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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Brazilian police arrested 10 people who allegedly pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group on social media and discussed possible attacks during the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, officials said Thursday....
PARIS (AP) -- The truck driver who killed 84 people on a Nice beachfront had accomplices and appears to have been plotting his attack for months, the Paris prosecutor said Thursday, citing cryptic phone messages, more than 1,000 calls and video of the attack scene on the phone of one of five people facing terror-linked charges....
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkey will be able to extend detention times for suspects and issue decrees without parliamentary approval under a three-month state of emergency approved Thursday by lawmakers following last week's attempted military coup....
CLEVELAND (AP) -- A defiant Sen. Ted Cruz declared Thursday he's no "servile puppy dog" as he faced a torrent of GOP criticism over his refusal to endorse Donald Trump on the Republican National Convention stage....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Alarm and condemnation erupted Thursday from European capitals, the White House and leaders of Donald Trump's own party after the Republican presidential nominee suggested the United States might abandon its NATO military commitments if he were elected president....
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Donald Trump takes the final-night stage at his Republican convention facing a daunting array of challenges, many of his own making. At the top of the list: Unifying a fractured party and quieting Americans' concerns about his preparedness for the presidency....
The Indian Social Institute (ISI) is a prestigious Jesuit-inspired centre for research, training, and action for socio-economic development and human rights in India. It was founded in 1951 in Pune, but shifted to the Indian capital, New Delhi in 1963. The ISI was the brainchild of a brilliant Jesuit priest, Fr. Jerome D'Souza an educationist who was remarkably active in the civil society of the days of Independence, for which he was inducted into the Indian Constituent Assembly. Another ISI branch was established in 1963 in Bangalore to deal with issues of southern India. It became independent in 1993. Last week, in the first part of an interview, Fr. Denzil Fernandes, the Executive Director of ISI, New Delhi, explained how his institute is part of the contribution of the Jesuits in the process of nation-building. The institute does research on labour, indigenous, tribal, Dalit and women’s issues. It also imparts training on these issu...
The Indian Social Institute (ISI) is a prestigious Jesuit-inspired centre for research, training, and action for socio-economic development and human rights in India. It was founded in 1951 in Pune, but shifted to the Indian capital, New Delhi in 1963. The ISI was the brainchild of a brilliant Jesuit priest, Fr. Jerome D'Souza an educationist who was remarkably active in the civil society of the days of Independence, for which he was inducted into the Indian Constituent Assembly. Another ISI branch was established in 1963 in Bangalore to deal with issues of southern India. It became independent in 1993.
Last week, in the first part of an interview, Fr. Denzil Fernandes, the Executive Director of ISI, New Delhi, explained how his institute is part of the contribution of the Jesuits in the process of nation-building. The institute does research on labour, indigenous, tribal, Dalit and women’s issues. It also imparts training on these issues as well as on legal awareness and empowering of women, which are useful to NGO workers, priests and religious. The Indian Social Institute, Delhi, is not affiliated to any university or government institute, but many of its researches are funded by government institutes. Fr. Fernandes said the setup of the ISI is very secular with staff and researches coming from every religious and social background. Today, Fr. Denzil Fernandes begins the final part of his interview explaining how the institute networks with other organizations and groups.
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The 17 the Plenary Assembly of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagscar popularly known as SECAM opened officially Tuesday 19th with a Mass presided over by the President of the Assembly, Archbishop Gabriel Mbilingi. He is the Ordinary of the Archdiocese of Lubango here in Angola.There are more than 150 African Cardinals, Archbishops, Bishops and Secretaries General of regional and national episcopal conferences attending the plenary assembly. Almost all African episcopal conferences are represented here.The Bishops are looking to deepen their appreciation of the two Synods on the Family that took place at the Vatican in 2014 and 2015. As you know, these two Synods culminated in Pope Francis’ highly acclaimed Apostolic Exhortation, Amris Laetitia.Yet the Church in Africa, way back in 1994 during the African Synod described the African Church as family –the Church as family. So for the Bishops gathered here, this familiar ground but it is also new ...
The 17 the Plenary Assembly of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagscar popularly known as SECAM opened officially Tuesday 19th with a Mass presided over by the President of the Assembly, Archbishop Gabriel Mbilingi. He is the Ordinary of the Archdiocese of Lubango here in Angola.
There are more than 150 African Cardinals, Archbishops, Bishops and Secretaries General of regional and national episcopal conferences attending the plenary assembly. Almost all African episcopal conferences are represented here.
The Bishops are looking to deepen their appreciation of the two Synods on the Family that took place at the Vatican in 2014 and 2015. As you know, these two Synods culminated in Pope Francis’ highly acclaimed Apostolic Exhortation, Amris Laetitia.
Yet the Church in Africa, way back in 1994 during the African Synod described the African Church as family –the Church as family. So for the Bishops gathered here, this familiar ground but it is also new in that there are new challenges facing the African family. The Church needs a pastoral response to these challenges.
At the end of an intensive first day, Tuesday, the Bishops last night also took time to visit an art exhibition of religious objects and artefacts housed in the old Church property known as the the Igreja da Misericordia or simply the Church of Mercy. Archdiocesan.
By evening time, the Bishops were more relaxed and they joked and shared jokes with one another. That is just another aspect of these meetings. The Bishops meet as colleagues to share not only the serious matters of the Church but also to share their friendship and to affirm one another in the mission as shepherds of the Church.
From the SECAM Plenary Assembly in Luanda, Angola I am Fr Paul Samasumo
PRESS RELEASE NR. 2 FROM THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE OF SECAMON THE 17TH PLENARY ASSEMBLY OF SECAM IN ANGOLALUANDA, July 20, 2016 VICE-PRESIDENT OF ANGOLA CALLS FOR CHURCH-STATE COLLABORATIONThe Vice-President of Angola, Ing. Manuel Vicente, has called for closer collaboration and cooperation between the Church and State for the building of a more just and morally upright society.Addressing the opening ceremony of the 17th Plenary Assembly of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) yesterday in Luanda, Angola, the Vice-President stressed the need for the two bodies to condemn violence, the abuse of children, immorality and other vices in society and the family. ‘We live in world of complexities and ideologies so much so that what happens in one part of the world has direct or indirect effect on the family and society in general in other parts of it.’ He therefore hoped that the Church in Africa will continue to support the State in pr...
PRESS RELEASE NR. 2 FROM THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE OF SECAM
ON THE 17TH PLENARY ASSEMBLY OF SECAM IN ANGOLA
LUANDA, July 20, 2016
VICE-PRESIDENT OF ANGOLA CALLS FOR CHURCH-STATE COLLABORATION
The Vice-President of Angola, Ing. Manuel Vicente, has called for closer collaboration and cooperation between the Church and State for the building of a more just and morally upright society.
Addressing the opening ceremony of the 17th Plenary Assembly of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) yesterday in Luanda, Angola, the Vice-President stressed the need for the two bodies to condemn violence, the abuse of children, immorality and other vices in society and the family. ‘We live in world of complexities and ideologies so much so that what happens in one part of the world has direct or indirect effect on the family and society in general in other parts of it.’ He therefore hoped that the Church in Africa will continue to support the State in promoting moral values, human rights, mutual respect, democracy and good governance.
The Assembly was declared opened by the President of SECAM, Archbishop Gabriel Mbilingi of Lubango, Angola, who also gave a brief history of SECAM.
He celebrated Observer Status obtained by SECAM in the African Union (AU) as an opportunity for mutual enrichment of the two bodies. He hoped that with this there will be closer relations between SECAM and the various Governments in Africa through the AU.
There were goodwill/solidarity messages from the Apostolic Nunciature in Angola; MISSIO, Germany; MISSIO, Aachen; CAFOD; Catholic Relief Services; Catholic Biblical Federation and Caritas Internationalis. The rest are: The Federation of Asian Bishop Conferences; Council of Episcopal Conferences of Europe; Family Life Federation in Africa; and the Association of Africa Catholic Women Organisations. (see their messages attached).
The opening ceremony was preceded by the celebration of the Eucharist at the Holy Family Parish in Luanda.
The bishops of Africa through presentations and workshops on various topics on the theme will focus on a number of issues pertaining to the African family, with particular reference the two recent Synod’s on the Family and the Post Synodal Apostolic Exhortation: Amoris Laetitia.
This morning (July 20, 2016), Most Rev. Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo, Bishop of Oyo and President of the Episcopal Committee for Social Communications for Africa and Madagascar (CEPACS) in a presentation on the Influence Of Modern Media And New Ideologies On The Family In Africa Today, emphasised that the Church must absolutely be more present in the digital media world in a deliberate and informed manner and also endeavour to engage media professionals and practitioners to pay more attention to Family values in their work.
The bishop called on the Church to celebrate and "enrich" existing marriages and families at every opportunity and speak more openly and directly about the benefits of chastity before and within marriage. To this end, he proposed the holding of an Annual Continental Day of the Family by the Church in Africa in collaboration with Pro-Life and Pro-Family organizations and other groups irrespective of religious and denominational differences which favour and nurture the family. ‘The Church must eloquently denounce harmful new ideologies as essentially atheistic, seeking to disestablish the concept of God and religion from public discourse and consciousness.’ He concluded.
About 150 participants comprising Cardinals; Bishops; Secretaries General of National and Regional Episcopal Conferences in Africa; Resource Persons; representatives of Partner Agencies and other Continental Episcopal Conferences are attending the Assembly.
The Assembly will conclude with the adoption of Resolutions, Recommendations, a Final Message and a Communique.
The Plenary Assembly is taking place in Luanda, Angola from, from July 18 to 25, 2016. This is the first time that SECAM is holding its Plenary Assembly in Angola since the Symposium was founded in Kampala, Uganda in July 1969.
The last Plenary Assembly was held in July 2013 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo under the theme: The Church in Africa at the service of Reconciliation, Justice and Peace.
Prepared by:
Benedict B. Assorow
Director of Communications, SECAM.
Seventeen Catholic youths and four priests from Myanmar left Yangon July 18 to take part in the World Youth Day celebrations to be held in Poland July 25-31."The young people will have the opportunity to exchange cultural and spiritual experiences which they can learn from and apply in the their respective dioceses when they return," said Bishop Francis Daw Tan, chairman of the Myanmar Catholic bishops' Office for Youth.Bishop Daw Tan said he told the delegation to pray during the World Youth Day celebrations for "peace and that the rule of law prevails" in Myanmar.Father Joseph Saw Eh Khaw Htoo, director of the Office for Youth, is leading the delegation which, before leaving, had a four-day spiritual preparation program.Some 2.5 million young people from around the world are expected to attend the gathering in Krakow, the childhood home of St. Pope John Paul II who initiated the gathering in 1985.
Seventeen Catholic youths and four priests from Myanmar left Yangon July 18 to take part in the World Youth Day celebrations to be held in Poland July 25-31.
"The young people will have the opportunity to exchange cultural and spiritual experiences which they can learn from and apply in the their respective dioceses when they return," said Bishop Francis Daw Tan, chairman of the Myanmar Catholic bishops' Office for Youth.
Bishop Daw Tan said he told the delegation to pray during the World Youth Day celebrations for "peace and that the rule of law prevails" in Myanmar.
Father Joseph Saw Eh Khaw Htoo, director of the Office for Youth, is leading the delegation which, before leaving, had a four-day spiritual preparation program.
Some 2.5 million young people from around the world are expected to attend the gathering in Krakow, the childhood home of St. Pope John Paul II who initiated the gathering in 1985.
