this month inside World Mission

August 2004 Regulars

Your Letters

World Beat

World Brief

FILIPINO FOCUS

A "theology of the crumbs" underlies a new Manila Archdiocese initiative intended to mobilize Catholics to make the Church of the Poor a reality. Read

VOCATION STORIES

Against the Current

- by Marnecio Cuarteros

Swimming can teach us about life... Read

this month inside World Mission

WM REPORTS

Cuba- Choosing Hope

The Lay Diocesan Council of Pinar del Rio published a statement denouncing the serious crisis that is currently engulfing Cuban society and warning that it will only be overcome with a development model that promotes the human person.

Belgium - Ecological Dialogue

Action and intense dialogue are needed so that ecological conflicts are not transferred to the religious plane, said delegates at an Episcopal-conference event.

Iraq - Building Anew

Not only bad news from Iraq: "Highlighting only violence is praying the game of the extremists", Iraqi priest tells the media.

Uganda - Worst Crisis

The idea of resolving the crisis in Uganda with a war option "would mean a continuing waste of time," says Archbishop John Baptist Odama of Gulu.

Vatican - The Only One

On the feast of Corpus Christi, John Paul II announced a "Year of the Eucharist" that the Catholic Church will observe from October 2004 to October 2005.

MISSION ISSUES: SPOTLIGHT ON

Slow Progress

Arms spending fueled by Iraq conflict.

According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's recently published Yearbook 2004, world military spending in 2003 increased by about 11% in real terms. Read

Vol. XVI × No. 7

August 2004

THIS Month's Editorial

to a whole year of news,

analysis, reflections...

and more

from the 5 continents.

August 2004 RECOMMENDED

Mission in Asia

Challenging Journey

- CAMBODIA:

A Church reawakens

Mission in ACTION

EAST TIMOR-Daily Miracle

East Timor's mother Teresa

Read

CHINA WINDOW

Delicate Diplomacy

Finding a way forward in China. Read

WM SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF RICE

Celebrating Rice -

The United Nations has declared 2004 to be the International Year of Rice. Rice is the staple food of half of the world's population. The economic, social, political and cultural importance of rice on which millions upon millions of lives depend Read More

Notice: articles are only partially available online, a printed copy is needed to read them in their complete form. For complimentary copies and subscriptions queries email the administrator