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Card. Tagle seeks support for Lenten feeding campaign
Catholics in Philippines are being urged to support a Church-based feeding program for the country’s malnourished children. The “Fast2Feed” asks people to fast and donate the money that would otherwise be spent for food to Hapag-Asa program of Pondo ng Pinoy (Funds for Filipinos) of the Archdiocese of Manila and its suffragan dioceses. -
The Jubilee and the local Church: Bishop of Middlesbrough
(Vatican Radio) If you are a pilgrim in Rome this week during this Year of Mercy, chances are you will have planned to go through the Holy Door in St Peter’s Basilica, or if you have really done your research you will be making your way to see the relics of St Pio of Pietrelcina, better known as Padre Pio and St Leopold Mandic who have both been brought to the Eternal City as part of the Jubilee celebrations. -
Church lauds Uhuru for rejecting religion regulation laws
The Catholic Church has applauded Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta’s decision to reject the proposed Religious Societies Rules 2015 that were intended to regulate Churches. The rules attracted widespread condemnation for infringing on Kenya’s constitution, with the Catholic Church leading calls for self-regulation. In a statement sent to media houses on 28th, January, 2016, President Uhuru Kenyatta rejected the proposals and directed that a new process driven by religious stakeholders with the participation of the government and the general public take place. In an interview with Waumini News Today, Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) General Secretary Very Rev. Fr. Daniel Rono said President Kenyatta’s decision to withdraw the proposed rules was reached after a successful consultative deliberation between religious leaders and the government. While acknowledging the government’s concern about misuse of the freedom to worship by fraudulent religious leaders who extort money from worshi
