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US expert: Religion powerful moral advocate on refugee crisis, climate
(Vatican Radio) What can interreligious dialogue contribute to combating climate change? A lot according to the U.S. State Department’s Special Representative for Religion and Global Affairs, Shaun Casey. In Part II of a wide ranging interview with Vatican Radio’s Tracey McClure, Casey recounted his involvement in the 30 November - 12 December 2015 UN Climate Change Conference in Paris, and how his office was intrigued to see the participation of so many religious groups.
Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk: Reconciliation between our nations is a process of healing wounds
Reconciliation between our nations is a process of healing the wounds that both Poles and Ukrainians carry in their souls and consciences to this day - said Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, in an address during the Service of “Forgiveness and Reconciliation” in the Cathedral of the Archdiocese of Warsaw.
The President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference met with the President of the German Bishops’ Conference
Unrest on the Polish-Belarusian border, challenges facing the Church in Poland and Germany, and the Synod of Bishops on synodality were the main topics of the meeting between the President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki and the President of the German Bishops’ Conference Bishop Georg Bätzing, on 30 November in Poznan.
Bishop who helped rebuild Church in Cambodia passes away
A French missionary bishop who spent decades helping revive a decimated Catholic community in Cambodia after the devastation of the Khmer Rouge, died on Jan. 28. Bishop Emile Destombes died at the age of 80 in his home in Phnom Penh, after receiving Holy Communion from his successor, Bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler of Phnom Penh. Born in 1931 in Roncq, France, Emile Destombes was ordained to the priesthood in 1961. He was appointed coadjutor vicar apostolic of Phnom Penh in 1997, succeeded in 2001 and retired in 2010.
Bishop Miziński: Aid to needy brothers and sisters is at the heart of the Church's teaching and mission
I encourage all the faithful to participate in this event and to pray constantly for our brothers and sisters who live east of the Polish border - said Bishop Artur G. Miziński, Secretary General of the Polish Bishops' Conference, during a press conference ahead of the Day of Prayer and Material Help to the Church in the East, celebrated on the Second Sunday of Advent. This year, the Day falls on December 10.
