Tong calls for release of Chinese dissident

Hong Kong Bishop John Tong has called for the immediate release of prominent Chinese dissident and democracy campaigner Liu Xiaobo.

Phils diocese in new call for open-pit ban

Philippines Diocese of Marbel has called for a prohibition on open-pit mining and urged foreign-backed miner Sagittarius Mines, Inc. to be transparent in its community dealings.

Indian minister’s apology too late, Catholics say

Indian Home Minister P.C. Chidambaram’s apology for last year’s anti-Christian violence has been dismissed by Church people as too slow in coming and pointless unless it is followed up with justice for victims.

Thai priests ‘challenged’ by consumerism

Priests today face challenges from growing materialism and need the support of the laity in carrying out their mission and vocation in the Church, Thai clergy say.

First ‘Google’ encyclical out for G8 summit

In a bid to impact the upcoming G8 summit, Pope Benedict’s long awaited encyclical on markets and morality - dubbed the first “google encyclical’ because researchers used the search engine to access the latest economic research -  will now be published on 2 July.

Britain no longer Christian: Anglican bishop

British Anglican Bishop Paul Richardson says that declining church attendance and the rise in multiculturalism mean that “Christian Britain is dead”.

Nun staying put in torn country

Despite growing numbers of Iraqi Christians fleeing their country to escape the violence and persecution, an Iraqi Dominican nun says she will remain in her country. (Carmen Blanco, Catholic News Service)
“I am committed to staying in Iraq for those who remain: the poor, the vulnerable, the widows and their children,” Sister Maria [...]

Face to faith

Contraception, abortion and death. Many people think the Catholic church is preoccupied with little else. (Christine Allen, The Guardian)

East Timor Action Network

This is the site of a U.S.-based grassroots organisation working in with the peoples of East Timor and Indonesia in promoting rights and growth in the fledgling nation.

Chicken a la carte

This 2005 short film about hunger and poverty by Ferdinand Dimadura portrays food, abundance and impoverishment, and “the people who live on the refuse of men to survive”.

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