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• 15 December 2008
  VATICAN - In addressing the Italian Embassy to the Holy See, the Pope mentions the distinction and autonomy between Church and State: “the Church not only acknowledges and respects it, but rejoices, as it is a great progress in humanity and a fundamental condition for its freedom and fulfillment of its universal mission of salvation among all peoples.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the morning of Saturday, December 13, the Holy Father Benedict XVI payed a visit to the Italian Embassy to the Holy See. In the Embassy's Chapel, which has been recently restored, in t ...
• 15 December 2008
  ASIA/MYANMAR - “Life has begun once more following the cyclone. Caritas is working on the front line in humanitarian aid and reconstruction”: Agenzia Fides talks with Joseph Hang Khan Pau, National Director of Karuna (Caritas Myanmar) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Life is starting up once again, thanks to the Christian volunteers as well. Caritas does its best to bring comfort and aid to all the people and to prepare reconstruction projects.” Th ...
• 15 December 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope addresses the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity: “ecumenism calls us to a generous fraternal exchange of gifts, aware that full communion in the faith, in the sacraments, and in ministry continues to be the objective and goal of the entire ecumenical movement.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The Reception and Future of Ecumenical Dialogue” was the theme for the Plenary Assembly held by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and was defined by the Holy Father, ...
• 15 December 2008
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - World Health Organization declares Guatemala the first Central American nation successful in controlling Chagas' disease Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Guatemala the first Central American nation successful in stopping the transmission of Tripanosimiasis americana, also known as Chagas' ...
• 15 December 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Exhortation of the Bishops of Xalapa: “Christmas is an invitation not to have fear, to rediscover the joy and hope that is Jesus Christ.” Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - “A united Mexico, for a shared hope” is the title of the Christmas Message issued by the Bishops of Xalapa. In their Message, the Bishops recall the problems and difficulties in the reg ...
• 15 December 2008
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Presentation of the document “Participation and Communion,” to assume the challenges of the permanent state of mission Managua (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Leopoldo Jose Brenes Solorzano of Managua (Nicaragua), during his monthly meeting with the clergy in December, officially presented the document entitled, “Participation and Commu ...
• 15 December 2008
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Bishops' appeal: justice and rights for aboriginal communities Sydney (Agenzia Fides) – Celebrating the progress and development of Australian society, we cannot forget the injustices that our brethren of the aboriginal communities continue to suffer: this was the message given by ...
• 15 December 2008
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - “Take the common good seriously and give the country a chance of survival,” three missionaries tell participants in the “Inclusive dialogue” in the Central African Republic. Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - “As missionaries, we are committed to always going out to help the people, who are victims of the rebels, bandits, and military. We have wished to address an open letter to the participants in ...
• 15 December 2008
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Joint offensive formed by Uganda, Congo, and South Sudan, against Ugandan LRA rebels in Congo Kampala (Agenzia Fides) – The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), which for 20 years has sown death and destruction in northern Uganda, has once again taken up arms. “The Armed Forces of Uganda (UPDF), the Democratic Repu ...
• 15 December 2008
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Formation in dialogue for Christians and Muslim educators and teachers Zamboanga (Agenzia Fides) – Giving formation to Christian and Muslim professors and teachers is one of the main objectives of the movement for Islamic-Christian dialogue called “Sisilah,” active for 25 years in Sou ...
• 13 December 2008
  Instrumentum mensis Novembris pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontificis Benedicti XVI pro evangelizatione in terris missionum During the general audiences of this month, the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI continued his cycle of teaching on St Paul, in this special Year of St Paul. On 24 November, Benedict XVI received in audience His Holiness A ...
• 12 December 2008
  VATICAN - Message of the Holy Father for the World Day of Peace 2009: “ What the fight against poverty really needs are men and women who live in a profoundly fraternal way and are able to accompany individuals, families and communities on journeys of authentic human development.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Fighting poverty to build peace” is the theme of the Holy Father Benedict XVI's Message for the World Day of Peace, January 1, 2009. Revisiting a theme addressed by Pope John Paul II i ...
• 12 December 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope presents Roman university students with Saint Paul's Letter to the Romans: “May this be substantial nourishment for your faith, leading you to believe more and better and also to reflect upon yourselves so that you might come to a ‘mature’ faith and, at the same time live this faith.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – In the afternoon of December 11, at the close of the Eucharistic Celebration presided by Cardinal Agostino Vallini, for Rome's university students, in preparation for Christmas, the Holy ...
• 12 December 2008
  AMERICA - Message from the President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications to those working in communications in Latin America Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Archbishop Claudio Celli, President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, has sent a Message to all those who serve the Church in the area of communications in Latin Americ ...
• 12 December 2008
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The aggressions against the Passionist Fathers reveals “the state of insecurity and vulnerability in which citizens are living; the lost of the values of honesty and respect for life” La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – The Press Office of the Bolivian Bishops' Conference has issued a statement firmly denouncing the acts of violence that claimed two victims, Passionist Fathers, yesterday afternoon in the Hamac ...