02/08/2012INDONESIA Catholics raise funds, collect food for East Sumba villages at risk for famine by Mathias Hariyadi An outreach programme called “A bowl of rice” is launched to help people who suffered crop failure. Members of the KBKK, Indonesia’s most active group of lay Catholics, take the lead. Pangkal Pinang bishop says it is time to show “universal solidarity”. Response to campaign is very positive. Jakarta (AsiaNews) – Indonesian Catholics have organised an outreach programme to prevent famine on East Sumba Island, East Nusa Tenggara province, where crops failed in September threatening food supplies. With the lives of hundreds of local...
02/07/2012INDONESIA West Borneo: festivities for Year of Dragon amid Islamic threats by Mathias Hariyadi Up to a million people took to the streets of Singkawan, to attend celebrations for the Cap Go Meh. In recent days, extremist leaders have shouted slogans against the party, branded as "anti-Islamic". Authorities and police have monitored security, no major accident or collision.
02/04/2012ITALY Responding today to Jesus' question: "Who do you say I am?" An International Symposium on "Jesus our contemporary," to be held in Rome from 9 to 11 February, organized by the Italian Churches’ Committee for Cultural projects. Cardinal. Ruini: "a strong message to society and a cultural world that are oppressed by so many other concerns and many other needs."
02/04/2012INDONESIA Central Java, Catholic Church celebrates a boom in vocations by Mathias Hariyadi After three years of decline, a sharp increase in requests for admission to the seminaries. The St. Peter Canisius in Mertoyudan, run by Jesuits, is celebrating the 100 year with a record number of students. Most come from the archdiocese of Semarang.Bishop of Purwokerto: "huge number".
02/03/2012ASIA 1.24 million deaths from malaria: twice those estimated by the WHO A Seattle University study has estimated that in 2010 the victims of the disease numbered about 47% more than shown by the data published by the World Health Organization. Funded by Bill Gates, the new study is based on statistical models that also takes into account deaths that previously were not attributed to malaria.
02/03/2012INDONESIA Papuan Church preparing the ground for talks between Jakarta and independence movement by Mathias Hariyadi President Yudhoyono met a delegation of Catholic and Protestant religious leaders. Christian leaders appreciate the government’s moves, hoping for talks between the two sides. They have not however expressed any views about separatist demands in the resource-rich territory.
02/02/2012ASIA Baltic Dry Index falls to record low by Maurizio d'Orlando Index hits 662 points. The previous low was in 2008, during the Lehman Brothers crisis. The drop reflects the steep decline in demand for raw materials, consequence of a worldwide economic slowdown. Expert tells AsiaNews that ship overcapacity is the main reason for the fall. Loans to big ship-owners now start to look shaky.
02/02/2012INDONESIA Atheist on Facebook, Indonesian risks imprisonment and unleashes an Islamist revolt by Mathias Hariyadi Aan Alexander, 30, government employee, said he does not believe in God on the popular social networks. Discovered by his colleagues, he has sparked protests by fundamentalists and risks a sentence of five years. Atheism, in the archipelago, is equated with communism and thus outlawed. "Repentant" he will return to Islam.
02/01/2012INDONESIA Study shows how young radical Indonesian Muslims become terrorists by Mathyas Hariyadi A field research study in Central Java by the Setara Institute found that young radical Muslims are an army of potential recruits for Jihadist groups. Recent arrests of young terrorism confirm the study’s findings.
01/31/2012INDONESIA First elephant hospital for critically endangered pachyderms in Sumatra The new facility should be completed in the next two years and cover a 5-hectare area at the cost of 10 billion rupees. The WWF and the IUCN sound the alarm, raising the species’ status from “endangered” to “critically endangered”. The authorities call on locals to work with conservation authorities to protect nature and habitats.
01/30/2012INDONESIA Yasmin Church celebrates Sunday Mass in front of presidential palace in Jakarta Hundreds of members of a congregation denied the right to build its own church in Bogor demonstrated in the capital yesterday, calling on the president to do something to uphold the law. They complain about repeated acts of intimidation by radical Muslims, backed by Bogor mayor Diani Budiarto.
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Augusto Colombo. Apostolo dei paria di Piero Gheddo
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Matteo Ricci: missione e ragione. Una biografia intellettuale di Gianni Criveller
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Bioetica religioni missioni di Buono Giuseppe, Pelosi Patrizia pp. 432
Matteo Ricci e Giulio Aleni, due vite incrociate di Giulio Aleni / (a cura di) Gianni Criveller
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Missione Bengala 155 anni del Pime in India e Bangladesh EMI
di Piero Gheddo
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La Cina di Mao processa la Chiesa di Angelo S.Lazzarotto pp. 528
Il rovescio delle medaglie di Bernardo Cervellera pp. 240
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