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18 January 2007
AFRICA/COTE D’IVOIRE - International convention of Orionini Brothers: "The unity of the family and fraternal life as guarantee for the announcement of the Kingdom and stimulus for an increase in vocations"
Bonoua (Agenzia Fides) - Today, 18 January, was the closing day of an International convention of Orionini Brothers held at Saint Luigi Orione Centre in Bonoua in Cote d’Ivoire which started on January 12 and brought t ...
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18 January 2007
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Statement from Luanda archdiocese on the question of clearing of illegally occupied land destined for the building of a church
Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - The Angolan Archdiocese of Luanda issued a statement to clarify its position with regard to a land site in Kilamba Kiaxi, illegally occupied by people who were then expelled. A local humanitarian ...
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18 January 2007
AFRICA/BENIN - Saint Camillo Association to help the mentally disturbed: unchain them, get them off the streets, care for them, rehabilitate them and reintegrate them in society
Roma (Agenzia Fides) - In some parts of African mental illness is regarded as something supernatural, a curse by evil spirits.
People with a mental condition, considered dangerous and even contagious, are abandoned by t ...
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18 January 2007
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Diocesan stage of process for the beatification of lay missionary martyred during the Korean War starts in Incheon
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The diocesan stage of the Beatification process of John Song Hae-bung a lay missionary martyred during the Korea War (1950-1953) has been officially opened in the diocese of Incheon. This is the f ...
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18 January 2007
ASIA/MALAYSIA - Carrying the Gospel to the heart of the rain forest: local Catholic Church celebrates 125 years in Borneo
Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community in the area of Sarawak, in Malay Borneo, is celebrating the arrival of the first missionaries in this rain forest area 125 years ago. The missionaries were British Mi ...
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18 January 2007
AMERICA/PERU - “Flame of Evangelisation” tours dioceses to prompt spiritual renewal carrying the light of Christ to all the dioceses so that each person may feel renewed and become the light of Christ in the family, in the parish, in society.
Huancayo (Agenzia Fides) - The "Flame of Evangelisation", symbol of the light of Christ, continues its pilgrimage across Peru. The initiative is part of Itinerant Olympics organised by the Family Catechesis Movement as a ...
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18 January 2007
AMERICA/PANAMA - Catholic Bishops call for new migration laws and national development plan centred on the human person
Panama (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement issued at the end of a plenary assembly 8-12 January the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Panama said that with prayer, study and reflection they “sought to discern the paths th ...
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17 January 2007
VATICAN - AVE MARIA : “Mary in the Heart of every Christian”
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Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The presence of the Mother of God in our lives is closely connected with the plan for sanctification and transformation which the Father, in Christ, has for each of us. Christ’s words “ ...
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17 January 2007
VATICAN - “The Lord Jesus accompanies people in their daily lives, thanks also to the Church present in the community, in schools, in the airports, in train stations and on the roads and streets, by means of a pastoral care of meeting and welcome”: “On the road to sustainable mobility” Meeting on Pastoral Care of the Road promoted by Pontifical Council for pastoral care of migrants and itinerant peoples
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Where human beings are, with their joys and sorrows, there is the Church, with its pastoral presence. Ecclesial attention for human mobility, however, does not end with a presence of a g ...
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17 January 2007
AFRICA/NIGERIA - New rector for Saints Peter and Paul Inter-diocesan Seminary in Ibadan
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 8 September 2006, appointed rector of Saints Peter and Paul Inter-diocesan Seminary in the archdiocese ...
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17 January 2007
VATICAN - The Christian Family and Education at the centre of Plenary assembly of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America 17 - 21 January
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Christian family and education in Latin America is the theme of a plenary assembly of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America taking place in the Vatican 17 to 21 January. The ma ...
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17 January 2007
EUROPE/SPAIN - “Ecumenism of holiness is the most effective. Only if obedient to the will of God Christian action in the world will bear fruit": Bishops’ message for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - “Christ illuminates us all” is the title of a Message addressed to all Christians in Spain by the Catholic Bishops Conference in view of the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. In the ...
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17 January 2007
EUROPA/ITALY - 13th Scalabrini General Chapter in search of basic lines for next six years of mission
Roma (Agenzia Fides) - The 13th General Chapter of the Missionaries of San Carlo (Scalabrini) opened in Rome on January 16th with three days of spiritual reflection guided by Bishop Luciano Monari of the diocese of Piac ...
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17 January 2007
AFRICA/GUINEA - Country paralysed as general strike spreads to mining industry
Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - Popular protest grows in Guinea calling for the resignation of President Lansana Conté. The week long national strike which has paralysed the country has spread to the vital mining sector. Baux ...
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17 January 2007
AFRICA/BURUNDI - “The acquittal of former Burundian president is a victory for justice and democracy”
Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides)- “The rule of law has triumphed, this is a victory for those who are struggling to build a democratic society in Burundi”. These were the reactions of the press and public opinion yesterday ...
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