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• 10 March 2008
  VATICAN - The Holy Father offers condolences for the death of Cardinal Peter Poreku Dery, retired archbishop of Tamale, one of the first Catholics of the northwestern region of Ghana Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Peter Poreku Dery, retired archbishop of Tamale (Ghana) died March 6, at 89 years of age. The Holy Father Benedict XVI expressed his condolences and prayers in a telegram, sent to ...
• 10 March 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope calls for “an untiring and generous mission to face, in the area of dialogue and in the encounter with the various cultures, preaching the Gospel and testimony, the concerning threat from secularism” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Secularization, which often leads to secularism when it strays from the positive acceptance of the secular, is an arduous trial for faithful and pastors in living their Christian life,� ...
• 10 March 2008
  VATICAN - Meeting for the commission established by Pope Benedict XVI to study life of the Church in China Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy See Press Office has released the following communique: “The commission established by Pope Benedict XVI to study the most important questions concerning the life of the Church i ...
• 10 March 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - Meeting and walking together with the Lord: Youth Encounter on marriage, organized by the Diocese of Fen Yang Fen Yang (Agenzia Fides) - “Keeping the faith, knowing truth, meeting the Lord, walking together in Love, establishing the true value of marriage” is the theme for the Youth Encounter in the Diocese of Fen Yang, in t ...
• 10 March 2008
  AMERICA/CUBA - Visit of the Secretary General of Missionary Childhood to groups of children and adolescents from the country’s 11 dioceses Havana (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Patricio Byrne, Secretary General of the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood, visited the various dioceses of Cuba February 25-March 5, according to a statement made to Agenzia Fides b ...
• 10 March 2008
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - “A living Church with an abundance of vocations, over 2,000 catechists, and 23 martyrs, despite today’s numerous problems and challenges...” - Interview with the Apostolic Vicar of Izabal. Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Guatemala is divided into 12 diocese and 2 Apostolic Vicariates, one of which is the Apostolic Vicariate of Izabal, that depends on the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its Apostolic ...
• 10 March 2008
  OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Caritas New Zealand comes to the aid of African countries in need ...
• 10 March 2008
  VATICAN - Positivism and materialism “have led to a boundless enthusiasm for progress” and the past appears “as a dark backdrop against which the present and future glitter with misleading promise,” Pope tells the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The crisis of historiography, that must “fight for its very existence in a society ruled by positivism and materialism,” was denounced by the Holy Father Benedict XVI in an audience he ...
• 10 March 2008
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - Summit talks begin for the Economic Community of Central African States, regarding Chad Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - An extraordinary summit meeting has been held for the heads of state and government of the Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC), regarding the crisis in Chad, in the wake of a f ...
• 10 March 2008
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - Proliferation of arms: Tanzania, the country least affected by the crisis, promotes a regional initiative Arusha (Agenzia Fides) - The problem of the uncontrolled spread of firearms and weapons of war has been the focus of a meeting held by members of Parliament from eastern African countries, which took place in Arusha, Tan ...
• 10 March 2008
  ASIA/MALAYSIA - Election results show the rise of the opposition; government is called to work for dialogue, equality, and respect among the diverse ethnic communities Kuala Lumpur (Agenzia Fides) - General elections in Malaysia have sealed the victory for the National Front coalition, led by Adullah Balawi. The coalition, which until now, has held a strong two-thirds majority in Parli ...
• 10 March 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope celebrates Mass in the church of San Lorenzo: “Life in abundance is to be in communion with true life, with infinite love. Thus we truly enter life in abundance and become messengers of life for others ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 9 March at 10am the Holy Father Benedict XVI celebrated Mass at the church of San Lorenzo “in Piscibus”, just outside St Peter's Square, on the occasion of the 25th anniversar ...
• 7 March 2008
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev. Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello 'Idea of man' central to Catholic commitment in politics Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - When two months ago an Italian Catholic weekly said that Catholics did not wish to be mortified within a political party, immediately one of them hastened to contradict; however recent even ...
• 7 March 2008
  VATICAN - “The document Dominus Iesus and the other religions” of Archbishop Angelo Amato, Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (fifth part) Christ's grace and non Christians: Viis sibi notis (Ad gentes, n. 7); Modo Deo cognito (Gaudium et spes, n. 22) Having established this picture of doctrinal reference, we come now to two questions. The first concerns ...
• 7 March 2008
  VATICAN - Joint Communique Released by Cardinal Bertone and Catholicos Karekin II Etchmiadzin (Agenzia Fides) - On the afternoon of March 4, Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone initiated his official visit to Armenia, in Etchmiadzin with His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians. I ...