Art, Faith, & Cultural Transformation
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Love for Jesus brings Christians and Muslims Together
“Behold! The angels said: ‘O Mary! God giveth thee glad tidings of a Word from Him. His name will be Jesus Christ, the son of Mary, held in honour in this world and the Hereafter and in (the company of) those nearest to God.'” Before searching for this quote...
Prospects for Peace in the DRC
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Hungry for Food, Hungry for Justice
Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales gives food to Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo and around 40 farmers after they ended Thursday their hunger strike in front of the House of Representatives in Quezon City following an appeal from Cardinal Rosales. Catholic bishops and farmers ended their hunger strike in...
Voices in the War in the Congo
Hundreds of thousands of people are on the run, fleeing a war raging in eastern Congo in the provinces of North and South Kivu. They are frightened. Many are sick or wounded. Others have been harassed or raped, or have had everything they own stolen. For more than a...
Healing and Hope from the Ashes of War
“I just think it’s time to let go, you know? Forgive them,” says Mariatu Kamara, 22, of the child soldiers who hacked off her hands in Sierra Leone 10 years ago. Kamara starts at George Brown College in Toronto and her new book, The Bite of the Mango, soon...
The Word of God, Mission, Dialogue
After the completion of the initial sessions of the Synod of Bishops on the Word of God, Cardinal Marc Ouellet presented the summary report. It is divided into three parts. The first is entitled “God speaks and hears”, the second is: “The Word of God, Holy Scriptures, Tradition.” The...
Synod of the Bishops and Mission
This past month the Synod of Bishops concluded with their focus on the Word of God and how we as a Church share this Word in relevant ways. In the final address of the Holy Father, he summarized things in this way: The voice of the Word is revelation,...
Change the Story
One of the challenges of mission ad gentes is proding and encouraging Catholics to reach beyond the walls of their parishes and to connect in meaningful ways with those who do not believe as we do. The challenge of the American Catholic parish to connect with Islam is enormously...
The War Escalates in the Southern Philippines
The Xaverian Missionaries are far from the blood soaked fields of Mindanao where Muslim separatists having been fighting the government of the Philippines for more than 30 years for a muslim nation within the Philippines. The presentation by 101 East of Aljazeera shows the real cost of war. If...