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- Ireland - Murdered Salesian commemorated at Drogheda Annual St Oliver Pilgrimage
- Italy – In memory of Fr. Braga, loved by China and the Philippines
- Sudan – The presence of the F.M.A. in Darfur
- United States - Salesian Youth Leadership Conference
- Slovakia – 8000 young people at the 2008 LUMEN Festival
- Papua New Guinea - Re-opens ’miracle’ school
- Germany – 24 young volunteers
- United States – FMA accreditation at the United Nations
- Myanmar – The long march continues
- Bangladesh – On the way to a new Salesian foundation
- Poland - A bridge with Zambia
- Italy – “Foyer-Lakay” for street children
- Italy - In the words of someone working with the street children
- Belgium - Don Bosco Youth-Net releases new websites
- RMG – World Consultative Committee for the Missions set up
- Colombia – XIV Seminar at Ciudad Don Bosco
- Ukraine – Thank you Fr. Hoppe
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Bandel, 7/9/2008 — A large gathering of clergy, religious, and lay people gathered in the Marian Basilica of Bandel, on July 4, 2008 to celebrate the funeral of Fr. Johnson Moyalan. Fr. Johnson had been murdered in the early hours of July 1st, allegedly by a Hindu militant group.
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in developing countries. We do this through education, job
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thus becoming self-sufficient contributing members of society,
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Vatican – Archbishop Amato, S.D.B., the new Prefect
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Archbishop Agelo Amato, S.D.B. |
(Vatican City) – Benedict XVI, has appointed Archbishop Agelo Amato, S.D.B. as Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints as he accepted the resignation presented by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins who has reached the age for retirement. Archbishop Amato, the titular archbishop of Sila, is presently the Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Archbishop Amato was born at Molfetta, in the Province of Bari in 1938. He was ordained in 1967. After completing his doctorate in Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University, he later became the chair of dogmatic theology at the Pontifical Salesian University, Rome. He was also Dean of the Faculty of Theology and Vice Rector there. On December 19, 2002 he was appointed archbishop and Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, succeeding the then Archbishop Bertone who had become Archbishop of Genova.
Replacing Archbishop Amato as the new Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is Fr. Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J., Professor of Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University and Secretary General of the International Theological Commission. He has been assigned the titular See of Tibica, with the dignity of Archbishop.
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