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• 14 November 2006
  EUROPE/CYPRUS - Presented to Pope Benedict XVI photographic documentation on the transformation for other purposes of churches in the Turkish part of Cyprus Rome (Agenzia Fides) - During the official visit to the Vatican on November 10 by the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Pope Benedict XVI was presented with photographic documentation of how hundreds of churches on th ...
• 14 November 2006
  EUROPE/ITALY - “Communicating Africa” Harambee Award 2nd edition, winners from Nigeria and Ireland Rome (Agenzia Fides) - This morning at the Mayor’s Office in Rome, Nigerian Gabriel Otonoku, and Irish Jim Fahy, were awarded the International Harambee Award respectively in the categories: “African Productions” ...
• 14 November 2006
  AFRICA -‘Three Border’ crisis at the centre of international attention: Darfur conflict could spread involving Chad and the Central African Republic Khartoum (Agenzia Fides)- The Darfur crisis threatens to spread involving Chad and the Central African Republic. Developments in recent weeks are not encouraging: Chad declared a state of emergency after civilians in the ...
• 14 November 2006
  VATICAN - “STONES, SOUNDS, COLOURS OF THE HOUSE OF GOD: The Vocation of the Artist (2) by Bishop Mauro Piacenza Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Book of Genesis, which we have often quoted, tells us «Now the earth was a formless void, there was darkness over the deep, with a divine wind sweeping over the waters.» (Genesis 1,2) ...
• 14 November 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - “Catholic schools follow the four cardinal virtues Prudence, Justice, Temperance, Fortitude”, says Archbishop of Bangalore and ceremony for 125th anniversary of St Joseph’s College ASIA/INDIA - “Catholic schools follow the four cardinal virtues Prudence, Justice, Temperance, Fortitude”, says Archbishop of Bangalore and ceremony for 125th anniversary of St Joseph’s College Bangalore (Fid ...
• 13 November 2006
  ASIA/INDIA - Over 60,000 Catholics took part in the Eucharistic procession at Shillong, in Meghalaya state, Northeast India: “We come to worship You Jesus” Shillong (Agenzia Fides) - Over 60,000 Catholics took part in the Eucharistic procession at Shillong, the State Capital of Meghalaya, in Northeast India on Sunday, November 12, 2006. " Ngi wan ban mane ia Me Jisu" ('We c ...
• 13 November 2006
  VATICAN - The Pope in his midday Angelus reflection recalls that Jesus wishes everyone to feel responsible for others so that each and all have the necessary for life. The fruits of the earth are God’s gift to the whole human family… Thanksgiving Day in Italy Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) -Sunday 12 November was Thanksgiving Sunday in Italy and in his Angelus address the Pope Benedict XVI said this recurrence was an opportunity “thank God for the fruits of work in the field ...
• 13 November 2006
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI’s Apostolic Journey to Turkey at the end of the month: Holy See issues programme Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy See’s Press Office has issued the programme for Pope Benedict XVI apostolic journey to Turkey 28 November to 1 December. On Tuesday 28 November the Pope will depart at 9am fro ...
• 13 November 2006
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Oil is non renewable, it must serve for the common good with an eye on the future for the coming generations says Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Abuja (Agenzia Fides)- The Catholic Church in Nigerian has sided with transparency and honesty in the management of oil and demands that it be used for the authentic development of the country. Archbishop John Onaiyekan ...
• 13 November 2006
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - As in the Middle Ages on the road to Jerusalem, Rome and Santiago: “Holy Cities” Mediterranean pilgrimage to revive Christian faith Jerusalem (Agenzia Fides) - Santiago de Compostela, Rome and Jerusalem have always been connected by Christian pilgrims. In the Middle Ages Christians set out to walk the length and breadth of the continent along the per ...
• 13 November 2006
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops say frank and honest dialogue and a spirit of reconciliation is needed to overcome present fragmentation. They also say new education law must cater for transcendent dimension of the human person and respect parent’s right to decide how children are educated Pilar (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Argentina have called for “frank dialogue involving all society in order to end excessive present fragmentation”. In a statement “Common Good and Dialogue", issued b ...
• 13 November 2006
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops’ statement on emigration, municipal elections and the nation’s new Constitution Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops of Paraguay at the end of their 177th plenary assembly in Asunción, issued a statement in which they analyse some of the country’s principal problems in order "to expre ...
• 13 November 2006
  AFRICA/MALAWI - Prison Fellowship Week of Prayer for victims and perpetrators of violence Lilongwe (Agenzia Fides)- Prison inmates all over Malawi offered prayers for the victims of violence during a Week of Prayer in Prisons held 6- 13 November organised by the Malawi Prison Fellowship. “The Week of Pray ...
• 13 November 2006
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Attacks on civilians are deplorable, international bodies and local Catholic Church condemn conflict in Sri Lanka Colombo (Agenzia Fides) - “Blatant attacks on civilians, by any of the parties to this conflict, are deplorable. An immediate and solemn resumption of peace talks between the warring parties is the only way to prevent ...
• 11 November 2006
  Instrumentum mensis Octobris pro lectura Magisterii Summi Pontifici Benedicti XVI pro evangelizatione in terris missionum In the month of October the Church celebrated the 80th World Mission Sunday. «Mission Sunday - Pope Benedict XVI said during the Angelus on Sunday 22 October - was instituted by Pope Pius XI who gave new impulse to mi ...