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Pope Benedict XVI, A Personal View
Pope Benedict XVI has written a great 80th birthday gift, the book "Jesus of Nazareth". Commentators say this book is aimed to open the dialogue between the head of the Roman-Catholic Church and the faithful around the world. It is a big moment in the papacy of Benedict XVI, but also in the life of Joseph Ratzinger, as he choose to sign the book on the cover, only after signing it as the pope (...)

Virtual Confessions
Many of the Catholics that do not step into a church for a confession still preserve their spiritual routine, but they are very much invited to do it from their homes. A site dedicated to them reveals a growing community confessing on the web, but also started a project in which some of the confessions will be published. This new way of confession appeared especially after many Catholics (as many as 42% in US) do not use the sacrament anymore and many more think it's awkward to tell somebody your particular sin (...)

Religious Violence In A Violent World
Some of the current violence and terrorists attacks have a religious component or motivation. Although many of the attacks are made with an eye to God, they are in fact violent attacks to the other's values. In a debate between Jean Bethke Elshtain, professor of ethics at the University of Chicago Divinity School and Glen Stassen, Professor of Christian Ethics at Fuller Seminary, the two scholars tried to find answers to some of the questions involving religion into today's violence (...)

Religions, Great Owners
According to a UN estimate, religions of the world are among the biggest landowners, covering 7% of the habitable land of the planet. Their responsibility is even greater when we analyze the type of land owned by religions: most of it has been preserved because of taboos or spiritual importance, thus preserving also the wildlife. The power of religions is weaker now and economic pressure and political conflicts may change this situation. An article speaking about the future of the oaks on Mount Tabor and other religious sites (...)

Easter, A Time Of Joy, But Also A Time To Speak Up
Anyone who saw "The Last King of Scotland", the movie in which Forest Whitaker stared to win an Academy Award, is sensible to an African subject. Today, acts of courage are still present in our world, where Easter is seen as a proper day for an act of courage. Find here details about the criticism of Catholic bishops of Zimbabwe, who told the dictator Robert Mugambe "he must made reforms or he must face revolts". It's almost a repetition of the 1990s case in Malawi, a detailed summary of these events here too (...)

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