Archive for 'Spring 2009'
Anti-Semitism – Venezuela
Posted on 17. Sep, 2009 by admin.
Major attacks against the 15,000 Jews in Venezuela continue. Recently a synagogue in Caracas was badly damaged. Government sponsored newspapers, television, and radio stations and rallies in recent weeks speak out against Israel. There is a major Jewish crisis in Venezuela.
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Australian Anglican Traditionalist
Posted on 17. Sep, 2009 by admin.
This group’s (TAC) membership numbers 400,000 faithful. They have petitioned the Vatican to enter the Roman Catholic Church. At the present time negotiations are underway.
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Iraqi Catholics
Posted on 17. Sep, 2009 by admin.
Since the Iraq War six years ago, Iraq’s Catholic community has endured increasing persecution and discrimination. Approximately half a million Catholics are left. In one Baghdad neighborhood, 1,700 of the 2,000 Christian families left because of death threats.
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Excommunications Lifted
Posted on 17. Sep, 2009 by admin.
The lifting of excommunication for four bishops of the Society of Pius X is the beginning of a process of dialogue with the traditionalist group of the late Archbishop Lefebvre of France. There still remains a long road for unification with the Roman Catholic Church. Two fundamental issues still to be resolved are the integration [...]
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The Orthodox Patriarch Kirill
Posted on 17. Sep, 2009 by admin.
The bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church elected Metropolitan Kirill, 62, to succeed the late Patriarch Alexi II as head of the Russian Orthodox Church. Better relations with Rome seem very possible. His election opens closer relations between Orthodoxy and Catholicism. The two religions were divided in 1054 A.D. because of political and religious differences. [...]
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Vatican Government
Posted on 17. Sep, 2009 by admin.
The Vatican City State, sovereign and independent, is the survivor of the papal states that in 1859 comprised an area of some 17,000 sq. mi. (44,030 sq. km). During the struggle for Italian unification, from 1860 to 1870, most of this area became part of Italy. By an Italian law of May 13, 1871, the [...]
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Vatican City State
Posted on 17. Sep, 2009 by admin.
There will be major celebrations to commemorate its 80 year existence.
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