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Category: World Touch
SVD Jubilee

The Need to Maintain the Founder’s Spirit

“I believe we need to maintain this spirit of seeing whatever we do here in India as God’s mission and not our mission, or even the Society’s mission. This is important if we are to hope that God continue to bless our efforts here. And there seems to be a danger of losing this perspective,” said Fr. Antonio M. Pernia, the Superior General of the Society of the Divine Word, in the context of the platinum jubilee celebrations of the Society in India.

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Rome

Education is the First Step to Fight Poverty

When considering the problem of poverty, instead of looking at why people are poor, we should consider what creates wealth, said a participant in a Rome conference.” Michael Miller, the director of programs for the Acton Institute, a Michigan and Rome-based think tank, affirmed it during a conference hosted by the Institute, with the theme “Has International Development Failed the Poor?” The event commemorated the 40th anniversary of the social encyclical Populorum Progressio issued by Pope Paul VI in 1967.

Carrie Gress
World Touch

Children Sold for a Handful of Dollars

The drama of child trafficking is a plague for Yemen, where about 1.2 million children are sold every year to criminals in Saudi Arabia and in the rich Gulf countries. For millions of young Yemenis, beyond the borders of their country the gates of hell are opened: they end up begging on the streets, working as domestic servants in the homes of the more prosperous, exploited as factory workers, or as camel jockeys.

Asia News
Holysee

Planet is Everyone’s Responsibility

Benedict XVI’s personal commitment to safeguarding the planet, shown in part by his numerous public appeals, has inspired a change in lifestyles in favor of the environment, affirmed Archbishop Celestino Migliore, permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations. “The ongoing debate on climate change has helped put into focus the inescapable responsibility of one and all to care for the environment, thereby building consensus around the common objective of promoting a healthy environment for present and future generations,” he noted.

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India

A Warning Against Materialism

As India develops economically, its citizens face the temptation of putting money-making too high on the priority list, says the president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum. Cardinal Paul Cordes affirmed this during his five-day trip to India, which coincided with the plenary assembly of the bishops’ council.

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Qatar

First Church in 14 Centuries

Qatar has it first church in 14 centuries, and it opened just in time for Easter. Costing $15 million raised from donations from the Christian community, the Our Lady of the Rosary Church has been built on land donated by the Emir of the Gulf State, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani.

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Vatican

Number of Catholics Worldwide Increases

The number of Catholics in the world is increasing – albeit not much: they were 1.31 billion in 2006, an increase of 1.4% compared to the 1.15 billion in 2005. And there is a continuation of the trend that, since 2000, has seen an increase in the number of priests, both diocesan and religious, who went from 406,411 in 2005 to 407,262 in 2006, an overall change of 0.21%. These are some of the figures contained in the Annuario Pontificio for 2008 presented by the Pope.

Asia News
Lent

Charity Means Giving Oneself

In his message for Lent, Benedict XVI writes that it is foreign to the Gospel perspective to do good deeds expecting a personal return, perhaps in terms of public image. The entire Gospel is summed up in the commandment of charity, and according to the example of Jesus, what gives value to all almsgiving is love, which inspires different forms of giving, according to the opportunities and conditions of each one.

Asia News
Philippines

A New Missiology Institute

The Society of the Divine Word’s Philippines Central Province (SVD PHC) began its two-year celebration of 100 years of missionary presence in the Philippines at Quezon City, highlighting mssion challenges today. The Order is planning the creation of a missiology institute as part of the centennial project.

UCA News

Science-Religion Dialogue Can Humanize Globalization

Science and religion together play a crucial role in humanizing and neutralizing the ill effects of globalization, two Indian Jesuit scholars contend. Religious values can give a human face to globalization by making people all over the world see themselves as members of a single society linked by global trade, technology and new socio-cultural concepts, they maintain. Fr. Job Kozhamthadam, president of Jnana Deepa Vidyapeeth (Light of Knowledge University), a pontifical seminary, and Fr. Kuruvilla Pandikattu, associate director of Indian Institute of Science and Religion (IISR), presented their views at a recent seminar.

UCA News
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