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Message of His Holiness Benedict XVI For Lent 2012
By Admin WebmasterThe Lenten season offers us once again an opportunity to reflect upon the very heart of Christian life: charity. This is a favourable time to renew our journey of faith, both as individuals and as a community, with the help of the word of God and the sacraments. This journey is one marked by prayer and sharing, silence and fasting, in anticipation of the joy of Easter. -
Final Declaration of Annual Meeting for Dialogue Among The Monotheistic Religion
By Admin WebmasterThe Joint Committee for Dialogue, established in 1998, held its annual meeting in Rome on Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 February 2009; it was jointly presided over by His Eminence Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, and by Prof. Cheikh Ali Abd al-Baqi Shahata, Secretary General of the Academy for Islamic Research of al-Azhar, Cairo, Egypt. -
The spirit of Lent
By Admin WebmasterAs we begin to enter the Season of Lent, the first step in observing Lent is to develop an understanding of the true spirit of Lent. We must align ourselves with the Church and use this time as inward cleansing and purification. -
The Relation of The Church to Non-Christian Religions
By Admin WebmasterThe Catholic Church rejects nothing that is true and holy in these religions. She regards with sincere reverence those ways of conduct and of life, those precepts and teachings which, though differing in many aspects from the ones she holds and sets forth, nonetheless often reflect a ray of that Truth which enlightens all men. -
The Legendary Origins of the Viet People
By Admin WebmasterThousands of years ago in the country of Linh Nam, there lived a clan chief with superhuman strength called Loc Tuc who took the title of King Kinh Duong. Endowed with magical powers, he could walk as easily on water as on land. -
Buddhism & Vegetarianism
By Admin WebmasterThere is a divergence of views within Buddhism as to whether vegetarianism is necessary, with some schools of Buddhism rejecting such a requirement. The first precept in Buddhism is usually translated as: I undertake the precept to refrain from taking life. Some Buddhists see this as implying that Buddhists should not eat meat, while others argue that this is not necessarily the case. -
Worldwide Dialogue
By Admin WebmasterA significant number of inter-religious organizations have begun operating around the world to increase religious tolerance and cooperation. Below is a list of well-reputed groups, along with brief excerpts about them. -
Enlightenment
By Admin WebmasterThe Sanskrit word for enlightenment is "bodhi," which means "awakened." But awakened to what? -
Archdiocese of Ho Chi Minh City (2) - Diocesan Activities and Organizations
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Benoît XVI est entré en Carême
By Admin WebmasterBenoît XVI a ouvert mercredi 22 février les célébrations du Carême en l’église bénédictine Saint-Anselme, sur la colline de romaine de l’Aventin, par un temps de prière et d’adoration avant de se rendre en procession à la basilique Sainte-Sabine pour la messe des Cendres -
"Le sens du rassemblement d'Assise" par Jean-Paul II
By Admin WebmasterExtrait du discours de Jean-Paul II aux cardinaux et à la Curie Romaine le 22 décembre 1986 sur le sens de la rencontre interreligieuse d'Assise. -
The Australian National Dialogue of Christians, Muslims, and Jews
By Admin WebmasterThe National Council of Churches in Australia (NCCA) is a founding partner in this dialogue on behalf of member churches. Our dialogue partners are: The Australian Federation of Islamic Councils and The Executive Council of Australian Jewry. -
Glossary of Christianity (1): A-B-C
By Admin WebmasterA-B-C... Alexandrian School: School of thought associated with Alexandria, Egypt. It was influenced by Platonic philosophy and tended to emphasize the divinity of Christ over his humanity and interpret scripture allegorically. Compare with the Antiochene School. Notable Alexandrians include Clement and Origen. -
Assisi event calls for peace as a human right
By Admin WebmasterAmong religious leaders on the stage with Pope Benedict XVI at the World Day of Peace in Assisi last week was Stan Noffsinger, general secretary of the Church of the Brethren. The main message of the Oct. 27 event was that peace is a human right, Noffsinger said in an interview on his return from Italy. -
Caodaism: a Religion for Peace
By Admin WebmasterThis paper is written in order to contribute to the 2nd International Conference on Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue, which will be held on November 26 - 28, 2010 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. -
Archbishop Rowan Williams to speak at Ecumenical Centre, Geneva
By Admin WebmasterDr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, will be delivering a lecture on “Faith, human rights and human dignity” on Tuesday, 28 February from 18.30-20.00 in the Visser't Hooft Plenary Hall of the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva at the invitation of the World Council of Churches (WCC). -
Cao Dai Cathedral (built 1933-55)
By Admin WebmasterThe Great Temple, or Holy See, is the center of the sect. Constructed between 1933 and 1955, is about 60 miles (100 kilometers) northwest of Ho Chi Minh City. -
An Ecumenical visit to The Mennonite Church
By Admin WebmasterOn Sunday, January 22, the eve before first day of Lunar New Year Tet, Father Francis Xavier Bao Loc, Sister Anna of St. Paul, an Dominican seminary student, and this writer participated in an ecumenical Christian based visit between members of the Catholic Diocesan Commission for Interfaith Dialogs, and this writer, Grace Mishler, Church of the Brethren Global Mission Partnerships. -
The prayers for Peace - 25th Anniversary of Inter-religious Meeting in Assisi
By Admin WebmasterThe prayer below was given by Grace Mishler who was asked by director of Inter-religious’s Commission at the Diocesan Pastoral Center of Ho Chi Minh City Catholic. grace was asked as a christian to deliver a closing prayer. this was to be limited to under 3 minutes. -
Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
By Admin WebmasterThis luminous messenger of God’s love was born on 26 August 1910 in Skopje, a city situated at the crossroads of Balkan history. The youngest of the children born to Nikola and Drane Bojaxhiu, she was baptised Gonxha Agnes, received her First Communion at the age of five and a half and was confirmed in November 1916. From the day of her First Holy Communion, a love for souls was within her. -
The Paradoxical Commandments
By Admin WebmasterThe Paradoxical Commandments were written by Kent M. Keith in 1968 as part of a booklet for student leaders. Mother Teresa thought the Paradoxical Commandments were important enough to put up on the wall of her children's home in Calcutta. The Paradoxical Commandments have touched the hearts of millions of people all over the world. -
An Introduction to the life of Bahá'u'lláh
By Admin WebmasterThe name Bahá'u'lláh is an Arabic word which means "The Glory of God". Another spelling is Baha'u'llah (without diacriticals). Other transliterations of this Name are Bahaullah and Baha Allah. -
Basic Teachings of Bahá'u'lláh
By Admin WebmasterHumanity is now coming of age. It is this that makes possible the unification of the human family and the building of a peaceful, global society. Among the principles which the Bahá'í Faith promotes as vital to the achievement of this goal are: the abandonment of all forms of prejudice... -
Basic Hoa Hao Buddhist Teachings
By Admin WebmasterThe doctrine of Hoa Hao Buddhism, as taught by the Venerable Master Huynh Phu So, is a reformation of the religion founded by Gautamal Sakymuni Buddha c. 530 B.C. Hoa Hao Buddhism is a return to the essence of Buddhist thought, with a focus on the individual human being: our relationship with the universe; ore responsibilities - to ourselves, our family, our community, our nation, and mankind.
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The call of renewal - Cardinal J.B Pham Minh Man
By Admin WebmasterIn regard to deep dimension, it is to renew our hearts, to try to liberate our minds from the confinement of greed, hatred, and delusion, and intrinsic opposition in order that our interior can freely live “the religion of love”, show our brotherhood and mutual support, and make contributions together to common good, to the life and development of human community. -
Homélie pour le dimanche 26 février 2012
By Admin WebmasterNous aussi nous connaissons ce désert, cette nuit, cette solitude au moment de toute décision, face à notre conscience, face à nous-même, parfois avec l'impression d'un grand silence de la part de Dieu, parce que nous n'avons pas mémoire de la Parole qu'il nous a adressée par Jésus-Christ. -
Buddhists around the world
By Admin WebmasterThe statistics found in nearly all encyclopedias and almanacs place the number of Buddhists at approximately 500 million. This figure completely ignores over one billion Chinese people who live in the People's Republic of China. China is officially communist (although many free market conditions are already in place) and does not keep records on religion statistics of adherents... -
Caodaism: A brief History and Philosophy (1) - Christopher Hartney
By Admin WebmasterInitially, I would like to provide a brief historical account of Caodaism leaving to one side issues of morality, ethics and lifestyle which are better explained by my travelling companions. Secondly I would like to speak of Caodaism as a manifestation of monotheism in the East and explain methods of revelation as a way of contrasting this faith with that of the prophetic tradition of the West -
Overview of Hoa Hao Buddhism
By Admin WebmasterThe estimated total number of Hoa Hao followers is over two million people representing more than one third the population of the Western Area, or 10 percent of the population of South Vietnam (prior to 1975). In provinces like Chau Doc, An Giang, Kien Phong, and Sa-Dec, Hoa Hao Buddhists account for 90 percent of the population. In other provinces, this proportion varies from 10 to 60 percent.
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Mandarins and Martyrs: The Church and the Nguyen Dynasty in Early Nineteenth-Century Vietnam
By Admin Webmasterhis book examines the rise of anti-Catholic hostility in early nineteenth-century Vietnam under the Nguyen dynasty. French missionaries have long been blamed for the destabilization of dynastic Vietnam and the anti-Catholic violence that preceded the French invasion in 1858.
