UCANews Magazine 31 December 2010

Punk rocker joins Priests in recording ‘Little Drummer Boy’

THE Irish trio of clerical classical singers The Priests has teamed up with former hellion and punk rocker/Irish folk singer Shane MacGowan for a recording of The Little Drummer Boy.

Pope hosts hundreds of poor at Vatican luncheon

POPE Benedict XVI hosted more than 350 poor people at a post-Christmas luncheon at the Vatican, an event that marked this year’s 100th anniversary of the birth of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta.

Jakarta police accused of abusing prisoners

Indonesian police ill-treat prisoners accused of separatism in Papua and Maluku, says a human rights group.

Christians condemn raid on Buddhist temple

CHRISTIAN leaders have condemned the recent intrusion into a Korean Buddhist temple by members of a self-styled radical anti-communist outfit.

Mountain chapel to be solar-powered

A SOLAR-POWERED chapel is set to be built by residents of a mountain village in the northern Philippine province of Ifugao.

Bishop welcomes mining companies’ departure

A CATHOLIC bishop welcomed the reported plan of at least seven foreign mining companies to cease operations and leave the southern Philippines due to threats by communist rebels.

Cebu Church leaders seek to avert strike

CHURCH leaders in the central Philippine city of Cebu are scrambling to find ways to avert a strike that is threatening to trigger a power crisis.

Innocents Day ritual helps locals keep faith

A FESTIVAL celebrated on “Holy Innocents Day” in the central Philippine province of Aklan, reminds Filipinos to keep their faith strong amid modern-day challenges.

Birth control issue tests state-Church relations

STRAINS in the relationship between the Catholic Church in the Philippines and the government have become more pronounced in 2010 following the election of President Benigno Aquino III.

Wedding superstition ‘financially driven’

BELIEF in sukob, or siblings marrying in the same year, may be financially driven, said an official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP).

The Augustine Institute

The Augustine Institute, founded in 2005, the 1650th anniversary year of Augustine’s birth, provides academic and formational programs on the master’s level which combine the disciplines of theology, history and pedagogy in order to form those who will, in their turn, form others.

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