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• 18 April 2008
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Assembly of Catholic Jurists strengthen their commitment to care for the imprisoned, discovering in them the suffering face of Christ Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Third Assembly of Catholic Jurists in Latin America and the Caribbean (JUCALAYC) was held April 10-13, with the theme: “Identity and Mission of the Catholic Jurist,” an encounter that conc ...
• 18 April 2008
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Small Catholic community builds a new site for catechesis and Christian formation in the Diocese of My Tho My Tho (Agenzia Fides) - In the Diocese of My Tho, in South Vietnam, the parishes are fairly poor, located in rural or mountainous areas. Many Catholics live far from a church and must walk several kilometers in order to ...
• 18 April 2008
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Large gathering of Catholics to celebrate the close of the Pastoral Year Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) - In the spirit of the Asian Missionary Congress of 2006, “Telling Jesus’ story with our lives” was the theme of the celebrations for the close of the Pastoral Year that recently took pla ...
• 18 April 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Rice crisis: St. Vincent de Paul Society distributes 1,600 kg of rice to poor families of Hong Kong Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - The Saint Vincent de Paul Society of Hong Kong is distributing 1,600 kg of rice to poor families, through its local parish associations. According to Kong Ko Bao (the Chinese version of the di ...
• 17 April 2008
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - The Olympic Fire and the Fire of Jesus Christ Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The human longing for brotherhood has taken another hard blow: not even the Olympic Torch is above protest. Yet, if it is to be a symbol of something which can be achieved, at least there w ...
• 17 April 2008
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in the United States of America- “It is in this fertile soil, nourished from so many different sources, that all of you, Brother Bishops, are called to sow the seeds of the Gospel today. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On the afternoon of April 16, the Holy Father Benedict XVI visited the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, where he presided Vespers and met with the Bishops of the United States ...
• 17 April 2008
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in the United States of America - “I come as a friend, a preacher of the Gospel and one with great respect for this vast pluralistic society.” Vatican City (Agenzia City) - “I come as a friend, a preacher of the Gospel and one with great respect for this vast pluralistic society... As I begin my visit, I trust that my presence will be a source of renewal and ...
• 17 April 2008
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI in the United States of America - “I am content to be able to meet, in this historical moment both for the Church and for the United Nations, this great people and this great Church.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “My trip has above all two objectives. The first objective is the visit to the Church in America, in the United States. There is a particular motive: The Diocese of Baltimore, 200 years a ...
• 17 April 2008
  AMERICA - Meeting held for the organizing committee of the Great Continental Mission that will be launched August 17; song-writing contest to be held Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The ad hoc committee responsible for the organization and promotion of the Great Continental Mission is holding its meeting April 16-17 in Bogota (Colombia), at the headquarters of the General Se ...
• 17 April 2008
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Missionary Congress begins: “Bolivia has been blessed with the gift of so many missionaries that have come to share their faith and now it is Bolivia’s chance to go out and share its faith.” Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The 5th National Missionary Congress in Cochabamba (Bolivia) began yesterday, with great enthusiasm. The theme for the Congress is: “Bolivia with Christ Listens, Learns, and Announces.” T ...
• 17 April 2008
  AMERICA/HAITI - The scarcity and soaring costs of food: an “intolerable and scandalous situation that threatens to drown our country with new dramas” Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Haiti, which is the poorest country in Latin America, has experienced growing tensions in recent days, due to the situation of scarcity and high cost of food products. Thousands of people ...
• 17 April 2008
  AFRICA - Food emergency and hunger map Rome (Agenzia Fides) - 36 countries have been heavily hit by the increase in the cost of food supplies. Of these 36, 21 are in Africa, 9 in Asia, 4 in Latin America, and 2 in Europe. A study performed by the FAO, the Foo ...
• 17 April 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - The various events being held for the 400th anniversary of the evangelization of the Diocese of Shang Hai focus on the evangelization of the family. Shang Hai (Agenzia Fides) - In honor of the 400th anniversary of the evangelization of the Diocese of Shang Hai, the main theme has focused on a reflection on its history, on the most important figures in its past, in or ...
• 17 April 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - 18,815 Jesuits worldwide; largest representation and youngest members in south Asia, with the most novices Roma (Agenzia Fides) - According to statistics made available to Agenzia Fides from the General Curia of the Society of Jesus, dated January 1, 2008, the total number of Jesuits in the world is 18,815. They are subdivide ...
• 17 April 2008
  ASIA/NORTH KOREA - Food crisis on the horizon in North Korea Pyongyang (Agenzia Fides) - North Korea is on the verge of a humanitarian crisis: in the country that is already suffering chronic problems of hunger, poverty, underdevelopment, and an especially small harvest in 2008, d ...