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• 8 October 2007
  VATICAN - “Proclamation of the Gospel is still the first service that the Church owes humanity, to offer Christ's salvation to every man and woman of our day and to orient cultural, social and moral changes in a Christian sense” says Pope Benedict XVI at the midday Angelus prayer recalling the 50th anniversary of the Fide Donum Encyclical - He calls on Catholics to pray the Rosary for peace Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “This first Sunday in October offers us to motives for prayer and reflection: the feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of the Rosary, which falls today, and missionary commitment to wh ...
• 8 October 2007
  VATICAN - “When at stake there are the fundamental demands of the dignity of the human person, of human life, of the institution of the family, the equity of social order, in other words fundamental human rights, no man made law can overturn the norms the Creator has inscribed on the human heart”: Pope Benedict XVI addresses International Theological Commission Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Receiving in Audience in the Vatican in the late morning of 5 October the Members of the International Theological Commission on the occasion of the Commission's plenary session, the Holy F ...
• 8 October 2007
  VATICAN - Cardinal Ivan Dias presides Mass De Spiritu Sancto for the inauguration of the new academic year at the Pontifical Urban University: “Without God's compassion and love for the poor, all science is useless” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “We come from different countries but we are one family. Many bear the wounds of every country, wars, hunger, social problems, and we are here not to complain but to prepare to be mission ...
• 8 October 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Sunday 28 October in Rome, the most numerous beatification in Church history: about 500 martyrs killed in Spain's 20th century religious persecutions Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 28 October in St Peter's Square in Rome there will be the most numerous beatification in Church history during which almost 500 martyrs of religious persecution in Spain in the 1930s of l ...
• 8 October 2007
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Water, petroleum, regional and global interests: Somalia's chaos derives not only from the activity of the local players Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides)- Uganda has announced a new peace initiative for Somalia while from the tormented Horn of Africa country reports of fresh clashes continue to arrive. Ngoma Ngime, special envoy of Ugandan presid ...
• 8 October 2007
  AFRICA/D.R. CONGO - The UN denounces explosion of sexual violence in Kivu. A missionary says: “Congolese women, not resigned, struggle every day for their rights” Bukavu (Agenzia Fides)-“Sexual abuse as a weapon has been used for some time against civilians. As in every war women are the first victims. At last the world is talking about it” said a Missionary in the east of Dem ...
• 8 October 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Cang Zhou diocese gives joyful welcome 4 new priests and 6 deacons and overtakes the one hundred mark of diocesan priests Cang Zhou (Agenzia Fides) - The diocese of Xian Xian (today Cang Zhou) gave a joyful welcome to 4 new priests and 6 deacons ordained in September. According to “Faith” magazine published in He Bei, with these ordinat ...
• 8 October 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - In life and in death Bishop Giovanni Han Dingxiang suffered for the cause of the Gospel Yongnian (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Giovanni Han Dingxiang, of the diocese of Yongnian (Yungnien/Handan) in the mainland China province of Hebei died on September 9 at the age of 68. He was born on 17 May 1939. Ordained a ...
• 8 October 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - World Mission Sunday 2007: local Pontifical Mission Societies initiatives focus on Fidei donum missionaries Bangalore (Agenzia Fides) - For World Mission Sunday 2007 the Catholic Bishops of India will focus attention on the theme of Fidei donum priests and the formation of missionaries to send to other countries. The national ...
• 8 October 2007
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Catholics in India and other Asian countries hold vigils of prayer for peace in Myanmar New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday 7 October Catholics all over India marked a national day of prayer for peace and reconciliation in Myanmar, during which they expressed solidarity with the Burmese people. The day, o ...
• 8 October 2007
  AMERICA/CHILE - First national Mission Congress will render homage to Fidei Donum missionaries in Chile and identity new paths for missionary service in the light of Aparecida Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - To mark the 50th anniversary of the publication of the Fidei Donum Encyclical and to respond to the mission impulse given by the 5th General Conference of the Council of Bishops' Conferences of ...
• 8 October 2007
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Intense October missionary campaign on the theme “Disciples and Missionaries, that all may have life”; Bishops to open Missionary Holy Year and issue a Pastoral on the theme of Mission Quito (Agenzia Fides) - " Disciples and Missionaries, that all may have life" is the theme of Missionary October in Ecuador, Osvaldo Fierro Terán national secretary of the Pontifical Mission Societies and head of Missi ...
• 8 October 2007
  OCEANIA/ SOLOMON ISLANDS - Meeting for Catholic educators to improve education in the Islands and offer society increasingly good service Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - Education of children as they grow and develop and young people as they mature is a delicate task. The Catholic Church in Solomon Islands continues to hold study seminaries, refresher courses an ...
• 8 October 2007
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Pope accepts resignation of Archbishop of Nairobi and appoints the Successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 6 October 2007 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the archdiocese of Nairobi (Kenya), presented by Archbishop Raphael S. Ndingi Mw ...
• 6 October 2007
  VATICAN - CATHOLIC CHURCH STATISTICS FIDES - October 2007 - Mission Sunday 2007 Special Feature CATHOLIC CHURCH STATISTICS WORLD POPULATION - CATHOLICS PERSONS /CATHOLICS PER PRIEST ECCLESIASTICAL CIRCUMSCRIPTIONS - MISSION STATIONS BISH ...