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• 29 May 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - The 10th General Ordinary Assembly of the Spanish Foreign Missions Institute (IEME) concludes. New President elected. Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – On May 12, the 10th General Ordinary Assembly of the Spanish Foreign Missions Institute (IEME) met in Madrid. The event was attended by 26 representatives from missionary groups in 14 differen ...
• 29 May 2008
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Abortion: the silence of life Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - This year 2008, is the fortieth anniversary, only a few days ago to be exact, of the approval of the famous Law 194 which de-penalised abortion in Italy. An anniversary on which there is li ...
• 29 May 2008
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Soldiers rebel and “the population pays the consequences,” local Church source tells Fides Conakry (Agenzia Fides) – The situation in the Republic of Guinea continues to be tense and rebellious soldiers are demanding the retreat of all officials that do not support their petitions. “The soldiers have beg ...
• 29 May 2008
  AFRICA - “Thanks for the help, but what we really need is a world market that better supports are products,” the African nations say at the Japan-Africa Summit. Yokohama (Agenzia Fides) – “Thanks for the help, but we want an increased openness on the market by developed nations and more investments in our countries.” This could be a summary of what African leaders invited ...
• 29 May 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY -Meeting for Friendship Among the Peoples in Rimini, August 2008; Recalling the 28th Meeting Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The Meeting for Friendship Among the Peoples in Rimini is a grand social event, a festival of encounters, culture, music, and shows that takes place every year at the end of August, and that over ...
• 29 May 2008
  EUROPE/POLAND - The Church in Poland celebrates the Day of Prayer for the Church in China Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) – The Church in Poland gladly responded to the appeal of the Holy Father Benedict XVI and that of Bishop Wiktor Skworc of Tarnów and President of the Polish Bishops’ Commission for the Mission ...
• 28 May 2008
  VATICAN - Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, as a person and as a priest, was “a marvelous blend of the characteristics of the African soul with those of the Christian spirit, of African culture and identity with evangelical values.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the “perspective of faith and hope in the resurrection,” a Memorial Mass was celebrated in the Vatican Basilica for Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, retired Dean of the College of Cardinal ...
• 28 May 2008
  AMERICA/PERU - Peruvian Government presents “El Sol de Perù” award to Cardinal Rodríguez Maradiaga in recognition for Caritas’ earthquake relief work last year Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras) and President of Caritas Internationalis, will be presented with an award by the Peruvian Government in recognitio ...
• 28 May 2008
  MISSIONARY PRAYER INTENTION - The Pope’s missionary intention for June, “That the International Eucharistic Congress in Quebec, Canada, may lead to ever deeper understanding of the Eucharist, the heart of the Church and source of evangelization.” Commentary. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Eucharist is the source and summit of the whole Christian life (cf. LG, 11). This truth has been presented with renewed vigor in the Magisterium of many recent Pontiffs, as an invitat ...
• 28 May 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops express their concern for the wave of violence in the country: “The Church, formed by all of us as baptized faithful, cannot and should not remain indifferent in the fight for life.” Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – “Our people have the right to live a full life, worthy of God’s children, with more humane conditions: free from the threat of hunger and from all form of violence,” the Bishops of M ...
• 28 May 2008
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - First National Missionary Congress concludes: “we should start on our journey, going into our dioceses and parishes to communicate what we have heard and seen.” San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – “When this Congress began, we said that an event like this, so rich in content, cannot be the final destination but rather, the point of departure. Today, we reaffirm this point,” sai ...
• 28 May 2008
  VATICAN - “AVE MARIA” by Mgr Luciano Alimandi - The “sea of Love” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Lord often used parables to explain with effective similitude the mystery of His kingdom, opening the minds and hearts of his disciples to enable them to share the marvellous vocation t ...
• 28 May 2008
  VATICAN - “Communication is not simply a product of pure luck or causality, nor is it of our human capacities; at the light of Scripture, it reflects our participation in the creative, communicative, and unifying Trinitarian Love that is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,” says Benedict XVI. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – “The various forms of communication – dialogue, prayer, testimony, announcing – and its various instruments – press, electronics, visual arts, music, voice, gestures, and contact ...
• 28 May 2008
  ASIA/MYANMAR - “Let us demonstrate our solidarity with the people affected by Cyclone Nargis with concrete actions,” the President of the Myanmar Bishops’ Conference tells Fides Rome (Agenzia Fides) – “It has been an authentic disaster. First of all, for the loss of life in the tragedy: there is an extremely high death toll. Then also, for the destruction caused by the cyclone; in addition t ...
• 28 May 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - The incorrect study and interpretation of history has seriously injured society Trichur (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Andrews Thazhath of Trichur, Secretary for the Catholic Bishops’ Council of Kerala, has observed that the incorrect study and interpretation of history has seriously injured socie ...