02/08/2012CHINA Fr Zhang Wenchang, apostolic administrator in Kunming, dies by Wang Zhicheng The 92-year-old priest spent 24 years in camps, persecuted for his loyalty to the pope. The government had chosen as bishop Ma Yinglin. Excommunicated in 2006, the latter was rejected by the faithful for not being in communion with the pope. Kunming (AsiaNews) – Kunming Catholics are preparing for the funeral of Fr Lawrence Zhang Wenchang, who died in his hometown in Shilin Yi Autonomous County on Sunday at the age of 92 after being diagnosed with esophageal cancer in October. The funeral service is planned for this Sunday. Since 2000, he had been apostolic administrator in three ecclesiastic territories in...
02/08/2012VATICAN God is present even when he is “apparently silent”, says pope In today’s general audience, Benedict XVI spoke about the prayer of the dying Jesus, of his cry “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” He also called for prayers and solidarity for the victims of the cold snap that has recently struck some parts of Europe.
02/08/2012CHINA-VATICAN What is the true good of the Church in China by Card. Joseph Zen Ze-kiun On the eve of an important meeting in Rome on "Jesus our contemporary," Card. Zen asks all Catholics to help the Church in China (and especially its legitimate bishops) to emerge from ambiguity, to follow Benedict XVI and "rid" themselves of those organisms that are enemies of the faith (see PA, Bureau of Religious Affairs, etc. .), and that control and stifle the faithful. The Chinese Church is on the verge of a schism caused by "bargaining" between the Catholic faith and political power. The subtitle of this article (wanted by the author) is: "In dialogue with the Community of Saint Egidio and Gianni Valente of 30Days".
02/07/2012VATICAN Pope: Lent, Christians must be "guardians" of one another Message of Benedict XVI. "Being concerned" for each other means caring for material and spiritual, individual and community, needs overcoming indifference, disinterest, which arise from selfishness, disguised as a semblance of respect for "privacy." "Fraternal correction."
02/05/2012VATICAN Against disease, which is evil’s doing, we must have faith in God’s love, pope says In today’s Angelus, a few days before World Day of the Sick, Benedict said that whilst treatments are needed to fight sickness, faith is “decisive”. It “can do what is humanly impossible.” In addition, “when we are sick we need human warmth. In order to bring comfort to a sick person sincere closeness is more important than words.”
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."
02/02/2012VATICAN Pope: Year of the faith, special opportunity for religious in testimony and evangelization Benedict XVI celebrates the Day for Consecrated Life. "Today the prayers of the entire Community, is dedicated to every consecrated person, giving thanks to God the Father, the giver of all good, for the gift of this vocation, and invokes it again with faith." During the Year of Faith, those who have accepted the call to follow Christ more closely through the profession of the evangelical counsels, are invited to further deepen their relationship with God
02/02/2012CHINA No news about five underground priests arrested in Inner Mongolia by Wang Zhicheng
One of those arrested is the diocesan manager; another is the principal of the underground seminary. Until recently, local Catholics had been left alone, tolerated by police. Arrests are connected to China’s fear of a domestic ‘Arab spring’.
02/01/2012VATICAN Pope: We must learn to trust in Providence, God’s will General audience, Benedict XVI speaks of Jesus' prayer in Gethsemane. In prayer there is the relationship of tenderness, affection and trust that binds Jesus to the Father, the knowledge of the omnipotence of the Father, full adherence to the will of the Father.
01/30/2012INDIA Young people, justice and peace according to Benedict XVI and Gandhi by Nirmala Carvalho For Jesuit Fr Cedric Prakash, director of a human rights centre, young people aware of the reality that surrounds them and want to “build a society with a more humane and fraternal face”. Today is ‘Peace Day’ in India, marking the anniversary of the death of the Mahatma.
01/29/2012VATICAN Pope invokes the gift of peace for the Holy Land At the Angelus, Benedict XVI speaks of "the authority of God," which is not "possession, power, control, success", but "service, humility, love." Encouragement to all people affected by leprosy, "as well as their caregivers who, in many ways, are committed to eradicating poverty and marginalization, the real causes of the persistence of the infection."
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