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Indian Catholics cheer their new saint
… specifically citing the civil war situation in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and "the violence against Christians in Iraq and India." Bishop Simon Stock of Jagdalpur, …
Ten 'firsts' at Synod on the Bible
… post. 5. Archbishop Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, will be the special secretary, another key coordinating role. He is not only the first prelate from Congo, but the first African to hold that post during a “general” synod. 6. On Friday, Oct. 10, …
Synod: Ten 'firsts' at the Synod of Bishops
… post. 5.tArchbishop Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, will be the special secretary, another key coordinating role. He is not only the first prelate from Congo, but the first African to hold that post during a “general” synod. 6.tOn Friday, Oct. 10, …
Benedict hopes to tap the 'creative minority' of French Catholics
… Francophone Catholicism around the world, especially in Africa. The Democratic Republic of the Congo, for example, is destined to be one of the Catholic powerhouses of the 21st century. By …
'Let us try to think of ourselves as a community'
… world and I do so little. There was a picture in Newsweek of a dozen starving babies in the Congo, one tiny little one with his face in his hands. Terribly, terribly moving. The only …
Highlights from papal homilies and addresses; From the 'no sense of humor' file
… sequence of hunger and death." Speaking in French, Benedict also expressed concern for Congo, Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya. On the Middle East, the pope called anew for peace between …
Natural law key to world peace, Benedict XVI tells diplomats
… speech this morning in the Vatican’s Sala Regia, or “Hall of Kings,” Benedict also mentioned Congo, Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya as areas of special concern in Africa. “The Catholic Church is …
Theological dialogue with Islam 'impossible,' top Jesuit says
… the composition of liturgical music, for example, as in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or of works inspired by traditional African art, such as the Via Crucis by the late Fr. …
Global South underrepresented in college of cardinals
… Mexico: 132 million Philippines: 105 million United States: 99 million Democratic Republic of Congo: 97 million Uganda: 56 million France: 49 million Italy: 49 million Nigeria: 47 million … a combined total of just 14, four of whom are Vatican officials. The Democratic Republic of Congo, the largest Catholic nation on the continent with the fastest rate of Catholic growth, has …
Explaining Benedict's focus on Africa
… to say underestimated, humanitarian situation. In Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the violence and looting of the past weeks raises fears for the future of the Congolese … to ignore. In his Easter message, for example, Benedict mentioned the on-going fighting in Congo, the center of a regional war in the Great Lakes area of Africa which, over the last decade …
Move over, NY and Milan; in the Church of the future, it's all about Kinshasa
… hand, are speculating about the next Archbishop of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo – even though one can make a very good case that the next occupant of that job will … influence in the victory last summer of Kabila’s son, Joseph, in national elections. Congo is today a nation of 63 million, roughly 55 percent of whom are Catholic. Broadly speaking, Etsou was the arbiter of moral legitimacy for any political force in Congo. Sometimes those forces would do whatever it took to secure his blessing, sometimes they …
Pope buys first bond to immunize poor children
… The memories of such horrors are still very clear in my mind after my trips to Rwanda, the Congo and Darfur,” O’Brien said. “It is not long since July 2005 when huge numbers took to the …
What's next for Christian-Muslim relations?
… rights of Muslims in Sudan or Hindus in Sri Lanka as we are for Christians in Rwanda or the Congo or anywhere else. There has been some progress on the reciprocity front. New churches are …
The pope's intervention for Africa
… penned an essay examining the messages of Benedict XVI to bishops from Ethiopia, Eritrea, Congo, Senegal, Mauritania, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Cape Verde, Cameroon and Ghana making ad … assessment of Africa. The pope's most direct appeal came in an address to the bishops of Congo: "I invite the international community not to forget Africa." It's worth noting that over …