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Nigeria’s Bishop Emmanuel Badejo of Oyo Diocese, who is also the Bishop-President for CEPACS has announced that African Bishop-Chairmen and Secretaries of Communications from Africa are meeting in Accra, Ghana from 6 June to 9 June 2016.Known by its French acronym, CEPACS is the Comité Episcopal Panafricain pour les Communications Sociales or in English - Pan-African Episcopal Committee for Social Communications. It is one of the committees of The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) which has its headquarters in Accra, Ghana.Bishop Emmanuel Badejo says that this week’s meeting in Accra seeks to rally, strategise and re-energize Church communications on the African Continent.According to Bishop Badejo, it was the wish of the First African Synod that social communications in Africa be revived under the auspices of the CEPACS.“The Post-Synodal Exhortation of the 1994 Synod of Bishops for Africa, ‘Ecclesia in Africa&...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has urged believers to be true Christians and give flavor to the life of others, not to be tempted to shine light upon themselves but to bring the light of faith to their neighbors and to mankind.The Pope was speaking on Tuesday morning during Mass at the Casa Santa Marta.Listen to the report by Linda Bordoni: Drawing inspiration from the Gospel reading of the day, Pope Francis spoke of when Jesus told his disciples “you are the salt of the earth”, “you are the light of the world”.Christians, he said, must be salt and light, but never self-serving: salt must add flavor and light must illuminate the other.The Pope continued his homily with the question: “what must a Christian do in order for the salt not to run out, so that the oil to light the lamp does not come to an end?”The “battery” a Christian uses to generate light, the Pope explained, is simply prayer. “There are m...
(Vatican Radio) The Catholic Church in Indonesia is calling on the government to combat Islamic radical groups and to preserve the country’s multi-cultural and multi-religious identity.Indonesia is preparing to host two major Catholic youth events during 2016-2017. The first event is Indonesian Youth Day, which takes place from 1 - 6 October, 2016, in Manado. The next year, Indonesia will host Asian Youth Day from 30 July – 6 August, 2017, in Yogyakarta.Father Agustinus Ulahayanan serves as the executive secretary of the Indonesian bishops' Commission for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs.Listen to the interview by Stefano Leszczynski with Father Agustinus Ulahayanan: He told Vatican Radio relations between the majority Muslim populations and Christian minority have traditionally been good in the country, but have recently been upset by new religious groups.“They have a kind of intolerant way of thinking, and we are trying to observe this and to res...
A surge in killings of people with albinism, whose body parts are used in ritual practices, has exposed a systematic failure of policing in Malawi and left this vulnerable group living in fear, Amnesty International reveals in a new report published Tuesday.The report, “We are not animals to be hunted or sold”: Violence and discrimination against people with albinism in Malawi”, exposes how the wave of violent attacks against people with albinism have increased sharply over the last two years, with four people, including a baby, murdered in April 2016 alone.“The unprecedented wave of brutal attacks against people with albinism has created a climate of terror for this vulnerable group and their families who are living in a state of constant fear for their lives,” said Deprose Muchena, Amnesty International’s Director for Southern Africa.“Malawian authorities have dismally failed them, leaving this population group at the mercy of criminal g...
(Vatican Radio) At one point in his life English composer Sir Edwar Elgar suffered from writer's block. That's until someone suggested he compose something using odd bits of music he'd written when he was young, such as ideas he never really fully developed at the time. Elgar gave it a try, and the result was his 'Nursery Suite' dedicated to two young princesses, Elizabeth and Margaret and their mother. Listen to a programme presented by Monsignor Philip Whitmore and produced by Veronica Scarisbrick:
(Vatican Radio) A holistic approach for caring for those with Hansen’s Disease (Leprosy) is the theme of an international seminar in Rome on June 9-10th jointly organized by the Pontifical Council for Healthcare Workers and a number of charitable foundations. The organisers of the seminar released details of the 2-day event at a press conference in the Holy See on Tuesday. Those taking part in the seminar include the Sovereign Order of Malta and the charitable Foundations, ‘The Good Samaritan,’ the ‘Nippon’, the ‘Raoul Follereau’ and the ‘Sasakawa Memorial Health.’The 2-day event brings together leading experts in treating and caring for those with Hansen’s Disease from across the world to discuss the theme “Towards Holistic Care for People with Hansen’s Disease, Respectful of their Dignity.” The first speaker at the press conference was Monsignor Jean Marie Mupendawatu, Secretary of the Pontifical...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent his greetings to the 11th National Eucharistic Congress of Argentina, currently taking place in Tucuman.In a Message sent through the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Holy Father gave urged all the faithful to “continue in deepening their love for the Eucharist, which is the daily food which strengthens faith, as well as nourishing fraternity and the commitment to those most in need.”The Message concluded by asking participants to pray for the Pope, while also invoking the maternal protection of the Virgin of Lujan.
Los Angeles, Calif., Jun 7, 2016 / 06:18 am (CNA/EWTN News).- California’s assisted suicide bill will go into effect on June 9, and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles is fighting back — with prayer.On June 1, Auxiliary Bishop David G. O’Connell celebrated Mass at Santa Teresita, a home for seniors in need of assisted living and nursing services. The Mass marked the beginning of a call to nine days of prayer and fasting for the elderly, disabled and terminally ill.“This is a challenge to all of us. Especially to all of us who have faith,” the bishop said, “to teach always about the infinite value of each human life.”Bishop O’Connell, who has lived in California for more than 30 years, said the passing of the End of Life Option Act makes it a sad time for the state.“This is a failure of our love,” he said.“A failure of heart really, that we can’t think of anything else we can do for people who have been told that they...
By Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Prayer powers the light thatChristians are called to share with the world, Pope Francis said."You can do many great things for the church -- aCatholic university, a school, a hospital -- and they will even build you amonument as a benefactor of the church," the pope said June 7 during amorning Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae."But if you don't pray," he said, all of thosecharitable efforts and works of mercy "will be a bit murky or dark"and without light because they weren't rooted in prayer, he said."What is the Christian's battery for making light?Simply prayer," he said, according to Vatican Radio.The thing that "gives life to Christian light, whatilluminates, is prayer" that comes from the heart and gives God thanks andpraise, he said.However, he said, it is important to share that light andnot be tempted to keep it for oneself, which would be a kind of"looking-glass spirituality" and "is something awful."When God asks that Chr...
NEW YORK (AP) -- This season, the theater community is celebrating how Broadway has finally become the Great un-White Way....
