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• 9 December 2006
  VATICAN - Walking towards Christmas,the Scriptures announce Christ: announcement and fulfilment(1) Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The disciples at Emmaus. In the evening of the day of his Resurrection Jesus appears to two disciples, known as the Disciples of Emmaus (Gospel according to Saint Luke chapter 24). He says ...
• 9 December 2006
  FIDES SPECIAL FEATURE INSTRUMENTUM MENSIS NOVEMBRIS PRO LECTURA MAGISTERII SUMMI PONTIFICI BENEDICTI XVI, PRO EVANGELIZATIONE IN TERRIS MISSIONUM Annus II - Numerus XI, November A.D. MMVI The month of November for Pope Benedict XVI was marked by preparation for his fifth international pastoral visit which began on 28 with his departure for Turkey. A journey of meetings with the Catholic community in Turk ...
• 7 December 2006
  VATICAN - WORDS OF DOCTRINE - Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Chastity and Truth Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The recent debate, smouldering for two thousand years, with regard to the discipline of ecclesiastical celibacy for priests, is an opportunity for reflection not limited exclusively to the ...
• 7 December 2006
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Parliament approves cloning bill: Australia’s Christians “The law violates the sacredness, value and dignity of human life” Sydney (Agenzia Fides) - Christians in Australia are deeply disappointed after the House of Representatives passed a controversial cloning bill. After the approval by the Senate on 7 November (see Fides 9/11/2006), the B ...
• 7 December 2006
  VATICAN - Catholic Prayers in the Languages of the World: Esperanto Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Esperanto language was invented by Dr L. Zamenhof in 1887 and completed in 1951. A major contribution was given by German American Alexander Gode, (1906-1970) whose works include inter- ...
• 7 December 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict retraces the events of his apostolic visit to Turkey: “May the Holy Spirit render my apostolic visit fruitful and may he vivify in the whole world the mission of the Church instituted by Christ to announce the Gospel of truth, peace and love to all peoples” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday 6 December the Pope gave his general audience in two places, first of all in St Peters where he met Italian visitors mostly from the dioceses of Lazio accompanied by their Bish ...
• 7 December 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - The Pope accepts the resignation of the Bishop of Nellore and appoints successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, on 7 December 2006 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Nellore (India), presented by Bishop Pudohota Chinniah Balaswa ...
• 7 December 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “Nothing can justify an intervention which causes the death and elimination of a human being”: Institute of Bio-Ethics statement on proposed Bill on free distribution of ‘emergency contraceptive pill’ Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - As Argentina’s Parliament discusses a proposed Bill to make compulsory the “free distribution of the ‘emergency contraceptive pill’” the Institute of Bio-Ethics of the Faculty of ...
• 7 December 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - A new Catholic church inaugurated in the state of Tamil Nadu: India’s Catholics propose a message of dialogue, peace and harmony New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - A new church as a symbol of openness to God and to the world as a place of prayer and dialogue, encounter and promotion of peace: in this spirit on Sunday December 3 Archbishop Anthony Anandar ...
• 7 December 2006
  ASIA/VIETNAM - For mission in Asia we must “rediscover the spirit of Saint Francis Xavier”: in Ho Chi Minh City Indian Cardinal Telesphore Toppo, presides celebrations for the 5th centenary of the birth of the Patron Saint of the Missions Ho Chi Minh City (Agenzia Fides) - To give new impulse to evangelisation in Asia “Catholics must rediscover the spirit of Saint Francis Xavier” Indian Card. Telesphore Toppo, Archbishop of Ranchi, said in a special M ...
• 7 December 2006
  AFRICA - Ecological fuel from seaweed and dates. From north to south African countries launch innovative solutions to guarantee energy for development Rome (Agenzia Fides)- Africa is joining the market for ecological fuels derived from vegetal organisms. A local South African company hopes in five years time to produce between 16 and 24 billion litres of bio-diesel. ...
• 7 December 2006
  EUROPA/ITALY - 50th anniversary of the encyclical Fidei Donum: Meeting for Missionary Families Bellaria (Agenzia Fides) - “Missionary Families” will be at the centre of a meeting for lay missionaries 8- 10 December at the Centro Congressi Europeo di Bellaria, in Rimini, organised by the Italian Bishops’ Conf ...
• 7 December 2006
  AFRICA/MOZAMBIQUE -Catholic Bishops concerned about spreading violence Maputo (Agenzia Fides)- The Catholic Bishops of Mozambique warn that a “climate of violence is spreading across the country from the cities to the more remote areas of the country with banditry, attacks by armed gangs, ...
• 6 December 2006
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA Our Lady of Tenderness by Rev Luciano Alimandi Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Advent is a season charged with divine tenderness, the unconceivable love of a God for His creatures, a love so tender that He becomes an Infant in the womb of a woman, the Blessed Virgin M ...
• 6 December 2006
  VATICAN - Cardinal Bertone speaks at Urban University on the occasion of 500th anniversary of the birth of Saint Francis Xavier: “his apostolic zeal is a combination of desire to proclaim the Gospel and his openness to the Spirit” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 5 December on the occasion of an academic act at Urban University to mark the 500th anniversary of the birth of Saint Francis Xavier patron saint of missions, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, ...