Pope to open Africa synod in Rome
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The Synod on Africa is aimed at discussing the continent's social and economic problems. The Catholic Church is growing faster in Africa than in any other part of the world, nearly trebling in size to 150 million followers over 30 years. It will be the second synod of bishops organised at the Vatican to...
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- News Source: United Press International | about 1 month agoPope Benedict XVI, opening a synod of African bishops in Vatican City, said Africa's cultures and spirituality are a "spiritual lung" for the world. The pope warned, however, that Africa is tormented by the "so-called first world toxic spiritual...
- News Source: The New York Times | about 1 month agoBenedict called Africa “a great spiritual lung” for the Catholic Church, but he added that it was also subject to maladies, including the “spiritual toxic waste” of materialism and nihilism sent by the first world, which he called a new form...
- News Source: Truthdig | about 1 month agoFrom his palace at the Vatican, Pope Benedict warned bishops of an ongoing “new colonialism” that exports capitalist materialism—what he called “toxic spiritual rubbish”—to the African continent. The BBC: Pope Benedict has warned that a...
- News Source: Yedioth Ahronoth | about 1 month agoPope says Western materialism corrupts Africa Pope Benedict opened a synod of Roman Catholic bishops on Africa by denouncing the West's materialism and lack of moral values, which he said were contaminating the world's poorest continent like "toxic...
- News Source: Seattle Times | about 1 month agoPope Benedict opened a special meeting of bishops on Africa on Sunday by praising the continent as the world's spiritual center but lamenting that it risks being afflicted by materialism and religious fundamentalism...Peter's Basilica with African...
- News Source: BBC | about 1 month agoThe Synod on Africa is aimed at discussing the continent's social and economic problems. The Catholic Church is growing faster in Africa than in any other part of the world, nearly trebling in size to 150 million followers over 30 years. It will be...
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- Blog Source: luishipolito.wordpress.comThe Pope says he will attend as many of the working sessions of the synod as possible, his other duties permitting. African treasures. Unaccustomed rhythms of Africa filled the huge St Peter's Basilica in Rome, as Pope Benedict formally ...
- Blog Source: www.asrar.deAt Meeting, Pope Warns of Perils Facing Africa. Pope Benedict XVI, speaking at the opening of the annual synod of bishops, said the continent was at risk from materialism, nihilism and religious fundamentalism. ...
- Blog Source: trendsupdates.comPope Benedict is of the opinion that political colonialism was long over in Africa. The new form of colonialism is that of material exports to the. ... Calling it a “toxic spiritual rubbish”, the Pope fears of materialism colonialism. In this
- Blog Source: www.filecabi.netPope warns of 'new colonialism' Opening a three-week synod of African bishops, he said political colonialism was over. But he said the developed world continued to export materialism - which he called "toxic spiritual rubbish" - to the ...
- Blog Source: www.truthdig.comPope Benedict has warned that a form of colonialism continues to blight Africa. Opening a three-week synod of African bishops, he said political colonialism was over. But he said the developed world continued to export materialism - which ... And all
- Blog Source: www.digitaljournal.comAs he opened a three-week long synod of African bishops on Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI issued a warning regarding a new form of colonialism that is threatening the continent of Africa. ... drawn from 53 different states in Africa, the Pope told those
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