"The Family: Education in Human and Christian Values, is to be the theme of a great assembly in Mexico City this month. From 13th - 18th January some 6,000 people will be attending the 6th World Meeting of Families. These encounters are in response to a call from the late John Paul II and the first was held in the international year of the family, 1994. Thousands of family members ...»
Dear Brothers and Sisters, “Who is like the Lord our God, who is seated on high, who looks far down upon the heavens and the earth?” This is what Israel sings in one of the Psalms (113 [112], 5ff.), praising God’s grandeur as well as his loving closeness to humanity. God dwells on high, yet he stoops down to us… God is infinitely great, and far, far above us. ...»
The African Synod: Church Alive in Africa is a programme that looks at the past and forthcoming African synod and the life of the church on the continent as a whole. This edition looks at preparations in Cameroon for the recently announced visit of Pope Benedict XVI there in March. It was in Cameroon in 1995 that the solemn celebration phase of the Synod for Africa began with the visit of ...»
Next January 9th the south of Sudan will be celebrating the 4th anniversry of peace after 22 years of conflict. While still part of Sudan, it is an autonomous region with an interim government. The peace agreement signed almost four years ago provides for a referendum in 2011, so that the region can decide on its future. Our guest is from Western Equitoria state in the south and in this ...»
Many girls ina Africa are being offered jobs in Europe only to find they have bveen sold into the slavery of prostitution. They are threatened and their documents taken from them. Then they are forced to work to buy back their documents. But the sisters are offering them a way out. Sr. Eugenia explains: part 1: ...»
On Mission Sunday the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary talk about their work in Africa. The sisters have been holding their general chapter during the ...»
A way through your marriage crisis is possible with Retrouvaille, said Pope Benedict when he met with participants of this worldwide movement of the ...»
PASTORAL PRIORITIES OGOJA DIOCESE NIGERIA
Bishop John Ayah of Ogoja Diocese in Nigeria talks to us about his diocese after over one year as its shepherd. He was one of the patitipants in a...»
The prayer intention of the Church for November invites to love of God and Neighbour.
Love of God and neighbour is the theme of the general prayer intention of the Church for the month of November. For our reflection on this theme...»
The Bishops of North Africa Meet
Dialogue with Islam is at the centre of the on-going meeting of the bishops of North Africa. The bishops of Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Morocco and...»
Fr. Lombardi's recent statement on the abducted nuns in Kenya
The director of the Holy See’s press office Jesuit Fr. FEDERICO LOMBARDI has issued a statement on the two Italian nuns Kidnapped in Kenya some...»
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Bishop John Ayah of Ogoja Diocese in Nigeria talks to us about his diocese after over one year as its shepherd. He was one of the patitipants in a
