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27 June 2005
VATICAN - In the imminence of the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul the Pope asks Our Lady Queen of the Apostles to watch over ‘the Church and her missionary activity all over the world’ and he encourages people to respect and protect life “also with correct and prudent behaviour on the roads”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Before reciting the Angelus prayer with pilgrims gathered in St Peter’s Square on Sunday 26 June, Pope Benedict XVI mentioned the imminent feast of Saint Peter and Paul: “We will soon c ...
27 June 2005
AMERICA/PERU - “My meeting with John Paul II”: as the Cause for the Beatification of Pope Wojtyla opens in Rome, thousands of Peruvians will remember and pay tribute to the late Pope
Lima (Fides Service) - Tomorrow 28 June at Santa Ursula Education Centre in the capital Lima the Catholics of Peru, parishioners, members of church movements and fraternities, clergy, men and women religious, young peopl ...
27 June 2005
ASIA/PILIPPINES - Manila prepares for funeral of Cardinal Jaime Sin “We have lost both a brother and a friend”
Manila (Fides Service) - Thousands continue to visit Manila Cathedral to pay homage to the late Archbishop emeritus of the capital Cardinal Jaime Sin who died on 21 June. In the cathedral grieving Catholics pray as they ...
27 June 2005
AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - The family of the local Church in Burkina welcomes new deacons including five Camillian Brothers
Ouagadougou (Fides Service) - June 23 and 24 were important days for the family of the Church in Burkina, the local community of Camillian Brothers in particular.
In fact those were the days chosen by the Superiors of ...
27 June 2005
EUROPE/SPAIN - Thursday June 30 another massive protest in favour of family rights: June 18 Pro-Family demonstrators will take to the streets again after the Premier refused their request to meet him
Madrid (Fides Service ) - When on Thursday June 30 the Spanish Congress will take a second vote on the proposed law to give homosexual unions the same status as marriage, pro-family demonstrators who oppose the law will ...
27 June 2005
VATICAN - The Pope tells Bishops of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands: “be courageous witnesses to Christ, vigilant in seeking new ways to teach the faith so that the power of the Gospel can permeate their way of thinking, standards of judgement, and norms of behaviour”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Jesus Christ continues to draw the peoples of your two island nations to a still deeper faith and life in him. As Bishops you respond to his voice by asking how the Church can become an ...
27 June 2005
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference welcomes G8 promise to cancel debts of poor countries
Pretoria (Fides Service)- Commenting on the latest move by the G8 countries, the spokesperson for the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference SACBC, Archbishop Buti Tlhagale said, “Debt cancellation is a respon ...
24 June 2005
AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Bishop of Ambositra appointed
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 24 June 2005 appointed Bishop of Ambositra (Madagascar) Rev. Fidelis Rakotonarivo, S.I., Provincial Consultor, Spiritual Director and Bursar at Fianara ...
24 June 2005
ASIA/INDIA - The Pope creates the diocese of Gulbarga and appoints first bishop
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 24 June 2005 created the diocese of Gulbarga (India) with territory taken from the archdiocese of Hyderabad and the dioceses of Bellary and Belgaum mak ...
23 June 2005
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Day for Culture of Life and Eucharist”: reflection on the close connection between the culture of life and the Eucharist on Saturday 25 June in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - In the context of the Year of the Eucharist a Day of reflection on the theme of “Culture of Life and the Eucharist” will be held in Buenos Aires on Saturday 25 June. The purpose of the ...
23 June 2005
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Mission at the heart of the Church in Argentina and the educational aspect has a privileged place in the formative concern of the National Office of the Pontifical Mission Societies”: over 600 animators attend 3rd National Meeting for Animators of Holy Childhood and Mission Adolescence
Buenos Aires (Fides Service) - The Argentinean Bishops expressed warm appreciation and support for the 3rd National Meeting for Animators of Holy Childhood and Mission Adolescence held 18 to19 June in Luján (Buenos Air ...
23 June 2005
ASIA/TAIWAN - “Adoring the Eucharist with Song”: Year of the Eucharist Religious Music Concert in Tainan diocese
Tainan (Fides Service) - “Adoring the Eucharist with Song” was the slogan of a singular initiative launched by Bishop Lin of Tainan in this Year of the Eucharist. Since there are many parish choirs in his diocese Bis ...
23 June 2005
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Catholic schools offer education to Gospel values from which the nation stands to gain
Seoul (Fides Service) - The importance and specific nature of Catholic education emerged recently during a symposium on Catholic education held in Seoul on the theme “Religious instruction in Catholic Schools”, organ ...
23 June 2005
AFRICA/GUINEA BISSAU - Probable run-off between former Presidents Malam Bacai Sanha and Joao Bernardo Vieira
Bissau (Fides Service)- There will probably be a run-off between Malam Bacai Sanha and Joao Bernardo Vieira considering the results, not final, after a first round of presidential elections on Sunday 19 June in Guinea Bi ...
23 June 2005
AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - In a message for 45th anniversary of independence Catholics Bishops say the people deserve to be told why the June 30 elections have been postponed
Kinshasa (Fides Service)- “Our conscience as Bishops and citizens urges us to defend the dignity of the human person created in the image of God. Our compatriots face a future of uncertainty, increasing insecurity and ...
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