USA - The national board of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious will meet May 29 - June 1, 2012 to begin its discussion of the conclusions of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’s doctrinal assessment and the implementation plan put forth by that Vatican office. The board will conduct...

FORMATION - Pax Christi Internationa, the international Catholic movement for peace, is pleased to invite you and members of religious community to an afternoom reflection on Peace Spirituality. This mini-retreat will take place in Rome on Wednesday 30 may 2012, and is an occasion...

ECUADOR - Every year about 800 000 people around the world are victims of human trafficking, a growing business that is based on slavery, deceit or violence, said Hiroshima Villalba, Undersecretary to the democratic guarantees of the Ministry of Interior of Ecuador, while the Deputy Minister of the Interior...

JPIC - They passed away at a distance of seven years and one day from one another: Sister Dorothy Stang, a North American missionary in the Amazon region, an adopted Brazilian, was killed by six gun shots on February 12th,  2005; Dom Ladislau Biernaski, Bishop of São José dos Pinhais and president of the...

VATICAN CITY - On 10 May 2012, the Holy Father Benedict XVI authorised the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to promulgate the decree relating to the miracle attributed to the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God Maria Troncatti (1883-1969), of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians...

FRANCE - Fr. Pierre Babin, world-renowned author, professor and promoter of the media as a means of evangelization, died in Lyon on May 9, 2012, at the age of 87. He had taught at universities in Lyon, Paris (France), Strasbourg (France), as well as St. Paul’s University, Ottawa (Canada) and the University of...

BRAZIL - The Latin American Conference of Religious (CLAR) organized the II Seminar of Religious Brothers from 22 to 24 March. The meeting was held in Manaos. The theme was "Religious Brothers, identity and leadership". The general objective was to further reflection on the specific identity and mission of...

INDIA - The Christian faithful are ready to be missionaries for the mission ad gentes and for the new evangelization: this is what emerged from the recent Missionary Conference held in the diocese of Palai which brought together more than 6,000 priests, missionaries and men and women religious working in over 100 countries...

AGAINST TRAFFICKING - They’re lured abroad by visions of prosperity, by hopes for a better future for their kids and families back home. Sometimes, they’re trying to escape war or conflict. They are the some 12 million people around the world today who are believed to have become slaves for those dreams of a better, safer life.