Synod leaders: Church needs to get its house in order

Looks like legatus is not only game in town....
Synod leaders: Church needs to get its house in order
http://ncronline.org/news/vatican/synod-leaders-church-needs-get-its-house-order

The Synod for Africa is meeting Oct. 4-25 at the Vatican in Rome.

Among other remedies, Pengo called for a greater spirit of communion within SECAM. He noted that the African bishops had planned to hold a plenary assembly of SECAM in Rome prior to the Synod for Africa, but it had to be scrubbed due to a shortfall of roughly $270,000 – in part, he said, because many member conferences didn’t honor their financial commitments.

I'll throw this one in. I have no idea why ?? Maybe more knowledgeble religious folks can make any sense out of this meeting ??
2010 NCEA Convention & Expo
St. Paul & Minneapolis
http://www.ncea.org/events/NCEAMinneapolisCentral.asp

May 6-7, 2010
At Trinity Washington University with accommodations at
Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill
http://ncrnews.org/conference/briefing_may2010/

Sponsored by the National Catholic Reporter and Trinity Washington University, this first-of-its-kind Washington Briefing will bring you together with top policy makers and congressional leaders for two full days of unhampered discussion of issues whose outcome will shape American lives for years to come. Join Catholic leaders, thinkers, movers and shakers as we engage in thoughtful discussion and articulate a vision of the Catholic community as advocate, leader and moral compass. We are leading the way. As an added bonus, enjoy springtime in Washington, D.C.

What we’ll discuss:

Health Care Reform: What Now?

To Choose Life: Expanding Options for Women Facing Crisis Pregnancies

Tax Policy for the 21st Century

The World We Live In: National Security

Welcoming the Stranger: Prospects for Immigration Reform

Ridding the World of Nuclear Weapons

Preserving God’s Creation: Responses to the Environmental Crisis

All Roads Lead to Rome: US-Vatican Relations in the 21st Century Ain't that the truth !! lol

Lisa Sowle Cahill to Deliver Portman Lecture
February 11, 2010, 7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice Theatre
http://www.sandiego.edu/cas/theo/

Roman Catholicism in China
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholicism_in_China

the 2 days of unhampered access to diplomats etc was interesting

Interesting...A new way to raise "funds" perhaps ??
For God's sake, blog!
Published: 7:47AM Sunday January 24, 2010
Source: Reuters
http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/god-s-sake-blog-3340559

Source: Reuters
His holiness Pope Benedict XVI

"Priests are thus challenged to proclaim the Gospel by employing the latest generation of audio-visual resources - images, videos, animated features, blogs, websites - which, alongside traditional means, can open up broad new vistas for dialogue, evangelization and catechesis," he said.

Last year, a new Vatican website, www.pope2you.net, went live, offering one application called "The pope meets you on Facebook", and another allowing the faithful to see the pope's speeches and messages on their iPhones or iPods.

http://pope2you.net/

Vatican Accounts Could Improve in 2010
ZE10012209 - 2010-01-22
http://www.zenit.org/article-28132?l=english

Despite Situation of "Permanent Difficulty"

A communiqué released today by the Vatican press office notes that 2010 could "reflect the hope of a possible economic and financial evolution."A communiqué released today by the Vatican press office notes that 2010 could "reflect the hope of a possible economic and financial evolution."

Evolution or revolution ?? Priests are going on-line and stock markets to crash ??

The communiqué revealed that the largest item of the budget is that concerning the payment of the 2,668 employees of the Holy See.

Although it is not foreseen that the personnel will increase, "the relative financial burden grows anyway, because of the adaptation of salaries to the cost of living," the note stated.

Labor woes ??

Another important section is the maintenance of the media (Vatican Radio, the Television Center and L'Osservatore Romano), which "must be considered in the framework of the Church's missionary activity."

In regard to the budget of the Governorate of Vatican City State, the communiqué said it "has essentially overcome the difficulties of the preceding financial year," which allows one "to look at the future with greater confidence."

I guess we are paying for it..so they should be confident ?? LOL

156 Cities to Launch 40 Days Pro-Life Campaign
http://www.zenit.org/article-28118?l=english

WASHINGTON, D.C., JAN. 21, 2010 (Zenit.org).- As Friday marks 37 years since the U.S. court decision that legalized abortion, another 40 Days for Life campaign is being launched, this time in 156 cities and three countries.

So forty days of bear market ??

From Feb. 17 to March 28, people in 156 cities will organize prayer and fasting, round-the-clock peaceful vigils outside abortion clinics, and community outreach for the pro-life cause.

ianadds wrote:Ridding the World of Nuclear Weapons

Obama, 'seek and commit world without nuclear weapons'... I think of this often. At first I thought it would usher in his 'deity-status' amongst the minds of many people, if he actually did this, which is possible via back-door threats to other countries, etc.... To usher in the world gov't, with Obama leading the way, with a strength of the world gov't seen in people's eyes as it rids the world of nuclear weapons. People would undoubtedly think the world gov't is awesome if it could manage this. And now I think, if they did, they still have the back-pocket weapon of HAARP so the U.S. and other countries wouldn't really be giving up weapons of mass destruction. It would be a bait and switch move to delude people into thinking the world gov't is necessary and look how powerful it is in being able to do what was once thought of as impossible, ie. rid the world of nuclear weapons.
simply speculating