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AFRICA


Ecclesia in Africa 1995 Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation by Pope John Paul II.

The Synod on the Church in Africa Part 1. By Thomas J. Reese, S.J., senior fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center.America, May 14, 1994.

The African Synod: You Had to Be There Part 2. By Thomas J. Reese, S.J., senior fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center.America, June 4, 1994.

Church As Family of God and Hope for Africa Message of the 11th Plenary Assembly of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), comprising 37 conferences, meeting at the Eskorn Conference Centre, Midrand, from 21st - 28th September, 1997.

A Call to Solidarity with Africa A statement of the U.S. Catholic Bishops, November 2001

The Catholic Church in Africa Basic data on the church in Africa, including Conferences of Bishops, Institutes of Higher Education, and e-mail addresses, provided for us by John Mutiso-Mbinda of the diocese of Machakos in Kenya.

Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference

Message of the SECAM Bishops to the Churches of the Great Lakes Region and the Rest of Africa and Madagascar >From the President of SECAM, Archbishop Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka of Jos, Nigeria.

Enculturation and Inculturation: The Gospel of Liberation and the Culture of African Womanhood Dr U.E. Umoren

Kenya--The Other Side of the Tourists' Paradise Clement N. Odhiambo

A Call to Africa to Shake off the Dependent Syndrome Rogath Kimaryo, CSSp

Secularism in Africa Aylward Shorter, MAfr

Ecclesia in Africa: Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation of Pope John Paul II - An African Woman's View, Part 1 Veronica Openibo, SHCJ

Ecclesia in Africa: Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation of Pope John Paul II - An African Woman's View, Part 1I Veronica Openibo, SHCJ

What For? The Structural Adjustment Program in Africa, Part 1 Peter Henriot, SJ

What For? The Structural Adjustment Program in Africa, Part 2 Peter Henriot, SJ

Globalization: Implications for Africa Peter Henriot, SJ

Christian World Communions in Africa: Their Impact in Overcoming Denominationalism Article by Setri Nyomi in The Ecumenical Review, July 2001

Publications Various articles about Zambia from the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection


ASIA


Archdiocese of Manila, Philippines

Veritas Singapore's Catholic Archdiocese internet homepage.

China Exchange Newsletter Published by the Centre for Promotion of Communion with the Churches in China. It is published on an irregular basis and is designed to inform about activities in both the local church and in China that are supportive of the mission of the St Columban's Mission Society

Amity News Service Communicating the news & views of the China Christian Council.

a letter from SIBERIA Newsletter of the Catholic Apostolic Administration of Asian Russia - i.e. Siberia and the Russian Far East.

Sacred Heart Parish, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

Indian Christianity News and information from the church in India.

Maktaba-e-Anaveem Pakistan A peoples forum for contextual theologies for societal transformation in Pakistan.

Pathways for the Church in Pakistan John O'Brien, CSSp

The Catholic Directory of Bangladesh

Inculturation of Worship and Spirituality--A View from Indonesia John Mansford Prior, SVD

A Spirituality of Mission in an Asian Context Samuel Rayan, S.J.

The Middle East: The Mission of the Churches in Lebanon Today Helen Mary Haigh, RJM

Asian Cultures and Evangelization Msgr Thomas Menamparampil

Integral Evangelization: Pre-Synodal Reflections M. Amaladoss, S.J.

Knanaya Catholic Home Page Descendants of early Christians converted by St. Thomas, the Apostle when he preached in India from 52 A.D., this community is very active, vibrant and still growing!


OCEANIA


The Catholic Church in Australia

The Southern Cross Monthly publication for the Archdiocese of Adelaide, Australia.

Kairos Bi-monthly publication for the Archdiocese of Melbourn, Australia.

Catholic Voice Monthly publication for the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn, Australia. Aims to provide a selection of news, views, reviews, feature stories and pictures of life in the Archdiocese in particular and the Catholic Church in general.

The Catholic Weekly From the Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia.

The Catholic Church in New Zealand

The Pacific: Transforming Role of the Church, Part 1. Ennio Mantovani, SVD. The aim of this paper is to make people aware of the situation of the Church in Papua New Guinea and of the issues which confront it.

The Pacific: Transforming Role of the Church, Part 2 Ennio Mantovani, SVD


AMERICAS


Synod of Bishops for America November 1997 Woodstock Forum including panelists Roberto S. Goizueta, professor of theology, Loyola University, Chicago; the Most Reverend Oscar H. Lipscomb, Archbishop of Mobile, Alabama; and Thomas J. Reese, S.J., senior fellow, Woodstock Theological Center.

Synod for America By Thomas J. Reese, S.J., who was at the time senior fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center. America, December 13, 1997.

Synod for America Ends By Thomas J. Reese, S.J., who was at the time senior fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center. America, January 3, 1998.

Ecclesia in America Pope John Paul II's post-synodal apostolic exhortation issued in January 1999.


UNITED STATES AND CANADA


The Evangelist Albany, New York

Catholic Register Altoona-Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Arlington Catholic Herald Arlington, Virginia

The Georgia Bulletin Atlanta, Georgia

Catholic Spirit Austin, Texas

The Catholic Review Baltimore, Maryland

The Messenger Belleville, Illinois

Idaho Catholic Register Boise, Idaho

The Pilot Boston, Massachusetts

Fairfield County Catholic Bridgeport, Connecticut

The Tablet Brooklyn, New York

Western New York Catholic Buffalo, New York

Vermont Catholic Burlington, Vermont

Catholic Herald Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Clarion Herald New Orleans, Louisiana

Catholic San Francisco San Francisco, California

Inland Register Spokane, Washington

The Catholic Spirit St. Paul-Minneapolis, Minnesota

Catholic Vision Tucson, Arizona

Catholic Standard Washington, DC

The Catholic Exponent Youngstown, Ohio

The Western Catholic Reporter The largest weekly religious newspaper in Canada, from the Edmonton Archdiocese.


LATIN AMERICA


The Church in Cuba: Is a New Day Dawning? St. Anthony Messenger article by Jack Wintz, O.F.M.

Mission and Afro-Brazilian Cultural Reality Silvia Regina de Lima Silvia

Latin America Closing the Era of the "Megadiocese" December 1996 Catholic World News article by Alejandro Bermudez.

A Letter on Neo­Liberalism in Latin America By The Latin American Provincials of the Society of Jesus.

Land Reform from Below: The Landless Workers Movement in Brazil Mark S. Langevin and Peter Rosset

Building Up the Body of Christ in Latin America Stephen P. Judd, M.M.

Re-Foundation of Mission--A Latin American Study Diego Irarrazaval

The New Religious Map of Latin America: Causes and Social Effects Article by Jean-Pierre Bastian in Cross Currents, Fall 1998

Crisis and Change: The Church in Latin America Today Full text of the 1985 book by Edward L. Cleary, O.P.

Conflict and Competition: The Latin Amerícan Curch in a Chaning Environment Full text of the 1992 book edited by Edward L. Cleary, O.P. and Hannah Stewart-Gambino


EUROPE


Overzicht Katholieke Kerk op Internet The basic language of this overview of the Catholic Church in Europe is Dutch, but there is material in other languages as well

Churches in Ireland Article by Geraldine Smyth in The Ecumenical Review, April 2001

Religion in Eastern Europe Articles covering the state of religion and the churches in Eastern Europe




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