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• 9 October 2009
  VATICAN - Saturday, October 10, Marian Vigil of university students with the Pope and Synod Fathers “for Africa and with Africa,” with satellite connections to 8 African countries Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the II Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops, on October 10, at 5pm in the Paul VI Audience Hall, there will be a Marian Vigil for university students fro ...
• 9 October 2009
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - “Four weeks of prayer for the missions” - PMS of Zambia proposes prayer intentions: II Synod of Africa, General Chapter of Combonian Missionaries, and Priests Lusaka (Agenzia Fides) – Zambia has also been celebrating this October dedicated to the missions with prayer and missionary activities. As a statement sent to Agenzia Fides from the National Director of the Pontifical ...
• 9 October 2009
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - Important initiative from South African Bishops presented to the Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops: Catholic Parliamentarian Liaison Office Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Auxiliary Bishop Barry Alexander Anthony Wood of Durban, South Africa, in his address to the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, presented an initiative from the Southern Africa Catholic Bi ...
• 9 October 2009
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - “Are they trying to send a warning sign to the Church?” a missionary in eastern Congo asks following attacks on churches Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - “Are they trying to send a warning sign to the Church?” is the question presented to Agenzia Fides in an interview with a missionary from South Kivu, in the eastern part of the Democratic R ...
• 9 October 2009
  VATICAN - Ave Maria: Mgr. Luciano Alimandi - The power of the Rosary Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On October the 7th the Church celebrates Our Lady of the Rosary, a feast day dear to countless Catholics. The prayer of the Holy Rosary nourishes Marian devotion as it reveals the insepara ...
• 9 October 2009
  ASIA/CHINA - With the death of Bishop Lin Xili, China not only loses a Bishop, but also a hero and a witness to the truth who worked, suffered, and prayed for the Church in China Wenzhou (Agenzia Fides) – This past October 4, Bishop James David Lin Xili of the Diocese of Yungkia (Wenzhou), in the Province of Zhejiang (mainland China) passed on from this world. The Prelate was born on October 1 ...
• 9 October 2009
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Preparing for World Mission Sunday: “Your Word, Light for the Peoples” Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - “Your Word, Light for the Peoples” is the theme chosen for the 83rd World Mission Sunday to be celebrated on October 18, in the Dominican Republic. As a bulletin issued by the Pontific ...
• 9 October 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “The missionary family, instrument of conversion”: 31st National Encounter of the Christian Family Movement Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – On October 10-12, Villa Giardino (Cordoba) will host the 31st National Encounter for the Diocesan Presidents of the Christian Family Movement (MFC). Among the themes that they will addres ...
• 9 October 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Conference at Missiology Center: “The challenges of the mission today, at the light of Aparecida” Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – For the 83rd World Missions Sunday, the John Paul II Missiology Center of “Cono Sur” has organized a Conference on “The challenges of the mission today, at the light of Aparecida.� ...
• 9 October 2009
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Cuore Amico” Awards 2009, the “Missionary Nobel Prize,” goes to Fr. Giuseppe Zanardini, Salesian; Sr. Vittoria Cenedese, and Francesca Lipeti, surgeon Brescia (Agenzia Fides) – On October 17, the “Cuore Amico” Awards for 2009 will be presented to their winners. The award is also referred to as the “Missionary Nobel Prize.” The ceremony will be held in Brescia ...
• 8 October 2009
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the General Audience speaks on Saint John Leonardi, “a luminous priestly figure,” remembered “for his great missionary zeal” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the death of Saint John Leonardi, founder of the religious order of Clerks Regular of the Mother of God, the Holy Father Benedict XVI dedicated ...
• 8 October 2009
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “October, month dedicated especially to the missions, prayer, and reflection on the missionary dimension, which is the reason for the Church's existence.” Pastoral Letter from the Bishop of Posadas Posadas (Agenzia Fides) – The month of October “is dedicated in a special way to the missions, prayer, and reflection on the missionary dimension, which is the reason for the Church's existence.” This is what is fo ...
• 8 October 2009
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - “From Words to the Mission”: 23rd National Holy Childhood Association Encounter San Jose (Agenzia Fides) - “From Words to the Mission” is the theme that has accompanied the activities of the 23rd National Holy Childhood Association Encounter held in Costa Rica on October 3. The event was attende ...
• 8 October 2009
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Troubling situation in East Congo: Archbishop of Bukavu forced to leave Synod to return to Archdiocese; message from Combonian Chapter members says “millions of Congolese suffer from a conflict aimed at exploiting natural resources” Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) – The serious situation in South Kivu, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has led Archbishop Francois Xavier Maroy Rusengo of Bukavu to have to leave the Special Assembly ...
• 8 October 2009
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - New obstacles in the implementation of the Maputo Accord, while people are left to their own devices Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides) – The agreement that was reached on October 6 in Madagascar by the movements of the “4 Presidents,” for the implementation of the Maputo Accord (signed in the capital of Mozambique on A ...