Vision & Mission
Never Again’ must a genocide happen
The 75th anniversaries of the Genocide Convention and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights should motivate us to act.
Austria – The work of Human Rights in difficult times: 'Don Bosco International' and 'Salesians for the Social' show Salesian good practices
ANS - Vienna) - The meeting entitled: 'Human rights work in challenging times - ways forward' took place on Monday 1 February in digital mode. The event, promoted by the Platform of Fundamental Rights - a body of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), based in Vienna, saw the involvement of 'Don Bosco International' (DBI), the body representing the Salesians of Don Bosco at the European institutions, which led a thematic session entitled: “Promoting the rights of young citizens of third countries in alternative assistance services”.
Tribute to former Liberian Bishop Sumoward Harris, a voice for justice and peace
LWF’s condolences and prayers of support to the Lutheran Church in Liberia
The 'Pope Francis' Hospital Ship joins the fight against Covid-19
The “Pope Francis Hospital Ship” brings medical equipment and assistance to coronavirus-hit communities along the Amazon river.
Holy See urges concrete solutions to protect life and dignity of refugees
Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, the Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations in Geneva, on Tuesday addressed a meeting on resettling refugees through complementary pathways.
Holy See advocates for rights of Internally Displaced Persons with disabilities
The Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations, Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič, calls for protection of the rights of people with disabilities in situations of forced displacement.
U.S. Bishops welcome Supreme Court ruling on religious liberty
Two USCCB committee chairmen applaud a US Supreme Court ruling in favour of the Little Sisters of the Poor in a long-running dispute over a contraception mandate.
Laudato si' - The integral text of Pope Francis' Encyclical on care for our common home (6)
Many things have to change course, but it is we human beings above all who need to change. We lack an awareness of our common origin, of our mutual belonging, and of a future to be shared with everyone. This basic awareness would enable the development of ...
Laudato si' - The integral text of Pope Francis' Encyclical on care for our common home (5)
Ecology studies the relationship between living organisms and the environment in which they develop. This necessarily entails reflection and debate about the conditions required for the life and survival of society, and the honesty needed to ...
Laudato si' - The integral text of Pope Francis' Encyclical on care for our common home (4)
It would hardly be helpful to describe symptoms without acknowledging the human origins of the ecological crisis. A certain way of understanding human life and activity has gone awry, to the serious detriment of the world around us. Should we not pause and consider ...
Laudato si' - The integral text of Pope Francis' Encyclical on care for our common home (3)
Why should this document, addressed to all people of good will, include a chapter dealing with the convictions of believers? I am well aware that in the areas of politics and philosophy there are those who firmly reject the idea of a Creator, or consider it irrelevant ...
Laudato si' - The integral text of Pope Francis' Encyclical on care for our common home (2)
Theological and philosophical reflections on the situation of humanity and the world can sound tiresome and abstract, unless they are grounded in a fresh analysis of our present situation, which is in many ways unprecedented in the history of humanity. So...
Laudato si' - The integral text of Pope Francis' Encyclical on care for our common home (1)
“LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore” – “Praise be to you, my Lord”. In the words of this beautiful canticle, Saint Francis of Assisi reminds us that our common home is like a sister with whom we share our life and a beautiful mother who opens her arms to embrace us. “Praise be to you, my Lord, through our ...
Archbishop Fisichella speaks about vocations event
The President of the Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization, Archbishop Rino Fisichella briefed journalists Monday on the latest initiative for the Year of Faith. The Day for Seminarians, Novices and those on a vocational journey will take place in Rome from July 4-7.
Preface: The words of Heart
nhipcautamgiao.net is an online version of the Bulletin 'The Bridge of Heart' carried out by the Pastoral Commission for Interfaith Dialogue of Archdiocese of HCM city, with collaboration of dignitaries and the faithful of other religions, and association with religious training programs at the Pastoral center, Archdiocese of HCM city.
Declaration on Religious Freedom: Dignitatis Humanae
A sense of the dignity of the human person has been impressing itself more and more deeply on the consciousness of contemporary man (1), and the demand is increasingly made that men should act on their own judgment, enjoying and making use of a responsible freedom, not driven by coercion but motivated by a sense of duty.
CBCV: Dialogue and Evangelization in Vietnam
In the Common Letter post Congress of the People of God 2010 titled “Together build the love and life of civilization”, the Vietnamese Bishops pointed out the orientation for carrying out evangelization in Vietnam. Concretely, the pastors proposed that the Vietnamese People of God community perform “heart to heart dialogue” with other religions, the poor and non – religious people.
Dialogue with Other Religions
Dialogue with other religions, which are significant and posotive elements in the economy of God’s design of salvation, is an integral dimension of the mission of the Church, which is the sacrament of the Kingdom of God proclaimed by Jesus. In Aisa today, Christians, though they are a “little flock” in many places, animated by the Spirit who is leading all things to unity, are called to play a serving and catalysing role which facilitates interreligious collaboration...
The Relation of The Church to Non-Christian Religions
The 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.