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16 June 2006
VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE Nicola Bux and Salvatore Vitiello - “Ecumenism, Unity and Primacy of Peter”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Ecumenism, Unity and Primacy of Peter” are intrinsically connected realities which live of and in each other and which can never be artificially placed in dialectic contraposition. Wh ...
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16 June 2006
AMERICA/PERU - “Eucharist source and summit of the life and mission of the Church”: 2nd Symposium on the Eucharist in Lima from 19 to 23 June
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Following a successful 1st Symposium on the Eucharist organised in Barranco, a district of Lima, in June 2005 to mark the Year of the Eucharist, a second Symposium has been convoked with the “Eu ...
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16 June 2006
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Church concerned for social situation: poverty and maginalisation only slightly reduced
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “The social situation in Argentina is still concerning because of the high percentage of poor people” said Bishop Jorge Casaretto president of both the Argentinean Bishops’ Commission for Soc ...
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16 June 2006
EUROPE/ITALY - Meeting of Italian Missionaries in Angola ends today: two Churches listen to each other to grow in mission sensitivity
Luanda (Agenzia Fides) - A Meeting for Italian Missionaries in Angola organised by the Italian Bishops’ office for missionary collaboration between Churches and the Angolan Bishops’ Conference closes today. Some 60 m ...
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14 June 2006
EUROPE/ITALY - 4th European Symposium for University Docents: 250 docents from 25 different countries will discuss “Enterprise and Building a new Humanism”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “Enterprise and Building a new Humanism” is the title of the 4th European Symposium for University Docents to be held in Rome 22 - 25 June 2006 promoted by the Rome diocese office for Universit ...
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14 June 2006
OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Salesian receives national award for helping street children “off the Streets”
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Rev. Chris Riley received the Order of Australia award. He is the third Salesian to receive this honour in recent years.
The Order of Australia is assigned to praiseworthy citizens every year on ...
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14 June 2006
ASIA/TAIWAN - Oblate Missionary Sisters of the Holy Family celebrate 50 years of mission in Taiwan
Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - It is fifty years since the first Oblate Missionary Sisters of the Holy Family OHF arrived in Taiwan. The congregation was founded in mainland China by Saint Josef Freinademetz the first Divine ...
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14 June 2006
AMERICA/BRAZIL - On the solemnity of Corpus Christi in Belo Horizonte beatification of Dutch born missionary Fr Eustaquio Van Lieshout who devoted his life to serving the poor and the suffering
Belo Horizonte (Agenzia Fides) - On Thursday 15 June, Solemnity of Corpus Christi, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints will preside Mass for the ...
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14 June 2006
AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - In July an International Convention of Priests, promoted by the Southern African Council of Priests
Durban (Agenzia Fides)- An International Convention of Priests, promoted by the Southern African Council of Priests (SACOP) will take place at the Edgewood Campus of the University of Kwa Zulu Natal from 10-14 July 2006. ...
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14 June 2006
VATICAN - Pope Benedict continues his catechesis on the Apostles: “Saint Andrew the Apostle teaches us to follow Jesus promptly, to speak enthusiastically about him to those we meet and above all to establish with Him a relationship of authentic familiarity”
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Benedict XVI dedicated his weekly Audience teaching on Wednesday 14 June to the Apostle Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter. After reflecting on Saint Peter the Pope said he wished to ...
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14 June 2006
EUROPE/ITALY - “We want to find new paths for our missionary activity” says director of the Mission Office of the archdiocese of Trent which has years of mission experience in Chad
Rome (Agenzia Fides)- “We are determined to continue our missionary work despite difficulties connected with the general crisis in vocations in Europe” says Rev. Carlo Speccher director of the Mission Office of the a ...
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14 June 2006
AFRICA - Nigeria and Cameroon end dispute over control of Bakassi peninsula rich in gas and oil
Rome (Agenzia Fides)- Nigeria and Cameroon has reached an agreement which ends a long dispute over control of Bakassi peninsula in the Gulf of Guinea rich in reserves of oil and gas. With the agreement, reached with the ...
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14 June 2006
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - 1st Updating Scripture Seminar for Bishops: refreshing knowledge of Scripture to offer the faithful the immense riches of the Word of God
Guarne (Agenzia Fides) - “Therefore, all the clergy must hold fast to the Sacred Scriptures through diligent sacred reading and careful study, especially the priests of Christ and others, such as deacons and catechists ...
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14 June 2006
EUROPE/PORTUGAL - In Lisbon 7th International Symposium on the Rotavirus assesses progress and identifies ways to stop spreading virus which puts over two million people in hospital every year
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The impact of infection by the rotavirus, particularly among children in the first year of life, is enormous. The figures are shocking: 600,000 child victims in poor countries, about 50 children di ...
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13 June 2006
AMERICA/MEXICO - “From Vatican II to New Evangelisation”: refresher course in theology for priests
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - “From Vatican II to New Evangelisation” is the theme of a refresher course in theology for priests to be held 3-7 July in Mexico City. The year 2005 was important for the universal Churc ...
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