Events
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USA: State Department Establishes Office for Religious Engagement
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMSecretary of State John Kerry has appointed a professor of Christian ethics as the first director of the State Department’s Office of Faith-Based Community Initiatives. The new office is the outgrowth of an initiative by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who said... -
Vatican-appointed overseer to attend LCWR annual meeting
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThe US archbishop who was given expansive oversight by the Vatican of American sisters will attend their annual gathering in mid-August and will speak of his role as their church-mandated overseer. -
Syria’s first lady prepares Ramadan meals
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMSyria’s first lady Asma al-Assad participated in preparing Ramadan meals that were distributed to the needy and poor on Saturday. The occasion marked Laylat al-Qadr, the night... -
Pope Francis: once a Jesuit always a Jesuit?
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMWednesday 31st of July the Church remembers Saint Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus. To mark this occasion, Francis the first Jesuit Pope in history, crossed the Tiber River to meet with his fellow Jesuits… -
Pope Francis: "Go, do not be afraid, and serve"
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMCelebrating the World Youth Day Holy Mass in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, Pope Francis told those present that it was time to go and to pass on this experience to others. Addressing a crowd of over 3 million people gathered on ... -
WYD Rio: speaking with Nigerian, Iraqi pilgrims
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMPope Francis. Our French colleague, Olivier Tosseri, is in Rio and caught up with several pilgrims from countries marred by interfaith and ethnic violence. He asked them how it feels to be a Christian in Rio for WYD celebrations... -
Young Sri Lankan Buddhists too would like to have a WYD
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMFor some young people, an international event like World Youth Day is an opportunity "to share feelings, opinions and ideas, suggesting new paths to the world." This year in Rio, there will not be a Sri Lankan delegation. -
South Asia's disunited nations prevent effective flood relief
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMA lack of co-operation between South Asian countries is preventing timely flood warnings that could save lives and property during the monsoon season. Erratic and extreme rainfall is causing catastrophic flooding, most recently in northwest India and Nepal ... -
A day in the life of Pope Francis
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThe first few hours of Francis’ day are dedicated to prayer and meditation on the Readings which the Pope comments on, in the brief homilies he gives in his morning masses in the chapel of the place he likes to call the “boarding school”, commonly known as St. Martha’s House: a simple... -
Pontifical Council issues message for World Tourism Day 2013: Tourism and Water
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMWith St. Francis, the “Little Poor” of Assisi, we raise our hymn to God, praising him for his creatures: “Praised be to you, my Lord, for sister Water, which is very useful and humble and precious and pure”. -
Vatican finances presented to Economic Council of Cardinals
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMOn Tuesday Wednesday (July 2 and 3rd), the meeting of the Council of Cardinals for the Study of Organisational and Economic Problems of the Holy See took place in Vatican City, presided over by Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone . Particularly noteworthy was the visit ... -
For solidarity without boundaries
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMLampedusa is just one of many points of convergence around the globe where different worlds meet. The vast range of refugees routes extends to include those in boats who make their way to Australia, Yemen, Italy or Malta; by truck crossing the Sahara desert to the north ... -
Pope Francis in close-up - Seasoned Vatican observer spots some trends and looks ahead
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThe first 100 days of a pope are not like the first 100 days of a president or prime minister or a CEO. A pope thinks long-term, and is under less pressure to put forward a series of short-term goals or programs. Most of the issues facing a pope transcend ... -
Land tenure: breaking the cycle of poverty
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AM“Land is this basic thing that allows us to build up and help people get out of poverty”. Amanda, who started working at Landesa in 2010, says she is gratified and rewarded by her work as her prime interest is trying to get people out of poverty. Land rights, she says ... -
Pope Francis' first encyclical,
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMPope Francis' first encyclical, entitled “Lumen Fidei”, will be published on Friday 5 July. The document, described as “not very extensive” by the director of the... -
IOR Director and Deputy Director resign. Communique' of the Press Office of the Holy See
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMPresident Ernst von Freyberg to assume General Director duties ad interim – IOR-Directorate offers resignations – Promontory seconding top level executives to fill the roles of Deputy Director and Chief Risk Officer -
Mindanao group wins top peace award
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMAn interreligious peace movement in troubled Mindanao has won the prestigious Goi Peace Award, a Japanese prize previously given to Microsoft founder Bill Gates and the former president of Costa Rica. -
Philippine Christians unite to tackle trafficking
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMCatholic and Protestant Churches in the Philippines have formed an alliance against humann trafficking following a damning assessment last week by the US State Department. -
Solidarity with Hindu pilgrims affected by floods
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThe Bishops' Conference of India sends a message to monsoon victims. Deathly toll of more than 150 victims in Uttharkhand:, at least 50 thousand pilgrims still stranded by landslides. Diocesan Caritas and NGOs alongside state agencies in rescue operations. -
Pope to FAO: more must been done to end scandal of starvation
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AM“Something more can and must be done” for the millions of people who are “still suffering and dying of starvation”, something which is “truly scandalous” in this day and age. Moreover, the current global crisis cannot “continue to be used as an alibi” for people, ... -
Pope: We see the face of Christ in refugees
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMPope Francis has spoken about World Refugee Day , which falls Thursday June 20th, making an impassioned appeal for people and institutions around the world to come to the aid of the countless families forced to flee their homelands because of violence and persecution. -
Pope Francis: Lower defences and open doors
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMDialogue, discernment, and frontier: These were the three words that the Pope suggested to the personnel of the Jesuit journal La Civilta Cattolica (Catholic Civilization), which is published in Italian from Rome, whom he received in audience in the morning 14.6.2013. -
Forced migration: Pastoral Guidelines
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMA new document dealing with the issue of forced migration was presented Thursday at the Holy See Press office by the Presidents of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People and the Pontifical Council Cor Unum. -
Politicians and Hindu leaders join Pope Francis to defend man and the environment
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMNepali politicians, Hindu leaders and scientists have welcomed the words of Pope Francis, and are spreading the papal message issued yesterday for World Environment Day in favour of a "culture of solidarity and encounter" that protects the "human person [that] is now in danger." -
The Apostleship of Prayer in cyberspace
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMIn this time of technological advance and growing democratization of information thanks to the possibilities of new media, why not use Social Media to inform Facebook and Twitter users of the latest news from the Catholic Church? -
The Pope commented on the day's readings: The isolated conscience
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMEgoism leads nowhere. Love, however, frees. Therefore, those who are able to live their lives as “a gift to give others” will never be alone and will never experience “the tragedy of the isolated conscience”, easy prey of that “evil repaying Satan” ever “ready to swindle” those who choose his path... -
Pope appeals for calm in Venezuela, relief for China's earthquake victims
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMOn Sunday Pope Francis made a series of appeals following the midday recitation of the Marian prayer, Regina Caeli, with thousands of faithful in St Peter’s Square. The Holy Father appealed for calm in Venezuela following hotly contested presidential elections and ... -
Pastor launches new Qu'ran burning stunt
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMA top Muslim cleric has asked Christians to support a protest against a new plan to burn copies of the Qu’ran. Announced in a press release this week from Terry Jones, an American pastor who has gained notoriety through past anti-Islamic initiatives, the latest stunt would involve the -
Adult stem cell conference: A cultural perspective
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMAn International Conference on adult stem cell research is due to open on Thursday in the Vatican. The event three day event entitled “Regenerative Medicine: Fundamental Change in Science and Culture, brings together politicians, medical researchers and -
Angelus: Pope wishes youth a Good Journey to WYD 2013
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMAt the end of this morning’s Mass for Palm Sunday (24 March 2013), and before praying the Angelus, the Pope called upon the intercession of our Lady, particularly in favour of those suffering with tuberculosis and young persons...