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21 May 2007
VATICAN - The Month of Mary - «Qué Soy Era Immaculada Councepciou»: the 18 Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Lourdes in 1858 (16)
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Thursday 25 March 1858, revelation of the “Name”: 16ª Apparition. “ What was next? After three weeks, life had regained some normalcy. The faithful still gathered at the grotto, but ...
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21 May 2007
EUROPE/SPAIN - National Days for Diocesan Mission Delegates and the general assembly of diocesan directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Spain.
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - From 22 to 24 May Madrid will host National Days for Diocesan Mission Delegates and the general assembly of diocesan directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Spain. Among those present f ...
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21 May 2007
ASIA/NEPAL - Bhutan refugees in Nepal a mission for UN High Commission for Refugees
Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - The question of Bhutan refugees in Nepal has come once again to the fore. Since the beginning of the 1990s more than 100,000 Bhutan refugees have been living in seven camps in eastern Nepal. T ...
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21 May 2007
AMERICA/BRAZIL - CELAM 5 in Aparecida - After examining the present situation the Conference will now focus on the central theme - Participants Letter to the Pope "your homily and address will orient and guide our discussion ”
Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - "We the participants at 5th General Conference of the Bishops' Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean send your Holiness affectionate filial greetings and express our gratitude for ma ...
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21 May 2007
AMERICA/LATIN AMERICA - Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 20 - 27 May “He makes the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak ”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The week 20 - 27 May is for Christians in Latin America, the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity which in the rest of the world is celebrated in January. Christians in these countries will r ...
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21 May 2007
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Starting from the parishes Catholic Bishops launch new evangelisation of Australia
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - New missionary impetus is needed to counter a decline in religious practice in Australia. With this in mind Archbishop John Bathersby, president of the Australian Bishops' Commission for Mission ...
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19 May 2007
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI's Message for World Communications Day: "Formation of Children and Formation of the Media:
Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Children and the Media: A Challenge for Education” is the theme of Pope Benedict XVI's message for the 41st World Communications Day which most local Churches celebrate on 20 May. In ...
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19 May 2007
VATICAN - The Month of Mary - «Qué Soy Era Immaculada Councepciou»: the 18 Apparitions of the Blessed Vurgin Mary at Lourdes in 1858 (15)
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Thursday 4 March 1858: 15th apparition. “Thursday 4 March is the most awaited day the last day of the two weeks. The crowd about 8,000 expects a miracle. Bernadette goes to the Grotto af ...
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19 May 2007
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Little reporters grow: Catholic students research and write “Media and Faith Bishops' project
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Profession reporter: many Australian school students are trying their hand at journalism. On the occasion of World Communications Day Catholic students all over the country have been invited to ...
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19 May 2007
AFRICA/DR CONGO - Radio Kaoze speaks for Kalemie. Only one of many Catholic stations in the country Radio Kaoze is named after the first Congo born priest
Kinshasa (Fides Service)- “We named the radio Kaoze, in memory of the first Congo born priest who was of our diocese. The radio is a channel of evangelisation” Rev David Luhaka, Vice president of Radio Kaoze managin ...
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19 May 2007
AMERICA/BRAZIL - CELAM 5 - “Mission cannot be effective unless we incorporate this reality which has such great influence on the mentality of men and women today" , interview with Archbishop John P. Foley, President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications
Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - Sunday 20 May for the Catholic Church is the 41 World Day of Communications which has the theme: “Children and the Media: a challenge for Education”. For the occasion we interviewed the Pr ...
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19 May 2007
Instrumentum mensis Aprilis pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontifici Benedicti XVI, pro evangelizatione in terris missionum
The month of April culminated with the Liturgies of Holy Week, beginning with Palm Sunday which was also a celebration of World Youth Day at the diocesan level. The next day April 2nd Monday of Holy Week was devoted to t ...
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18 May 2007
VATICAN - The Month of Mary - «Qué Soy Era Immaculada Councepciou»: the 18 Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes in 1858 (14)
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Wednesday 3 March: the smile 14th apparition. “According to the local police officer, that morning 4000 people waited for Bernadette who arrived about 6.45am. After praying on her knees ...
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18 May 2007
EUROPE/ITALY - Orionini vocations flourish in Burkina Faso and India: on the Founder's feast-day attention focuses on vocations, the Pope, the family and the Orionini secular institute
Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - The Director General of the Piccola Opera della Divina Provvidenza, Rev. Flavio Peloso, celebrated the feast-day of the Founder, Saint Luigi Orione (16 May), in Africa, “among our dear Afr ...
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18 May 2007
EUROPE/POLAND - 4th World Congress of the Family approves Warsaw Declaration 2007 and proposes European Charter of Family Rights and 2008 Year of the Family
Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - “I believe the Congress has given new impulse to participants' commitment to press governments, political institutions and legislators in every country to recognise the family's unique role and ...
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