Articles on this issue "ethnic groups"
Participants in the first Asian Mission Congress have been sent, like the first apostles, to share the story of their experience of Christ. "Telling the Story of Jesus in Asia ... a …
read moreBenedict XVI expressed sorrow for the death of the queen of New Zealand's indigenous Maori, Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, and sent a message of sympathy to her relatives and people. In a …
read moreThe upcoming Hispanic-American Day is an opportunity to remind the faithful of their duty to respond to all forms of hunger, both in body and soul, says a pontifical commission. On the …
read moreA bomb exploded in a crowded Christian market selling pork in eastern Indonesia, killing seven people and wounding 53, police said. The blast Saturday in Palu, capital of the Central Sulawesi …
read moreBenedict XVI received in audience the president of the Iraqi autonomous region of Kurdistan, in the context of a series of meetings and interventions to foster stability in the country. Masoud …
read moreArchbishop Charles Chaput of Denver, Colorado said last week that the arrival of Latinos to the United States may help the country to "recover its soul." The Archbishop expressed this …
read moreHopes for peace in Sudan rose this week with the signing of an agreement between the government and southern rebels. On Thursday, Reuters reported that the accords could help end Africa's …
read moreIn the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, Christians are forbidden to celebrate or pray in public and priests are denied visas to enter, says a bishop in neighboring India. Bishop Stephen Lepcha, …
read moreBy Delia Gallagher Whew, what a week! The Vatican hasn't seen such a flurry of activity in some time: the Pope's 25th anniversary Mass, Mother Teresa's beatification and the making of 30 new …
read moreA pilot center of professional formation has opened here to offer job opportunities for young people in the Kosovo province. The "Qendra Sociales Edukative Don Bosko," administered by …
read moreThe key cause of the growth of religious sects lies within each Christian, says an author of a new book on sectarian currents that he says threaten the Hispanic world. Father Manuel Guerra …
read moreThe Denver Archdiocese's new center for Hispanic ministry will be a model for similar facilities nationwide, says a U.S. bishops' conference official. "I believe 'Centro San Juan Diego' is …
read moreA Vatican-organized conference here ended with an appeal to governments in favor of the full recognition of the rights and fundamental liberties of Gypsies. The June 30-July 7 congress on the …
read moreRecent reports are confirming the long-standing worries over religious liberty in Vietnam. The just-released "Violence Against Christians in the Year 2002," published by Aid to the Church in …
read moreAvvenire).- At the initiative of a priest from Nazareth, Arabs and Jews set out to visit Auschwitz in order to remember the Holocaust and to promote the reconciliation of the two peoples. …
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