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• 3 September 2007
  VATICAN - The Pope presides Prayer Vigil with young Italians at Montorso esplanade: “Each of you, if you are united with Christ, can to great things. Do not be afraid to dream and to make great plans for doing good. Do not be discouraged by the difficulties” - He thanks “all who spend their lives for Christ on the frontiers of evangelisation ” Loreto (Agenzia Fides) - In the afternoon of Saturday 1 September, the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI flew by helicopter to Loreto for a national Meeting of the first year of an Agorà for Italian Catholic Youth (see Do ...
• 3 September 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict says to young Italians at Loreto Agorà: “Let yourselves be involved in the new life which springs from the encounter with Christ and you will be apostles of His peace in your families, among your friends, in your ecclesial communities and in the different environments in which you live and work” Loreto (Agenzia Fides) - “ Even today God continues to seek young hearts, He seeks young people with great hearts who are capable of making space for Him in their lives in order to become protagonists of the New Covena ...
• 3 September 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Sister Maria Teresa Crescini elected Superior general of the Maestre Pie Venerini Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The order of religious Sisters Maestre Pie Venerini, during its recent 12th general Chapter elected as new Superior General Sisterr Maria Teresa Crescini, who had previously worked for the Pontific ...
• 3 September 2007
  AFRICA/KENYA - The Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa, the White Sisters, celebrate 100 years of fruitful in Kenya Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- “This is a tribute to all the Sisters who worked in Kenya, who taught, nursed and were present in many vital and creative ways” writes Sr Maggi Kennedy of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady o ...
• 3 September 2007
  AFRICA/SUDAN - Clashes between Arab tribes in western Sudan region of Darfur, where UN Secretary General is to visit today Khartoum (Agenzia Fides) - The crisis in Darfur becomes more complicated just as international diplomacy intensifies efforts to find a solution. The Secretary General of the United Nations Organisation, Ban Ki-moon will ...
• 3 September 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Death of Bishop Filippo Pietro Zhao Zhendong of Xuanhua, tenacious builder of Church unity: just before he died he was studying the recent Papal Letter addressed by Pope Benedict XVI to the Church in China Xuanhua (Agenzia Fides) - On 13 July after suffering for many years from a serious heart condition and diabetes, Bishop Filippo Pietro Zhao Zhendong of Xuanhua diocese in Hebei Province, mainland China, died the day be ...
• 3 September 2007
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - "That all may be one" (Jn 17,21) theme of 1st Korean Youth Day Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - Enthusiasm among young Catholics in Korea. White young Italians celebrate the Youth Agorà in Loreto, young Catholics in Korea took part in the first ever Korean Youth Day in Jeju, diocese of Chej ...
• 3 September 2007
  ASIA/ SRI LANKA - NGOs warn: new security measures slow down distribution of humanitarian aid to civilians with serious consequences for children Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Stricter security measures undertaken by Colombo and fresh outbursts of fighting between the Tamil rebels and the government troops are causing delays in the distribution of humanitarian aid. Th ...
• 3 September 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - World Youth Day 2008 preparations full steam ahead: meeting with representatives of the Australian Muslim community, recruitment of volunteers, catechesis session programme Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - The invitation made by Pope Benedict XVI at Loretto to young Italians at the recent Youth Agorà to take part in WYD 2008, gave new impulse to the organisers of World Youth Day Sydney, 15 to 20 J ...
• 3 September 2007
  Tomorrow Fides Dossier on the Marian Shrine of Mariazell, Austria, destination of the Holy Father's next apostolic journey Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - From 7 to 9 September the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI will make an apostolic visit to Austria on the occasion of the 850th anniversary of the foundation of the Marian Shrine of Mariazell. ...
• 3 September 2007
  VATICAN - Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital in Rome new clinic-surgery department in Cambodia has already treated 2,400 children Vatican (Agenzia Fides) - Already 2,400 children have been treated at a new clinic-surgery department opened in Takeo Cambogia, by the Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital sponsored by the Holy See. Since it was opened in ...
• 3 September 2007
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Thanks to basic instruction, social programmes and prevention, and growing awareness there is optimism for the reduced diffusion of AIDS in the Asia-Pacific zone Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - Experts taking part in the 8th International Meeting on AIDS in the Asia-Pacific area, which just ended in capital of Sri Lanka, launched a message of hope in which they say prospects to gain co ...
• 3 September 2007
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - People without doctors or medicines: hundreds from Lempira seek healthcare over the border in El Salvador Tomalá, Lempira (Agenzia Fides) - A strange disease which deforms the legs and can even lead to paralysis is regarded as “normal” in the town of Lempira, in Honduras. The disease has not yet been identified because ...
• 3 September 2007
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Pope appoints Coadjutor Bishop of Oyo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 14 August 2007, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Oyo (Nigeria), Rev. Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo, of the clergy of Osogbo. Bishop elect Emmanuel Adetoyes ...
• 3 September 2007
  AFRICA/RWANDA - The Pope accepts resignation of Bishop of Kibungo and appoints successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, on 28 August 2007, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Kibungo (Rwanda), presented by Bishop Frédéric Rubwejanga, in ...