HYDERABAD, India (UCAN) – Church people in Andhra Pradesh state welcome two programs its government has announced aimed at helping Christians.
On Nov. 13, the government said it was setting up a Christian Minority Finance Corporation and create a separate wing for Christians in the state’s minority welfare department.
BALTIMORE - With a new administration and a Democratic-dominated Congress about to take office, the U.S. bishops will spell out their concerns about policies and laws that might make abortion more readily available.
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1. WHY DO WE celebrate the Year of St. Paul?
Periodically, the Church sets aside an entire year to encourage all of us to focus on some particular and important aspect of our faith. This year, we are given an opportunity to honour one of the great saints and founders of the early Church – the Apostle Paul.
In order to commemorate the 2,000th anniversary of his birth, Christians all over the world will celebrate “The Year of St. Paul” from Jun 28, 2008 to Jun 29, 2009.
HONG KONG (UCAN) – Some priests in Hong Kong have gone into the kitchen to share their lives and faith with the people.
Foreign and local priests are starring in a DVD series titled “Fr. Chef” that the Hong Kong Diocesan Audio-Visual Centre (DAVC) is producing.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines (UCAN) – Virginia Palma, who helps her husband run a junk shop in their southern Philippine home, spends weekends visiting communities living around chapels far from the parish center.
Volunteering with a parish Basic Ecclesial Community (BEC) formation team in Butuan City, 820 kilometers southeast of Manila, she conducts Saturday workshops in Prosperidad district for members of BEC cells with fewer than 20 families each.
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SINGAPORE – The recreation hall at Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM) was filled on Sunday Nov 9 with migrant workers, some of whom were decked out in international dresses. They were present to attend the ACMI (Archdiocesan Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People) Training Centre Graduation 2008.
BHARANANGANAM, India (UCAN) – Women just entering the Franciscan Clarists and others confirming their life commitment say India’s first woman saint inspired them to join Religious life.
The story of Saint Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception “motivated me to join a convent,” said Sister Helen, one of three Kenyan nuns who on Nov. 8 made their perpetual vows as full-fledged members of the saint’s congregation.
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (UCAN) – A southern Philippine seminary says it will start screening seminarian candidates according to newly released Vatican guidelines that reflect a general directive to curb sexual abuse by Catholic priests.
SINGAPORE – Working professionals and business owners of all types now have a place to network and support one another while striving to live out the Churchʼs social mission in the world.
More than 100 working Catholics, about twice the expected number, attended the official launch of Catholic Business Network (CBN) on Oct 30 at the Oxford Hotelʼs Skylight Cafe. Participants helped themselves to glasses of plentiful red wine, which helped keep the conversation flowing.
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