Fides News Agency reports that 22,104 catechumens were baptized on Easter Sunday in China. The data was collected by the Study Center of Faith, located in the country’s Hebei province. The newly-baptized, 75% of whom are adults, belong to 101 dioceses. Sr. Li Guo Shuang of the Study Center says: “Some dioceses and communities were… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
