By now, Christianity has more adherents in Africa than Islam does, making it the continent’s first religion. This affirmation is based on the data presented at the recent Congress, Religions in a Globalized Context, organized by the El Jadida University in Morocco in collaboration with the New Religions Study Center of Italy. Thirty-one of Africa’s… Read more »
Being able to relay accurate information quickly is very important, especially in times of emergency. In view of this, a new information-sharing platform has been launched on the World Wide Web. Known as Caritas Baobab, it is an internal communication platform for the 160+ Caritas organizations around the world. The platform, which was set up… Read more »
Aleteia.org, a major evangelization initiative for the digital world, was launched in the autumn of 2011 from Rome. Supported by the Foundation for Evangelization through the Media (FEM), its purpose is to mobilize all meaningful institutions engaged in evangelization and the media. Aleteia, which is Greek for “truth,” is composed of about a thousand partners,… Read more »
Two thousand young people gathered at Auschwitz, Poland from 20-23 September 2012 to say no to violence. The occasion for the turnout was the Third International Meeting of Young Europeans for a World without Violence. The young people, who came from Italy, Poland, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, listened to testimonies… Read more »
