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1 December 2005
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI explains Psalm 136: “This heartfelt call on the Lord to free his people from slavery in Babylon, expresses well the sentiments of hope and expectancy with which we have started our Advent journey” - Appeal on World AIDS day
Vatican City (Fides Service) - During the weekly Wednesday audience in St Peter’s Square on November 30, Pope Benedict XVI explained the meaning of Psalm 136 which speaks of the Jewish people’s tragic experience of t ...
1 December 2005
VATICAN - “O Mother intercede for us and for all who suffer because of religious persecution, injustice, discrimination, war”: Cardinal Sepe prays to Our Lady of Lavang
Hué (Fides Service) - On December 1 Cardinal Sepe, still on his pastoral visit to Catholics in Vietnam, made a pilgrimage to the national Marian Shrine of Our Lady of Lavang where in the past persecuted Christians fled ...
1 December 2005
VATICAN - Declaration from Holy See Press Office
Vatican City (Fides Service) - At the end of the morning yesterday 30 November the Holy See Press Office Director Joaquin Navarro-Valls made the following declaration: "Over recent days, news agencies have reported two d ...
1 December 2005
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Formation, idea sharing and mission activity planning: objectives of 32nd assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies Venezuela
Caracas (Fides Service) - From 21 - 23 November PMS diocesan mission delegates and animators gathered at the offices of the Venezuelan Bishops’ Conference in Caracasfor the 32nd assembly of the Pontifical Mission Soci ...
1 December 2005
AMERICA/CANADA - “it is important to realise that political life is undermined in a democratic nation if those involved are obliged to distance themselves from their own religious beliefs, fundamental convictions and the voice of their conscience” says Permanent Council of Canadian Catholic Bishops
Ottawa (Fides Service) - In a message on the subject ‘Canadians are being called to the polls to elect a new government for our country’ the Catholic Bishops of Canada remind citizens that taking part in elections is ...
1 December 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - “Drug Resource Enhancement against Aids and Malnutrition” to fight HIV in countries with limited resources
Rome (Fides Service) - On World AIDS Day the S. Egidio community recalled the most effective programme to prevent AIDS in Africa: DREAM Drug Resource Enhancement against Aids and Malnutrition to fight HIV infection in co ...
1 December 2005
VATICAN - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe on pastoral visit to Vietnam visits Hué archdiocese: “We thank God for his great mercy and all missionaries have gave their lives that we might form the People of God”
Hué (Fides Service) - In the afternoon of 30 November Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, started a new lap of his pastoral journey to Vietnam with a visit to the arc ...
30 November 2005
AFRICA/RWANDA - Catholic Sister launches association for the promotion of a culture of peace and conflict solving through dialogue
Kigali (Fides Service)- To heal scars of the 1994 genocide and promote a culture of peace Rwandan born Catholic nun Sister Donata Uwimanimpaye head mistress of a Catholic School in Muramba has launched a peace project ca ...
30 November 2005
VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI grants plenary indulgence to mark 40th anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Council December 8 feast of Immaculate Conception
Vatican City (Fides Service) - December 8 will mark 40 years since the closing of the Second Vatican Council. For this important anniversary Pope Benedict XVI will grant a special plenary indulgence. “On this Solemnity ...
30 November 2005
VATICAN - Made public the "Instruction Concerning the Criteria for the Discernment of Vocations with regard to Persons with Homosexual Tendencies in view of their Admission to the Seminary and to Holy Orders."
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Made public today was the document: "Instruction Concerning the Criteria for the Discernment of Vocations with regard to Persons with Homosexual Tendencies in view of their Admission to the ...
30 November 2005
VATICAN - Message from Pope Benedict XVI to His Holiness Bartholomew I Archbishop of Constantinople Ecumenical Patriarch on the occasion of the Feast of St Andrei the Apostle: “the Catholic Church remains irrevocably committed to promoting all suitable and helpful initiatives to strengthen charity, solidarity and theological dialogue between us.”
Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the occasion of the Feast of Saint Andrew 30 November Pope Benedict XVI entrusted to a Delegation of the Holy See which will be present on 30 November in the patriarchal church of St Ge ...
30 November 2005
VATICAN - Cardinal Sepe celebrates St Andrew’s day with the students at Hanoi major seminary and encourages them to be ever more ‘missionary in heart and mind’
Hanoi (Fides Service) - Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, on a pastoral visit to Vietnam this morning 30 November, celebrated the feast of Saint Andrew with students ...
30 November 2005
ASIA/MYANMAR - Catholics in Myanmar hold first National Pastoral Meeting as part of celebrations for 50th anniversary of the institution of the hierarchy
Yangon (Fides Service) - The year 1995, Year of the Eucharist, has been very special Jubilee for Catholics in Vietnam, besides celebrating the 50th anniversary of the institution of the local hierarchy in 1955 they held ...
30 November 2005
ASIA/MYANMAR - “Abide in me”: Vision and Mission statement of the Church in Myanmar on the occasion of 1st National Pastoral Assembly
Yangon (Fides) - In a message at the end of the 1st National Pastoral Assembly of the Catholic Church in Myanmar the Bishops say the way forward is to be ‘Church as Communion through Reconciliation’ a people of the E ...
30 November 2005
ASIA/PAKISTAN - Alarm in earthquake affected areas: first deaths due to cold weather
Lahore (Fides Service) - With the arrival of Winter conditions in camps for earthquake victims in Kashmir since the major quake on October 8 become more critical. The first deaths due to cold have been reported and these ...
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