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Church Protests Attacks in Orissa

August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Nearly 45,000 Catholic schools, colleges and educational institutions shut their doors in India today as a protest against the series of violent attacks waged against Christians this week in the state of Orissa.
Cardinal Varkey Vithayathil, major archbishop of Ernakulam-Ankamaly and president of the episcopal conference of India, called for the protest as a way to [...]

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Australian Catholics Rewire and Reconnect

August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Bishops Looking to Build on Event’s Momentum
By Catherine Smibert
Now that the physical sites and structures of Sydney’s World Youth Day have been dismantled, other, more spiritual structures, are going up.
The Australian episcopal conference has launched two programs designed to build on the momentum that Benedict XVI’s visit here last month generated among the young and [...]

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Ukraine’s Public TV Takes Up Capuchin Program

August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment

A children’s television program created by Capuchin fathers is being broadcast by public TV in Ukraine.
Clara-Studio’s star program, Mistetzko Nadija (City of Hope), combines entertainment with civic and religious formation for children and is presented by Friar Justin Rustin.
The promoters explained that it is an attempt to offer an alternative of entertainment and formation for [...]

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Pontiff Asks for End to Violence in India

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Benedict XVI asked for an immediate end to the acts of violence against Christians in India, which has caused at least nine deaths over the past three days in the eastern state of Orissa.
After delivering his weekly catechesis today in Paul VI Hall, the Pope said he “learned with deep sadness” the wave of violence [...]

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Cardinal Newman’s Body to Be Moved

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The body of Cardinal John Henry Newman is to be moved to a place of honor in the Oratory Church of Edgbaston.
The exhumation and moving of his remains is a lead-up to an expected beatification of the cardinal, thought to be possible in the spring or summer of 2009.
The announcement was made earlier this summer [...]

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