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03/09/2011ISLAM – ALGERIA Muslim lawyer defends women’s rights Based on Islamic law and tribal traditions, Algerian law discriminates against women in terms of marriage, children’s custody and education, divorce and more. Here is an in-depth analysis by an expert. Algiers (AsiaNews) – On the occasion of International Women’s day, celebrated yesterday, Nasr Eddine Lezzar, an Algerian lawyer expert in social issues, said that women in Algeria are victims of profound discrimination, and that the...
03/04/2011VATICAN Towards the synod: the mission to proclaim the Gospel to today's world Lineamenta of the assembly of bishops to be held next year presented. A necessarily missionary church in the face of challenges posed by secularization, globalization, economic crisis, the decline of ideologies.
02/26/2011LIBYA – ISLAM Perhaps a thousand people killed in Tripoli after leaving a mosque Some sources say 30 to 50,000 people demonstrated against Qaddafi. His troops use machine guns to disperse crowds. Libya’s UN delegation to Geneva defects to the opposition.
02/22/2011EU - ISLAM Europe’s stuttering timidity in denouncing the persecution of Christians by Bernardo Cervellera After nearly three weeks, finally a European text condemns the violations of religious freedom of Christians. The statement suffers from "excessive" balance and distance. The EU's inability to understand what is happening in North Africa and the Middle East is a result of its ignoring its Christian roots. Without a sense of identity the ability to read the situation or offer a way forward. The teaching of Benedict XVI.
02/17/2011ASIA Rising food prices push up inflation significantly by Maurizio d’Orlando A report by the World Bank’s Food Price Watch confirms rising prices, 15 per cent higher between October and January. For the poorest nations, this has had serious consequences and is causing social tensions and uprisings.
02/12/2011EGYPT - ISLAM First dawn after Mubarak: rebirth and domino effect In Tahrir Square military and young volunteers clear up the barricades and waste. The Arab countries greet the "historic day" of Egypt, but fear a "domino effect". Gulf activists are preparing protests. China also fears the Egyptian example.
02/11/2011EGYPT President Hosni Mubarak resigns Power is handed over to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. Crowds celebrate in Cairo and throughout Egypt. Demands that he not be allowed flee abroad, but held to count for his crimes. A “peoples revolution”, not “Islamic”.
02/11/2011EGYPT - ISLAM In Egypt, young people are changing Islam, separating religion and politics by Husani Massri The demonstrations do not stop after Mubarak's speech and the declaration of the Supreme Council of the army. The international community is guided only by their own interests, but does not understand the needs of the Egyptian people. Should be supporting the youth of Tahrir Square. The transition in Egypt is a symbol that can change the Arab world and the planet.
02/10/2011VATICAN Pope: All Christians must help vocations in this time when God's voice seems stifled In his message for World Day of Prayer for Vocations on "Proposing Vocations in the Local Church," Benedict XVI stresses the responsibility of the entire ecclesial community, starting with bishops to promote and support the "workers of the harvest"
02/09/2011ASIA Himalayan glaciers not melting, but stable, even advancing A new study published by "GeoScience" refutes statements made by a UN commission, that claims by 2035 at the latest, the Himalayan glaciers will have disappeared. The report was criticized by India’s top expert in the field, Vijay Raina.
02/08/2011EGYPT – MIDDLE EAST Unrest in Muslim nations: multinationals, dictators and the social doctrine of the Church by Fady Noun Fady Noun and Georges Corm analyse the wave of popular unrest in Tunisia, Egypt and the Middle East. The possibility that Muslim radicals could highjack the movement exists but is weak. For the Lebanese economist, the answer lies in the social doctrine of the Church. Still, the fire could spread eastward and reach even the Philippines.
Books
Augusto Colombo. Apostolo dei paria di Piero Gheddo
pp. 320 Matteo Ricci: missione e ragione. Una biografia intellettuale di Gianni Criveller
pp. 132 Bioetica religioni missioni di Buono Giuseppe, Pelosi Patrizia pp. 432
Matteo Ricci e Giulio Aleni, due vite incrociate diGiulio Aleni / (a cura di) Gianni Criveller
pp. 176
Missione Bengala 155 anni del Pime in India e Bangladesh EMI
di Piero Gheddo
pp. 480 La Cina di Mao processa la Chiesa di Angelo S.Lazzarotto pp. 528
Il rovescio delle medaglie di Bernardo Cervellera pp. 240