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Catholic Relief Services needs support for Africa drought relief by In Defense of the Church on Aug 12, 2011News Source: EWTN , give to donations to Catholic Relief ServicesA malnourished Somali child sits next to makeshift tents at a camp for people who have been displaced by drought in Mogadishu on August 9, 2011. (Source: The Globe and Mail by AFP/...
DONATE NOW at CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES by In Defense of the Church on Aug 12, 2011July 2011Forward to a Friend Dear ,You are probably starting to hear about a humanitarian crisis unfolding in East Africa, mostly affecting Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia. Catholic Relief Services staff in the region report dreadful conditions...
Ten Catholics Doing Amazing Work by In Defense of the Church on Jul 10, 2011By Mary OReganSource: Catholic Herald UKMary O’Regan profiles 10 Catholics who are quietly using their talents in the service of others in an astonishing variety of fields1. Gerry StraubGerry Straub in Haiti (NCR)Gerry Straub has had an illustrious...
Japanese Church helping tsunami and nuclear crisis victims by In Defense of the Church on Mar 22, 2011Parishes in the Tokyo archdiocese are collecting blankets and other first aid items for seaquake-hit prefectures. In Ibaraki, a collection centre helps people displaced from the area around the Fukushima nuclear power plant. In Sendai, some roads are...
Caritas Japan working to rebuild lives of disaster victims by In Defense of the Church on Mar 16, 2011Donate generously at Caritas JapanSendai, Japan, (CNA/EWTN News).- The Catholic relief agency Caritas Japan has begun working to help untold numbers of people rebuild their lives, amid the devastation and continuing effects of the March 11 earthquake...
TELEGRAM FROM THE POPE FOR VICTIMS OF EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN by In Defense of the Church on Mar 15, 2011VATICAN CITY, 12 MAR 2011 (VIS) - The Holy Father, through Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B., has sent a telegram of condolence to Archbishop Leo Jun Ikenaga S.J. of Osaka, Japan, president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Jap...
Damage keeps Japanese church officials from assessing needs by In Defense of the Church on Mar 13, 2011Photo Source: St.Mary of VernonBy Catholic News ServiceTOKYO (CNS) -- Damage from a magnitude 8.9 earthquake and ensuing tsunamis were preventing church officials in Japan from assessing needs as tsunami warnings were issued for 50 other countries an...
Sister (Dr.) Ruth Pfau, Pakistan's "Mother Teresa" by In Defense of the Church on Nov 20, 2010Let those BELONGING to CULTS who say they are "Christians" BUT branded Catholics as of the "devil" be ASHAMED of themselves for doing nothing to uplift the suffering humanity in Pakistan and the rest of the world. Here is Sister Ruth Pfau, a sai...
Archbishop Wuerl named US contact for Anglican groups seeking to become Catholic by In Defense of the Church on Sep 26, 2010Washington D.C.,(CNA/EWTN News).- Archbishop of Washington Donald Wuerl will guide the incorporation of interested Anglican groups into the Catholic Church in the United States under the apostolic constitution “Anglicanorum Coetibus,” a Vatican c...
Making Straight the Way: An Anglican Homecoming by In Defense of the Church on Sep 21, 2010In Depth Analysisby Dr. Jeff Mirus, September 9, 2010, catholicculture.org When Father John Fleming converted to Catholicism in 1987, he couldn’t foresee that he would play an instrumental role in the request of the Traditional Anglican Communion f...
