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• 12 November 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - “Never grow tired of doing good,” says Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil, echoing the words of Saint Paul New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) – Reconciliation and peace go hand in hand, never tiring of doing good. This is what Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil of Guwahati (in the state of Assam, northeastern India) said in his recentl ...
• 12 November 2008
  VATICAN - “Pastoral Care in the Treatment of Sick Children”: 23rd International Conference of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the last decade more than two million children have been killed in the course of armed conflict, six million have been left handicapped, tens of thousands mutilated by antipersonnel mine ...
• 12 November 2008
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - “We wish to take up the testimony left by the missionaries, to continue spreading the Gospel, in communion with the Universal Church,” the PMS Director of Zambia tells Fides Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “ We wish to take up the testimony left by the missionaries, to continue spreading the Gospel, in communion with the Universal Church,” says Fr. Bernard Macadani Zulu, National Director of the ...
• 12 November 2008
  ASIA/IRAQ - Hope for the return of Christian refugees to Mosul Mosul (Agenzia Fides) - A new, fragile hope is coming to thousands of Christian refugees who have fled their hometown in past months, due to attacks, threats, and violence carried out by Islamic fundamentalist groups. Th ...
• 12 November 2008
  ASIA/TURKEY - Antioch hosts the inauguration of the “St. Paul Cultural Center” in the Year of St. Paul Antioch (Agenzia Fides) – A library specializing in Saint Paul, with a study center for experts, religious, laity, and all wishing to deepen in their knowledge of the Apostle of the Gentiles...this is what is being off ...
• 11 November 2008
  AFRICA/DR CONGO - Coadjutor Bishop of Matadi appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on November 11, 2008, appointed Bishop Daniel Nlandu Mavi, Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Matadi (Democratic Republic of Congo). Until now, he has served ...
• 11 November 2008
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI to visit the Embassy of Italy to the Holy See, December 13 Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The Embassy of Italy to the Holy See has released a statement saying that this December 13, his holiness Benedict XVI will make a visit to the Embassy itself. It will be the fourth time that a Po ...
• 11 November 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI advises Bishops of Bolivia to promote “systematic, widespread and incisive catechesis is needed, catechesis that teaches the Catholic faith clearly and completely. This Year of St. Paul that we are celebrating, is a special occasion to imitate the apostolic and missionary vigor of this great Apostle.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “I know well of the difficult circumstances affecting the faithful and citizens of your country, which at the current time seem to be becoming even more marked. These certainly cause conc ...
• 11 November 2008
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Cardinal Julio Terrazas tells the Holy Father of the joys and hopes, sorrows and concerns of the country, during the Ad Limina visit Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Our great desire is that this encounter may be an expression of our affection for the successor of Peter,” said Cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandoval, Archbishop of Santa Cruz and President ...
• 11 November 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - President of the Pontifical Council for Families calls the WMF 2009 “a splendid experience of universal brotherhood.” The Pope will participate via satellite and send Cardinal Bertone as his delegate Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - “As President of the Pontifical Council for the Family and in accord with the Archbishop of Mexico, Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, I invite you all to participate with your families in ...
• 11 November 2008
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Plenary Assembly of Bishops studies the mission of the laity, formulating strategic guidelines in culture, economy, politics, and mass media, so as to launch the Continental Mission in Mexico Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Mexico are currently celebrating their General Assembly which lasts from November 10-14. The general objective of the Assembly is to clarify, revive, and strengthen the miss ...
• 11 November 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Archbishop Emeritus Pio Jin Peizian of Mukden passed away November 4: one of his main concerns was the formation of priests, religious, and lay faithful. Mukden (Agenzia Fides) – This past November 4, the Archbishop Emeritus of Mukden (Shenyang), province of Liaoning (mainland China) passed away. He was nearly 84 years of age and for some time his health had been frail ...
• 11 November 2008
  ASIA/HONG KONG - The diocese prepares for three new priests to be ordained on November 15 Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholics of Hong Kong are joyfully preparing for the ordinations of three new priests. According to a report from the Kong Ko Bao (the Chinese version of the diocesan bulletin), three d ...
• 11 November 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - “We want to celebrate Christmas in peace; the state should see to the return of Christians and the reconstruction of Churches”: letter from the Bishops to the Prime Minister of Orissa Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops of Orissa have recently written a list of considerations they wish to bring to the attention of Prime Minister Shri Naveen Patnaij, who is currently governing the eastern India ...
• 11 November 2008
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Uncertainty as to the whereabouts of two Italian religious sisters kidnapped in Kenya by Somalian gunmen Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) – The two religious sisters who were kidnapped on November 10 in El Wak, a Kenyan town on the border with Somalia, were supposedly taken to Garbahaarey, a small Somali town 175 kilometers away ...