by John Freund, CM | Jan 24, 2012 | Church
“In concise phrases, often no longer than a verse from the Bible, profound thoughts can be communicated” says Benedict XVI for World Day of Communications 2012 according to RomeReports TV video. He also noted that for effective communication to take place there is a...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 19, 2012 | Church, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) – A group of Asian Bishops – together with some priests, religious and lay people – will live for four days a true “immersion” in poverty, staying from January 18 to 21 among the poorest and the marginalized in the...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 17, 2012 | Church
Archbishop Charles Chaput’s announcement Jan. 6 that the Philadelphia archdiocese will be closing schools in record numbers during the coming year was the latest and loudest rumble in a series of seismic displacements that are permanently reshaping the look of U.S....
by John Freund, CM | Jan 16, 2012 | Church
John Allen offers valuable food for reflection in his NCR piece entitled “Five myths about anti-Christian persecution” French intellectual Régis Debray, a veteran leftist who fought alongside Che Guevara in Bolivia, has observed that anti-Christian...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 15, 2012 | Church
The number of Christians around the world has nearly quadrupled in the last 100 years, from about 600 million in 1910 to more than 2 billion in 2010. But the world’s overall population also has risen rapidly, from an estimated 1.8 billion in 1910 to 6.9 billion in...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 9, 2012 | Church
According to Rome Reports and Gallup … All ranked among the most admired top ten people in the USA. According to a survey conducted by Gallup and USA Today, Benedict XVI is among the most admired men in America. He’s also the only non-American on the list....
