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14 July 2006
ASIA/VIETNAM - Totally dedicated to announcing the Gospel: Catholics in Huê remember zealous missionary Bishop Allys Ly on the 70th anniversary of his death
Huê (Agenzia Fides) - On June 28 at least a thousand people gathered in Phu Cam parish to watch a documentary film on the life of Bishop Allys Ly, who was their parish priest for 23 years before being appointed Bishop o ...
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14 July 2006
EUROPE/SPAIN - Bishops thank Pope Benedict XVI for his visit to Valencia which “confirmed Catholics in the faith and filled them with joy”.
Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The Spanish Bishops wrote a letter to Pope Benedict XVI to thank him for travelling to Spain to close the 5th World Meeting of Families. They said his visit “confirmed Catholics in the faith an ...
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14 July 2006
ASIA/TAIWAN - Annual retreat for special ministers of the Eucharist of Taipei archdiocese concludes with blessing and mandate
Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - Recently 132 special ministers of the Eucharist of Tai Pei archdiocese, 12 of them newly appointed, made a retreat organised by the archdiocese and the Pastoral Centre in collaboration with the ...
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14 July 2006
ASIA/EAST TIMOR - New prime minister Josè Ramos Horta receives congratulations and encouragement from the nation’s Catholic Bishops and thanks the Church for important role played and contribution to the nation
Dili (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of East Timor have congratulated and encouraged the new Premier Josè Ramos Horta who was sworn in on July 10 in the capital Dili. The Bishops urged the prime minister to make ...
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14 July 2006
ASIA/JAPAN- Announcing the Gospel through the media: Hiroshima radio and important channel for evangelisation
Hiroshima (Agenzia Fides) - A weekly 7.45am Sunday Gospel programme produced by the Catholic community Hiroshima and broadcast by the local radio station Yamaguchi Radio is having growing success and proving to be an exc ...
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14 July 2006
ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Caritas Korea holds first National Congress: giving a helping hand to poor brothers and sisters in the North
Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - A service to man which as the Gospel teaches is a service to Christ. This awareness was the starting point for the work of Korea’s 1st National Caritas Congress held recently in Daejeon. The tit ...
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14 July 2006
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The best way to celebrate is to "renew our apostolic fervour in order to be in a permanent state of mission" Bishop calls “Year of Intense Evangelisation” to mark 50th anniversary of the diocese
Lomas de Zamora (Agenzia Fides) - The diocese of Lomas de Zamora Argentina is preparing to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its foundation on 29 June 2007. The diocesan Bishop Agustín Radrizzani has called for a “Ye ...
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14 July 2006
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “The destruction of the family is a strategy which promotes the manipulation of society with consequences not only social, psychic and spiritual, but also economic and political ": Christian Family Movement statement on life and the family
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian Family Movement of Argentina has issued a statement on life and the family entitled "Family, strive to proclaim with courage the Gospel of Love". The purpose of the statement ...
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13 July 2006
ASIA/HOLY LAND - Fierce, tragic and ever more concerning the fire in the Middle East. Interview with Israeli Franciscan Father David Jaeger, a jurist, unanimously recognised among the major experts on the complex situation in the Middle East. Now - he says - the re-convocation of the 1991 Madrid Peace Conference is more urgent than ever
Hezbollah enters the field on the border between Lebanon and Israel...
The most recent confrontation involving Israel and Lebanon started on Wednesday morning with an attack launched from Lebanese territory on military ...
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13 July 2006
EUROPE/ITALY - “For a World of Peace - Religions and Cultures in Dialogue”: Assisi, 4 and 5 September International Meeting and Day of Prayer for Peace promoted by S. Egidio Community
Assisi (Agenzia Fides) - In October 1986 Pope John Paul II convoked a World Day of Prayer for Peace in Assisi, an unprecedented history-making event which brought representatives of all the world’s great religions to p ...
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13 July 2006
VATICAN - "The Human Person, the Heart of Peace " theme chosen by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI for 40th World Peace Day 1 January 2007
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - ‘The Human Person, the Heart of Peace’ is the theme chosen by Pope Benedict XVI for the 40th World Peace Day on 1 January 2007. The theme for reflection chosen by the Holy Father expres ...
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13 July 2006
AMERICA/MEXICO - “It is our duty to remind people of the primacy of God in our life, of the God who created us and by whom we will all be judged one day” say Catholic Bishops of Mexico after bomb attacks in Bombay
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - “With deep sadness we heard through the media the news of the bomb blasts in Bombay, and we wish to express our solidarity with all those affected by the tragedy and assure them of our spi ...
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13 July 2006
AFRICA/RWANDA - In countries such as Rwanda a water pump and a power stabiliser are great news: now 50,000 people have access to clean water
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In the Rwamiko region of Rwanda the Movement Against Hunger provided a new, safer and more powerful water pump which supplies continual flow of clean water to the aqueduct in service.
Funds rais ...
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13 July 2006
ASIA/INDIA - “Violence must not lead to more violence”: secretary of Caritas Internationalis decries killings in Bombay
Bombay (Agenzia Fides) - The danger is real: the recent bomb attacks in Bombay could stir up inter-religious hatred and unleash violence and retaliation. In a message of solidarity with the Indian people Caritas Internat ...
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13 July 2006
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Nuncio tells Catholics to "live Christianity" to face challenges facing the faith in Australia
Albury (Fides Service) - Speaking last Tuesday in Albury to 60 priests and monks from the Australian Confraternity of Catholic Clergy, apostolic nuncio Archbishop Ambrose Battista De Paoli, emphasised the importance of " ...
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