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Latin American church looks to change system that puts 'existence at risk'
… Pan-Amazonian Church Network, known as REPAM, and others have been formed in Mesoamerica, the Congo Basin , Asia and Oceania and the Gran Chaco region of Paraguay and Argentina. Three other …
New film offers a portrait of New Orleans, told through its unique jazz funerals
… The second line has its roots in the African dancing that took place in the city's fabled Congo Square, where enslaved people were allowed to gather on Sundays. These days, with the … so much mixing happens and it's a gumbo," said Black choreographer Monique Moss, who recreated Congo Square dance sequences for the film, after a recent screening. "If there were to be any …
Assisi pilgrimage with the poor: Pope calls for open hands, open hearts
… Switzerland and Spain. The Jesuit Refugee Service's Centro Astalli brought refugees from Congo, Angola and Nigeria. The Community of Sant'Egidio brought the residents of a shelter for …
Pope sets date for canonization of Blessed de Foucauld, others
… by St. John XXIII in 1963. The sainthood causes of six members of the order who died in Congo in 1995 caring for victims of Ebola also are underway. Blessed Giustino Maria Russolillo, …
Pope says he hopes to visit Papua New Guinea, East Timor
… 17. "For the moment I have in my head two trips that I have not yet set in motion, which are Congo and Hungary," he told Telam. Pope Francis visited Budapest in September to celebrate the …
Death of rising Jesuit health care scholar stuns global colleagues
… philosophy from Faculté de Philosophie St. Pierre Canisius in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, and in 2002 earned his Bachelor of Sacred Theology from Hekima University College in …
Pope appoints new members to International Theological Commission
… St. Andrew Sr. Josée Ngalula, a professor of dogmatic theology at the Catholic University of Congo in Kinshasa. Their appointments bring the number of women on the commission to five. The 28 …
EarthBeat Weekly: The US budget bill will have consequences for the global climate, too
… marked the Season of Creation with a virtual event that emphasized the importance of the Congo Basin for global climate stability and examined the threats to its forests and wetlands, …
Catholics in Africa celebrate Congo Basin as Earth's second lung
… News Service … As they marked the Season of Creation, Catholics in Africa celebrated the Congo Basin as the second "lung" of the Earth and called for its protection to fight climate … protection of Virunga National Park in Congo. Henri Muhiya Musabate, executive secretary of Congo's Episcopal Commission on Natural Resources, told the virtual conference that most national … reaffirm their concern to preserve the places, the growing economic needs of the two Congos and the lack of alternatives for the people of the Congo Basin raise fears of an uncertain …
Pope calls on world to welcome refugees and immigrants
… wars, like Syria, Venezuela, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Myanmar, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, Sudan, the Central African Republic and Eritrea. These countries also have large …
More than 200 people were killed last year for defending their land, environment
… Sept. 13 , the watchdog group reported 227 killings around the world, from Colombia to Congo to Kiribati. Colombia had the highest number, at 65, and joined Nicaragua, Guatemala, …