Thursday, May 1, 2008

Cause Way Thursday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Why Are the Christians Leaving the Holy Land?
by Deal W. Hudson
4/28/08
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Catholics in the United States have been slow to grasp the problems facing Christians living in the Holy Land. Many Catholics don't even know they are there, or that they are Arab Christians. Most Americans equate Arabs with Muslims, in spite of the fact that Arabs were Christians long before they were Muslims.
Arab Christian communities have existed in the Middle East since the second century a.d. and perhaps earlier. These were Christians whose language was Arabic and who would leave a vast and rich literature of Christian thought and spirituality in their native language. Before the rise of Mohammed in the seventh century, Arab Christians constituted 95 percent of the population in West Asia and Egypt, numbering more than 15 million (9.1 million in Iraq, 4 million in Syria, and 2.5 million in Egypt). [ read entire article here ]
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Issues

Latin Patriarch’s Easter Homily: Security Cannot Be Achieved by Inflicting Insecurity on Others

ZENIT

“For the people and for all our political leaders, the situation has become deadlocked, or still worse, a routine of death that the latter think they must only govern without ever giving it life. The recent events of these past few weeks, Gaza, the murder at the yeshiva in Jerusalem, the young people killed in Bethlehem, and many others, are no more than sterile repetitions of the events of all the past years. And we will not stop repeating that security cannot be achieved by inflicting insecurity on others. New means must be found…” [Read the Article]
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Purdue Catholic Parish hosts :
'Climate Change 101' - a call to get involved

Panelists representing “green” organizations speak at a “Climate Change 101” program at St. Thomas Aquinas, West Lafayette. They are, from left, Diane Damico, Rae Schnapp, Christina Carbajo, Michael Rebbec and Don Scheiber. (Photo by Kevin Cullen)

by Kevin Cullen
The Catholic Moment

WEST LAFAYETTE — Pope Benedict XVI is speaking out about global warming … the Vatican is “going green” … and U.S. Catholics are being urged to do more to protect God’s fragile gift of life on earth.

A panel of experts provided ideas on how to recycle, cut energy costs and reduce pollution at the third of three “Climate Change 101” presentations, held at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Center on the Purdue University campus April 16.

[ read entire article here ]

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