North Asia

First parish assembly held on missions

Catholic Church's love meets catechumens needs

Twisted ideas about the faith and deep division characterize the relationship between believers and Russian Orthodox hierarchy. Dr. Dimitry Pospielovsky, one of the greatest Russian Orthodox Church historians and professor at the University of Western Ontario (Canada) offers his tough analysis of the situation. He proposes the following medicine: unity (concilarity) among the clergy and people and the calling of a Council. Below we present a brief summary of his analysis.

Orthodox effort for fidelity in a changed world

In the Asia thirsty for oil, war has been declared between China and Japan to bring home Siberian oil. Meanwhile development in the Far East is in the hands of Putin and America. An economics and oil expert offers his analysis.

At the University of Milan a course is being offered on religion and politics, in the memory of Dr. Enrica Collotti Pischel, who recently passed away.

Christmas 2004: triumph of Aleksij and Orthodox policy

Terrorists and governments: Convert to justice and love

The new dynasties: Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan

National elections held on Dec. 7 resulted in a decisive victory for president Putin's "United Russia" Party with 37.1% of votes. Runner-up went to the Communist Party with 12.7% and Vladimir Zhirinovskij's ultra-nationalist party which obtained 11.6% of ballots cast on Sunday. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) said that the government manipulated funds and the media in order to dominate elections. Even the United States expressed concern for the way in which the elections took place. Here Vladimir Rozanskij offers his expert commentary on the matter.