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Saddam's Condemnation Seen By Catholics
Saying that death penalty for the former Iraqi president means punishing "crime with another crime", Cardinal Renato Martino, head of the Pontifical Congregation for Social Justice, amends the ruling of the Iraqi Supreme Court and gives way to a more humanitarian vision towards life. On December 30, the Iraqi authorities said the sentence was carried out, only 17 years ago, a former friend of Saddam, Romanian dictator Ceausescu, was also summarily executed (...)

Rise In Attendance During Christmas
Without speaking of a particular church or congregation, the Church of England reported the faithful gathered in large numbers for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Ther Anglican responsibles declare this rise has no particular explanation, but there can be seen a rise of 54% of the people participating to the Church services since 2001 (...)

German Filmmaker Wim Wenders: "Give Europe a Soul"
Waking on wire between two very diferent ways of seeing Europe and Europeans, Wim Wenders uncovers some of the fears and hopes related to Europe and its future. He shares his views about what Europe has, what it is trying to get, what is the image of religion and Christianity inside a secular society, but most important, he's convincing his fellow Europeans to believe in their own imagery (...)

A Handbook Of Spiritual Ecumenism
Benefiting from a life spent in support of ecumenism and the movement towards unity, Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity expressed his view about the future of ecumenism. He thinks the sorrow of not being able to share eucharist with other Christians could be the main engine driving people to closen their relations and, in the end, to make unity a reality (...)

Pax Christi Prizes
Ogarit Younan and Rami G. Khouri, two writers living in Beirut received Pax Christi's peace prize. The two of them were active in support of a peaceful solution to the Lebanese crisis and expressed their vision using a Christian message of understanting and tolerance. Pax Christi is a Catholic association trying to expand peace with the help of the Bible (...)

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