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7 November 2006
VATICAN - “STONES, SOUNDS, COLOURS OF THE HOUSE OF GOD: The Vocation of the Artist (1)
by Bishop Mauro Piacenza
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the Letter to Artists written on the occasion of the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000, Pope John Paul II made a bold comparison between the creative activity of God and that of artists. Af ...
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7 November 2006
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Catholics must promote “a new culture of respect for the human person in every dimension": 1st Congress on Evangelisation of Culture
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - In the Conclusions drafted at the end of the 1st Conference of the Evangelisation of Culture the participants declare “We feel called by the Pope and our bishops to live the faith in publ ...
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7 November 2006
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Bishops say new Health Bill must not become law: “it attacks the authority of parents, educators, medical doctors and introduces a culture of death, not life”
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Ecuador continue to express serious concern with reward to a new Bill on Public Health approved by part of the National Congress, which attacks fundamental moral and consti ...
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7 November 2006
AFRICA - Asia courts Africa: South Korea signs 10 billion dollar contract with Nigeria
Rome (Agenzia Fides)- Asia and Africa are ever closer. After the Beijing summit between China and 48 African countries (see Fides 6 November 2006) now South Korea is hosting a Korea-Africa Meeting in Seoul on 8 November ...
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7 November 2006
ASIA/INDIA - For mission in a context of globalisation and religious pluralism India’s Jesuits retrace the steps of their fathers, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Saint Francis Xavier and Blessed Pedro Fabre
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - In view of more significant and effective missionary activity in the Indian context, the Jesuits of India organised a meeting at the National Catechism Centre in Bangalore to focus on three fo ...
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6 November 2006
VATICAN - The Pope at the Angelus says there is no need to fear the death of the body “because it is sleep from which one day we will reawaken. Whereas the death to be feared is that of the soul” - Appeal for peace in the West Bank: may bloodshed be stopped, may efforts to provide humanitarian aid be intensified and may negotiations resume immediately
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Once again on Sunday November 5, following the commemoration of all the dead on All Souls Day, death seen with the eyes of faith was the subject of Pope Benedict’s midday Angelus reflecti ...
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6 November 2006
VATICAN - The Holy Father celebrates Mass for the repose of the souls of the cardinals and bishops who died during the past year: “Each was called in the Church to make his own and put into practice the words of the Apostle Paul “Life to me, of course, is Christ,”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Today we have gathered around the Lord’s altar to celebrate Mass for the repose of the souls of the cardinals and bishops whom God called from this life during the past year. As we hea ...
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6 November 2006
VATICAN - “To have meaning in relation to the Kingdom of God, the fatigue of study and teaching, must be sustained by the theological virtues” the Pope recalls during his visit to the Pontifical Gregorian University
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - During the morning of Friday 3 November Pope Benedict XVI paid a visit to the Pontifical Gregorian University. After a moment of personal prayer in the university chapel the Holy Father wen ...
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6 November 2006
VATICAN - “How to announce Christ to European tourists, to visitors to Europe, to those in any way connected with the world of Tourism?” -Meeting for European National Directors for Pastoral Care of Tourists
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Tourism, Transversal Reality: Pastoral Aspects” is the theme of a Meeting for European National Directors for Pastoral Care of Tourists organised by the Pontifical Council for the Pasto ...
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6 November 2006
AFRICA/RWANDA -Local Catholic Church holds Jubilee year to mark the 25th anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kibeho
Kibeho (Agenzia Fides)- “The apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Kibeho and the message were without a doubt a source of heavenly blessing for the Church, an opportunity for new evangelisation of society today” ...
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6 November 2006
VATICAN - Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, writes a letter to the president of Social Weeks in Spain for XL edition
Vatican City (Fides) - The Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, sent a letter to Prof. José Tomás Raga Gil, president of Social Weeks in Spain on the occasion of the opening of the XL edition on the t ...
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6 November 2006
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Cloning is “an affront to human dignity” says Cardinal George Pell while parliament discusses proposed new therapeutic cloning laws
Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - “Pro-cloners put scientific or commercial curiosity ahead of human life” said Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney, with regard to proposed new therapeutic cloning laws being discussed ...
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6 November 2006
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Catholic Church in Venezuela holds Family Embracing Week 2006 reflecting on documents of the national Church Council and the World Meeting for Families in Spain last July
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - “The Family, First and Principal reality” is the slogan of the annual Family Embracing Week 2006 organised 6-12 November by the Catholic Church in Venezuela. This year the Week is based on t ...
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6 November 2006
AMERICA/CUBA - Bishops discuss local Church’s contribution to CELAM 5, adequate Baptism pastoral and celebrations for 400th anniversary of the finding of the lost image of Our Lady of Charity
Havana (Agenzia Fides) - In plenary assembly 4-8 November the Catholic Bishops of Cuba will discuss among other things, preparation for the 5th General Conference of CELAM (Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conference ...
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6 November 2006
ASIA/INDIA - Catholics in Bangalore form special group to pray for and sustain vocations to the priestly and religious life
Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - Catholics in Bangalore have formed a special group to pray for and sustain vocations to the priestly and religious life. Bangalore is in the south western Indian state of Karnataka.
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