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Latinos Celebrate 'Dia del Los Muertos'Catholic Online 10/31/2009, by Randy SlyThe ritual is celebrated by Hispanic families in Latin America, the United States and Canada. WASHINGTON, D.C. (Catholic Online) – When the Spanish conquistadors landed on the shores of Mexico over 500 years ago, they encountered Aztecs celebrating a unique festival called “Dia del Los Muertos,” ... Nicaraguan Bishop Warns of Possible Ortega DictatorshipZenit News Agency 10/23/2009The prelate asserted that 'the sad reality is that for those in power the constitution is toilet paper'. MANAGUA, Nicaragua (Zenit.org) - The vice-president of the Nicaraguan bishops' conference is stating that a recent Supreme Court decision could pave the way for President Daniel Ortega to take ... Mexican expert on Shroud points out flaws of supposed 'duplicate'Catholic News Agency 10/13/2009Last week the Italian scientist Luigi Garlaschelli announced he had created a replica of the Holy Shroud. MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNA) - The president of the Mexican Shroud of Turin Center, Adolfo Orozco, said last week that the announcement of the creation of an allegedly exact replica of the Shroud ...
EUROPE »
Vatican hosting seminar on sports and spiritual lifeCatholic News Agency 11/6/2009The gathering is being organized by the 'Church and Sport' section of the Pontifical Council for the Laity. VATICAN CITY (CNA) - The Vatican is set to host a unique seminar on how sports are related to building virtue and the spiritual life. Participants will hear from the former U.S. Olympic ... Spanish cloistered nuns see surge in vocationsCatholic News Agency 11/6/2009'It is an unexpected boom in vocations when the Jesuits have just 20 novices in all of Spain, the Franciscans, five, and the Vincentians, two'. MADRID, Spain (CNA) - A 43 year-old prioresses has revolutionized an old Poor Clares convent in Spain, turning it onto a magnet for dozens of young ... Meeting Called Between the Pope and ArtistsChiesa 11/6/2009, by Sandro MagisterBy meeting with artists in that supreme place of Christian art which is the Sistine Chapel Benedict XVI intends to arrest a decline and restart a dialogue. ROMA (Chiesa) - The announced meeting between Benedict XVI and artists will take place the morning of Saturday, November 21, 2009, in the ...
MIDDLE EAST »
East Jerusalem: Jewish settlers seize Palestinian homes by forceAsia News 11/5/2009Israeli courts are increasingly ruling against Palestinian families, ordering them to leave their homes. JERUSALEM (AsiaNews/Agencies) – A group of 40 Jewish settlers have taken over by force another Palestinian house in East Jerusalem’s neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah. The settlers stormed the ... 'Temporary' Palestinian Refugee Groups Turn 60Zenit News Agency 11/5/2009The ongoing conflict is fruit of a 'failure on the part of both concerned parties to engage in significant and substantive dialogue and dispute resolution in order to bring stability and peace to the Holy Land'. NEW YORK, NY (Zenit.org) - The continued existence of a U.N. agency and a pontifical ...
ASIA PACIFIC »
Prof. Noel Sheth SJ as Convener of a Section at World Sanskrit ConferenceCatholic Online 10/24/2009, by Father Santhosh Sebastian The priest's selection as chief convener is 'a great honor to the Catholic Church in India,' remarked Bishop Thomas Dabre of Poona (Pune), an expert on Indian religions.
GORAKHPUR, India (Catholic Online) - The 14th World Sanskrit Conference, held from 1 to 5 September, and hosted this time by ... Muslims Appeal for irish Priest's Release in the Philippines Zenit News Agency 10/22/2009Columban Father Michael Sinnott, who came from Ireland to serve in the Philippines 40 years ago, was abducted Oct. 11 from his home in Pagadian City. PAGADIAN CITY, Philippines (Zenit.org) - Muslim leaders in the Philippines are condemning the kidnapping of a Catholic priest, affirming that this ...
AFRICA »
African Cardinal Will Lead Justice and Peace CouncilZenit News Agency 10/27/2009, by Jesús ColinaCardinal Turkson is one of the top Biblical scholars in Africa with a doctorate from the Pontifical Biblical Institute. VATICAN CITY (Zenit.org) - Benedict XVI named Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, the archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana, and the first cardinal of that country, as the president of ... Pontiff Urges African Church to Have CourageZenit News Agency 10/27/2009Benedict XVI is encouraging the Church in Africa to have courage and embark on a new evangelization of the continent. VATICAN CITY (Zenit.org) - Benedict XVI is encouraging the Church in Africa to have courage and embark on a new evangelization of the continent.
The Pope said this today at the ...
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