Independent Catholic News
Leaders of the religious congregations working in the Province of Katanga, in the eastern part of Congo have issued a statement through Fides protesting at the huge amount of sexual violence taking place in the region. More
Daily Archives: August 29, 2008
Bishop Erwin Krautler’s homily delivered at the Eucharist celebration on the occasion of the third anniversary of Sister Dorothy Stang’s assassination.
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Our Lord Jesus Christ,
We celebrate the third anniversary of the death of our Sister Dorothy. On February 12, 2005 she was brutally executed. During these three years I have been asked many times why a Sister who consecrated her life to the poor and accompanied their struggle for more dignity, for justice and for the most elementary rights to have a piece of ground where they could plant and reap, why this sister of the poor suffered such a cruel death. The answer is simple and we all know what it is. To place herself decidedly on the side of the people not favored by and excluded from a savage capitalist system that reigns in our region, she went against the interests and ambitions of an oligarchy that wants assume ownership of Amazonia to take advantage its riches without a single care for the consequences for future generations. The motto is “Use it while you can” and who sketches a plan against this attack, places ones life at risk because the representatives of this system that is so aggressive to Amazonia react and conspire immediately against anyone who does not sign on with the plan. Dorothy was a victim of her love for Amazonia. Because of this love she lost her life. More
World Social Forum
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Photos of the World day of Action – January 26th from various parts of our world. |
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TOWARD THE AFRICAN SYNOD/DISCUSSION THEMES
The African Synod in 2009 will bear the title: “The church in Africa at the service of reconciliation, justice and peace.” The victims and the experts of peace are the groups to be heard. The church should avoid a dull review of the Africa contained in the Lineamenta and should face the question of tribalism without fear. More
Border Insecurity
New York Times Editorial
Only by bringing people onto the books, being realistic about the supply of visas, and letting people in through ports of entry will the US restore order to the broken immigration system. More
World’s best-known protest symbol turns 50
Robert Fisk: The only lesson we ever learn is that we never learn
The Independent
We have lost Afghanistan as surely as we have lost Iraq and as surely as we are going to “lose” Pakistan. It is our presence, our power, our arrogance, our refusal to learn from history and our terror – yes, our terror – of Islam that is leading us into the abyss. Until we learn to leave these Muslim peoples alone, our catastrophe in the Middle East will only become graver. There is no connection between Islam and “terror”. But there is a connection between our occupation of Muslim lands and “terror”. More
Iraq = 25 million new cars, and counting
Oil Change
On the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war, a new report from Oil Change International, entitled A Climate of War (pdf) quantifies both the greenhouse gas emissions of the Iraq War and the opportunity costs involved in fighting war rather than climate change. More
