INDIA - Celebrations to commemorate Mother Teresa di Calcutta on the 10th anniversary of her death
Calcutta (Agenzia Fides) - “Everyone remembers her with affection. Mother Teresa è is still an important figure for the Catholic Church in India, the memory of her example is still vivid she was a person of great sign ...
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5 September 2007
ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Salesians in Bethlehem and the Wall: the peoples desire peace and brotherhood
Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - The wall of separation in the Holy Land continues to cause suffering to the local people and to the religious communities. Following a decision by Israel to build a Wall of Separation in the P ...
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4 September 2007
Mariazell - Pope Benedict XVI visits the Marian Shrine in the heart of Europe
Mariazell - Pope Benedict XVI visits the Marian Shrine in the heart of Europe
Fr. Burkhard Feuerstein FSO
Part 1 - The Shrine of Mariazell - geographical position and origin
Part 2 - The Miraculous image of Mariazel ...
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4 September 2007
EUROPE/ROMANIA - 3rd European Ecumenical Assembly: Sibiu Europe's ecumenical capital from 4 to 9 September
Sibiu (Agenzia Fides) - The Romanian city of Sibiu, in central Transilvania, proclaimed, together with Luxembourg, European capital for culture 2007, from 4 to 9 September will also be the “capital” of all the Christ ...
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4 September 2007
EUROPE/ITALY - Renewal in the Holy Spirit: goals attained by 2007 Summer formation programme
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “You will receive power from the Holy Spirit who will come down on you and you will be my witnesses …” (Acts 1,8) is the theme of a 6 day course in Spiritual exercises for priests, deacons an ...
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4 September 2007
AFRICA/BURUNDI - Heavy fighting in a district of the capital between two rival factions of the National Liberation Forces, thousands of homes abandoned
Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides) - Heavy fighting broke out this morning in the Buterere district, in north Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi. The fighting was between two rival factions of the National Liberation Forces, FNL, ...
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4 September 2007
AFRICA/NIGERIA - The “curse” of petroleum: what happened to the 400 billion dollars booked by the Nigerian government since 1960?
Rome (Agenzia Fides)- The issue of the distribution of oil revenues is at the centre of Nigeria's political life. For decades Nigerians living in the south (mainly Christians) where most of the oil fields are situated, h ...
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4 September 2007
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Nigeria will reform its oil sector: “We want to create a company which is competitive abroad ”
Lagos (Agenzia Fides) - General restructuring of Nigeria's oil section will follow the approval by the federal government of a National Gas and Oil Policy.
On the basis of the new plan the Nigerian National Petroleum C ...
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4 September 2007
ASIA/NEPAL - International Union of Catholic Press UCIP will hold a Conference in Nepal
Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - A courageous decision has been taken by the International Union of the Catholic Press UCIP, based in Geneva, to organise a Conference in Nepal, a country which even recently experienced seriou ...
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4 September 2007
ASIA/TURKEY - New graphics and contents for official web site of Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Antioch, to encourage pilgrimages
Antioch (Agenzia Fides) - The faithful, the curious, simple Internet surfers can go to http://www.anadolukatolikkilisesi.org/antakya the new official web site of Saint Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Antioch which offe ...
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4 September 2007
ASIA/BANGLADESH - Political crisis more acute : former Premier Khaleda Zia arrested on charges of corruption
Dacca (Agenzia Fides) - Ever more serious the political crisis in Bangladesh: Mrs Khaleda Zia, former head of government has been arrested by the police in a vast anti-corruption campaign launched by the government led b ...
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4 September 2007
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Diocese of Valledupar promotes “more human" hospital care
Valledupar (Agenzia Fides) - With the intention of making healthcare centres more than just “cold buildings”, lacking human warmth and commitment for life, the Catholic diocese of Valledupar, through its Office for H ...
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4 September 2007
AMERICA/MEXICO - The local Catholic Churches issues Declaration on the Human Rights of the Unborn Child
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - A Declaration on the Human Rights of the Unborn Child has been signed by civil organisations, mothers and fathers, representatives of the local Catholic Church, legislators and political lea ...
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