May 9, 2013
Moshe AlafiThe B'nai B'rith World Center in Jerusalem announced the 2013 winners of the B’nai B’rith World Center Award for Journalism Recognizing Excellence in Diaspora Reportaģe in Memory of Wolf and Hilda Matsdorf. Moshe Alafi, documentary film director and producer,...
May 6, 2013
May 6, 2013
VATICAN CITY
When you’re the pope, few things matter as much as what you say and, especially, where you...
April 25, 2013
- Plaza de Mayo grandmothers ask pontiff to open Vatican Archives to trace victims of Argentine dictatorship. Estela de Carlotto -- subject of a film that was awarded the SIGNIS-WACC Human Rights Award -- on 24 April met Pope Francis and urged him to open the Vatican Archives covering the period from 1976 to 1983 in order to trace victims of Argentina's military rule. De Carlotto leads a group called Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo (referring to a protest site in Buenos Aires) and they say...
- Plaza de Mayo grandmothers ask pontiff to open Vatican Archives to trace victims of Argentine dictatorship. Estela de Carlotto -- subject of a film that was awarded the SIGNIS-WACC Human Rights Award -- on 24 April met Pope Francis and urged him to open the Vatican Archives covering the period from 1976 to 1983 in order to trace victims of Argentina's military rule. De Carlotto leads a group called Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo (referring to a protest site in Buenos Aires) and they say...
April 3, 2013
April 3, 2013
VATICAN CITY
The Vatican on March 29 dismissed criticism of Pope Francis’ decision to wash the feet of...
April 1, 2013
April 1, 2013
VATICAN CITY
Pope Francis on Thursday (March 28) washed the feet of 12 young inmates, including two girls and...
March 28, 2013
El obispo inglés Justin Welby de 57 años de edad, fue oficialmente instalado y entronizado como arzobispo de Cantórbery y líder de 80 millones de anglicanos alrededor del mundo, en una solemne ceremonia de casi tres horas celebrada el 23 de marzo en la histórica catedral de Cantórbery en la ciudad del mismo nombre en el sur de Inglaterra . El nuevo arzobispo tiene en su responsabilidad primera trabajar por la reconciliación dentro de la Comunión Anglicana que se ve amenazada por diferentes...
March 25, 2013
March 25, 2013
WASHINGTON
South America, a continent known to...
March 23, 2013
Al conocerse la elección del papa Francisco, Leo Frade, obispo de la diócesis episcopal del Sureste de Florida emitió una declaración que dice en parte: “El poder del Espíritu Santo no deja de sorprenderme. Hemos visto una y otra vez como Dios continúa transformando y renovando a su iglesia. Como anglicano me uno a los fieles de la Iglesia Católica Romana en darle la bienvenida a su nuevo papa. Prometemos nuestras oraciones por el éxito de su misión evangélica alrededor del mundo”.
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March 20, 2013
- One day after attending the formal installation of Pope Francis as the new head of the Catholic Church, B’nai B’rith International Director of United Nations and Intercommunal Affairs David Michaels attended an interreligious meeting with the pope in Clementine Hall at the Vatican.
At the meeting, Pope Francis greeted Christian and non-Christian leaders alike, with representatives in attendance from several major religions. At his...