Ivory Coast bishops call for dialogue, prayer after mutinies
KATIOLA, Ivory Coast, Jan 26, 2017–After two weeks of mutinies over pay by Ivory Coast’s army and paramilitary, the nation’s bishops are calling for open dialogue on unemployment,…
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China ‘forcing churches to conform to Party agenda’
BEIJING, Jan 27, 2017–The government of Chinese president Xi Jinping focused heavily on forcing Christianity in the country to conform to the Communist Party’s agenda, according to a ma…
Vietnamese Catholics, Protestants reject past animosity
HO CHI MINH CITY, Jan 28, 2017–Catholic and Protestant leaders in Vietnam called on Christians to restore harmony and worship God together at an ecumenical encounter on the 500th anniversary …
Jesus portrayed as Indian in mega Bible show
KERALA, Jan 27, 2017–A two-hour stage show premiered in India’s Kerala state recently depicting Jesus as Indian, thus correcting European Christianity’s “misrepresentation&#…
Pope: Everyone needs help living the faith – no one can do it alone
VATICAN, Jan. 28, 2017– On Saturday, Pope Francis stressed the importance of having a solid guide in the spiritual life since no one – neither laity nor consecrated persons themselves – can s…
Respond to violence with Christ’s love, strength, pope tells churches
VATICAN, Jan. 27, 2017– Pope Francis prayed for an end to the daily violence and brutality waged by fundamentalist extremists in the Middle East. “Your sufferings are our sufferings. I …
Holocaust calls us to have ‘respect for the dignity of every person’
VATICAN, Jan. 27, 2017 — In a message marking Friday’s observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day, a Vatican official has said it is reminder that we need to maintain vigilance against vio…
Bishop nixes ban on OFW deployment to Kuwait
MANILA, Jan. 29, 2017— The Labor department should reconsider its plan to ban the deployment of Filipino domestic helpers to Kuwait due to reports of abuses by employers, a Catholic bishop said. Bi…
The beatitudes: a source of hope and challenge
Fourth Sunday of Year A (Matt 5:1-12a) January 29, 2017 By Fr. Sal Putzu, SDB MANKIND has always valued and exalted the strong, the beautiful, the successful . . . . The happiness of a person has u…
Does God Care for the Poor, the Voiceless and the Powerless?
Homily on the Fourth Sunday of Year A (Matt 5:1-12a) January 29, 2017 By Msgr. Lope C. Robredillo, SThD REACTING to an article “The Free Market for Hope” in Newsweek, Indranil Chaudhuri of Culcutta…
