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1 September 2006
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Becoming disciples to be missionaries": 10 September 1st Buenos Aires Regional Pastoral Meeting to revitalise missionary spirit in discipleship of Christ
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Sunday 10 September in the parish church of Santa Maria of Betania in Buenos Aires, there will be the 1st Buenos Aires Regional Pastoral Meeting on the theme "Becoming disciples to be miss ...
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1 September 2006
EUROPE/ITALY - Creation, first immense gift of God, expression of his powerful love: Catholics in Italy celebrate first national “Day for Safeguarding Creation”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “From the first pages Scripture speaks of God as Creator, one who made everything out of love … creation is a call to praise God, to bless the Creator, the giver of life … Especially the com ...
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1 September 2006
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Towards 3rd American Mission Congress (CAM 3): Quito hosts 1st Missiology Symposium on mission today
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the 3rd American Mission Congress (CAM 3) in August 2008, the diocese of Quito in Ecuador hosted in August this year the 1st Missiology Symposium attended by 90 delegates from 14 Latin ...
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1 September 2006
ASIA/HONG KONG - Cardinal Zen and Bishops thank families for hosting young participants at 4th Asian Youth Day in Hong Kong: may young Asians be messengers of hope
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - “The local families who hosted the young people and all the participants at 4th Asian Youth Day gave a wonderful testimony of hospitality, availability and faith” said Bishop Leo Cornelio ...
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1 September 2006
EUROPE/ITALY -4th national week of mission formation and spirituality concludes: participants vow to be “Bearers of Hope”
Assisi (Agenzia Fides) - Italy’s 4th national week of mission formation and spirituality held in Assisi concluded on 30 August. The event, organised by the National Office for Missionary Cooperation among the Churches, ...
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1 September 2006
AFRICA But still it moves! Not only Europe and the USA, also Latin America, Russia and Asia in Africa for business
Rome (Agenzia Fides)- Africa for centuries economically tied to Europe and later with North America is spreading its economic connections to other parts of the world. These changes are due to new relations of economic po ...
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1 September 2006
AFRICA/SUDAN - Sudanese government rejects deployment of UN peacekeepers in Darfur, but local press more accommodating
Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)- “At first I had my doubts about UN troops in Darfur because I knew the government and part of the population were contrary. However the deteriorating humanitarian situation convinced me that a ...
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31 August 2006
VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE don Nicola Bux and don Salvatore Vitiello - “Faith and Reason: doubt which paralyses”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The election of Cardinal Ratzinger to the Pontificate produced many effects, one specifically from the cultural point of view, above all with regard to dialogue between believers and non be ...
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31 August 2006
EUROPE/ITALY - Cardinal Secretary of State, Tarcisio Bertone to preside inauguration of new Academic Year at Pontifical Salesian University
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Salesian University is preparing to begin its activity for the academic year 2006-2007. At present the Faculty of Christian and Classical Letters is offering courses in Italian, Lati ...
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31 August 2006
EUROPE/ITALY - Promoting literacy, instruction, formation: over 1,000 sets of basic books sent to 13 of the world’s poorest countries of Africa and Asia
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Parishes, Catholic communities, schools, hospitals, prisons, centres for leprosy patients in 9 African countries and 4 Asian countries received sets of books on learning to read and write, instruct ...
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31 August 2006
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Caritas programme to rehabilitate thousands of former combatants in north east Angola
Luanda (Agenzia Fides)- Over a thousand former guerrillas belonging to the disbanded military wing of UNITA (National Union for Total Independence of Angola) are benefiting from an agricultural development programme run ...
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31 August 2006
ASIA/HONG KONG - 2007 in Hong Kong “Year of the Family’, to remind Christians and all citizens of the absolute value of marriage and the family
Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - At the suggestion of the diocesan Commission for family and marriage pastoral care, the diocese of Hong Kong had decided to make 2007 a special Year of the Family, according to the diocesan bu ...
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31 August 2006
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Social Justice and Reconciliation: 13th Week for Peace opens on Sunday
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Social Justice and Reconciliation are the main themes for reflection chosen by the Church in Colombia for the 13th Week for Peace which will start on Sunday 3 September and conclude on Sunday 10. ...
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31 August 2006
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Discipleship and Mission focus of 1st North West Argentina Mission Meeting to increase mission awareness and mission activity
Tucumán (Agenzia Fides) - The 1st Mission Meeting for the North West region of Argentina will be held 9 and 10 September in Tucuman. The region includes the following ecclesiastical circumscriptions: Jujuy, Humahuaca, ...
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31 August 2006
VATICAN - 8th meeting of the Special Council for Oceania of the general secretariat of the Synod of Bishops on the implementation of the post synodal exhortation “Ecclesia in Oceania”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The eighth meeting of the Special Council for Oceania of the general secretariat of the Synod of Bishops was held in Suva, Fiji Islands 4 and 5 August on the eve of the plenary Assembly of ...
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