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27 February 2007
EUROPE/PORTUGAL - Patriarch of Lisbon takes Message of Pope Benedict XVI as a guide for ‘living Lent with the Eucharist and Charity’
Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - The Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon José da Cruz Policarpo, took Pope Benedict XVI’s Lenten Message 2007 as a guide for a series of suggestions for living this Liturgical Season in preparation fo ...
27 February 2007
EUROPE/ITALY - “Called to Mission, called to Joy”: PMS Youth Movement builds network to encourage responsible commitment for mission
Rome (Fides Service) - Every year the national office of the Youth Mission Movement YMM of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Italy in collaboration with regional offices and regional mission commissions organises forma ...
27 February 2007
AFRICA/KENYA - The Don Orione mission in Kenya marks tenth anniversary with the ordination of a new deacon, sign of hope for the growing local Orionini community
Kandisi (Agenzia Fides) - Don Orione missionaries have been present in Kenya since the arrival in 1997 of the first Italian priest Fr Giuseppe Vallauri, who had been resident in England for many years. Fr Vallauri settle ...
27 February 2007
AFRICA/NIGERIA - The local Church commemorates Pope John Paul II’s first visit 25 years ago. Cardinal Dias urges Catholics to cherish and use the treasures of the Catholic faith: the Most Holy Eucharist and the Rosary Prayer”
Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - To mark the 25 anniversary of Pope John Paul II first visit to the country in February 1982, the Archdiocese of Onitsha oragnised a Symposium at the Bishop Shanahan Hall, Holy Trinity Compound.
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27 February 2007
VATICAN - “Editions of the Bible in the Context of Propaganda Fide”: the Word of God in 160 languages testifies missionary activity to spread and inculturate the faith
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Giovanni Rizzi, Docent of Sacred Scripture at the Pontifical Urban University, has completed a major study on the editions of the Bible preserved in the Library of the Pontifical Urban Universi ...
27 February 2007
ASIA/VIETNAM - New outbreak of bid flu in the north, hundreds of chicken culled to prevent virus from spreading
Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - The Vietnamese health authorities have confirmed the news of another outbreak of bird flu in the north of the country with hundreds of infected chickens in a farm in the province of Hai Duong, 50 ...
27 February 2007
ASIA/MYANMAR - Major army offensive: United Nations urges government to allow humanitarian aid agencies to assist displaced civilians
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The United Nations Human Rights Council has expressed serious concern for the situation of respect for human rights in Myanmar, particularly because of major military operations in the Kayin regi ...
27 February 2007
AFRICA/GUINEA - Great joy in Conakry for appointment of new Premier
Conakry (Agenzia Fides)-“The appointment of a new Prime Minister Lansana Kouyate was received with jubilation with people dancing in the streets until 6 in the morning” said Fr. Come Traoré, Communications officer f ...
27 February 2007
ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Concern for the life of a priest actively involved in promoting respect for human rights who has received life threats from ‘death squads’
Manila (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Feliciano Nalzaro, involved in promoting respect for human rights in the Philippines is in danger. His name is on the black list of an illegal paramilitary group, one of many ‘death squads ...
26 February 2007
VATICAN - The Pope’s Angelus reflection: “The Man whom we have pierced with our sins never tires of pouring an inexhaustible torrent of merciful love on to the world. May humanity understand that only from this source can we draw the spiritual strength indispensable for building the peace and happiness so tirelessly sought by every human person”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Let us start the Lenten Season with our eyes fixed on the side of Jesus…in these days of Lent let our heart never stray from this mystery of profound humanity and lofty spirituality” ...
26 February 2007
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - “Life must not become a battle field”: Sharing Campaign 2007: put an end to violence and promote a culture of justice and peace
Caracas (Fides Service) - Life must not become a battle field” is the theme of the Sharing Campaign 2007 launched by the Catholic Church in Venezuela. The initiative was presented by Bishop José Luis Azuaje Ayala of t ...
26 February 2007
AMERICA/ECUADOR - 1st national Pro-life and Pro-family Congress to increase awareness of the value of life and the family under attack from the present day culture of death
Guayaquil (Fides Service) - On the occasion of the 25 March, the Day of the Unborn Child established by the Ecuadorian government (see Fides 3/6/2006), the Catholic Bishops Conference, the archdiocese of Guayaquil and th ...
26 February 2007
VATICAN - PRAYERS FOR LENT: THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS
4th Station: JESUS MEETS HIS MOTHER
Rome (Fides News Service) - V/. Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi.
R/. Quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum.
From the Gospel according to Luke. 2:34-35,51
Simon blessed them and said to Mary his mo ...
26 February 2007
VATICAN - “The conscience, sanctuary of the person, metaphorical source of water which can be polluted but which is purified by returning to the source”: Pontifical Academy for Life concludes Congress
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the presence of about 400 participants from all over the worlds and important speakers from far away countries, the 13th general assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life was held in t ...
26 February 2007
VATICAN - Christians are continually called to face the many attacks to which the right to life is exposed … life is the first good received from God and the foundation of all other goods”: Benedict XVI Pontifical Academy for Life
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Christian conscience has a deep need to be nourished and strengthened by the many profound militant motivations in favour of the right to life. This is a right which demands to be su ...
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