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24 April 2007
VATICAN - Pope Benedict' s letter to Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany “I welcome the fact that the question of poverty, with specific reference to Africa, now appears on the agenda of the G8”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Made public today a letter addressed by Pope Benedict XVI to Dr Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, dated 16 December 2006, on the occasion of the German presi ...
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24 April 2007
VATICAN - International study-seminar on the question “Climate Change and Development” 26 and 27 April, organised by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Great concern was aroused in world public opinion after the ecological alarm sounded recently by the UN Security Council on the basis of a Report issued by environment experts. What is the ...
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24 April 2007
VATICAN - Catholic Prayers in the Languages of the World: Norwegian (1) THE CHRISTIAN ROOTS OF THE PEOPLES OF EUROPE
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Geography and History - The Kingdom of Norway, de Nordhrvegr, or The Northern Path, is situated in northern Europe in the western side of the Scandinavia peninsula. To the east it borders ...
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24 April 2007
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Elections: disputed victory of outgoing president's party candidate
Abuja (Agenzia Fides)- Umaru Yar'Adua t he candidate of the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP led by outgoing President Olusegun Obasanj has been declared the winner of Nigerian presidential elections on 21 April ( ...
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24 April 2007
AFRICA/GHANA - “A great celebration for all the people of God” northern Ghana evangelisation centenary comes to a close
Accra (Agenzia Fides)- “Participation in the liturgy was intense and devout” said local sources in the Ghana diocese of Navrongo, where celebrations for the centenary of evangelisation in northern Ghana concluded yes ...
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24 April 2007
ASIA/KAZAKHSTAN - “My most important project is to help the faith grow that Christ may be ever more widely known and live in the ever greater number of souls": interview with Bishop Athanasius Schneider, appointed auxiliary of Karaganda last year
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Athanasius Schneider was appointed auxiliary Bishop of Karaganda, Kazakhstan only one year ago. He is from Kirguistan Central Asia, his parents were Germans deported as prisoners for forced ...
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24 April 2007
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Church is not in favour of the extraction of mineral resources: this would impoverish and damage the country
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - “Plans to exploit minerals bring little development and much environmental, economic and social harm ”, said Caritas El Salvador.
With this statement the organisation which supports th ...
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24 April 2007
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Plenary assembly of Bishops discuss consequences of new Education Law and Sexual Education Programme
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Argentina have gathered for the 93rd plenary assembly 23 to 28 April of which the central question for discussion is Education. The assembly opened with Mass presided by Card ...
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23 April 2007
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Vigevano and Pavia “I have come here above all to encourage you to be ardent witnesses of Christ to continue to proclaim to the men and women of our beloved Italy the news, old and ever new: Christ is risen! Christ lives! Christ is with us today and for ever!”
Vigevano (Fides Service) - “Here in Vigevano, the only diocese not visited by my venerable Predecessor John Paul II, I wished to start this pastoral pilgrimage in Italy. In this way it is as if I were taking up the sam ...
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23 April 2007
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in Vigevano and Pavia - “Let us thank God for the great light which radiates from the wisdom and humility of Saint Augustine and pray that the Lord may grant each of us day after day the necessary conversion and so lead us to true life”
Pavia (Agenzia Fides) - At 9am on Sunday 22 April the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI paid a visit to San Matteo Hospital in Pavia where he met the hospital directors, doctors, patients and some family members. To the pati ...
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23 April 2007
ASIA/TAIWAN - “Kindle Hope of Life” theme of spiritual week promoted by Fu Ren Catholic University
Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - “Everyone, Christians and non Christians, is invited to meet Jesus. He will bring powerful emotion to your lives”. This is the invitation of an exhibition “When Life Encounters Jesus”, o ...
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23 April 2007
AFRICA/GHANA - “ We thank God for the countless graces he has given northern Ghana in the past hundred years ” says Cardinal Dias, Pope Benedict XVI's Special Envoy to close Celebrations for northern Ghana Evangelisation Centenary
Navrongo (Agenzia Fides)- “Every Jubilee is an opportune occasion to look at the past with gratitude, to the present with joy, to the future with hope” said Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Eva ...
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23 April 2007
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Uncertainty with regard to regularity of presidential and legislative elections in Nigeria
Lagos (Agenzia Fides)- While the candidate of the governing PDP People’s Democratic Party Umaru Yar'Adua, appears to be leading in the presidential elections in Nigerian on 21 April, the international community and loc ...
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23 April 2007
ASIA/INDIA - Project for the weekly edition of the Osservatore Romano in Malayalam still being assessed
Cochin (Agenzia Fides) - Work continues on the recently announced project for a Malayalam version of the weekly edition of the Osservatore Romano. Fr. Mathew Thundathil, director of the Carmel International Publishing Ho ...
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23 April 2007
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Bishops commence plenary assembly on the theme “The Missionary Dimension of the Church” in preparation for the 3rd American Mission Congress and Mission Year 2008
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Today 23 April the Catholic Bishops of Ecuador opened a five day Plenary Assembly on the theme “The Missionary Dimension of the Church”. This evening the Bishops will unite in prayer. On Tuesd ...
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