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18 April 2007
AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - Catholics pray and fast for national peace
Harare (Agenzia Fides)- “We are here to pray for peace and to denounce oppression” said the Catholic Archbishop of Bulawayo Pius Ncube during one of two prayer meetings organised last week by the Catholic community o ...
18 April 2007
AMERICA - Towards CELAM 5: “We must share our hope based not on human, social, economic objectives etc., but on the concrete person of Christ”. Interview with the late Archbishop Luis Robles Díaz, vice president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 May Pope Benedict XVI will open the 5th General Conference of the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences CELAM at the Marian Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida in Brazil. Here ...
18 April 2007
ASIA/JAPAN - The Church in Japan prays and awaits decree for the Beatification of 188 Japanese Christian martyrs
Tokyo (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholics of Japan are awaiting joyful news: Holy See approval for the beatification of 188 Japanese martyrs. The Congregation for the Causes of Saints in Rome has completed its work of invest ...
18 April 2007
VATICAN - AVE MARIA “It is the Lord!”
by Rev. Luciano Alimandi
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “When it was already light, there stood Jesus on the shore, though the disciples did not realise that it was Jesus. 5Jesus called out, 'Haven't you caught anything, friends?' And when th ...
18 April 2007
OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The Pope appoints new Coadjutor Archbishop of Port Moresby
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 16 April 2007 appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) Bishop John Ribat, M.S.C., until now Bishop of Bereina (Papua New Guinea ...
17 April 2007
ASIA/VIETNAM - The Pope accepts resignation of Bishop of Phát Diêm
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 14 April accepted the resignation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Phát Diêm (Viêt Nam), presented by Bishop Joseph Nguyên Vãn Yên, ...
17 April 2007
ASIA/INDONESIA - The Pope appoints new Archbishop of Ende
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on 14 April 2007 appointed Mgr Vincentius Sensi Potokota Archbishop of Ende (Indonesia) until now he was Bishop of Maumere (Indonesia). (S.L.) (Agenzia Fides 17 ...
17 April 2007
ASIA/CHINA - A ticket for the Olympic Games 2008 part of birthday wishes and prayers for Pope Benedict XVI from Chinese Catholics
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - “Holy Father we will book you a ticket for the 2008 Olympic Games so we can prepare to welcome you among us”. The special birthday greeting came from Chinese Catholics on the occasion of Pop ...
17 April 2007
VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the Regina Cæli: “Peace is a gift which Christ gives his friends, to be a blessing for every human person and all peoples. Not peace according to the mentality of the ‘world’, but a new reality, a fruit of God’s loving mercy”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of a concelebration of the Eucharist in St Peter’s Square on Sunday 15 April to mark his 80th birthday, Pope Benedict XVI led the recitation of the Regina Cæli midday Easter ...
17 April 2007
EUROPE/PORTUGAL - The Bishops of Portugal, in plenary assembly, reaffirm opposition to the new Bill on abortion: "the Church continues to be faithful to her mission to announce the Gospel of the fullness of life and denounce any attack on life"
Fatima (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Portugal have reaffirmed their opposition to abortion denouncing a new Bill to de-penalise abortion in that country. This was said by Bishop Jorge Ortiga, president of the ...
17 April 2007
EUROPE/POLAND - A Symposium on the Fidei donum Encyclical, principal challenges and implementation in Poland with over 300 fidei donum priests and 55 lay missionaries working in 35 different countries
Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - "Pius XII's Fidei donum Encyclical - Its principal challenges implementation in Poland" is the theme of a special Symposium being hosted today 17 April by the Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University ...
17 April 2007
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI presides special Concelebration of the Eucharist on the occasion of his 80th birthday: “The shadow of Peter through the community of the Catholic Church has lain over my life since the beginning, and I have realised that it is a good shadow, a shadow which redeems because ultimately it comes from Christ himself”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday April 15 the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI presided a special Mass in St Peter’s Square to celebrate his 80th birthday which was the next day the 16th . With the Pope there were ...
17 April 2007
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - “Christians must be active in politics to promote the Gospel values of honesty, sincerity and justice”: Bishops’ message in view of May elections
Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides)- In a Message in view of elections on 6 May the Catholic Bishops of Burkina Faso warn the people to be careful: “do not let yourselves be misled by demagogic promises of electoral campaigns. ...
17 April 2007
ASIA/INDIA - New ways for evangelisation: Catholics in Karnataka prepare for Mission Congress later in the year
Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - What are the most effective ways and means to evangelise today? How can the needs and expectations of Karnataka be best met? What are the best ways and means for adequate Christian witness? Th ...
17 April 2007
AMERICA/MEXICO - “As a missionary Church we are called to recognise the challenges to new evangelisation in America presented by modernity, in a complex process of globalisation": Bishops start Plenary Assembly
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - On 16 April the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Mexico began a five day plenary assembly (see Fides 12/4/2007). In the opening address, the Conference President Bishop Carlos Aguiar Retes ...
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