v Workshop for Formators Held BHOPAL,
Madhya Pradesh, JULY 30, 2010, 11:15 Hrs (CBCI News):
A
national workshop on communication for pastoral leadership (CPL)
was held at Pastoral Centre, Bhopal, July 22-25. The chairman
of CBCI Commission for Social Communications Bishop Chacko Thottumarickal
SVD of Indore inaugurated the workshop.
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v Touring the Vatican without Taking a Step
ROME, JULY
29, 2010, 09:55 Hrs (Zenit.org):
Nothing
can compare to a visit to Rome to admire the Sistine Chapel
in person, or feel the "embrace" of the colonnade
surrounding St. Peter's Square. More...
v Youth Day Volunteers Trained to Aid Disabled. 10,000
Handicapped Expected to Visit Madrid
MADRID, Spain,
JULY 29, 2010, 09:55 Hrs (Zenit.org):
In
the preparation for the visit of 10,000 youth with disabilities
coming to Madrid for the 2011 World Youth Day, volunteers are
receiving special training as helpers for the handicapped. More...v Commission for Justice, Peace and Development (JPD)
Releases Literature in 10 Languages on Right to Food
NEW DELHI,
JULY 28, 2010, 17:35 Hrs (CBCI News):
As
a result of two years of intensive work on Right to Food Campaign
among the grassroots organisations in 17 states of the country,
the Commission for JPD has produced Right to Food Materials
in 10 Languages. More...
v Inter Religious Prayer Held
UDAIPUR,
JULY 28, 2010, 13:35 Hrs (Norbert Herman / CBCI News):
Sarvdharm
Maitri Sangh organized an Inter-religious Prayer service at
here. Fr.Norbert Herman SVD, the Director of Sarv dharm welcomed
the gathering and introduced the activities of the Sarvdharm
Maitri Sangh. More...
v KCBC Pastoral Instructions for Priests and Religious
KOCHI, JULY
28, 2010, 12:40 Hrs (KCBC):
In
order to improve the diocesan pastoral ministry and the collaboration
with the religious and diocesan priests, the Kerala Catholic
Bishops’ Council’s (KCBC) and Kerala Catholic Major
Superiors’ (KCMS) joint meeting held at the Pastoral Orientation
Centre, Kochi. More...
v CBCI Focuses on Millennium Development Goals for Justice
Sunday
NEW DELHI,
JULY 28, 2010, 12:40 Hrs (CBCI News):
The
Justice Sunday 2010 is observed by the Catholic Church in India
on 22 August. The church is focusing on the Millennium Development
Goals (MDG). The Commission for Justice, Peace and Development
has issued a message, liturgy and other resources. More...
v Website on Formation in Communication Launched
NEW
DELHI, JULY 27, 2010, 17:00 Hrs (CBCI News): Catholic
Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) Commission for Social
Communications, New Delhi, has launched a website on communication
for pastoral leadership. The website (www.communicationformation.com)
was inaugurated and launched by Chairman of the Commission,
Bishop Chacko Thottumarickal SVD. More...
v Rally and Dharna for Equal Rights for Dalit Christians
NEW DELHI,
JULY 22, 2010, 14:00 Hrs (Cosmon Arokiaraj / CBCI News): National
Council of Dalit Christians with the collaboration of CBCI and
NCCI held a Rally and Dharna on 21st July 2010 from 9 am to
4 pm, at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, to urge the Union Government
to take an urgent action on the NCRLM report...
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v Sister Nancy Pereira, the Sister of The “Bank
for the Poor” Dies
BANGALORE,
JULY 20, 2010, 16:00 Hrs (CBCI News):
Sister
Nancy Pereira, a member of the Daughters of Maria Auxiliatrix
(FMA), died on 14 July at her FMA community Home in Bangalore.
She was born at Pudukkuruchy, in Kerala, 14 August 1923, and
made her first Profession on 6 January 1945.
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v Christian Women Networking to Promote Rights And Fight
Violence
KARACHI,
Pakistan, JULY 20, 2010, 16:00 Hrs (Agenzia Fides):
“In
the social context of Pakistan, where women suffer widespread
abuse and discrimination, Christian women are the most vulnerable
and defenceless the most exposed to vexation and violence ”...
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v Police Release Two Christians Accused of Blasphemy,
But the Christian Community Still Lives in Fear
FAISALABAD,
Pakistan, JULY 20, 2010, 16:00 Hrs (Agenzia Fides):
After
suffering from threats and violence in the past few days, Christians
in Faisalabad are breathing a sigh of relief: two brothers arrested
on charges of blasphemy have been released.
More...v Holy See Delegate to the UN Appointed
VATICAN CITY,
JULY 19, 2010, 11:30 Hrs (Zenit):
Pope
Benedict XVI named Archbishop Francis Assisi Chullikatt, apostolic
nuncio to Iraq and Jordan, as permanent observer of the Holy
See at the United Nations in New York.
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v
Bishop Appointed for New Malankara Diocese in US
VATICAN CITY,
JULY 19, 2010, 11:30 Hrs (VIS):
The
Holy See has erected the apostolic exarchate for Syro-Malankara
faithful in the United States of America (priests 15, religious
35), appointing Fr. Thomas Naickamparampil, secretary general
of the major archiepiscopate of the Syro-Malankara Church, as
first apostolic exarch of the new exarchate, at the same time
appointing him also as apostolic visitor for Syro-Malankara
faithful in Canada and Europe The bishop-elect was born in Mylapra,
India in 1961 and ordained a priest in 1986.
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