Category - Catholics

Vietnamese Catholics in large street protest against harrassment

staff writers — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:49:59 +0100

Half a million Catholics have joined street protests over attempts to stop a parish holding services in the grounds of a church bombed in the Vietnam war and confiscated by the government.

Religious polemics migrate to cyberspace

Adam Darlage — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:44:52 +0100

New technology has always played a part in religious polemics and in the sense of identity generated through the heated exchange of opinion, says Adam Darlage. Consider Luther and the Catholics, and also what we see happening in cyberspace today.

US Catholics celebrate the contribution of migrants to humanity

staff writers — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:30:54 +0000

Christians across the USA have been marking National Migration Week, 6-12 January 2008, sponsored by Migration and Refugee Services of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, around the theme 'From Many, One Family of God'.

Christians, Muslims and justpeace in the Philippines

Maurice Malanes — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:06:20 +0000

Face to face with violence and death, churches in the Philippines are helping to build peace in a country where armed conflict continues to rage, says Maurice Melanes. Christian-Muslim cooperation is an important part of the alternative agenda.

Indian priest says anti-Yoga UK ministers are uninformed

staff writers — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:58:04 +0100

After two churches banned yoga classes, causing comment and puzzlement in the United Kingdom, a Catholic priest and school principal in India has declared that British clergy who describe yoga as a “sham,” a “false philosophy” and “un-Christian” are uninformed about the practice.

Colombian Mennonites and Catholics connect through peacemaking

staff writers — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:49:32 +0100

Mennonites and Catholics in conflict-ridden Colombia have discovered common ground in their recent dialogue about peacemaking, part of an international series of meetings to encourage more fruitful contact between the two Christian traditions.

Catholics will link up with Islamic fayre in Bristol

staff writers — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:42:57 +0100

People in the Clifton Catholic Diocese in southwest England have received an invitation to the Bristol Islamic Cultural Fayre on Sunday 22 July. Participants hope it will build inter-faith cooperation on ecology and other issues.

Pope rallies Brazil faithful, but president is unmoved on abortion

staff writers — Fri, 11 May 2007 02:06:25 +0100

Pope Benedict XVI has received a warm welcome in Brazil, the world's largest Catholic-majority nation. But President Lula says decriminalizing abortion is a healthcare necessity and that one moral stance cannot be imposed on all.

Scottish Christian Party tries to be 'so macho'

staff writers — Tue, 01 May 2007 08:39:11 +0100

As Labour and the Scottish Nationalists battle for control of Holyrood on 3 May, an extreme political party claiming to speak on behalf of Christians is comparing equalities legislation with Nazi anti-Semitism.

Victory goes to equality in House of Lords vote

staff writers — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 01:35:50 +0000

A coalition of Catholics, Anglicans, evangelicals, Conservative peers and judges failed last night to halt the progress of the Sexual Orientation Regulations. Gay Christians are delighted.