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28 December 2006
VATICAN - The Pope’s catechesis at the general audience: “The question continually asked in these two thousand years of Christian history has been… “why did God become Man? Love is the reason for Christ’s incarnation”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the Christmas atmosphere of “deep joy for the birth of the Saviour", Pope Benedict XVI made the mystery of Christmas, “a mystery of light which men and women of every epoch can reliv ...
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28 December 2006
VATICAN - On the feast of St Stephen the Pope prays for “all who are persecuted or suffer in various ways to witness and serve the Gospel”, especially “Catholics who remain loyal to the See of Peter refusing to compromise, at times at the price of much suffering ”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On December 26, feast of St Stephen the first martyr, from his window overlooking St Peter’s Square Pope Benedict XVI led the recitation of the midday Angelus with thousands of visitors ...
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28 December 2006
AFRICA/SOMALIA - “The clan mentality must be put aside if peace is to be restored in Somalia” says Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu, Bishop Bertin
Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides)- “This is a new chapter in Somalia’s chaos which will never end unless the international community makes more effort and the Somalis put aside the clan mentality once and for all” Bishop G ...
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21 December 2006
VATICAN - Walking towards Christmas: Christ announced by the Scriptures - Announcement and Fulfilment (10)
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “I am he who is”. On Horeb, the mountain of God, Moses sees the blazing bush (Exodus Chapter 3) and hears God who sends him to Pharaoh to bring the Israelites out of Egypt?… “Moses ...
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21 December 2006
VATICAN - “Humanity today is in search of a path of renewal, salvation, in search of a Saviour and waits, at times unawares, the advent of the Saviour who renews the world and our life, the advent of Christ, the one and only Redeemer of the human person and the whole person”: Pope Benedict XVI gives catechesis at general audience
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Does humanity in our day still await a Saviour?” Pope Benedict XVI asked during his general Wednesday Audience on 20 December in which he reflected on the mystery of Christmas. “One ...
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21 December 2006
VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE- "A Year of Continuity", Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 22 December 2005, exactly a year ago, on the occasion of the traditional exchange of Christmas greetings Pope Benedict XVI addressed the Roman Curia. That extraordinary discourse will st ...
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21 December 2006
ASIA/INDIA - A community gathered in faith and prayer following murder of Catholic lay man
Chennai (India) - “The Catholic community is united in prayer and faith and sympathy. The faithful were shocked by the murder of layman Jacob Fernandez but reaction has not been violent, only a call to the authorities ...
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21 December 2006
EUROPE/ITALY - It’s Christmas! Only after adoring Emmanuel in the stable at Bethlehem can we return to our normal surroundings to bring hope to the hopeless, sharing with them the joy of Christmas - A reflection by the Abbess of the Poor Clares Community, Otranto, Italy
Otranto (Fides Service) - The annual recurrence of Christmas is an invitation to meditate anew on the extraordinary event of the incarnation of the Son of God. Although our attention may be drawn to many other things, as ...
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21 December 2006
EUROPE/ITALY - Legionaries of Christ: ordination in Rome of 55 new priests from 10 different countries
Roma (Agenzia Fides) - With a solemn rite presided by Cardinal Franc Rodé C.M., prefect of the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, on Saturday 23 December, 55 deacons of ...
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21 December 2006
AFRICA/SOMALIA -Heavy fighting close to interim government headquarters, flow of Somali refugees continues
Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides)- There is heavy fighting near Dinsoor, 100 km from Baidoa where the Somalia’s interim government has its headquarters. According to local sources the conflict is between troops of the Islamic ...
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21 December 2006
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Bishops of Korea choose Evangelisation as pastoral priority for 2007
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The priority will be common: evangelisation. This was announced by the Catholic Bishops of Korea in respective pastoral letters issued towards the end of this year to inform the faithful of the th ...
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21 December 2006
AMERICA/MEXICO - Maryknoll Missionaries assigns Keller Award to Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Mexico for outstanding support for the missions: award given to people outside the United States for first time
Mexico City (Fides Service) - The Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, also known as Maryknoll Missionaries, has selected the Conference of Mexican Bishops as recipient of the Keller Award, marking the centenary ...
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21 December 2006
AMERICA/PERU - “Christmas is giving without expecting anything in return, being able to forgive and be forgiven” Bishops’ Conference Christmas Message
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Christmas is a new opportunity to meditate and enjoy God’s love for us revealed in the incarnation of Jesus Christ, Archbishop Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte of Trujillo, president of the Catho ...
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21 December 2006
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Don’t forget the children of Bethlehem say Italian Franciscan Sisters of Saint Elizabeth at Caritas Baby Hospital
Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - People in Bethlehem prepare to celebrate Christmas despite difficult economic and social conditions, restricted freedom and little hope for the future, according to the local community of Ital ...
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21 December 2006
VATICAN - Walking towards Christmas: Christ announced by the Scriptures - Announcement and Fulfilment (11)
Vatican City (Fides Service) - God’s Temple. The Prophet of Ezekiel has a vision of the Messianic Temple (Ezekiel, chapter 47): “He brought me back to the door of the temple; and, behold, waters issued out from unde ...
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