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• 13 November 2007
  AMERICA/PERU- Caritas Peru and Continental Bank agreement to rebuild four schools for the benefit of two thousand pupils affected by earthquake Callao (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas del Peru and the Foundation BBVA Banco Continentale have signed an agreement to collect funds to rebuild schools and provide pedagogical and psychological assistance for children in areas ...
• 13 November 2007
  AMERICA/ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - State offices for public health and social assistance launch vaccination programme among marginalised communities Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - A campaign to vaccinate children against diphtheria and tetanus has been launched in the town of San José de Oca promoted by state offices for public health and social assistance. The vac ...
• 12 November 2007
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI at the Angelus: “May Saint Martin helps us understand that only with common commitment to share, can we tackle the great challenges of our time: to build a world of peace and justice where every person may live with dignity ”. Appeal for Lebanon Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The testimony offered by Saint Martin, Bishop of Tours, whose liturgical feast is the 11 November, was the focus of the address given by Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday 11 November before leadi ...
• 12 November 2007
  VATICAN - The Pope receives Confraternities of the Italy: “The Church in Italy needs you to help the Gospel of Charity reach everyone, along old paths and new” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Since they were started Confraternities “have distinguished themselves for typical forms of popular piety and initiatives of charity to assist the poor, the sick and suffering, involving ...
• 12 November 2007
  VATICAN - Italian Federation of Catholic Universities “FUCI has contributed towards the formation of whole generations of exemplary Christians, who put into practice and spread the Gospel at the cultural, civil, social and ecclesial level ” Pope Benedict XVI recalls Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on November 9 received in audience a delegation of the Italian Federation of Catholic Universities F.U.C.I., on the occasion of the 110th anniversary of ...
• 12 November 2007
  VATICAN - The Holy Father's grief at the death of Cardinal Stephen Fumio Hamao Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has sent a telegrammes to Bishop Rafael Masahiro Umemura of Yokohama, Japan, for the death, at the age of 77, of Cardinal Stephen Fumio Hamao, president emeritus of the Pont ...
• 12 November 2007
  VATICAN - “Pastoral Care for elderly sick persons ”: presentation of 22nd International Conference promoted by the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "Pastoral Care for elderly sick persons” is the theme of the 22nd International Conference promoted by the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care which will be presented on 14 Novemb ...
• 12 November 2007
  AFRICA/UGANDA - “The people are ready to forgive the rebels” Catholic Archbishop of Gulu told Fides Kampala (Agenzia Fides)- “There are concrete hopes for peace and we are confident for the future” said Archbishop John Baptist Odama of the diocese of Gulu, in northern Uganda, where the LRA delegation continues its ...
• 12 November 2007
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Cardinal Martino, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace makes pastoral visit to Madagascar Antananarivo (Agenzia Fides)- Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace made a pastoral visit to Madagascar to the diocese of Ambatondrazaka, in the occasion of the cente ...
• 12 November 2007
  ASIA/PAKISTAN - Religious minorities join civil society protests against state of emergency and for democracy and human rights Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) - Religious minorities in Pakistan, Christians and Hindus, have joined civil society protests against the state of emergency and for respect for human rights and individual freedoms. Christian h ...
• 12 November 2007
  ASIA/HONG KONG - Cardinal Tomko leads Hong Kong diocese annual spiritual retreat on the theme “Spirituality of the priesthood and the priest ” Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Jozef Tomko, former prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples led the annual retreat organised by the Catholic diocese of Hong Kong 5-11 November on the theme "Spi ...
• 12 November 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - St Joseph Sisters open museum in honour of Blessed Mother Mary MacKillop, Patron Saint of WYD in Sydney Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) - The Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart in Victoria Province have opened a museum in honour of their foundress Blessed Mother Mary MacKillop in Fitzroy, near Melbourne, where Mary was bor ...
• 12 November 2007
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Beatification of Ceferino Namuncurá "a child of God and a brother to everyone": shining example of the Gospel lived in daily life Chimpay (Agenzia Fides) - The town of Chimpay nel Río Negro, (Argentina), which has only 6,000 people lived a revolution last weekend with the arrival of over 100,00o pilgrims to take part in the Mass during which there ...
• 12 November 2007
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - In the present debate on Constitutional reforms the Bishops call for calm and peace and underline that any sort of violence must be avoided Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement calling for an end to aggression and violent confrontation among Venezuelans, the country's Catholic Bishops say “in the debate on Constitutional reform, supported by some and r ...
• 12 November 2007
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - “Hoping for a better life for our people”: after plenary assembly Bishops message analyses national problems Asunciòn (Agenzia Fides) - "Hoping for a better life for our people" is the title of a message issued by the Catholic Bishops of Paraguay at the end of a plenary assembly held 5- 9 November (see Fides 6/11/2007 and 8/ ...