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• 26 May 2008
  VATICAN - “Those who eat the Bread of Christ cannot remain indifferent before those who, even in our days, lack daily bread,” the Pope said in the Angelus, while he also expressed his continued support for the Chinese people suffering the aftermath of the earthquake. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “The solemnity of Corpus Domini is celebrated in Italy and in various countries today. It was observed in the Vatican and in other countries Thursday. It is the feast of the Eucharist, th ...
• 26 May 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - New message from the Pope for earthquake victims deeply moves China and encourages Chinese Catholics working on the frontline in relief effort Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Several members of official Chinese mass media and numerous Chinese Catholic websites immediately published the new message given by Pope Benedict XVI at the Angelus on Sunday, May 25, for China ...
• 26 May 2008
  VATICAN - “God Bless China!”: Apostolic Blessing imparted by Cardinal Dias on behalf of Pope Benedict XVI at the close of the celebration for the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China Rome (Agenzia Fides) - “Tian Zhuu Jiang Fu Zhong Guo! (God Bless China!)” These were the words of Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, at the close of his homily at the M ...
• 26 May 2008
  VATICAN - Congress for Catholic University Communications Departments: developing not only new technologies, but also knowledge and reflection Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “While the development of new technologies is extraordinary, no less importance should be given - in our perspective - to what we could call the development of knowledge and reflection.� ...
• 26 May 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Day of Prayer for the Church in China: Chinese Catholics in Spain pray the Rosary with other faithful from their country and Taiwan Huesca (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday, May 24, at the Shrine of Torreciudad, a small Chinese Catholic community in Spain celebrated the Day of Prayer for the Church in China, in response to the general appeal made by the ...
• 26 May 2008
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Symposium on “The mission of the Church” and the re-birth of the missionary spirit, sponsored by the Missiology Department of the Theological Institute of San Damaso in Madrid Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - The Missiology Department of the Theological Institute of San Damaso in Madrid has organized a symposium on “The mission of the Church” and the re-birth of the missionary spirit, to take plac ...
• 26 May 2008
  AMERICA/PERU - 4th Symposium on the Eucharist 2008, on the quest “to begin a new pastoral era and greater missionary commitment” Lima (Agenzia Fides) - “The Eucharist, privileged encounter of the disciple with the Lord,” will be the main theme for the 4th Symposium on the Eucharist 2008 being organized by the Parish of Saint Joseph the Worker, ...
• 26 May 2008
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - 5th National Congress for the Holy Childhood Association, for children to listen, learn, and announce from their missionary experience that they are Christ’s witnesses among other children Manizales (Agenzia Fides) - “Missionary Children: listen, learn, and announce,” is the theme for the National Holy Childhood Association Day, which will be celebrated in May and will serve as a preparation for the 5t ...
• 26 May 2008
  AFRICA/SOUTH AFRICA - South Africa’s President Mbeki condemns violence against immigrants Johannesburg (Agenzia Fides) - South Africa continues its investigation regarding the violence that has targeted immigrants, defined by President Thabo Mbeki as “an absolute disgrace” and acts of “an unprecedented ...
• 26 May 2008
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Opposition leader’s arrest by Belgian authorities leads to controversy and questioning Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Questions and controversy have arisen in political spheres in Kinshasa (capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo) following the arrest in Belgium of Senator -Pierre Bemba Gombo, leader ...
• 26 May 2008
  EUROPE/ITALY - “I ragazzi di via Sandri”: champions of life in Rome’s lower-class suburbs Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Via Sandro Sandri, a street in Casal Bruciato, is one of the many locations on Rome’s outskirts where the social unease, pain and suffering, the escape from everything, the violence, the crime, a ...
• 24 May 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Day of Prayer for the Church in China: earthquake victims of Si Chuan prayed in their tents made chapels; 500 faithful from Beijing on pilgrimage Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Chinese living in the earthquake-struck area in the province of Si Chuan celebrated the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China declared by the Holy Father, in the tents that serve as chape ...
• 24 May 2008
  VATICAN - Archbishop Henryk Hoser, Secretary Adjunct of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and President of the Pontifical Mission Societies, appointed by the Pope to be Archbishop of Warsaw-Praga. Bishop Vacchelli will be new President of PMS Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI appointed today, May 24, Archbishop Henryk Hoser, S.A.C. as Archbishop of Warsaw-Praga (Poland), remaining Archbishop. Until now, Archbishop Hoser served as Sec ...
• 23 May 2008
  VATICAN - Pope’s catechesis at the General Audience dedicated to Romanus the Melodist, “who belongs to the group of theologians that have transformed theology into poetry.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In his series of catechesis dedicated the Fathers of the Church, during the General Audience held on Wednesday, May 21, the Holy Father Benedict XVI reflected on one of the least-known figu ...
• 23 May 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Prayers and donations increase for China’s earthquake victims, drawing strength from the Holy Father’s prayer for the Day of Prayer for the Church in China Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - There is an ever-increasing number of expressions of support from all over the world, not only from China, for the people suffering from the aftermath of the earthquake, and it comes simultaneou ...