Pax Christi International, the worldwide peace movement, conferred its 2012 Peace Award on John Onaiyekan, Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria, for his efforts to promote understanding between people of different faiths in a country in which socio-political conflicts threaten to poison the traditional peaceful living together of Christians and Muslims. In a world in which religions… Read more »
The World Association of Community Radio Stations in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Latin American Radio Education Association and the Bostezo Cultural Association have invited community radio stations and popular educational broadcasting stations in Latin America and the Caribbean to participate in a radio contest entitled Disseminating Local Stories Abroad.The purpose of the contest… Read more »
The International Vittorino Colombo Prize was awarded this year to Fr. Bernardo Cervellera, Director of the AsiaNews Agency. Fr. Cervellera, a PIME religious, is passionately dedicated to his mission as a journalist and is deeply esteemed throughout the world for his news reports and profound analyses of the vast continent of Asia and its problems…. Read more »
On 20 October 2012, the Pope presented the Ratzinger Prize for Theology to two eminent scholars: American Jesuit Brian Daley, Professor of Patristics at Notre Dame University, and French scholar Rémi Brague, a philosopher and historian of cultural thought. “Father Daley and Professor Brague,” said Pope Benedict, “are exemplary for the transmission of knowledge that… Read more »
