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• 1 February 2007
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE -Ministers, in other words, servants of the Church Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - We recently saw yet another attempt by some clumsy “news man”, to invent a scoop anonymously recording and diffusing answers given by priests in the confessional. The recorded answers a ...
• 1 February 2007
  VATICAN - 2 February, Day for Consecrated Life: “Like lighted candles, always and everywhere shine with the love of Christ, Light of the world” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “We are all aware of the treasure which the gift of the consecrated life in the variety of its charisms and institutions represents for the ecclesial community. Together let us thank God ...
• 1 February 2007
  AFRICA/BENIN -Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, Dean emeritus of the College of Cardinals and first African bishop called by the Pope to an important post in the Roman Curia celebrates 50th anniversary of ordination as a Bishop with special Mass of Thanksgiving Ouidah (Agenzia Fides) - Fifty years ago on 3 February 1957 Cardinal Bernardin Gantin was ordained a bishop having been appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the archdiocese of Cotonou in Benin on 11 December 1956. To mark this ...
• 1 February 2007
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - 11 February 12 dioceses celebrate 50 anniversaries Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - February 11 2007 is an important date in Argentina because 12 dioceses will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of foundation. On 11 February 1957 Pope Pius XII with the Bull "Quandoquidem ...
• 1 February 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - Two Auxiliary Syro-Malabar Catholic Rite Bishops raised to the rank of Archbishop Thrissur (Agenzia Fides) - The Auxiliary Bishop of Thrissur Archdiocese, Mar Andrews Thazhath, and the Auxiliary Bishop of Changanassery Archdiocese Mar Joseph Perumthottam were elevated as the archbishops of their respe ...
• 31 January 2007
  ASIA/CHINA - Reconciliation among Catholics and formation for the clergy main concerns of Bishop Pietro Paolo Li Panshi of Kongmoon (Jiangmen) who died at the age of 95 Zhongshan (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Pietro Paolo Li Panshi of Kongmoon (Jiangmen), Guangdong Province of China, (100 km from Canton) died on January 4 at the age of 95. Born on 12 July 1911 he entered Macao Seminar in 192 ...
• 31 January 2007
  AVE MARIA - “Mary, anchor of our faith” Rev Luciano Alimandi - Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Then it began to blow a great gale and the waves were breaking into the boat so that it was almost swamped. But he was in the stern, his head on the cushion, asleep. They woke him and s ...
• 31 January 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - New frontiers of evangelisation: Salesians carry Good News to Santal Indians New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Evangelising among tribal peoples in India has never been easy, it demanded patience and determination from the first missionaries to set foot in the country. Still today some of the numerous ...
• 31 January 2007
  EUROPE/SPAIN - UNICEF Spain report: 500 million Euro needed for people in 33 countries Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Presenting its 2007 report on humanitarian activity Spanish branch of the United Nations Children’s Fund said that to meet the needs of people in difficult situations in 33 countries at least 500 ...
• 31 January 2007
  ASIA/INDIA - Post-tsunami aid in the village of Muttom: all damaged buildings repaired, two 2000 litre wells built and two 48,000 litre water-tanks installed, basic food kits and sets of fishing equipment distributed to 1,400 families Rome(Agenzia Fides) - One of many fishing communities affected by the gigantic tsunami which struck southern Asia on 26 December 2004, was the village of Muttom on the Tamil Nadu coast of India, where 100 people, mainly ...
• 31 January 2007
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “Families have an important mission to help restore longed for justice, integral development and peace in Oaxaca” says local Catholic archbishop Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) - “Oxaca needs families united with values lived concretely in their convictions to lead society in a new beginning. We must not lose this opportunity to transform Oaxaca” the Archbishop of Oax ...
• 31 January 2007
  ASIA/VIETNAM - Catholics hopeful after Premier Dung’s visit to Pope Benedict XVI Hanoi (Agenzia Fides) - Vietnamese Catholics are very happy that for the first time in the history of their country, the prime minister paid an official visit to the Pope in Rome. The meeting between Premier Nguyen Tan D ...
• 31 January 2007
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Plenary assembly of bishops 5-9 February: “The Church’s Missionary Activity” to foster greater commitment for mission ad gentes Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - “The Church’s Missionary Activity” will be the theme of the next plenary assembly of the Colombian Bishops 5 - 9 February in Bogota in order to “reflect on the Church’s missionary dimen ...
• 30 January 2007
  AFRICA/ANGOLA - “We are deeply grateful for the Holy Father’s message of solidarity and hope”: appreciation for Pope Benedict XVI message to victims of flood disaster Luanda (Agenzia Fides)- “We are deeply grateful for the Holy Father’s message of solidarity and hope” say local Church sources in Angola after Pope Benedict XVI sent a telegramme to express solidarity and encourage ...
• 30 January 2007
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses the Tribunal of the Roman Rota: “The indissolubility of marriage does not derive from the definitive commitment of the two parties involved; rather it is intrinsic to the nature of the 'potent bond established by the Creator.'" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - This morning in the Vatican, Benedict XVI received the dean, judges, promoters of justice, defenders of the bond, officials and lawyers of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota, for the occasion o ...