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		<title>Invoking the gift of unity among Christians</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[VATICAN CITY, 18 JAN 2012 (VIS) &#8211; The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which begins today, was the theme of Benedict XVI&#8217;s general audience celebrated this morning in the Paul VI Hall. The Holy Father explained how this initiative has been held annually for more than a century and brings together Christians from Churches [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Week of prayer for Christian unity begins tomorrow</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[VATICAN CITY, 17 JAN 2012 (VIS) &#8211; The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is due to begin tomorrow, 18 January, under the theme &#8220;We will all be changed by the victory of our Lord Jesus Christ&#8221;. The Week is promoted by the World Council of Churches (WCC), a worldwide fellowship of 349 Churches seeking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conference on future of liberation theology includes examination of Mennonite peacemaking</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Raymond Plankey National Catholic Reporter  Mexico City (NCR)  &#8211; More than 300 theologians and pastoral workers met here last month in anticipation of the anniversaries of two events that have shaped contemporary Latin America: the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council and the 40th anniversary of the publishing of Gustavo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catholic bishop and Mennonite Central Committee worker in Guatemala join to resist dam project threatening Maya Indian land</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Tobias Roberts International Development Worker (reposted from the Huffington Post) Tension filled the cramped, block-wall room in the Guatemalan highlands as indigenous leaders sat across from negotiators for ENEL, an Italian-based energy company building a $228-million hydro-electric dam in the area. Local Mayan Ixhil leaders hoped the presence of a renowned Catholic archbishop, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mennonite leaders reflect positively on Assisi day of prayer</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[News Release Mennonite World Conference by Ron Rempel, MWC news editor Assisi, Italy (MWC) —Danisa Ndlovu, Mennonite World Conference (MWC) president, and Larry Miller, MWC general secretary, joined with leaders of many other religious communities and several humanist organizations October 27, 2011 for a day of reflection, dialogue and personal prayer in Assisi, Italy, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jesuit university partners with Mennonite congregation to aid homeless</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seattle University, a Catholic and Jesuit institution, has published an article in its quarterly journal that features an article on the partnership between its College of Nursing and Seattle Mennonite Church.  The partnership contributes to the congregation&#8217;s ministry to people without homes.  The article notes that &#8221;The emphasis on social justice and community outreach among Mennonites [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assisi: May religions bring justice and peace upon the earth</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[VATICAN CITY, 28 OCT 2011 (VIS) &#8211; Shortly before 4 p.m. yesterday, the Holy Father and the heads of delegation left the convent of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Assisi, and walked in procession across the square in front of the building. They then boarded minibuses which took them to Piazza San Francesco for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pope Benedict: Force in the name of Christian faith a great shame and an abuse</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Assisi day of prayer for peace &#8211; today and 25 years ago VATICAN CITY, 27 OCT 2011 (VIS) &#8211; Today marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the historic meeting for peace in the Italian town of Assisi, called by Blessed John Paul II. For the occasion, Benedict XVI has made a pilgrimage to the city of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pope Benedict: The Kingdom of Christ cannot be built by force</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[VATICAN CITY, 26 OCT 2011 (VIS) &#8211; Because of the rain, the Holy Father presided over this morning&#8217;s celebration of the Word in the Paul VI Hall, rather than in St. Peter&#8217;s Square as had been scheduled. The celebration of the Word took the place of the usual general audience, in view of the event [...]]]></description>
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