Our weekly guide to relevant info, news & events that underline Christianity in its habitus

Pope Benedict Back In Time
Being one of the decisions that helped Catholic Church to have a closer relationship with the faithful, the 
Vatican II Council decided, among other things, to have the liturgy in the local language of the believers. 
These days, pope Benedict XVI considers a proposal to revive the old Latin liturgy, a decision commented here (...)

Nigerian Anglicans Angry
Well, another weeklink about homosexuality in the Anglican Church... The endless flow of information 
about the issue, the contradictions and the support given to one side or the other are dangerously close to 
boring an audience that it feels closer to more "serious issues". Nigerian bishops may join Archbishop 
Peter Akinola, the leader of Anglican churches in Nigeria, in boycoting the Lambeth 2008 world gathering. 
Read here about the reasons (...)

WCC Reacts To The Decision of Jordanian Government
Signed by Samuel Kobia, WCC's general secretary, the letter to the Jordanian government reacts to the 
decision to withdraw the recognition of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III. The content underlines the efforts WCC puts for a better understanding of the needs of Arab Christians. Read here the entire letter (...)

France, Learning To Look In The Mirror
With the coming to power of Nicolas Sarkozy, the French religious groups feared society will rest on the same secular principles of 1905 law, separating radically the state and the Church. But he's willing to reopen the dialogue for a modification in the law that would allow the state to finance some religious projects. Find out what are these projects here (...)

Cristi Mungiu's Film Opening Debate On Abortion?
After the fall of communism in 1989, Romania reached an unprecedented growth in the number of abortion, some figures reaching 1 million in the first years of democracy. "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days" opened up a page everyone wanted to forget. But what about the page still not known? We'll see in future years (...)

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