01/28/2012HOLY LAND International Day of Prayer for Peace in Holy Land Card. Turkson, Justice and Peace, and the Custodian of the Holy Land for the fourth edition of the Day. Prayers and Eucharistic adoration, Mass at Calvary in Jerusalem. Angelus with the Pope. Rome (AsiaNews) - At least 2500 cities around the world will participate tomorrow in the IV International Day of Prayer for Peace in the Holy Land, an initiative launched by youth groups and Eucharistic adoration groups, involving over time the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and Custody of the Holy Land.
The Day is promoted by various realities of young people: the National Association Papaboys (www.papaboys.it); the...
01/28/2012VATICAN World Leprosy Day: Governments and the international community must not abandon the sick In a message the president of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Healthcare workers, Msgr. Zygmunt Zimowski, reminds that "it is necessary to support the free distribution of medicines and necessary treatments, timely diagnosis, and consistent therapy."
01/28/2012BANGLADESH - INDIA "Angry Brides ": an online game to fight dowry murders An Indian marriage agency launches "Angry Brides", where a woman throws things at future husbands seeking exaggerated dowry. In Bangladesh at least 325 women were tortured and killed by their husbands or their families in 2011. In India more than 8 thousand cases in 2010.
01/28/2012INDIA Indian bishops for a "better indication", against bigotry against secularisation The meeting of the Indian Bishops' Conference will be held from 1 to 8 February in Bangalore (Karnataka). More than 160 bishops from around the country will attend. Among the issues violence committed against Christians by Hindu and Muslim extremists.
01/28/2012INDONESIA Religions meet in Jakarta for the Week of harmony A great religious event takes place in Jakarta in early February, with the participation of all major faiths of the country. In addition to forums, discussions and speeches of the representatives there will be a ceremony of peace, the planting of some trees in the 'Indonesian Parliament House.
01/27/2012EGYPT Salafist threats against Christians must stop, says Mahmoud Salem Mahmoud Salem, a moderate Muslim and a member of the Free Egyptians Party, filed a suit against Yasser al-Bourhami, a Salafist cleric, accusing him of inciting hatred against Copts. He is also against any outrageous and violent use of Islam. So far, the authorities have ignored other suits filed by members of moderate Islamic parties.
01/27/2012INDONESIA Indonesia celebrates the Year of the Dragon with dances, parties and Masses by Mathias Hariyadi The country’s Chinese community celebrates the Lunar New Year. Activities and festivals will be held over the next two weeks. In 1967, General Suharto had banned the event. President Gus Dur unbanned it 2000. Thousands of Catholics take part in Mass in Jakarta.
01/27/2012TIBET – CHINA Beijing stifles the news and three Tibetan demonstrations Three peaceful demonstrations end in bloodshed this week. Scared by growing unrest, Beijing reacts with an iron fist and a disinformation campaign to convince the world that the Dalai Lama is to blame. A Buddhist source tells AsiaNews that some “6,000 Buddhists left Tibet for India” to hear their religious leader, showing they “unconcerned about consequences”.
01/27/2012VATICAN Pope: crisis of faith, a challenge even for Ecumenism The journey towards unity has borne "quite a few good fruit", but runs "the risk of a false irenicism and an indifference," that is of becoming, a search for "rules for a praxis capable of improving the world" . Structure of revelation in fundamental dialogues and we can not ignore the great moral questions about human life, family, sexuality, bioethics, freedom, justice and peace.
01/27/2012VATICAN – ISRAEL Israel and the Vatican continue negotiations, next meeting on 11 June 2012 The Bilateral Commission met at Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A joint communiqué said, “substantive progress was made on issues of significance” in “an open, friendly and constructive atmosphere”.
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