In a significant step reflecting the Catholic Church’s growing commitment to environmental stewardship, the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments has officially promulgated a new Mass formulary and biblical readings for the "Care of Creation," released to the public on July 3.
The purpose of the SWC was to raise awareness of the importance of peace in the backdrop of global wars and conflicts, and the culture of friction and hate in the digital world is seriously threatening the value of peace.
"Seminary formation is sacred, and we must never forget what we have learned in the seminary," says Archbishop Christophe Zakhia El-Kassis, Apostolic Nuncio to Pakistan
It was more convenient for Catholics to celebrate the feast on August 13 (Saturday) than on Monday (August 15), said Father Richard Rai, the parish priest of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Cathedral.
The keynote speaker will be Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, prefect of Propaganda Fide (also known as the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples).
In India, " Raksha Bandhan” is observed to celebrate the bonds of love that exist among brothers and sisters (either among biological siblings or otherwise).
"We will do regular monitoring to see agricultural developments in the group and also each member," said Father Maxi Sikone, director of Caritas Atambua.
Media had been playing a robust role in conflicts and peacemaking in the digital village of the interconnected world, says FABC President, Cardinal Charles Bo.
Paolo Ruffini, the Prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication, addresses this year's SIGNIS World Congress in Seoul, recalling that "the only way to respond to the challenge of technology is not to think of it as an idol."
It intends to use the prayerful Karen community as models, who value the lives of saints. It aims to have a community that is strengthened by loving each other.
Dr. Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu, director of the Xavier Research Foundation of St. Xavier's College in Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu was awarded the Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Award for his outstanding contributions to scientific research.
