Articles on this issue "Pontifical Biblical Commission"
The World Trade Organization summit got under way Friday in this Persian Gulf state in the Arabian peninsula. The site was chosen to limit the chance for the protests that have marred past …
read moreThe World Trade Organization summit opened today in this Middle Eastern state amid strict security. The Vatican published a Note, on the occasion of the summit, the first since the 1999 …
read moreThe Vatican published a "Note" this week on the "Development Dimensions of the World Trade Organization," in anticipation of the WTOs ministerial meeting, in Doha, Qatar. The meeting is …
read moreThe Vatican wants the upcoming World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting to focus on how to promote development through fair trade. The request, addressed in a "Note" entitled "Development …
read moreA Greek Orthodox church destroyed by the collapse of the World Trade Center will receive $500,000 for reconstruction from the mayor of Bari, Italy, the Associated Press reported. Italian …
read moreHere is the text of Anglican Archbishop George Careys address to a memorial service for the victims of the attacks in New York and Washington, D.C. The Times of London carried this text, given …
read moreFather Michael F. Judge, OFM, met his death while administering the sacraments to the wounded and dying in the attack on New Yorks World Trade Center. The Irish Franciscan, 68, was chaplain of …
read moreThe administrative committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued this statement on the stunning terrorist attacks in New York and Washington today: This is a day of national …
read moreJohn Paul II said he was horrified at the "inhuman terrorist attacks" in the United States today and offered prayers for the victims and all Americans in "this dark and tragic moment." In what …
read moreHere is the text of John Paul IIs Message for the 22nd World Day of Tourism, distributed today by the Holy Sees press office. * * * Message of the Holy Father Pope John Paul II for the …
read moreJohn Paul II believes that tourism can be a privileged instrument of peace and progress, but also of "humiliating aberrations, such as the exploitation of women and children in an …
read moreAn African conference has urged stronger efforts against racism and warned about the trafficking and abuse of women and girls and the "feminization" of poverty. More than 70 Catholics from 25 …
read moreFree trade has lots of advocates. But not everyone is ready to give it free reign. Last weekend the finance ministers and central bank governors of the Group of Seven countries held their …
read moreThe battle of Seattle continues. Debates over free trade and globalization came to the fore again on the occasion of the April 20-22 meeting held here by the political leaders of 34 democratic …
read moreThe Vietnamese medias weeklong series of attacks on a Catholic priest who urged the United States to delay a trade pact may be a sign that the government plans to arrest him, observers …
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