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31 May 2007
VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE - Authentic participation in the Liturgy
Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - So far we have reflected on the sense of authentic participation in the Liturgy. The Apostolic Exhortation Sacramentum caritatis dedicates a conspicuous part to the subject because it has b ...
31 May 2007
VATICAN - The Month of Mary- «Meryemana»: the House of Mary at Ephesus
Vatican City (Fides Service) - In the Gospels we read that shortly before he died on the cross Jesus entrusted his Mother Mary to the care of St John the evangelist. John is said to have taken the Blessed Virgin Mother w ...
31 May 2007
AFRICA/GABON - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples Cardinal della Ivan Dias is visiting Gabon on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of a pastoral visit to the country by Pope John Paul II
Libreville (Fides Service)- Today Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples arrives in Gabon where he will take part in celebrations to mark the 25th anniversary of a pastoral visi ...
31 May 2007
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - The Bishop of Bukavu fears new outbreak of war in east Congo
Bukavu (Fides Service)- “A psychosis of war pervades our villages”. This alarm was launched by the Catholic Archbishop of Bukavu in the east of Democratic Congo, Archbishop François-Xavier Maroy Rusengo, in a letter ...
31 May 2007
AMERICA/BRAZIL -5th General Conference of the Council of Bishops' Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean in Aparecida - “This Conference must give powerful impulse for renewal in Church all over Latin America, centred on Jesus Christ, the Way, the Truth and the Life ": conversation with Cardinal Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino, Archbishop of Caracas, Venezuela
Aparecida (Fides Service) - After twenty intense days work at the 5th General Conference of the Council of Bishops' Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean in Aparecida Cardinal Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino, Archbi ...
31 May 2007
AMERICA/BRAZIL - 5th General Conference of the Council of Bishops' Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean in Aparecida: The principal purpose of the Conference is to make the Church community more missionary, with a renewal of pastoral and missionary impulse in the particular Churches: summary of Final Document
Aparecida (Fides Service) - "The Bishops gathered for the 5th General Conference of the Council of Bishops' Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean here at the Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida in the spirit of a ' ...
31 May 2007
AMERICA/BRAZIL 5th General Conference of the Council of Bishops' Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean in Aparecida - Message to the Peoples of Latin America and Mass of thanksgiving bring to conclusion 20 intense days of reflection
Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - On May 31st the reading of a Message to the Peoples of Latin America and a solemn Mass of thanksgiving marked the conclusion of the 5th General Conference of the Council of Bishops' Conference ...
31 May 2007
AFRICA/NAMIBIA The Pope appoints new Bishop of Keetmanshoop
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 31 May 2007, appointed Rev. Phillip Pöllitzer, O.M.I., Bishop of Keetmanshoop (Namibia), until now the Bishop elect was Provincial of the Oblate Miss ...
30 May 2007
VATICAN - AVE MARIA “The Hour of the Holy Spirit” , Rev Luciano Alimandi
Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart” (Mt 11, 29). These words resound loudly in the hearts of those who wish to be illuminated by the Spirit of God and never tire of sea ...
30 May 2007
VATICAN - “God: peace or dominion” - Tomorrow in the presence of members of the Curia, Church Movements and religious institutions the chairman of the Italian Senate will present a television programme on the connection between religions for peace and harmony among peoples
Vatican City (Fides Service) - It has taken three years to collect documentation on the coexistence of peoples through situations, opinions and unreachable realities some unknown or some manipulated one against the other ...
30 May 2007
AFRICA/ZAMBIA - The Pope appoints Bishop of Solwezi
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 30 Mary 2007 appointed Rev. Alick Banda Bishop Solwezi (Zambia). Until now the bishop elect was Chancellor of the diocese of Ndola and docent of Canon ...
29 May 2007
Pope Benedict XVI's prayer intention for the month of June “That through its presence and deeds the Church in north Africa may bear witness to God's love for every human person and for all peoples”. Comment by Fr. Vito Del Prete, PIME, secretary general of the Pontifical Missionary Union
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The mission of the Churches' present in the many countries which form the vast region of North Africa is to bear witness to God who is love and who cares for all his children especially the ...
29 May 2007
VATICAN - The Month of Mary - Marian Shrines in Africa (5) : Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Ethiopia. Ethiopia is one of the world's most Marian countries. Saint Frumentius (4th century) called the first church built in Axum, the capital, Edda Mariam, which means House of Mary. Ma ...
29 May 2007
EUROPE/ITALY - Fr Marco Tasca 119th successor of St Francis to guide the Order of Friars Minor Conventual, present in 63 countries
Assisi (Fides Service) - Fr Marco Tasca, of the Padova Province of Sant'Antonio, has been elected 119th minister general of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual. He was elected by 97 chapter members representing 4,528 pr ...
29 May 2007
AFRICA/KENYA - “There can be no reconciliation without justice but there can be no peace without a desire and disposition to forgive” say Catholic religious superiors in Kenya in a statement on the roots of the present violence in the country
Nairobi (Fides Service)- At least 50 people have been arrested in Nairobi, capital of Kenya, in connection with investigations into shooting on Sunday 27 May in Kariobangi slum in which 5 people including a little girl o ...
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