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• 19 February 2007
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Thank you Holy Father for your comforting words, a source of encouragement for the whole Christian community: communications officer of Conakry archdiocese Conakry (Fides Service)- “The Pope’s words brought comfort to the whole Christian community in Guinea” said Fr Come Traoré Communications Officer for Conakry archdiocese in Guinea. In Rome yesterday 18 February, a ...
• 19 February 2007
  EUROPE/RUMANIA - Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate prepare for 3rd European Ecumenical Assembly Bucharest (Fides Service) - In the Rumanian Transylvanian city of Sibiu, consecrated European Culture Capital 2007, the 3rd European Ecumenical Assembly EEA3 will be held from 4 to 9 September. Theses religious cultural ...
• 17 February 2007
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - “The Church will continue to be faithful to her mission to announce the Gospel of Life and denounce any attack on life” say Catholic Bishops at the end of special meeting to discuss abortion referendum outcome Fatima (Fides Service) - The Catholic Bishops of Portugal held a special assembly in Fatima on 16 February in Fatima to discuss the results of the referendum 11 February which drew a yes vote to legalise abortion up to t ...
• 17 February 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Where is Europe heading? Christians, value and hope for the future”: 4th Europe-Mediterranean FIAC meeting discusses evangelisation on the ‘old’ continent Madrid (Fides Service) - From 1 to 4 March in Madrid there will be the 4th Europe-Mediterranean Meeting of the Catholic Action International Forum with the title “Where is Europe Heading? Christians, value and hope for ...
• 17 February 2007
  AFRICA/UGANDA - Catholic Bishops ask government to reconsider decision not to host the Uganda peace talks that collapsed in Juba Kampala (Fides Service)- “The cessation of hostilities between the two groups expires on February 28 and war could break out if the peace talks would not have resumed” Archbishop John Baptist Odama of Gulu northern U ...
• 17 February 2007
  ASIA/TAIWAN -In New Year Pastoral Letter Archbishop of Tai Pei calls for religious institutes and parishes to coordinate pastoral work and prayers for vocations Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) - In a New Year Pastoral Letter the Archbishop of Tai Pei Joseph Cheng has asked for more intense coordination of pastoral work and prayers for vocations. The Letter, published in the diocesan bul ...
• 17 February 2007
  ASIA/INDONESIA - Army offensive leaves five thousand hungry and desperate: humanitarian emergency in west Papua Sorong (Agenzia Fides) - More than five thousand people forced to abandon their homes following an army offensive in the Papuan district in Puncak Jaya have been living in the forest since last December in a situation of ...
• 17 February 2007
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Ninety year old Italian Consolata missionary dies of injuries inflicted by robbers Manizalez (Fides Service) - A ninety year old Italian Consolata missionary Fr Mario Bianco died in Manizales, Colombia, on 15 February after being attacked ten days earlier on 4 February by thieves. The bandits broke int ...
• 17 February 2007
  AMERICA/PERU - In our times the Church calls us, priests especially, to bear witness to the cross the ‘sign of contradiction’: Cardinal Cipriani addresses Lenten Letter to Priests Lima (Fides Service) - Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Archbishop of Lima and Primate of Peru, addressed a Lenten Letter to his priests reminding them that their mission in the Church demands " continual personal con ...
• 17 February 2007
  OCEANIA - The role of Catholic media in the Pacific area Melbourne (Fides Service) - Catholic media can play an important role to help alleviate social economic and political crisis in various part of the Pacific. This emerged from a Seminar in Melbourne for Church representat ...
• 16 February 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - The Pope appoints the new Archbishop of Agra Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, on 16 February 2007, appointed Mgr Albert D’Souza Archbishop of Agra (India), until now Bishop of Lucknow (India). (S.L.) (Agenzia Fides 16/2/2007; Rig ...
• 16 February 2007
  VATICAN - “For over fifty years, the Korean people have suffered the consequences of division. Families have been split, close relatives have been separated from one another. Please let them know that I am spiritually close to them in their suffering. On compassionate grounds, I pray for a speedy solution to the problem which impedes so many from communicating with one another.”: Pope Benedict XVI President of the Republic of Korea Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI on 15 February received in audience the President of the Republic of Korea. Mr Roh Moo-hyun, accompanied by his consort and entourage. After the audience ...
• 16 February 2007
  VATICAN - The challenges to the faith experienced by peoples both Africans and Christians: Message from the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples to a Colloquium, on the theme “Evangelisation, theology and salvation in Africa” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the spirit of the post-synodal Exhortation Ecclesia in Africa which underlines the important role of Catholic universities and institutes in the mission to evangelise, the UCAO/UUA (Univ ...
• 16 February 2007
  EUROPA/SPAIN - “We are on our way to our destinies starting from a convinced experience of God’s presence and with a new mission mandate for every member of the Fraternity”: conclusions of Verbum Dei Missionary Fraternity General Congress Loeches (Fides Service) - “We are on our way to our destinies starting from a convinced experience of God’s presence and with a new mission mandate for every member of the Fraternity” Teresa Rodríguez, a member of ...
• 16 February 2007
  AFRICA/DEMOCRATIC CONGO - Understanding the Phenomenon of Child Soldiers: Jesuit Refugee Service study Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- In the Democratic Republic of Congo as many as 30,000 boys and girls are caught up in civil war. This emerged from a JRS study, ‘Understanding the Phenomenon of Child Soldiers’ published on ...