Saturday, September 03, 2005

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New Weekly 'On the Church and Society' Column Launches; First ...
Christian News Wire (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
... How many times have we heard a liberal Catholic politician, for example, proclaim that he personally might agree with the Catholic Church's teachings on ...

Labor issues to dominate pulpits this weekend
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee,WI,USA
... 4, at St. Benedict the Moor Catholic Church, 1015 N. 9th St. ... Rick Miller, 8 am, 9:30 am Sunday. Blessed Trinity Catholic Church, 4717 N. 38th St., 463-6921. ...


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Friday, September 02, 2005

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Catholic Church Provides Food, Facilities, Medical Services for ...
U.S. Newswire (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
1 /US Newswire/ -- Catholic Church facilities nationwide, and especially in Louisiana, Mississippi and East Texas, are responding to emergency and long-term ...

State Senate Congratulates Catholic Church On Centennial
KOTV - Tulsa,OK,USA
... the centennial of the Catholic Diocese of Oklahoma. A resolution approved by the state Senate acknowledges the 100th anniversary of the church in Oklahoma. ...

Ocean City, Church Talk Land Swap
The Dispatch - Ocean City,MD,USA
... Andrew's Catholic Church on 144th Street, went well and both sides were able to listen and get a better idea of what the land trade would mean. ...


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Thursday, September 01, 2005

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Catholic Church compensates forced labourers
Expatica - Netherlands
MAINZ, GERMANY - The Catholic Church in Germany said Wednesday it had paid lump-sum compensation to 594 people who were forced by the Nazis to move to Germany ...

LA Church Abuse Testimony to Go Public
Washington Post - United States
... J. Fromholz on Tuesday overruled arguments that releasing the information from depositions could prejudice potential jurors against the Roman Catholic church. ...

Catholic church not to promote condoms
Expressindia.com - New Delhi,India
New Delhi, September 1: An HIV/AIDS policy of the Catholic Church in India, which was unveiled in Delhi on Wednesday, has gone against promotion of condoms and ...


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Wednesday, August 31, 2005

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President Chavez Frias promises absolute freedom for Catholic ...
VHeadline.com - Worth,IL,USA
According to Catholic World News, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias has promised absolute freedom for the Church. Venezuelan ...

Catholic Church: Make Your Own Choice Over Bill
AllAfrica.com - Africa
The Catholic Church yesterday asked their faithful to decide on their own which way to vote during the referendum but described the Wako Bill as better than ...

Catholic church dismisses priest who stole $10,000
WTEV - Jacksonville,FL,USA
... Weekly audits show the discrepancy at Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Community, and church officials this month reported the missing money to the Brevard County ...

Church backs Bush's anti-HIV formula, nixes condoms :-
Webindia123 - India
The Catholic church in India has endorsed US President George W. Bush's controversial policy for tackling HIV/AIDS but has stopped short of advocating the use ...


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Tuesday, August 30, 2005

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Church, lawyers latch on to federal case
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
Lawyers for the Roman Catholic Church and for people who say they were abused by priests are using a case in San Diego federal court to do what they can't do ...

Siege On Catholic Church: Okogie Reads Riot Act
AllAfrica.com - Africa
... now, the most religious nation on earth had watched with dismay as some mindless derelicts lay an unholy and sacrilegious siege on the Roman Catholic Church. ...

Insecurity Question, a War That Must Be Won?
AllAfrica.com - Africa
Following recent armed robbery attacks on churches, especially the Catholic Church, doubts have been raised among Nigerians if the police and other security ...


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Monday, August 29, 2005

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Group's church role questioned
Boston Globe - United States
... ''There is something terribly indicative here of the degree of contentiousness in the United States Roman Catholic Church today," Keenan said about the ...


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Jesus Is Who You Need

Here and There : The youth factor

Fr. Roy Cimagala
INQ7.net

THE World Youth Day in Cologne, Germany has just ended. Because of my workload, I could not follow it closely -- I just got glimpses. But it was always in my heart, like an ember that refuses to die.

I was struck when Pope Benedict, quite youthful in his 78 years, said something to the effect that true joy has a name, and that is Jesus of Nazareth. He told the youth this. Jesus is who you need, he boldly said. Wow!

I was even more moved when he urged the youth to know and deal with Christ -- "at all costs." Double "wow"!

I could not agree with him more. But the problem is how to get this very important message across in all its integrity and vividness. It's often lost in a turbulent ocean of difficulties, temptations, distractions, weaknesses and sin.

Those raging hormones, emotional instability and intellectual softness make them prone to all sorts of unhealthy influences, often leading them to undisciplined and dissolute lifestyles that they regret later on.

Making things worse, some unscrupulous sectors exploit this youthful weakness as they bombard the youth with false images and illusions, erroneous ideas and doctrines, dangerous practices and titillating impulses.

These crooks should be exposed and duly penalized. They often hide behind cloaks of legitimate businesses and youthful proclivity for fun and search for meaning.

That's why my fervent prayer is that families be truly strengthened to ably carry out their delicate responsibility of forming the youth well. The Catholic Church, government and other private groups should help them.

My prayer is that more and more people wake up to realize more deeply how important it is to mold our youth into what they ought to be: not only good children to their parents, dutiful students to their teachers, but also responsible citizens and faithful children of God.

Thus, we need to realize that forming them is not just a matter of making them physically fit, emotionally stable and intellectually prepared. It's more of making them spiritually and morally mature. That's where a person's true identity is known.

Yes, they have to develop their human faculties. I just hope that we can find a way to pursue this without sacrificing the spiritual and moral upbringing which the real goal of education.

Even more, these human pursuits should rather boost, not compete with, the spiritual and moral development of the youth. Their fun, sports and fashions should not compete with their need for prayer, sacrifice and the sacraments.

How Christ is translated into doctrines attuned to the needs of the youth, into the substance of their youthful desire for fun and entertainment, into the goal of their aspirations is the challenge for all of us.

We already have a lot of Christian doctrine in modules and what not. What is needed is how to make this vibrant and always attractive to them. The goal is how to make them be consistent to their Christian faith not only at home, in school and in church, but rather more in the places where they hang out.

That is, how they can achieve true Christian integrity, such that even in their private moments, when no one is around, they continue to be a living, breathing Christian. Though an effect of grace, Christianity should be quite natural to them.

Their age is quite crucial. I believe that's when a person can distinguish between what is a carnal or sensual man and a spiritual man, and can choose which one he wants to be.

That's the age when a person can decide to definitively shed off his old man, so he can assume the new man that the Christian faith encourages each one of us to be.

That's the age we all have to pay special attention to. The youth should be helped to get clear and correct ideas, and to develop appropriate virtues, knowing how to study, to dominate his passions, and to be led always by reason and then by faith, hope and charity.

With the scandalous situation in our political world, we need to see to it that our investment for the future is well done and developed. We have to seriously work on the youth factor!

Sunday, August 28, 2005

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St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church
Flint Journal - Flint,MI,USA
GAINES - St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church received a larger-than-life statue of its patron saint when St. ... Luke Roman Catholic Church in Flint. ...

Wanted: Rituals for leaving the church
Portsmouth Herald News - Portsmouth,NH,USA
... How, then, does a sincere person get out? Take the Roman Catholic Church. ... James Catholic Church in Portsmouth. He can be reached at s.jameschurch@Comcast.net. ...

Ruling could affect Nashville church suit
The Tennessean - Nashville,TN,USA
... parishioners ... who have given so generously of themselves in order to build up the work of the Catholic Church in Eastern Washington.". ...

Voice of Faithful to host 'Catholic Church of Tomorrow'
SouthCoastToday.com - New Bedford,MA,USA
A panel of religious, lay people and clergy will discuss the challenges facing Catholic parishes and the responsibility the laity and the clergy have to work ...


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