Articles on this issue "ethnic groups"
Father Athanase Seromba, accused in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, appeared voluntarily before the U.N. International Court here Friday and declared himself innocent. Father Seromba, who gave …
read moreNew Zealand Catholics have succeeded in having the body of Jean-Baptiste Pompallier, the countrys first bishop, returned to his adoptive land. The PIME magazine Mondo e Missione reported as …
read moreNew Yorks first Hispanic Catholic radio broadcasting station was inaugurated last week. "Radio Jesus" broadcasts 24 hours a day to serve the citys rapidly growing Hispanic community. The …
read moreThe rebel Lords Resistance Army (LRA) ambushed a commercial vehicle in Uganda, killing a Sudanese priest and a number of other passengers, the Torit Diocese reported today. The incident …
read moreA new provisional government took office last week in Burundi, ending an eight-year civil war between Hutus and Tutsis that left 250,000 dead. The executive branch is headed by President …
read moreThree people, including two boys aged 11 and 16, were killed by Hutu rebels in a church where they had sought refuge. The killings Monday night occurred in the southeastern province of Makabma …
read moreFides).- "Ethnic cleansing" continues to rage through central and western Kalimantan, the Indonesian province on the island of Borneo. Since the outbreak of violence of native Dayaks against …
read moreFor the first time since he began compiling the "Index of Leading Cultural Indicators," former U.S. Education Secretary William Bennett may have had more good news to report than bad. But the …
read moreJohn Paul II appealed energetically today for an end to all forms of discrimination, whether racial, ethnic, religious or social. The Pope made this appeal at the end of this mornings general …
read moreFIDES).- What will a new bishop do when his territory includes headhunters? That is the challenge confronting Father Aloysius Sustrisnaatmaka, the newly designated bishop for Palangkaraya on …
read moreSome 3,000 people in Borneo have been beheaded by the Dayaks, heirs of the terrible headhunters, in retaliation for ethnic violence, according to a missionarys report. The revelations were …
read moreItalys bishops are facing the phenomenon of immigration, head on. "No One Is a Foreigner in the Church" is the title of a practical guide prepared by the bishops conferences office for social …
read moreFIDES).- Rwanda should not allow its past genocidal warfare to hinder it from moving ahead, a Vatican official says. French Cardinal Roger Etchegaray presided this morning over the …
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