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10 November 2005
EUROPE/SPAIN - Society of Jesus: Situation, problems and initiatives, focus of Superiors Major meeting in Loyola 26 November
Rome (Fides Service) - Major Superiors of the Society of Jesus will meet 26 November to 3 December in Loyola Spain to reflect on situations, problems and initiatives of the Society all over the world and to draft, after ...
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10 November 2005
EUROPE/SPAIN - Bishops in southern Spain denounce educational problems in proposed Organic Education Law: so far parents demands have been completely ignored
Cordova (Fides Service) - Support for the 12 November protest in Madrid against a proposed LOE Organic Education Law has come also from the Catholic Bishops of southern Spain who issued a statement expressing “serious ...
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10 November 2005
ASIA/JORDAN - “We are faced with the extension of the attacks perpetrated in Iraq” says Papal Nuncio to Jordan and Iraq
Amman (Fides Service)- “We are faced with the extension of the attacks perpetrated in Iraq which now involve other neighbouring countries threatening to disrupt the peaceful existence of these peoples” Archbishop Fer ...
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10 November 2005
VATICAN - Sunday in St Peter’s beatification of Charles de Foucauld, Maria Pia Mastena and Maria Crocifissa Curcio
Vatican City (Fides Service) - At 9.30 a.m. on Sunday, November 13, Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins C.M.F., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, will preside at a Eucharistic celebration in the Vatican Bas ...
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10 November 2005
AFRICA/ANGOLA - Angola celebrates 30 years of independence with inauguration of Capanda Power Station which will provide 520 megawatts for development
Luanda (Fides Service)- Angola, at the moment one of the poorest African countries but potentially very rich, stands to benefit enormously from a new hydro electrical power station under construction on the River Cuanza ...
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10 November 2005
AMERICA/MEXICO - “Reviving awareness of the mission to proclaim the Gospel to all peoples, starting out from the Eucharist”: 13th National Mission Congress will reflect on “Eucharist, source and centre of Church communion and mission ”
Merida-Yucatan (Fides Service) - ‘Eucharist, source and centre of Church communion and mission’ is the theme of Mexico’s 13th National Mission Congress launched with the slogan ‘In communion with Christ, let us g ...
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10 November 2005
AMERICA/BRAZIL - “Evangelisation of Youth” central theme of 44th general assembly of the Brazilian Bishops’ Conference in May 2006
Brasilia (Fides Service) - “The importance of intense and effective evangelisation of youth is unquestionable. Young people are the future of the Church’s life and mission. Their evangelisation is important first and ...
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9 November 2005
AFRICA - 2,50 dollars a month is enough to save a life in southern Africa where 9.7 million people rely on humanitarian agencies for food
Rome (Fides Service) - According to the World Food Programme WFP 2,50 dollars a month is enough to save a life in six of the poorest countries in southern Africa where 9.7 million people rely on humanitarian agencies for ...
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9 November 2005
VATICAN - “God does not appear in the Bible as an immovable and implacable sovereign or some obscure and indecipherable being...he reveals himself as a person who loves his creatures, watches over them and follows their progress in history”: Pope Benedict XVI teaches on Psalm 135
Vatican City (Fides Service) - Part one of psalm 135 as it is divided in the liturgy of Vespers is called «the great Hallel», that is the great and solemn praise sung by Judaism during the paschal liturgy. Dwelling in ...
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9 November 2005
VATICAN - Sequela Christi: new magazine launched by Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life recently published the first issue of its new magazine Sequela Christi which replaces the bulletin Inform ...
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9 November 2005
AFRICA/KENYA - St Joseph the Worker in Nairobi marks 20 years of cooperation between priests and laity and community solidarity
Nairobi (Fides Service)- Thousands of Catholics gathered at St. Joseph the Worker Parish Kangemi, in Nairobi, on Sunday, November 6, 2005, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of the parish. The Archbishop ...
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9 November 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - Looking back at 50 years of experience of “Fidei donum” to re-launch this missionary commitment in the Church in Italy to meet new needs and challenges
Rome (Fides Service) - “Drawing courageous prospects from rich memories” is the title of a conference which opened yesterday 8 November in Chianciano near Sienna with the aim of gathering precious personal and eccles ...
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9 November 2005
EUROPE/SPAIN - Bishops of Catalogna: “The proposed organic education law overlooks fundamental rights which every democratic and pluralistic society must guarantee, and which must be accompanied by freedom of religion and conscience”
Tarragona (Fides Service) - The Bishops of Catalogna have issued a statement expressing support for the November 12 protest against education law reforms in which they say the proposed Organic Education Law “overlooks ...
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9 November 2005
ASIA/CHINA - In Beijing a seminar on ‘Catholic Social Doctrine and Modern Society’ highlights contribution of Christianity to present day Chinese society
Beijing (Fides Service) - ‘Catholic Social Doctrine and Modern Society’ is the theme of a seminar organised by the Beijing Institute for the Study of Catholicism and Culture to be held in Beijing 5 to 7 December. A s ...
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9 November 2005
AMERICA - AIDS in Latin America has the face of a child: 2.1 million Latin Americans infected
Rome (Fides Service) - In Latin America and the Caribbean 2.1 million people are infected with the HIV/AIDS virus and 80 per cent of those infected are under 30 years of age.
In the last decade infection has increased ...
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