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January 5th, 2009
A King responds to the Pope
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January 5th, 2009
They come in their thousands...
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December 12th, 2008
Take up the cause of the poor and the marginalised
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December 12th, 2008
'The International aid is not sufficient, so the adult population is slowly returning to their land to harvest, mainly rice.'
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December 9th, 2008
Longing for peace...
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December 9th, 2008
Inspire in all the joy of following Christ
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December 5th, 2008
Calling for peace
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December 5th, 2008
Responding to mission
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December 5th, 2008
The tragedy has not stopped
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December 1st, 2008
Cuba celebrates its first beatification on home soil
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December 1st, 2008
'Kneel down and pray for peace'
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December 1st, 2008
Every Catholic and every parish has been invited to pray for justice, peace, and religious freedom in Vietnam.
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November 24th, 2008
Joining hands in understanding
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November 24th, 2008
Not yet calm
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November 24th, 2008
Many new Japanese martyrs beatified
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November 24th, 2008
'Some Church leaders are being arrested..'
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October 20th, 2008
An ever higher number of youth are ready to risk their lives working with contraband in the tunnels
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October 20th, 2008
The Pontiff said the two parents 'lived their faith ardently and transmitted it to their family and all around them.'
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October 17th, 2008
FAO’s latest estimates indicate that 36 countries around the world are in need of external assistance as a result of crop failures, conflict or insecurity, natural disasters, and high domestic food prices.
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October 17th, 2008
Christians are not allowed to pray even in government-run refugee camps.
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October 15th, 2008
'The Vietnamese government must end its intimidation and attacks against Catholics..'
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October 7th, 2008
The pain of his forced conversion to Hinduism is the severest torture he has to undergo.
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October 7th, 2008
Mosul 'has become the holocaust of the Christians'.
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October 7th, 2008
The Church and many people of good will in non-governmental organizations and civil society generally have worked very hard to help resolve the Zimbabwean crises.
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October 1st, 2008
Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, 26.09.08 (misna) - 'The time has come for new leaders to focus on our people’s urgent needs, especially the poor', said Monsignor Buti Tlhagale, Archbishop of Johannesburg and President of the Southern Africa Episcopal Conference (SACBC) in view of the resignation of president Thabo Mbeki. Monsignor Tlhagale said that political leaders should work towards re-building confidence in the leadership of the country, overcoming recent divisions. Tlhagale added that 'corruption and nepotism have no place in democracy', advocating that the government confront these problems. The bishops also suggest that an inquiry should shed light on the accusations of corruption against primary political figures. Tlhagale ended by explaining that the elections, to be held in less than a year’s time, would give everyone 'the opportunity to approve or reject changes. It is every citizen’s duty to reflect on the political situation and vote in such a way as to promote the common good'. Mbeki was forced to resign by the ANC on account of alleged meddling in the trial against ANC leader Jacob Zuma. The ANC deputy leader Kgalema Motlanthe, a close ally of Zuma, has assumed the presidency, replacing Mbeki, until next year's elections.
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October 1st, 2008
Jeddah,
SAUDI ARABIA, 26.09.08 (AsianNews/Agencies) - The role assumed by the
King
Abdul
Aziz
National
Dialogue
Center is taking on an increasingly important significance in Saudi society, because it promotes the values of peace, tolerance, and dialogue. This is the assertion of King Abdullah, the Saudi monarch and the "Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques of Mecca and
Medina".
The king also emphasized the importance of "interreligious dialogue", which must guarantee concrete results, but without neglecting the precepts and principles stipulated by Islam: "A dialogue which emphasizes what we hold in common as human beings", the king said, "will make us realize that the values and principles uniting us are more than those dividing us".
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October 1st, 2008
Castel Gandolfo,
ITALY, 28.09.08 (AsiaNews) – The Pope’s last Angelus from Castel Gandolfo before his return to the
Apostolic
Palace in the
Vatican next Tuesday was dedicated to John Paul I, the Pope of humility. And with that he remembers John Paul I who died 30 years ago on 28th September.
Thanks to this virtue of his, only 33 days were necessary for Pope Luciani to enter people’s hearts. In his speeches he used examples taken from real life, from his own family memories and from the wisdom of ordinary folks. His simplicity was a tool to formulate solid and vivid teachings which he enhanced by frequent quotes from Church and secular writers that he could recall thanks to an exceptional memory and a vast culture. He had been a catechist without equal, following in the footsteps of Saint Pius X, his compatriot and predecessor on the chair of Saint Mark and then Saint Peter. “We must feel small before God,” he said during that same audience. “I am not ashamed to feel like a child before his mother,” he added; “one believes in one's mother; I believe in the Lord, in what he has revealed to me (Ibid, p. 49). These words show the strength of his faith. As we thank God for having given him to the Church and the world, let us cherish his example and commit ourselves to the same humility that made him able to speak to one and all, especially to the little ones and the so-called “far away”.
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September 26th, 2008
The Catholic Church is trying to dialogue and end the violence.
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September 26th, 2008
More than 150,000 Buddhists, Catholics and Hindus came to the shrine of the Holy Cross.
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September 26th, 2008
The Filipino Catholic Church opposes mandatory HIV testing for all workers returning to the country from abroad.
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September 22nd, 2008
The Holy Father trusts that these moments of prayer will strengthen their commitment to upholding the dignity of each human person.
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September 8th, 2008
Despite the small signs of improvement that seem to come from Iraq, the Christian community is still witnessing more violence.
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September 8th, 2008
Celebrate the Church’s missionary activity; strengthen its mission
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September 8th, 2008
The Episcopal Commission on Biblical Apostolate (ECBA) and the Philippines Bible Society (PBS) have embarked upon a five-year campaign to promote the Bible.
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August 14th, 2008
An urgent appeal was launched to the international community for medicine provisions for around 60 patients - mainly women and children
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August 14th, 2008
The shrine of Our Lady of Madhu is surrounded by a minefield and needs a 'conflict-free zone' to be established.
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August 14th, 2008
Religious freedom violations are systemic in Turkmenistan
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August 5th, 2008
'The challenges of evangelizaion and inculturation is a mission that is ever old, but ever new.'
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August 5th, 2008
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July 17th, 2008
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August 5th, 2008
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July 18th, 2008
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May 15th, 2008
Myanmar has been struck this week by Clyclone Nargis, ‘the worst storm to hit Asia for twenty years'. The National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Myanmar spoke of the tragic horror experienced by their country. The work of the Pontifical Mission Societies is best known in England and Wales through the work of the Association for the Propagation of the Faith (APF) and the Red Box collections from 200,000 homes across the two countries.
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April 15th, 2008
The Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions celebrated its 150th anniversary in Hong Kong this week with a thanksgiving Mass.
The missionary agency was begun with the support of Pope Pius IX in 1850. Just eight years later, the first PIME missionaries arrived in Hong Kong, initially working with the few local Catholics and the British soldiers stationed in the colony.
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