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17 April 2007
ASIA/IRAQ - International Conference on grave humanitarian situation of displaced Iraqis
Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - A meeting to discuss the dramatic humanitarian situation of displaced Iraqis opens today in Geneva organised by the UN High Commission for Refugees UNHCR.
The opening address by High Commission ...
14 April 2007
Instrumentum mensis Martii pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontifici Benedicti XVI, pro evangelizatione in terris missionum
The month of March included among other events, two important interventions on the part of the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI: the publication of the post synodal apostolic Exhortation Sacramentum Caritatis on the Euchari ...
13 April 2007
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Young people invited to express their Christian faith with artistic creativity during Youth Festival at World Youth Day 2008 in Sydney
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Talented young people from anywhere in the world have been invited to put their art at the service of the 2008 World Youth Day in Sydney. WYD organisers have asked young artists, musicians, singe ...
13 April 2007
VATICAN - The four “Acts” basic Christian prayers
The Act of Charity (3)
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “You shall love your neighbour as yourself”. One day a doctor of the Law questioned Jesus to put him to the test: “Master which is the greatest of the commandments?” (Matthew 22, 36 ...
13 April 2007
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Fire seriously damages Asia’s largest Benedictine monastery at Waegwan
Waegwan (Agenzia Fides) - On Holy Thursday 5 April a fire broke out during the night in the largest Benedictine Monastery in Asia situated Waegwan in South Korea. The building was seriously damaged. The disaster was repo ...
13 April 2007
AMERICA/MEXICO - Objection to abortion “is not merely a position of faith, or sentiment or compassion, it is a human and anthropological question”: Bishops of Province of Hidalgo issue message to promote respect for the value of life
Hidalgo (Agenzia Fides) - In the present context of the debate in Mexico with regard to penal code reforms to de-penalise abortion up to 14 weeks, the Catholic Bishops of the province of Hidalgo issued an Easter Message ...
13 April 2007
ASIA/CHINA - Evangelisation in the light of Deus Caritas Est encyclical: Bishop of Shang Hai issues Easter message
Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - The teaching of Jesus, Pope Benedict XVI’s Encyclical Deus Caritas Est, the diocesan and social situation, urgency and responsibility in the fields of evangelisation and pastoral care, combat ...
13 April 2007
EUROPE/GEORGIA - Redemptor hominis Catholic social and healthcare Centre offers free diagnosis and medical treatment as well as homecare and food and clothes for about 300 poor people
Tbilisi (Agenzia Fides) - To address the healthcare and social needs of poor people in Tbilisi in 1998 Redemptoris Hominis medical centre was opened with the support of the then president of Georgia, Edvard Shevardnadze, ...
13 April 2007
AFRICA/NIGERIA - New Catholic Centre for Nigerian women victims of human trafficking will be ready in July
Lagos (Agenzia Fides)- “During my last visit to Nigeria in June 2005, I realised yet again the necessity of a centre to combat human trafficking and help women and minors trapped in this criminal activity ” Consolata ...
13 April 2007
VATICAN - Beatification of Rev. Luigi Boccardo, apostle of confession and Sr Maria Maddalena of the Passion who founded the Compassionist Sisters
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - With the approval of Pope Benedict XVI local beatifications will take place in Turin and in Naples respectively on 14 and 15 of April presided by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, prefect of the Co ...
12 April 2007
VATICAN - “We too, like Mary of Magdala, Thomas and the other apostles, are called to be witnesses to Christ’s death and resurrection. We cannot keep such great news to ourselves. We must share it with the whole world”: the Pope’s Wednesday Audience teaching
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Pope came from Castel Gandolfo, where he is resting after a busy Easter schedule, to give his weekly general audience to about 35,000 visitors gathered in St Peter’s Square on April 1 ...
12 April 2007
ASIA/IRAQ - At Easter Chaldean Catholic Sacred Heart parish youth group in Erbil prays for peace and looks forward to World Youth Day 2008 in Sydney
Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - In preparation for Easter some 80 young Catholics of the Chaldean Catholic Sacred Heart parish in Erbil took part in a spiritual retreat at a Marian Shrine in the same town. Besides special prayer ...
12 April 2007
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Catholic priest of German origin murdered in Brazil
Belém (Agenzia Fides) - A Catholic priest of German origin, Fr Wolfgang Hermann, was murdered by a young man who broke into his home probably to commit a robbery on 10 April at Belém in the north of Brazil. The man has ...
12 April 2007
THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE- “The empty tomb is an essential sign ” (Catechism of the Catholic Church n. 640)
By Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev. Salvatore Vitiello
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - With regard to the Gospel’s narration of the resurrection of Jesus the most widely read Italian Catholic weekly writes : «“Then the other disciple who had reached the tomb first also w ...
12 April 2007
VATICAN - The four “Acts” basic Christian prayers
The Act of Charity (2)
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - We must love God with all our heart and above everything. One day a doctor of the Law questioned Jesus to out him to the test: “Master which is the greatest of the commandments ?” (Matt ...
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