The director of the Press Office of the Holy See is changing, after a decade of the Jesuit priest. Newly promoted to the position: his current US deputy, a numerary of Opus Dei, and former correspondent of Fox News. As the new deputy director, a woman: the Spanish journalist Paloma Ovejero.
At the invitation of the Jordan Tourism Board (JTB), the director of the Catholic Center for Studies and Media (CCSM) left recently for Spain, accompanied by Mu'in Jad'oun who is in charge of Christian religious tourism at the JTB. He had several encounters with the media and made addresses in churches in both Barcelona and Madrid.
The Chilcot Report has brought to light the absurdity of the conflict to bring down Saddam Hussein which has transformed the Country into a cesspool of terrorists. The Pope, already old and ill, tried everything to stop it. But in vain.
According to the missionary/journalist, behind the bloodshed and terror of recent days, there is a war being fought, first and foremost within the Islamic world. But it should be pointed out that the criminals who carried out the attacks also commit heresy against the faith of the Quran; their aim is to create a clash between civilisations, we must not fall into their trap. It is time for Europe and the West to take diplomatic action to put an end to conflict, starting with the war in Syria. And Muslims need to address their relationship with modernity.
Pope Francis has sent a video message in support of Caritas’ “Peace is Possible” campaign: “How can you believe in someone who caresses you with the right hand and strikes you with the left hand?"
Ten days after the nomination of the new apostolic administrator who will be taking over from him, the outgoing Latin Patriarch has given an interview, indirectly confirming the Patriarchate’s “administrative weaknesses”, which led to the Pope’s decision.
“I would like to tell the new administrator to continue to have the courage to speak and to tell the truth, nothing more, nothing less… There are many who prefer us to keep silent because what we have to say bothers people… We need to talk, with caution and respect, yes, but we need to talk…”
In his 1975 ballad “Thunder Road,” Bruce Springsteen tells his imaginary paramour that she can either waste her summer “praying in vain for a savior to rise from these streets,” or seize the realistic if flawed option in front of her, i.e., him.
While no one probably would tout the Boss as an expert on the Middle East, a good cross-section of the region’s minorities, including its Christians, would nevertheless share his basic sentiment: It’s often better to take the option that’s actually on offer, rather than dreaming of a White Knight unlikely ever to arrive.
The Catholic Center for Studies and Media (CCSM) in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has denounced the heinous crime, which took place on June 30, and led to the martyrdom of Fr. Rafael Moussa, priest of Al Arish in Egypt.
While the CCSM considers the late priest, Fr.Rafael Moussa, a martyr in defence of faith, justice, homeland and humanity, it joins the Catholic Church in the Kingdom in viewing this cowardly terrorist act as merely serving extremism, fanaticism and terrorism which strikes in a number of areas in the world.
There is no doubt that the month of Ramadan this year has not been easy at all despite its holy nature and blessings during which the believers receive. Yet, it has been crucial as it included bitterness and acts of terrorism that hit our country at its outset and its midst. It also included some unusual events which had far-reaching repercussions such as the brawl that took place outside a church in Zarqa.
Fr. Rafael Moussa was shot dead today in Al Arish, the same parish where another priest was killed in 2013. The murder has taken place on the anniversary of the demonstration that cleared the way for Al Sisi
