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• 19 May 2007
  Instrumentum mensis Aprilis pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontifici Benedicti XVI, pro evangelizatione in terris missionum The month of April culminated with the Liturgies of Holy Week, beginning with Palm Sunday which was also a celebration of World Youth Day at the diocesan level. The next day April 2nd Monday of Holy Week was devoted to t ...
• 18 May 2007
  VATICAN - The Month of Mary - «Qué Soy Era Immaculada Councepciou»: the 18 Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes in 1858 (14) Vatican City (Fides Service) - Wednesday 3 March: the smile 14th apparition. “According to the local police officer, that morning 4000 people waited for Bernadette who arrived about 6.45am. After praying on her knees ...
• 18 May 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - Orionini vocations flourish in Burkina Faso and India: on the Founder's feast-day attention focuses on vocations, the Pope, the family and the Orionini secular institute Ouagadougou (Agenzia Fides) - The Director General of the Piccola Opera della Divina Provvidenza, Rev. Flavio Peloso, celebrated the feast-day of the Founder, Saint Luigi Orione (16 May), in Africa, “among our dear Afr ...
• 18 May 2007
  EUROPE/POLAND - 4th World Congress of the Family approves Warsaw Declaration 2007 and proposes European Charter of Family Rights and 2008 Year of the Family Warsaw (Agenzia Fides) - “I believe the Congress has given new impulse to participants' commitment to press governments, political institutions and legislators in every country to recognise the family's unique role and ...
• 18 May 2007
  AFRICA/ZAMBIA - "The people of Zambia have spoken: they want a new constitution before presidential and parliamentary elections in 2011” say the Catholic Bishops Lusaka (Agenzia Fides)- “The people of Zambia have spoken: they want a new constitution before presidential and parliamentary elections in 2011” says a statement signed on behalf of the Catholic Bishops of Zambia by ...
• 18 May 2007
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Heated discussion about new uranium mine: development welcome but it must respect environment Lilongwe (Fides Service) - The Justice and Peace Commission of the Catholic Bishops of Malawi has joined legal action promoted by various NGOs to stop the opening of a uranium mine. The NGOs and civil society represent ...
• 18 May 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - Unidentified gunmen shoot and wound priest headmaster at Delhi school New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) -The headmaster of St Vincent Pallotti Catholic School in south Delhi was seriously wounded by unidentified gunmen who broke into the school and into the headmaster's office on May 15. The men f ...
• 18 May 2007
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The Basilica of the Annunciation offers Personal Light and Prayer service via the Internet Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - To give Christians all over the world the joy of lighting a candle and receiving a special blessing from one of most loved Holy Places in the world, the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth ...
• 18 May 2007
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - New Constitution must recognise and protect dignity of every human person, value of the family and human life, and the right to education the Bishops say Quito (Agenzia Fides) - With an April 15 majority vote Ecuadorians expressed support for the proposal of president Rafael Correa to form a Constituent Assembly to draft a new Constitution. In a recent statement the Catho ...
• 18 May 2007
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - CELAM 5 - “The Church in Latin America and the Caribbean must be resolutely missionary and go out in search of lost Catholics and all those who know little or nothing about Jesus Christ”: leading members of the Roma Curia address the Conference Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - The first week of 5th General Conference of the Bishops' Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean was marked by fraternal communion with reflects not only the special ecclesial atmospher ...
• 18 May 2007
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Bio-ethics at the service of the Missions”: interview with Fr. Giuseppe Buono, PIME, co-author of a book which analyses points in common between the work of a bio-ethicist and that of a missionary Rome (Fides Service) - What do a missionary and a bio-ethicist have in common? Apparently nothing. One dedicates his whole life to spreading the Gospel in brotherly charity and the other - especially if he is the person ...
• 18 May 2007
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Evangelising text messages: 21st century Salesians sight new spirituality Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) - From 18 to 20 May the Salesian Education Directors of the Australia-Pacific region will meet in Melbourne for their annual conference to reflect on the motivations and gifts of Salesian spirit ...
• 18 May 2007
  AFRICA/ CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Rector appointed for St Mark Major inter-diocesan Seminary in Bangui Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Ivan Dias Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 26 January 2007, appointed Rev. Gabin Eric Mbika of the diocesan clergy of Berberati, Rector of St Mark's ...
• 18 May 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - Rector appointed for St Francis Xavier Pontifical inter-diocesan Seminary in Poona Vatican City (Fides Service) - Cardinal Ivan Dias Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 31 March 2007 appointed Rev. Pradeep A. Sequeira, SJ. Rector of the Pontifical St Francis Xavier inter-di ...
• 16 May 2007
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA- “The lights of Fatima on the world” - Rev. Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Today is the 90th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady in Fatima. With her heartfelt call for conversion and penance she is undoubtedly the most prophetic of modern apparitions” ...