Italy: prayer for Egypt
Leonardo de Chirico
Date posted: 1 Oct 2013
After the recent outbreak of violence against
the Christians
in Egypt
in August,
the
Italian Evangelical Alliance organised a
prayer
rally
in
front of
the Egyptian
Embassy in Rome.
On August 24, dozens of people representing several evangelical churches
in Rome
gathered to pray for peace in the country and
for protection for the Christian minority. Recent
reports
from Egypt were
read,
together with biblical passages assuring that
God is in control and cares for his people. A
letter to the Ambassador was signed by the
participants expressing concern for the dangerous situation in which the Christians find
themselves and the hope that action will be
taken to secure protection and religious freedom for all.
Ubicumque et semper
Leonardo de Chirico
Date posted: 1 Dec 2010
Setting up a new Pontifical Council is not something that happens often in the Vatican, given the conservative nature of the institution.
Yet Pope Benedict XVI has just released the motu proprio document entitled Ubicumque et semper (‘Everywhere and always’) that establishes the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation.