02/09/2012VIETNAM Vietnamese Buddhist dissident nominated for 2012 Nobel Peace Prize The Venerable Thich Quảng Độ, patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (Cubv), is among the leaders of the struggle for human rights and religious freedom in the communist country. Still lives under house arrest in the Thanh Minh Zen Monastery. In recent months, he has challenged the government, inviting it to rid itself of "the Chinese vice".
Ho Chi Minh City (AsiaNews) - The venerable Thich Quảng Độ, patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (Cubv), is among those nominated for the 2012Nobel Peace Prize, with cross-party support of U.S. and European parliamentarians. The Vietnam Committee for Human Rights...
02/07/2012VIETNAM In Hải Phòng, Caritas helping AIDS children by J.B. Vu Diocesan Caritas last year opened the ‘Thanh Xuân Warm Shelter’, now home to 20 children who contracted HIV/AIDS from their parents. The facility also helps people in remote, poor and mostly non-Catholic communities.
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."
02/03/2012ASIA 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.
02/02/2012ASIA 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.
02/01/2012VIETNAM Microcredit to promote the economy and dignity of Vietnamese ethnic groups by J.B. Vu A project sponsored by Caritas in Kontum combines credit for farming and breeding to human resources development. We “learnt to raise pigs, plant vegetables and make organic fertilisers, save time and money, and protect the environment,” participant says. “Now my children have good conditions to go to school.”
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.
01/27/2012VIETNAM Education, a priority for Vietnam’s youth by Thanh Thuy
A survey indicates that the quality of education in the country is constantly declining. For Prof Hoàng Tuy, “Shortcomings in and harm to education have accumulated and reached an extreme level. We can no longer tolerate them. Now a total overhaul of education is the first order of business.”
01/22/2012VATICAN Pope: Christian unity comes from God, but requires our daily commitment Pope invites large turn-out for Vespers of January 25 in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls for the conclusion of the Week for Christian unity. Best wishes to the peoples of the Far East for the Lunar New Year.
01/20/2012ASIA Year of the Dragon: many newborns and political changes by Wang Zhicheng A boom in births anticipated in the Chinese world. Doubts about presidential elections in the U.S., France and Russia. Silence on the changes at the top in China. The growing engagement of civil society against totalitarianism. The Chinese dragon is similar to an angel or an archangel in Christian tradition.
01/20/2012INDONESIA – VIETNAM – CAMBODIA Bird flu kills again, a 5-year-old toddler dies in Jakarta Andra Soraya Ramadani dies a few days after a relative died from H5N1. For health officials, it is unclear whether she was infected by the young man or by diseased birds raised near home. Avian flu also strikes in Vietnam, Cambodia and China.
Books
Augusto Colombo. Apostolo dei paria di Piero Gheddo
pp. 320
Matteo Ricci: missione e ragione. Una biografia intellettuale di Gianni Criveller
pp. 132
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
pp. 176
Missione Bengala 155 anni del Pime in India e Bangladesh EMI
di Piero Gheddo
pp. 480
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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