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23 November 2006
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI sends telegramme of sympathy after Polish coal mine accident in which 23 miners were killed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On behalf of Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B. sent a telegramme of sympathy to Metropolitan Archbishop Damian Zimon of Katowice, Poland, after Tuesday' ...
23 November 2006
VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - The Event of Education
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Like every reality which concerns the human, education is also a question of interpersonal relationship between an “I” conscious, educating and adult, and an “I” in formation, in ...
23 November 2006
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - A point of reference for Korean families, communities, parishes and associations Catholic Publishing House celebrates 120th anniversary of foundation
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Publishing House in Seoul, which is celebrating its 120th year of foundation, has helped spread the Word of God and Christian values, as well as offering Korean Catholics a source of ...
23 November 2006
AMERICA/CHILE - Parliament categorically rejects Bill to depenalise abortion. More than 60 MPs vow to respect human life from conception to natural death
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - With a vast majority the Chilean Parliament has declared inadmissible a proposed Bill to depenalise abortion in the country. The Bill drew 'no' votes from 61 MPs, (almost 75 per cent of the Hou ...
23 November 2006
VATICAN - Benedict XVI concludes his reflections on Saint Paul: “Paul was converted to Christ and the Church at the same time, and so we understand why the Church is so present in his thought, his heart and his work” - appeal for peace in Lebanon
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - At the General Audience on Wednesday 22 November Pope Benedict XVI concluded his reflections on Saint Paul focussing on “one of the decisive components of his activity and one of the mos ...
22 November 2006
AFRICA/BURUNDI - ‘We appreciate the democratic progress made in our countries’ say Bishops Burundi, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo
Bujumbura (Agenzia Fides)- Satisfaction for progress achieved at the social and political level in central African countries was expressed by the Standing Council of the Association of Central African Bishops’ Conferen ...
22 November 2006
ASIA/MYANMAR - Ordination of first Bishop of Banmaw in Myanmar: over 5,000 faithful in prayer
Yangoon (Agenzia Fides) - Days of great joy in the new diocese of Banmaw, (Myanmar), created by Benedict XVI in August 2006. Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio went recently to the new diocese to elevate ...
22 November 2006
AMERICA/PERU - Building stronger ties between north and south America: Lima diocese and Canadian Pembroke diocese unite in programme of assistance for children
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of 47 Catholics from the diocese of Pembroke in Canada accompanied by the Bishop Richard Smith, travelled to Lima (Peru) to sign a cooperation agreement on various programmes of assist ...
22 November 2006
VATICAN - AVE MARIA - “Mary Queen of our hearts” by don Luciano Alimandi
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Mary is Queen of heaven and earth through grace, just as Jesus is King by nature and by conquest. Since the Kingdom of Jesus Christ is first of all an inward fact which comes about in th ...
22 November 2006
EUROPE/ITALY - “One who loves life in fact instead of taking it, gives it, instead of it keeping it for self, puts it at the service of others. Loving life means not denying it to anyone, not even to the smallest and most defenceless person, the unborn child, even the child with serious a disability”: Italian Bishops’ message for 29 Pro Life Day
Rome (Fides Service) - “Life to be Desired and Loved” is the title of a message in view of the 29th Day for Life in Italy first Sunday of February, 4 February 2007 issued by the Standing Council of the Italian Bishop ...
22 November 2006
Ecumenical Prayer in the Basilica di San Bartolomeo all’Isola Tiberina in memory of seven Anglican Melanesian Brothers, killed in Solomon Islands in 2003
Rome (Fides Service) - On Thursday 22 November at 7pm at the Basilica di San Bartolomeo on the Isola Tiberina, the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council f ...
21 November 2006
VATICAN - “STONES, SOUNDS, COLOURS OF THE HOUSE OF GOD: Ecclesiastical Archives (1)
Bishop Mauro Piacenza
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - To use an image, in my opinion appropriate, an ecclesiastical archive can be compared to a family photograph album. It is an album which speaks of our history and although it refers to the ...
21 November 2006
VATICAN - “Gospel Values and Cultures: The Challenge of witnessing the Christian Faith in Indian Cultures”: Cardinal Poupard presides meeting of directors of Catholic Cultural Centres in India
Goa (Agenzia Fides) - “Gospel Values and Cultures: The Challenge of witnessing the Christian Faith in Indian Cultures” was the title of a keynote address given by Cardinal Paul Poupard, President of the Pontifical Co ...
21 November 2006
AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Pope accepts resignation of Archbishop of Benin City
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 21 November 2006 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Archdiocese of Benin City (Nigeria), presented by Archbishop Patrick Ebosel ...
21 November 2006
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI receives the President of Italy on official visit: “Church and State, although quite distinct, are both called, according to their respective mission and proper aims and means, to serve man, receiver and agent of the salvific mission of the Church and citizen of the state”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Church and State, although quite distinct, are both called according to their respective mission and proper aims and means, to serve man who is both receiver and agent of the salvific mi ...
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