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Friday, October 9, 2009 |
Mary Ward celebrations in Rome - calls for beatification
This week, Rome has been full of pilgrims from all over the world celebrating the life and achievements of Mary Ward. The week-long celebration began in the Piazza del Popolo where an international group in seventeenth-century costume re-enacted Mary Ward's entry into Rome after one of her heroic journeys on foot across the Alps. Read More ...
Posted: Friday, October 9, 2009 12:12 am |
Irish bishops meet abuse victims - 'the first step of many steps'
An historic meeting took place at St Patrick's College, Maynooth yesterday (Wednesday) between the Irish Bishops' Conference and representatives from four abuse survivors groups: Soca Ireland (Survivors of Child Abuse), the Cork-based Right of Place, the Alliance group, and Right to Peace. Read More ...
Dan Bergin - Posted: Thursday, October 8, 2009 11:51 pm |
Rome: Bishops address African Synod on human rights issues
Bishops from Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Libya, Nigeria, DR Congo, South Africa and Angola addressed the fourth meeting of the ongoing Africa Synod in Rome yesterday on issues of justice, human rights, migration and the environment. The texts of their addresses follow. Read More ...
Posted: Thursday, October 8, 2009 11:09 pm |
Pope receives president of Palestinian Authority
On Thursday morning, in the Vatican Apostolic Palace, the Holy Father Benedict XVI received in audience Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority. President Abbas subsequently went on to meet Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone SDB who was accompanied by Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary for Relations with States. Read More ...
Posted: Thursday, October 8, 2009 10:30 pm |
Peace campaigners hold ecumenical service outside military base
An international team of Christian peacemakers yesterday, (Wednesday) held a service at the gates of the military base where the coalition bombings are planned, to commemorate the eighth anniversary of the US-led invasion of Afghanistan. The worshippers blocked the main gate of Northwood HQ Read More ...
Posted: Thursday, October 8, 2009 7:14 pm |
Southwark: Archbishop of Canterbury to give Operation Noah lecture
There is a chance to hear the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, when he gives this year's Operation Noah lecture in Southwark Cathedral next Tuesday, 13 October at 7pm. The event comes just seven weeks before the crunch UN climate summit in Copenhagen and will set the scriptural and theological agenda. Read More ...
Posted: Thursday, October 8, 2009 12:05 am |
Holy Land: youth volunteers renovate homes in Jericho
Most people picture young adults relaxing on their summer vacations and days off. But the youth volunteers who are part of Caritas Jerusalem - more than 80 of them from nine different cities and villages from the West Bank - spent their holidays doing practical work to bring hope to the people of Jericho. Read More ...
Posted: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 5:22 pm |
London prepares to greet relics of St Thérèse of Liseux
The relics of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, due to arrive in London this Sunday, 11 October, are expected to draw thousands of pilgrims during their five day stay in the capital. Pilgrims will be able to see and venerate the relics, housed in a casket which contains bones from the thigh and foot of the 24 year old Carmelite saint. Read More ...
Posted: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 4:44 pm |
Ghana: Cardinal calls for cheap HIV drugs rather than condoms for Africa
The money used on condoms in Africa would be better spent providing anti-retroviral drugs to those already infected, Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson of Ghana has said. Cardinal Turkson who is the relator-general of the Second African Synod said at a conference that the quality of condoms in Africa is poor and engenders false confidence.
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Posted: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 12:47 am |
Pope seeks deeper evangelization at launch of African Synod
Pope Benedict XVI opened the second African Synod of bishops on Monday, describing the continent as a 'spiritual lung' for a humanity that appears to be in a crisis of faith and hope, but also warning that African Catholics were threatened by 'spiritual waste' pouring in especially from the West. Read More ...
Posted: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 12:33 am |
Hundreds of school students hit streets of London
Hundreds of secondary school students from all over London will walk from Hyde Park Corner to Westminster Cathedral in the Catholic Children's Society 'Walk a Mile in Their Shoes' event on Wednesday. The event will conclude with an ecumenical service at Westminster Cathedral presided over by Monsignor Seamus O'Boyle, Read More ...
Patrick Daly - Posted: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 6:45 pm |
Wimbledon College launches appeal for Indian flood victims
Wimbledon College is launching a 'Pound for Pannur' campaign, following serious flooding in the state of Karnataka in India. Their aim is to raise a pound from every pupil - and to expand the appeal to their parents and friends outside the college. The Jesuit comprehensive boys' school in south west London Read More ...
Posted: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 6:02 pm |
Jesuits in Honduras receive death threats
Following the coup is June, Honduras continues to experience deep political instability. The statement below from Caritas Honduras addresses - among other issues - the threats to the director of the Jesuit-run Radio station. Read More ...
Posted: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 2:23 pm |
Text: Bishop McKeown at Pax Christi Ireland Mass for Non Violence
Today's Gospel may seem a strange one for us to proclaim on this Sunday when Pax Christi celebrates its annual Mass. But Jesus had a great way of surprising, shocking his disciples when he was with them. God still wants to raises our vision outside the narrow box that our mind offers us, outside the narrow range of priorities and preoccupations that our Western culture Read More ...
Posted: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 1:31 pm |
South East Asia appeal
Thousands of lives have been devastated by the Indonesian earthquake and the typhoon in the Philippines and wider region. There is a desperate need for food and water - and many require immediate medical attention to survive. With more extreme weather expected, the need is likely to increase. Read More ...
Posted: Monday, October 5, 2009 10:48 pm |
China: underground Bishop of Wenzhou dies
Bishop James Lin Xili of Wenzhou died at the age of 91 on Sunday, 4 October, the 17th anniversary of his episcopal ordination, which the Chinese government did not recognize. The Vatican-approved bishop was transferred from a hospital in Wenzhou to Qiligan church in Yueqing, 45 kilometres away, shortly before he died Read More ...
Posted: Monday, October 5, 2009 9:34 pm |
Oxford prepares for Relics visit with play at Oxford Oratory
The relics of St Therese will be welcomed to Oxford on Wednesday with a peal of bells from the Anglican church of St Giles..
Therese of Lisieux wrote eight plays and took the lead in five of these performed as recreation in the Carmel so it was apt that Oxford parishioners decided to stage a theatrical extravaganza in preparation for the visit of her relics Read More ...
Amanda C Dickie - Posted: Monday, October 5, 2009 9:16 pm |
EU Bishops welcome Irish referendum result
Mgr Adrianus Van Luyn, President of the European Bishops Conference (COMECE) has issued a statement welcoming the "clear and decisive outcome" of the Referendum in Ireland on the Lisbon Treaty. He said: "The positive result raises the possibility of concluding the ratification process of the Lisbon Treaty by the end of this year. Read More ...
Posted: Monday, October 5, 2009 9:00 pm |
All creatures great and small
A large blue parrot, a flame-bellied frog, tortoises and guinea pigs were among animals brought to a special Pet Blessing service in north London on Sunday, the feast of St Francis of Assisi. There were also more than a dozen dogs, cats, and several guinea pigs at the celebration, held in the garden Read More ...
Jo Siedlecka - Posted: Monday, October 5, 2009 7:45 pm |
Text: A Christian response to Climate Change
Writer and campaigner Ellen Teague gave the following short talk during Sunday Masses at Our Lady Help of Christians in north London, as part of the parish's St Francis of Assisi weekend on climate change.
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Posted: Sunday, October 4, 2009 11:39 pm |
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