Christians celebrated Christmas in Yangon’s streets for first time in 50 years
Christians publicly celebrated Christmas in the streets of the Myanmar city of Yangon for the first time in 50 years, according to a report from Agenzia Fides. The news service said that Catholic and Protestant Christians – whose celebrations are usually confined within church walls – held liturgies, feasts and processions in the city between […]
THIS LIFE: MAKE A COMMITMENT, NOT A RESOLUTION
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published by ASSIST News Service, asks what it would look like if we focused on God in our New Year commitments…
Pope urges people to avoid being corroded by the “banality of consumerism” in New Year’s address
Pope Francis has urged people to set aside a moment of silence each day “to be with God” and keep from being “corroded” by the “banality of consumerism”. In a New Year’s Day homily delivered at the Vatican, the leader of the world’s Roman Catholics took the silence of Mary, the mother of Jesus, as his […]
THE BIG PICTURE: ‘DON’T FOLLOW THE CLICHE; FOLLOW THE CHRIST’
See OUTREACH MEDIA’s January poster…