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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 ...
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Planet Unites in Opposing Death PenaltyZenit News Agency 11/20/2009A statement from the group called capital punishment a 'residue from the past,' and said that like slavery and torture, it should eventually be rejected. ROME (Zenit.org) - On Nov. 30, more than 1,000 cities around the globe will floodlight a monument symbolizing opposition to the death penalty, ... Catholic Mothers to their Children: Come Home for ChristmasZenit News Agency 11/20/2009Bishops' of England and Wales launch campaign uniting mothers everywhere who pray for their children to come back to the Church for Christmas. LONDON (Zenit.org) - The bishops' conference of England and Wales is sponsoring a campaign uniting mothers everywhere who pray for their children to come ... English Catholic Bishops: Bill May Abolish Christmas LifeSiteNews 11/19/2009, by Hilary White'If this bill is serious about equality, everything possible must be done to avoid it having a chilling effect on religious expression' LONDON (LifeSiteNews.com) - Christmas could be cancelled by a bill being put forward by the Labour government, the Catholic bishops of England and Wales have ...
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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 ...
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Church in India Remembers Its Modern MartyrsZenit News Agency 11/18/2009The Church in India is proposing to institute a national day of remembrance for the modern martyrs of the nation. BHUBANESWAR, India (Zenit.org) - The Church in India is proposing to institute a national day of remembrance for the modern martyrs of the nation, scheduling it for the last Sunday in ... Priest Kidnapped in Philippines ReleasedAsia News 11/13/2009, by Santosh Digal'They treated me well ... I was given lectures on their ideology, but for the rest, I was treated well'. MANILA (AsiaNews) - The Irish priest kidnapped a month ago in Pagadian (Mindanao) was released Thursday morning before dawn at 4:25 in the coastal village of Sangalo. The Philippines and Ireland ...
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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