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The train of youth dialogue sets off anew
By Fr. Dr. Rif’at Bader
: No one denies the fact that the "train" of youth dialogue in Jordan set off years ago, yet its...More

Latin Patriarchate

Meditation of Archbishop Pizzaballa: 32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B
By Most Rev. Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa
Annual celebration marking Thanksgiving Day to be marked November 22
Amman-en.abouna.org
: The annual celebration marking Thanksgiving Day will be marked on Thursday, November 22, 2018 at Our Lady of Annunciation Hall, Jabal Luweibdeh, at 8:00pm. The eve includes prayers and thanksgiving hymns to be followed by a "turkey dinner' prepared by the Restaurant of Mercy. The eve is organized by the Catholic Center for Studies and Media in...More
Jordan: French-Caritas Jordan agreement to support Iraqi refugees
By Munir Bayouk-en.abouna.org
: French Ambassador to Jordan David Bertolotti and Caritas Jordan Director Wael Suleiman signed on November 13, 2018 an agreement designed to support the Karak training and professional integration program of the forcibly displaced Iraqis who fled northern Iraq in 2014 in the wake of ISIS attack in the region. The agreement, signed for the third...More
Pope Francis to visit Morocco on March 30-31, 2019
By Salvatore Cernuzio/ lastampa.it
: The agenda of Francis’ international journeys in 2019 just added up a new stage: Morocco. The Pope will visit the cities of Casablanca and Rabat, home of the Apostolic Nunciature since 1976. The director of the Vatican Press Office, Greg Burke, announced it in a brief communiqué in which he explained that the visit is in response to an...More
Pope: “May the world be spared the immense tragedy of an atomic war”
By Iacopo Scaramuzzi/ lastampa.it
: The Pope at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences presents himself as the “advocate of the peoples that receive only rarely and from afar the benefits of vast human knowledge and its achievements”. “May I be able to thank God, as did Saint John Paul II in his Testament, that in my Pontificate the world was spared the immense tragedy of an atomic war...More
Study shows work of Catholic congregations combating modern slavery
indcatholicnews.com
: For the first time ever, a large scale research project has been conducted to find out the extent of involvement in anti-trafficking work by Catholic religious congregations in England and Wales. The study, by the Arise Foundation, has revealed that 172 members of Religious Institutes - 144 women and 28 men - are providing frontline services to...More
Annual celebration marking Thanksgiving Day to be marked November 22
Jordan: French-Caritas Jordan agreement to support Iraqi refugees
Pope Francis to visit Morocco on March 30-31, 2019
Pope: “May the world be spared the immense tragedy of an atomic war”
Study shows work of Catholic congregations combating modern slavery

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Chosen articles

Zaccone: The Shroud? As Wojtyla said, it is the “mirror of the Gospel”
By Domenico Agasso/ lastampa.it
Asia Bibi’s first words out of prison: “I am free thanks be to God”
By Paolo Affatato/ lastampa.it
Two buses and two tears
'Let’s take traditionalism to how Jesus lived and acted with sinners'
By Christopher Lamb/ lastampa.it
Pakistan, Asia Bibi has been acquitted
By Paolo Affatato/ lastampa.it
How are media managed at times of crises?
The Pope in Asia in 2019... a trip to Japan
By Paolo Affatato/ lastampa.it
In Kenya, seeds of peace between Christians and Muslims are growing
Cristian Uguccioni/ lastampa.it
Synod on Youth preparing to discuss the final document
By Iacopo Scaramuzzi/ lastampa.it
Korea: A summit for Pope Francis and Kim Jong-Un?
By Johannes Klausa/ zenit.org

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World

Vatican releases 2018 Christmas stamps

By Jim Fair/ zenit.org
: Those who are in prison are often abandoned and given less consideration, but they have always been close to the heart of Pope Francis who has spoken numerous times about their situation. And this year on inmate has received the opportunity to literally makes his mark on Christmas. The theme of prison inmates is important also for the Philatelic Office of Vatican City, especially in recent years, through its participation in philatelic initiatives taking place at the Opera prison in Milan, Italy. A participant in that initiative, inmate Marcello D’Agata, designed this year’s series of Vatican commemorative postage stamps for Christmas. “The inmates are serving a sentence, a sentence for a mistake they have made,” Pope Francis said. “But let us not forget that for punishment to be fruitful...
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US bishops to gather for a week of prayers at invitation of Pope Francis

WWI:'The priests have been distinguished for their heroism'

Pope encourages promotion of peace in universities

The Pope 100 years after the 'Great War', “We must invest in peace!”

London: Icons for Unity Exhibition

Sunday, Nov. 11, marks the 100th anniversary of the end of WW I

Arab World

USAID urges Christians to return to Iraq: ‘America is on the ground’

ankawa.com
: The recently appointed special representative for reconstruction in minority areas of Iraq for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) told Breitbart News he has a message for the Christians and other religious minorities who fled genocide at the hands of the Islamic State (ISIS): Return to your homeland, America has your back. In an interview with Breitbart News, Max Primorac said: I think the religious minorities have been so beaten and persecuted that they thought that they were abandoned. Abandoned by their own government. Abandoned by the international community. The message that I’m bringing is that America cares. America is with them. America is on the ground. They can count on the United States to be a country that leads the world in helping them return home....
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Iraqi church leaders say their unity key to saving Christianity

'Church in Syria is a strong witness of the Spirit and the Light'

The Syrian Orthodox patriarch inaugurates the Syrian University of Antioch

Syria: Sacred Heart Sisters help heal the wounds of war

Algeria prepares for beatification of 19 martyrs

Egypt: Copts will maintain November liturgies with new martyrs celebrated

Holy Land

Meditation of Archbishop Pizzaballa: 32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B

By Most Rev. Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa
: Following is the meditation of the Most Rev. Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Apostolic Administrator of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B, November 11, 2018: The passage from today’s Gospel (Mk 12: 38-44) has the temple as its background, where Jesus is found teaching. Here He met various groups of people and with them entered into dialogue, a dialogue that at times was transformed into a diatribe. We are at the end of chapter twelve; chapter thirteen deals with the eschatological discourse, and the story of the Passion begins with chapter fourteen. The picture that we see today in our passage is, therefore, a conclusive picture, the last image that Jesus leaves us in his teaching, and this is why it is particularly important. Actually,...
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Caritas Jordan Fall Festival concludes activities

King in US to receive Templeton Prize for interfaith harmony efforts

Knights of Holy Sepulchre prepare for Rome meeting Nov. 13-16

Jerusalem: All Souls Day is a day of unity

Archbishop Pizzaballa visits Christian and Muslim families in Gaza

Minister Maaytah patronizes conference on civil state