Page 4, 22nd October 2010
Page 4
Ayatollah Wants To See Pope Visit Iran
Edward Pentin’s Vatican Notebook O ne of the most interesting moments of the Synod of Bishops on the Church in the Middle East, which ends on Sunday, was an intervention by......
Christian Girls Raped And Murdered In Pakistan
THE CHRISTIAN community in Pakistan is in shock at increasing episodes of violence and abuse targeted at young Christian girls, according to Fides, a Vatican missionary agency.......
Robbers Shoot Charity Worker
A CATHOLIC charity worker has been shot dead in Portau-Prince, Haiti. Julien Kenord, 27, was employed by Caritas Switzerland and had been helping earthquake victims to rebuild......
Holy See Backs Disarmament
ANY DISCUSSION of disarmament and arms control must understand the link between weapons reduction and people’s development, the Holy See’s new representative to the United......
Pope Calls For End To Hunger
POPE BENEDICT XVI has said that persistent world hunger calls for international reforms that focus on longterm solutions as well as short-term emergency food aid. The Pope made......
Muslims Address Synod Of Bishops
BY CINDY WOODEN MUSLIM scholars have told the Synod of Bishops for the Middle East that Islam promotes respect for Christians and Jews and that the entire region will suffer if......
Orderʼs Co-founder Dies Aged 59
FR JOSEPH Langford, who co-founded the Missionary of Charity Fathers with Blessed Teresa of Calcutta in 1984, has died of a heart attack at the age of 59. Fr Brian Kolodiejchuk,......
Rabbi: Israeli Christians Are Equal Citizens
BY CINDY WOODEN IN ROME AT A SYNOD where the IsraelPalestinian conflict repeatedly was singled out as a source of problems for Christians throughout the Middle East, a rabbi......
Call For Common Date For Easter
BY CINDY WOODEN IN ROME CATHOLICS , Protestants and Orthodox Christians should celebrate Easter together each year, a Jerusalem bishop has said. Latin-rite Auxiliary Bishop......
Arab Christians Call For A Single Lord’s Prayer
BY CAROL GLATZ IN ROME CHRISTIANS throughout the Middle East should be using the same version of the Lord’s Prayer in Arabic, according to several members of the Synod of......