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• 4 November 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in the Mass for deceased Cardinals and Bishops: “In the face of death all reasons for human pride fall away, and what is really worthwhile emerges. Everything passes; all of us in this world are passing through. God alone has life in Himself; He is the Life.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The day after the Liturgical Commemoration of all souls, we have come together today, in accord with a beautiful tradition, to celebrate the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass for our brother Ca ...
• 4 November 2008
  VATICAN - Communique from the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue on the First Seminar organized by the Catholic-Muslim Forum Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The First Seminar organized by the Catholic-Muslim Forum will begin this morning in the Vatican. The Forum was established by the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue and by Musl ...
• 4 November 2008
  AFRICA/BENIN - Rector of the Philosophical Interdiocesan Seminary in the Diocese of Abomey appointed Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect for the Congregation of the Evangelization of Peoples, on September 19, 2007 appointed Fr. Nicolas Hazoumé, of the clergy of the Diocese of Porto Novo, Rector ...
• 4 November 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - PMS Youth Council participates in the Youth Ministry Forum, to analyze the situation over the past 50 years and challenges for the future Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – November 7-9, the Municipal Palace of Congresses in Madrid will host the Youth Ministry Forum, which will be attended by over 2,000 young people from all over Spain. The event is being organize ...
• 4 November 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - Pastoral Letter from the Bishops of Orissa, offering hope to persecuted Christians Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishops from the Indian state of Orissa have written a letter of encouragement to all the faithful, offering hope to Christians there and thanking the international organizations that ...
• 4 November 2008
  ASIA/TAIWAN - PMS Seminar on “Creative Evangelization,” to renew hope in the Church of Taiwan Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – The living rooms become catechism classroom, the parish church hosts the children's choir, mathematics and literature can become instruments of evangelization as well...This is how Catholics i ...
• 4 November 2008
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Bishops launch a Great Continental Mission on November 9, feast of “La Virgen de los Treinta y Tres,” Patroness of Uruguay, while they celebrate their Plenary Assembly Florida (Agenzia Fides) – The Uruguayan Bishops' Conference (CEU) will celebrate its Second Plenary Assembly on November 5-12, in the “Jesus, the Good Shepherd” Retreat House, in Florida. The central theme of the A ...
• 4 November 2008
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Uruguayan Parliament votes on the law on reproductive health, with the partial decriminalization of abortion; Archbishop of Montevideo says “it is not a matter of religious beliefs, but of fundamental human and ethical values.” Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) – The House of Representatives of the Uruguayan Parliament will vote today (November 4) on the eventual decriminalization of abortion, now that the bill has been passed by the Senate. In the ...
• 4 November 2008
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - Lay movement tied to Mother Teresa begins in the Philippines Manila (Agenzia Fides) – The Lay Missionaries of Charity, the lay movement of the spiritual family begun by Mother Teresa of Calcutta has begun in the Philippines. They have been started by the Philippines Province of ...
• 4 November 2008
  AFRICA/ERITREA - Capuchin Poor Clares are working closely alongside the people of Eritrea, in concrete aid and prayer Asmara (Agenzia Fides) – In 1973, the Capuchin Fathers who had been present in Eritrea for some time, with a flourishing province, made a petition asking that a contemplative monastery of Capuchin Poor Clares be establ ...
• 3 November 2008
  VATICAN - On All Saints' Day, the Pope at the Angelus says: “On this day we feel the attraction for heaven rekindle in us...We feel burst into flame in our hearts the desire to unite ourselves forever with the family of the saints, of which already now we have the grace to form a part.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On the Solemnity of All Saints, on Saturday November 1, in his address prior to the recitation of the Angelus with faithful gathered in Saint Peter's Square, the Holy Father Benedict XVI ...
• 3 November 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope tells the students of the Pontifical Universities: “What is harmful is not knowledge in itself but rather the presumption, the “boastfulness” of what we have come to - or believe we have come to - know. It is precisely in this that revolts and discord have come from within the Church and, analogously, in society.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – All that Saint Paul writes on Christian wisdom and “false wisdom,” especially in his First Letter to the Corinthians, addressing the communities where rivalries broke out among the di ...
• 3 November 2008
  VATICAN - “It is extremely important that as Christians, we live our relationship with the dead in the truth of faith, and looking to death and the afterlife in the light of Revelation,” says Pope Benedict XVI on All Souls' Day Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “It is extremely important that as Christians, we live our relationship with the dead in the truth of faith, and looking to death and the afterlife in the light of Revelation...Today too ...
• 3 November 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI addresses the Catholic Charismatic Renewal: “Safeguarding fidelity to Catholic identity and an ecclesial nature in your communities will allow you to give everywhere a living and active witness of the profound mystery of the Church.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The ecclesial movements and new communities, which have flourished since Vatican Council II, constitute a unique gift from the Lord and a invaluable resource for the life of the Church. ...
• 3 November 2008
  VATICAN - Pope tells Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Academy of the Sciences: “To state that the foundation of the cosmos and its developments is the provident wisdom of the Creator is not to say that creation has only to do with the beginning of the history of the world and of life. It implies, rather, that the Creator founds these developments and supports them, underpins them and sustains them continuously.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Receiving the members of the Pontifical Academy of the Sciences in an audience on October 31, on the occasion of their Plenary Assembly on “ Scientific Insight into the Evolution of the ...