VATICAN CITY (CNS): While some pundits have sounded the death knell for ecumenical relations between the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion, Pope Benedict XVI and Archbishop Rowan Williams of Canterbury, the Anglican spiritual leader, pledged to move forward.
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‘Unimaginable suffering’ in Congo
DAMBA, Angola (Zenit.org): Angolans are being driven from their homes in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo without a chance to gather possessions or food, a Catholic aid agency said.
Read More »Pope decries the cruelty of poverty
ROME (CNS): Opulence and waste are unacceptable especially when hunger - the cruelest form of poverty - continues to rise, Pope Benedict XVI told world leaders at a summit on food securi
Read More »Bishops praise health bill
WASHINGTON (CNS): United States Catholic bishops' pres-ident Cardinal Francis George of Chicago praised the US House for approving a reform bill that provides "adequate and affordable health care to all" and "voting overwhelmingly" for a prohibition on using federal money to pay for most abortions.
Read More »Cardinal points to true ‘enemies’ of believers
MINSK, Belarus (Zenit.org): The head of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity has affirmed that the enemies of believers are secularism and godlessness, not members of other faiths.
Read More »Building bridges towards unity
Bureau chief of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity Monsignor Juan Usma Gomez knows Pentecostal Christians better than most other Catholics do. He spoke with journalist PAUL DOBBYN about some of his insights
Read More »Holy See charges energy debate
Progress in the field of renewable energy is key for poverty eradication, the Holy See contends.
Read More »Respecting life includes welcoming migrants, Vatican archbishop says
Catholics' respect for human life and dignity must be clear in the way they welcome migrants and refugees, offer them pastoral care and lobby their governments for fairer treatment of people on the move, Vatican officials said.
Read More »Synod calls for a change of heart
VATICAN CITY (CNS): Meeting the challenges of Africa - from protecting the environment to stopping the spread of AIDS - requires an individual change of heart, better education and co-operation based on respect for African and Christian values, Cardinal Peter Turkson of Cape Coast, Ghana, said.
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