News
4 July 2007
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Enforced 50% cut in prime necessities prices could do more harm than good
Harare (Agenzia Fides)- The government decision to enforce a 50% cut in retail prices has thrown Zimbabwe economy into chaos. Newspapers in Harare, the capital, describe a dramatic situation with foods shops with nothin ...
4 July 2007
OCEANIA/ FIJI - Catholic Archbishop of Suva proposes “ social pact” to build a new democracy
Suva (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Archbishop of Suva Petero Mataca, writing in the Fiji Times, highlighted two fundamental questions in the life of Fiji as a nation: a government proposal to build a better country for ...
4 July 2007
EUROPE/SPAIN - “Africa, a challenge for the world and for the Church” theme of 60th Burgos Missiology Week: 50 years since the publication of the Fidei Donum encyclical
Burgos (Agenzia Fides) - "Africa, a challenge for the world and for the Church” is the theme of theme of 60th Missiology Week, 50 years since the Encyclical Fidei Donum, which will take place in Burgos 9 to 13 July. Th ...
4 July 2007
AMERICA/ECUADOR - 2nd International Missiology Symposium in preparation for Third American Mission Congress - CAM 3 and the Great Continental Mission
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - From 30 July to 3 August 3 the city of Quito in Ecuador will host the 2nd International Missiology Symposium “Anthropology and Pastoral of Mission": a new lap on the path of preparation for Thi ...
4 July 2007
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Plenary assembly on 5th General Conference of the Council of Bishops' Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean in Aparecida in the light of the Plenary Council of Venezuela
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Venezuela are meeting for the 88th plenary assembly 2-7 July. The event is a "opportunity to meet and fraternal sharing of the mission which the Lord Jesus, through his Church, en ...
4 July 2007
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - “Australia can do more for Sudan” says Sudanese Bishop Tombura-Yambio on a visit to Australia, where the Sudanese community is growing rapidly
Adelaide (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishop of the diocese of Tombura-Yambio in Southern Sudan, Bishop Joseph Abangite Gasi, recently visited Adelaide to thank the Australians for their humanitarian aid. On his first ...
4 July 2007
AFRICA/MALAWI - The Pope appoints Bishop of Dedza
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 4 July 2007, appointed Rev. Emmanuele Kanyama of the clergy of Dedza, parish priest and teacher at the Kachebere Seminary for Philosophy, Bishop of De ...
4 July 2007
AFRICA/MALAWI - The Pope accepts the resignation of the Bishop of Lilongwe and appoints successor
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 4 July 2007 accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Lilongwe (Malawi), presented by Bishop Felix Eugenio Mkhori, in confor ...
3 July 2007
VATICAN - Catholic Prayers in the Languages of the World: Polish (1) The Christian Roots of the Peoples of Europe
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The noble son of Poland, the venerated and venerable Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, successor of Peter with the name John Paul II, had at heart the Christian roots of Europe as it is seen from the ...
3 July 2007
EUROPE/ITALY - More family and more formation: challenge for Catholic Charismatic Renewal in Italy Rinnovamento nello Spirito Santo
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Formation throughout the country: from the family to animation, from prayer to social commitment. These are the guidelines of the formative proposal of Rinnovamento nello Spirito Santo (RnS) for 20 ...
3 July 2007
EUROPE/CROATIA - Vocations in Europe: sowing seeds of hope. Final statement of European Vocations Service Conference
Baške Uštarije (Agenzia Fides) - The European Vocations Service EVS held its annual conference at Baške Uštarije in Croatia from 28 June to 1 July. The dioceses of Zadar and Gospić welcomed some 50 directors of ...
3 July 2007
AFRICA/KENYA - Clashes continue between police and members of the Mungiki sect: at least 112 persons killed during the month of June
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- A tragic June for clashes between police forces and criminal gangs in Kenya. According to the local police at least 112 persons were killed in clashes between the police and criminal gangs includ ...
3 July 2007
AFRICA/D. R. CONGO - International Red Cross concerned about violence against civilians in east Congo
Bukavu (Agenzia Fides)- The International Red Cross has voiced deep concern for abuse and violence committed in South Kivu in the east of Democratic Congo. “The International Red Cross Committee is deeply concerned at ...
3 July 2007
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - “A special bond exists between the bishop and religious life because both are called to live the Christian life in its most perfect form ”: Bishops Plenary Assembly focuses on Consecrated Life
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - 'Consecrated Life as a gift of God to the Particular Church' is the theme of a Plenary Assembly of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Colombia which started on 2 July with a discourse by Confere ...
3 July 2007
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic Bishops prepare Statement for Social Justice Sunday 30 September 2007
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The Australian Catholic Social Justice Council is now preparing for the launch of the Australia Catholic Bishops' 2007 Social Justice Sunday Statement in September. In this year's Statement, Who ...
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