Colombian Peace Talks Under Way with Church Aide Present

Jan 24, 2003 00:00

"As a Colombian, I am very happy because things have been taken seriously," Bishop Julio César Vidal of Monteria said over Caracol Radio. "Not only is there a desire but a decision to contribute to Colombia's peace."

The bishop, who observes the negotiations between the two sides, said the government delegates stressed the respect for human rights and the extension of a cease-fire ordered by the Self-Defense Units of Colombia (AUC) beginning Dec. 1.

The meeting took place Thursday somewhere in northern Colombia.

Cuban Catholic Dissident Receives Sakharov Award

Also Criticizes U.S. Embargo Against the Island

Dec 20, 2002 00:00

ZENIT Staff

In Korea, Religious Ask for Better Formation

SEOUL, South Korea, DEC. 10, 2002 (Zenit.org).- Men and women religious of Korea are asking for better formation, both academic as well as spiritual.

Dec 10, 2002 00:00

ZENIT Staff

Paraguay Needs "Radical Changes," Says Church

ASUNCION, Paraguay, DEC. 9, 2002 (Zenit.org).- The president of the Paraguayan bishops’ conference called for radical changes, beginning with the conversion of hearts, to reconstruct the country.

Dec 09, 2002 00:00

ZENIT Staff

Spirituality

John Paul II Urges Catholic Universities to Humanize Globalization

Bioethics Highlighted as a Key Concern

Dec 05, 2002 00:00

ZENIT Staff

Spirituality

Pope Describes the Essence of a Catholic University

Scientific Autonomy, and Fidelity to Magisterium

Dec 05, 2002 00:00

ZENIT Staff

General Audience on Wednesday, September 18

Pope Francis recounts his pastoral trip to Asia and Oceania: “It was not a tourist trip but to bring the Word of the Lord”

Pope’s General Audience, September 18, 2024 on his pastoral trip to Asia and Oceania

He did so by sending a video message to the fifty young people participating in MED 24 Tirana, a new edition of the Mediterranean Encounters

The Pope at MED24 asked the young people of the Mediterranean to help the region “recover its expression of fraternity and peace” and stop being “a graveyard”

He did so through a message he sent to the young people participating in Albania at MED 24 in Tirana. Inspired by the previous Mediterranean Meetings, the event aims to create a spirit of fraternity following Francis’ call to build bridges of dialogue between the different religions and cultures of the Mediterranean.

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