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Friday, July 10, 2009 |
12 July 2009 - Sunday Reflection with Fr Terry Tastard
No one likes to be vulnerable. We have erected careful systems to make sure that we are not vulnerable. As individuals, we take out insurance policies. As nations, we devise social security schemes. Or to give a different type of example, we invest in security systems for our homes and offices; Read More ...
Posted: Thursday, July 9, 2009 9:48 pm |
CDF takes over efforts to reconcile with Society of St Pius X
Ecclesia Dei, the Vatican commission responsible for the re-admission of four Society of St Pius X (SSPX) bishops into the Catholic Church has been placed under the control of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Pope Benedict has announced in an Apostolic Letter Read More ...
Posted: Thursday, July 9, 2009 9:36 pm |
DR Congo: refugees terrorised by militias
Kinshasa: From the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo reports continue to arrive of suffering caused to local people by gangs of armed men. The UN Organising Committee of Humanitarian Aid, OCHA, says that since the beginning of this year, 800,000 people – 350,000 in North Kivu and 450,000 in South Kivu - have been forced to leave their homes and villages, Read More ...
Posted: Thursday, July 9, 2009 8:07 pm |
Pray-as-you-go wins award for innovation
Pray-as-you-go, the web site developed by Jesuit Media Initiatives in London, has won the award for the most innovative web site in the 2009 Church Website of the Year Awards. The competition was organised by Surefish.co.uk, a community web site from Christian Aid, in association with the Church Times, Read More ...
Posted: Thursday, July 9, 2009 7:48 pm |
Ireland: new map for Diocese of Armagh
On 12 July, the new pastoral areas of the Armagh diocese come into effect. This map is the outcome of a three-year consultation and reflection by all of the Catholic faithful within the archdiocese. Each of the 61 parishes had at least two facilitated focused conversations, religious congregations were consulted Read More ...
Posted: Thursday, July 9, 2009 7:21 pm |
Jerusalem: young Israelis, Palestinians say no to drugs
Drugs: no thank you - was the slogan of a special day recently organised by Caritas Jerusalem, involving and increasing awareness among young Israelis and Palestinians. The campaign was run by the Old City Counselling Centre in east Jerusalem which hosted a Seminar for young people teachers, parents and associations Read More ...
Posted: Thursday, July 9, 2009 6:44 pm |
Minister praises Progressio campaign in East Timor
Foreign office minister Ivan Lewis MP this week praised the work of Progressio in East Timor. Speaking at the opening of a Progressio photo exhibition in the House of Commons, where he was presented with messages from the British public calling for justice for crimes committed in poverty-stricken East Timor, Read More ...
Posted: Thursday, July 9, 2009 12:25 am |
Thanksgiving for the life of Fr Giovanni Scudiero
An evening of thanksgiving and celebration for the life of Fr Giovanni Scudiero took place last night (8 July) at the Pax Christi headquarters in St Joseph’s Pastoral Centre in Hendon, north London. Read More ...
Jo Siedlecka - Posted: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 11:40 pm |
Zimbabwe: humanitarian situation still dire, says priest
A Zimbabwean Catholic priest has said that Zimbabwe is facing the worst humanitarian crisis since independence. The priest, who cannot be named for security reasons, told the Catholic aid agency CAFOD that despite supermarket shelves heaving with food imported from South Africa, the majority of Zimbabweans are still in need of food and basic medicines Read More ...
Posted: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 10:12 pm |
Delia Smith at Bright Lights
Delia Smith, cookery writer and television personality, and Margaret and Barry Mizen, parents of teenager Jimmy Mizen killed on the streets of south-east London in 2008, are amongst those due to take part in Bright Lights, London's annual Catholic festival of faith for young people. Read More ...
Posted: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 4:18 pm |
New poetry publication by Patrick Purnell SJ
The long-awaited follow-up to Patrick Purnell's first poetry collection has just been published by Way Books. The Book of Furrows follows Imagine, which was published in 2004. Many of the poems in both books have been inspired by his experience of spiritual direction, and some of them have recently reached a wider audience through BBC Radio 4's programme Something Understood. Read More ...
Posted: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 12:33 pm |
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Lords reject Assisted Dying Bill
Campaigners have welcomed the defeat of Lord Falconer's assisted suicide amendment last night. The measure would have removed the threat of prosecution from those who go abroad to help an "assisted suicide". Read More ...
Posted: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 1:03 am |
Christine Allen |
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Pope's social justice call must be heeded, says Progressio
Pope Benedict XVI's encyclical on globalisation, economics and poverty, released on Tuesday, 7 July, must set the tone for a new approach to global development which ensures dignity for all people and long-term environmental sustainability, says Christine Allen, Read More ...
Posted: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 12:40 am |
Mary Colwell |
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Clifton Diocese Radio wins 'radio Oscar'
For 52 years the New York Festivals Radio Awards has recognised the world's best work in radio broadcasting. On 6 July it was announced in New York that a World Gold Medal has been awarded to 'The Budgerigar and the Prisoner' Read More ...
Posted: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 12:04 am |
Pope Benedict XVI releases Social Encyclical: Caritas in Veritate
The Vatican today released Pope Benedict XVI's Encyclical Caritas in Veritate. The third Encyclical of his papacy is about the Church's social teaching and focuses on human development in charity and truth. The Pope argues that charity is at the heart of the Church's social doctrine Read More ...
Posted: Tuesday, July 7, 2009 2:37 pm |
Note from editor - Are you receiving ICN?
While many people have told me they like the new design, a few are experiencing problems with the e-mails. It seems that for some reason, some systems are rejecting ICN as junk mail. If this has happened to you, or if you just haven't received any news from us for a while
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Posted: Monday, July 6, 2009 10:25 pm |
Pope condemns bombing in Philippines
Pope Benedict XVI has condemned a bomb attack near a Catholic cathedral in the Philippines that killed at least five people, and wounded more than 29 others on Sunday. Read More ...
Posted: Monday, July 6, 2009 8:26 pm |
The world’s oldest Bible reunited online
All 800 surviving pages from the earliest surviving Bible, the Codex Sinaiticus, have become freely available online today, at www.codexsinaiticus.org A new exhibition at the British Library tells the remarkable story of Codex Sinaiticus and reveals how cutting edge technology reunited the pages of the 1,600-year-old manuscript. Read More ...
Posted: Monday, July 6, 2009 4:40 pm |
Review: 'The Credit Crunch' by Edward Hadas
This sixty-odd page booklet from the CTS is written to explain how a moral failure has led to the current financial crisis. An interesting and informative study, definitely worth its cost of ￡1.95 and cheaper than some Sunday newspapers. Read More ...
William Chambers - Posted: Monday, July 6, 2009 3:09 pm |
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