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Atacama: from the desert of death to the desert of life
A company in Chile has a project that transforms textile industrial waste into thermal insulation panels for social housing and for low-income families and individuals. It is a “seed” that, in order to germinate, needs the contribution of each of us in an attempt...
Fr. Sabbarese named reference person for the protection of minors in the Vatican
Father Sabbarese, 60, from Salerno, currently Judicial Vicar of the Ecclesiastical Court of Vatican City, has been appointed to the post by Cardinal Mauro Gambetti. Read all...
Zenari: this is the time to help the poor people of Syria, beyond divisions
The Apostolic Nuncio to Syria is in Aleppo to visit places and communities affected by the devastating earthquake of February 6. In an interview with Vatican News he urges international and national solidarity, noting that this will be “a test of humanity” for the...
Archbishop of Juba’s heartfelt message to Pope Francis as he was returning to Rome.
“The peace which our country so badly needs is not a purely human peace based on personal interests, but rather the peace of Jesus,” said the Archbishop of Juba. Read all...
Pope Francis leads Hail Mary for victims of earthquake in Turkey and Syria
Pope Francis prayed for victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria during his general audience on Feb. 8, 2023. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA Vatican City, Feb 8, 2023 / 02:56 am (CNA). Pope Francis concluded his public audience on Wednesday with a pr......
Biden tells Congress to codify Roe, pass LGBTQ protections
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address during a joint meeting of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington, D.C. The speech marks Biden's first address to the new Republican-controlled House. / Chip...
Rwanda: Why Genocide Survivors Want Gacaca Law Revised
[New Times] IBUKA, an umbrella organization of Genocide survivors' associations, has poked holes in article 9 of the Gacaca law precisely on the clause on judgements pronounced by Gacaca Courts while offenders were out of the country, and now wants this particular...
Ethiopia: Court to Rule On Orthodox Church’s Request to Ban Breakaway Archbishops As It Prepares to Press Charges
[Addis Standard] Addis Ababa -- The Federal High Court, Lideta division, fundamental rights, and freedoms bench on Monday has adjourned until today to issue a ruling on a request filed by the Holy Synod of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOTC) to ban the...
What pro-choice black leadership has wrought
The corner of Connecticut Avenue and M Street in downtown Washington is occasionally patrolled by young men and women seeking signatures on petitions for one cause or another. I usually pay them no mind except...
East Africa: Clashes in Las Anod, Escalating Insecurity in Somalia a Cause For Concern For Horn of Africa
[allAfrica] Harare -- At least 38 people were killed, and more than 130 others injured following two days of fighting in Las Anod town, in Somalia's northern breakaway region of Somaliland, reports VOA.
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December 25 – “Ukraine’s main Catholic church said on Monday it would move to a new calendar that would see Christmas celebrated on Dec. 25 rather than Jan. 7, amid an effort by Ukrainian institutions...
Tanzania: Zanzibar Govt Says Ban on Banana Imports to Stay
[Daily News] THE Zanzibar government will not reverse a decision to ban imports of fresh banana into the Isles, the Minister for Agriculture, Natural Resources, Irrigation and Livestock, Mr Shamata Shaame Khamis, has said.
East Africa: Four Deep Sea Fishing Vessels Secure Licence to Operate in Indian Ocean
[Daily News] Four foreign deep sea fishing vessels have been granted a license to use the Tanzanian flag to conduct deep water fishing within the Indian Ocean.
Somalia: Dozens Killed in Eastern Somaliland Clashes
[VOA] Las Anod/Hargeisa -- At least 38 people were killed, and more than 130 others injured following two days of fighting in Las Anod town, in eastern Somaliland.
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St. Josephine Bakhita
St. Josephine Bakhita Feast date: Feb 08 On February 8, the Church commemorates the life of St. Josephine Bakhita, a Canossian Sister who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in Sudan.Josephine Bakhita was born in 1869, in a small village in the Darfur region of...
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Passionists & Environment
Passionists & Environment
“We do not inherit the land from our ancestors… we borrow it from our children.” Native American ancestral wisdom on land use.
Perhaps the covid-19 pandemic time can help humanity to reflect more on what we have done to Mother Earth and to ourselves. We need to reconsider and deepen our action for Earth’s healing as this includes our own healing too. We might wish to put into our hearts the prayer for our Earth, part of which reads:
O God of the poor, help us to rescue the abandoned and forgotten of this Earth…
That we may sow beauty, not pollution and destruction.
(Laudato Si’)
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