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Vatican Weekend for February 13, 2016
(Vatican Weekend) Vatican Weekend for February 13, 2016 features reports and interviews on the first days of Pope Francis' Apostolic journey to Mexico from the 12th to the 17th of February. It also focusses on the historic encounter between Pope Francis and the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church in Havana, Cuba, a meeting that took place while the Pope made his way to Mexico City.
India's top court calls for improved compensation for rape victims ‎
India's Supreme Court has directed all the country's states to formulate a uniform policy to provide compensation to victims of rape and other forms of sexual assault, saying such aid was crucial for a survivor's rehabilitation. Conservative and patriarchal attitudes in India mean victims of sexual assault are often shunned by their families and communities and blamed for the violence perpetrated against them, say activists and lawyers. Many are ostracised from their homes and cannot afford the legal fees to fight for justice in an under-resourced judicial system where verdicts can still take years to reach.
"Missionary of Mercy" Fr. Panneer Selvam, part 2
This year’s Ash Wednesday and the Lenten Season have taken on a special connotation and colour, occurring during the current Jubilee Year of Mercy. Pope Francis marked the beginning of the Church's Lenten journey by sending out several hundred religious and diocesan priests from around the world as "Missionaries of Mercy" to their local churches and communities. At the Feb. 10 Ash Wednesday Mass in Rome’s St. Peter’s Basilica, the Pope officially commissioned 762 priests with the task, empowering them to forgive even the sins that are reserved for the Holy See to pardon. The original plan of the Holy Father was to have just 800 Missionaries of Mercy. But with overwhelming requests from around the world, he ended up choosing over 1,000. Of these, 762 were specially invited to the Vatican for the official ceremony.
Prezentacja albumu o Centrum Dialogu w Paryżu
W Warszawie zaprezentowano album poświęcony działalności paryskiego Centrum Dialogu. Tę pallotyńską placówkę założył w 1973 r. ks. Józef Sadzik. W latach 1996-2003 kierował nią ks. Henryk Hoser, dzisiejszy ordynariusz warszawsko-praski. Jak przyznał on, ośrodek powstał na fali posoborowej fascynacji słowem „dialog”. Bywalili tam m.in. Zbigniew Herbert, Czesław Miłosz, Andrzej Seweryn, ale także Adam Michnik czy Lech Wałęsa. Gościł tam również kard. Karol Wojtyła.
Kongo: Kościół w trosce o rodzinę
Promowanie wartości rodziny, pomoc ludziom młodym w przygotowaniu do małżeństwa i stworzenie we wszystkich parafiach odpowiednich struktur, które wspierałyby pary sakramentalne, to niektóre z propozycji wpisanych do dokumentu końcowego Kongresu Rodziny. Został on zorganizowany w Kinszasie przez komisję tamtejszego episkopatu ds. ewangelizacji pod hasłem: „Małżeństwo i rodzina w Demokratycznej Republice Konga. Wyzwania i perspektywy duszpasterskie”. Wzięli w nim udział przedstawiciele wszystkich 47 diecezji tego afrykańskiego kraju.
Bishop urges govt. to help Filipinos detained abroad
A Catholic Church leader of the Philippines is calling on the government to help free Filipinos detained abroad and get them home safely. "The time has come ease the suffering of these people. The government cannot abandon them,” said Bishop Ruperto Santos of Balanga, the president of the Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). He has asked Manila to make every effort so that " their agony and their sorrow is not prolonged." His words came in the wake of the homecoming of Filipino worker, Joseph Urbiztondo, after 25 years in detention in Kuwait. He had managed to save his life paying the "blood money" to the family of a Bangladeshi he was accused of murdering though he denied it.
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.
