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Arab World: A New Springtime for Women’s Rights?

Arab women’s rights activists are asking their national leaders to rewrite the Constitutions of their nations and to include women on the teams to do this job. These are the primary requests that emerged during their meeting in Beirut, Lebanon, from 16-17 May 2012. More than 50 women from Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen, Iraq, Sudan, Morocco,… Read more »

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Africa Day

A Celebration of African Unity and Culture

Africa Day–a celebration of African unity and of the continent’s cultural and economic potential–is the annual commemoration on 25 May of the 1963 founding of the Organization of African Unity (today known as the African Union). Made up of 54 States, the Union tackles problems like poverty, natural catastrophes, extreme meteorological conditions and wars. The… Read more »

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ITALY
Communications Week

Once again the FSPs and SSPs of Italy have banded together to celebrate the seventh annual Communications Week (13-20 May 2012)–an initiative organized to highlight the Pope’s Message for the occasion, which this year is entitled, Silence and Word: Path of Evangelization. Numerous courses, seminars, conferences, debates, TV/radio programs, festivals, etc. have been programmed in… Read more »

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Episcopal Conferences Online

Churches in Europe; Churches for Europe

The Episcopal Conferences of Europe have inaugurated a new information portal that offers each Conference the chance to disseminate news about its initiatives. The articles are automatically translated into the 32 languages spoken in Europe. (www.eurocathinfo.eu) “This necessary instrument is the fruit of the communion of bishops,” said Cardinal Peter Erdo, president of the Council… Read more »

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