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The Catholic Bishops of Ibadan Archdiocese, Ilorin, Ondo, Ekiti, Oyo and Osogbo Dioceses have just ended their second meeting during which they discussed issues regarding the Church and their nation. Please find the final communique below.THE CHURCH AND THE TRAVAILS OF A GROWING NATIONCOMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF THE SECOND MEETING OF THE CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF IBADAN PROVINCE FOR 2017 HELD AT SAINT KIZITO PASTORAL CENTRE, OKE GADA, EDE, OSUN STATE.PREAMBLE We, the Catholic Bishops of Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province, comprising Ibadan Archdiocese, Ilorin, Ondo, Ekiti, Oyo and Osogbo Dioceses, after our second meeting for the year 2017, having prayerfully deliberated over pertinent issues in the Church and the nation, hereby issue the following communique:1. The Ongoing Marian YearAs our Catholic faithful in the Province continue to celebrate the Marian year in prayer, spiritual activities and praise to Almighty God for the gift of faith, we call ...
Religious leaders met in Japan from Aug 3 to 4 to pray for peace in the world and as a response to Pope Francis’ wish to foster dialogue, friendship and peace.About 2,000 people, including 24 delegates from 18 countries of Buddhism, Shintoism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism and Zoroastrianism came together in Japan at an inter-faith "Interreligious Gathering of Prayer for World Peace". The event marked the 30th anniversary of the first ‘Religious Summit’ held on Mount Hiei in 1987. The religious summit was held in the temple city of Kyoto and at Mount Hiei, the most significant holy place for the Japanese Buddhist denomination Tendai.Pope Francis sent a letter to Koei Morikawa, the present supreme priest of Tendai, whom Pope Francis met privately in the Vatican on September 16, 2016. The letter was to be read at the annual Interreligious Gathering of Prayer for World Peace. The Pope’s letter was delivered and read to participant...
(Vatican Radio) A Myanmar government commission’s report denying allegations of serious human rights abuses against ethnic Rohingyas in Rakhine state, has been denounced as “without a credible basis” by a leading human rights group. The commission’s wholesale rejection of grave abuses despite considerable evidence from independent sources, coupled with the Myanmar army’s earlier inadequate investigation, demonstrates the urgent need for the government to allow full access to the United Nations-mandated international fact-finding mission, said Human Rights Watch (HRW). Commission - No evidence of crimesSpeaking at the release of the Rakhine Investigative Commission's final report on Sunday, Myint Swe, Vice President of Myanmar, formerly Burma, told reporters that ``there is no evidence of crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing as the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights claimed.'' &nb...
Washington D.C., Aug 9, 2017 / 06:17 am (CNA/EWTN News).- What can a missionary in North Korea do to preach the Gospel in a Communist dictatorship? Simply care for the sick patients he is there to help, says one priest in that situation.“We are the message of the Gospel, and we try to imitate it,” Fr. Gerard Hammond, M.M. of the Maryknoll Missionaries told CNA of his work in North Korea ministering to multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis patients.“How did people recognize the first Christians?” he asked. “Well they recognized them because they saw their love and concern for themselves and the small, tiny community.”“If you can just show a little love and concern, say, for the multi-drug-resistant TB patients in North Korea, you are fulfilling what the early Christians did.”Fr. Hammond was honored by the Knights of Columbus with the Gaudium et Spes Award last week for his missionary work in North Korea treating those suffering from multi-d...
IMAGE: CNS photo/L'Osservatore RomanoBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- God did not choose perfect people to form his church, but rather sinners who have experienced his loveand forgiveness, Pope Francis said. TheGospel of Luke's account of Jesus forgiving the sinful woman shows how hisactions went against the general mentality of his time, a way of thinking that saw a "clearseparation" betweenthe pure and impure, the pope said Aug. 9 during his weekly generalaudience. "There were some scribes, those who believed they wereperfect," the pope said. "And I think about so many Catholics whothink they are perfect and scorn others. This is sad."Continuinghis series of audience talks about Christian hope, the pope reflected on Jesus' "scandalous gesture" offorgiving the sinful woman. The woman, he said, was one of many poor women who were werevisited secretly even by those who denounced them as sinful.Although Jesus' love toward the sick and the marginalized"baffles his contempo...
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) -- Tiger Woods has agreed to plead guilty to reckless driving and will enter a diversion program that will allow him to have his record wiped clean if he completes the program, a prosecutor said Wednesday....
NEW YORK (AP) -- For many "Game of Thrones" fans, the routine spoilers are bad enough: You miss an episode, then stumble on an unsought plot twist before you've had a chance to catch up....
LONDON (AP) -- Scientists have named a prehistoric crocodile described as "one of the nastiest sea creatures to have ever inhabited the earth" after late Motorhead frontman and British heavy metal icon Lemmy Kilmister....
CHAMPLAIN, N.Y. (AP) -- They have come from all over the United States, piling out of taxis, pushing strollers and pulling luggage, to the end of a country road in the north woods....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A British company hired to help train Afghan intelligence officers billed the U.S. government for more than $50 million in questionable expenses that included luxury cars and exorbitant salaries paid to the "significant others" of the company's top executives, according to a Pentagon audit....
