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On the 26th August 2010 the Church celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of Blessed Mother Teresa. Aid to the Church in Need supports the construction of the Cathedral of Mother Teresa in Prizren, Kosovo. Read more >>
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Host Mark Riedemann interviews Dr. Anna Maria Doro of the Sant'Egidio Community about the story of the first officially atheistic country, Albania, and its painful reawakening today. Read more >>
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This short program documents the opening of the first Carmelite Convent in Albania – a state, which President Enver Hoxha vowed, would be the first and only completely atheist state in the world. Inspired by China's Cultural Revolution, Enver Hoxha placed all churches under government control and religion in schools was banned. Read more >>
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Host Mark Riedemann interviews Anna Maria Doro of the San Egidio Community about the story of the first officially atheistic country, Albania, and its painful reawakening today. Dr. Read more >>
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Host Mark Riedemann interviews Catholic journalists and film directors, Ivan and Mirela Cigic regarding the lingering effects of war, the peace agreement, the ongoing tensions between the communities and finally the efforts of the Catholic Church to assure the future of Catholics in Bosnia & Herzegovina and efforts towards reconciliation through education. Read more >>
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Eight years after the Dayton agreement heralded the end of a brutal civil war, in Bosnia-Herzegovina the Catholic Church today faces the monumental task of not only rebuilding but keeping the Croatian faithful from fleeing to western Europe. According to official estimates, in 1991 there were some 850,000 Croats living in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Read more >>
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Host Mark Riedemann interviews Catholic journalists and film directors, Ivan and Mirela Cigic regarding the lingering effects of war, the peace agreement, the ongoing tensions between the communities and finally the efforts of the Catholic Church to assure the future of Catholics in Bosnia & Herzegovina and efforts towards reconciliation through education. Read more >>
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China has approximately 70 million Christians – 13 million in the Catholic Church and some 57 million in Protestant house-churches. The Chinese Christian population is growing rapidly - the greatest number of bibles printed today is in the Chinese language. Read more >>
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Production Date: 2008Duration: 54"Copyright : CRTNLanguage: EnglishExecutive Producer: Mark RiedemannProducer: Yago de la CiervaThe 54-minute film explores one of Chinas best-kept secrets: religion. From a rural underground parish and a clandestine seminary to the government supported Buddhist Temples and Islamic mosque at the heart of Beijing, the country is undergoing a massive resurgence of religious belief - and the authorities do not know how to handle it. Read more >>
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"I think it is my duty, given this special opportunity to inform my eminent brothers, that there is still no religious freedom in China. There is too much optimism around something that does not correspond to reality... Read more >>
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For both Christian and Muslim youth the Arab Spring fostered hopes for greater democracy and respect for human rights. Recently, however, increasing sectarian violence and a rise in fundamentalist voices calling to establish Egypt as an Islamic state are dimming these hopes and isolating Christians. Read more >>
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In the second part of a two part series, Father Samir Khalil Samir, S.J. Read more >>
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Egypt has the largest Christian population in the Arabic-speaking world. Despite its minority population in relation to the Muslim community, Christians, particularly Catholics, face discrimination. Read more >>
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We thankfully present our short film "It's their home" about an Orphanage in the country of Georgia.Production Date: 2011Duration: 14'Copyright : CRTNLanguage: EnglishExecutive Producer: Mark RiedemannDirector: Agnieszka Dzieduszycka-ManikowskaMore information will follow once our Georgia package is ready for broadcast. Read more >>
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We thankfully present our short film "Too much to die, too little to live" about an retirement home in the country of Georgia.Production Date: 2011Duration: 13'Copyright: CRTNLanguage: EnglishExecutive Producer: Mark RiedemannDirector: Agnieszka Dzieduszycka-ManikowskaMore information will follow once our Georgia package is ready for broadcast. Read more >>
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Twenty years after gaining its independence, Georgia is still only beginning its hard road to recovery. In 1991, a newly independent Georgia emerged, battered by the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Read more >>
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One of worst natural disasters in recent history struck with full force when a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the capital Port-au-Prince. Read more >>
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The Church in Haiti is still reeling from the deaths of her priests and religious. Archbishop Serge Miot of Port-au-Prince was a victim as were 31 seminarians. Read more >>
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On January 12, 2010, an earthquake of 7.0 magnitude struck Haiti claiming approximately 230,000 lives. Read more >>
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Short film featuring Bishop George Palliparampil of Miao in the Indian state Arunachal Pradesh. Arunachal Pradesh, situated in the North-east corner of India bordering China, Tibet, Bhutan and Myanmar, is called 'the land of the rising sun' and is home to 26 Mongoloid tribes and their sub tribes scattered over an area of 87,400 square kilometers. Read more >>
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The 14-minute film follows Sister Kiran and Sister Sarojini getting ready for another long day of work. They belong to the religious order of the Society of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Read more >>
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“When I first met Christians, I thought that Christianity was a very, very hard thing for me to digest. I began hating them like anything. Read more >>
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Host Mark Riedemann interviews Bishop Sarat Chandra Nayak, the Bishop of Berhampur, in the troubled state of Orissa, India, where Christians have been persecuted and killed for their faith by Hindu extremists. Read more >>
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Host Mark Riedemann interviews Bishop George Palliparampil S.D. Read more >>
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Where God Weeps Episode #144: India: We may be killed, but we will never killGuest: Bishop Sarat Chandra Nayak, the Bishop of BerhampurModerator: Mark RiedemannProduction Date: 2008Duration: 27’12”Copyright: CRTNHost Mark Riedemann interviews Bishop Sarat Chandra Nayak, the Bishop of Berhampur, in the troubled state of Orissa, India, where Christians have been persecuted and killed for their faith by Hindu extremists. Read more >>
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Christians in Iran make up only 0.2% of the population in a 99% Muslim, country in which Islam is the state religion. Read more >>
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Host Mark Riedemann interviews Camille Eid, journalist, author and observer of Middle East Churches, in Rome, about the Christian community in Iran. Christians make up only 0. Read more >>
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Host Mark Riedemann interviews Camille Eid, journalist, author and observer of Middle East Churches, in Rome, about the Christian community in Iran. Christians make up only 0. Read more >>
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This short film gives an overview of the situation of Christians in Iraq. Featuring Rev. Read more >>
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Host Marie Pauline Meyer interviews Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa, the Archbishop of Mosul for the Syrian-Catholic Church, about his personal experience of persecution as well as the ongoing and increasingly difficult struggle for Iraqi Christians. Read more >>
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Production Date: 2007Duration: 28Copyright: CRTNLanguage: French, GermanExecutive Producer: Mark RiedemannDirector: Heide BorchhardtTo the infidels is how one of many threatening letters sent to Christians starts. We know your houses and your families. Read more >>
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Mariam Baouardy, the Blessed Mariam of the Crucified Jesus, was born in January 1846 in Palestine, not eighteen kilometres from Nazareth. She was a simple girl from a poor Galilean family, she could not read and yet was a mystic endowed with the exceptional gifts of the stigmata and levitation. Read more >>
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Where God Weeps Episode #130: On the other Side of the Wall Host Mark Riedemann interviews Patriarch Fouad Twal of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. Patriarch Fouad Twal explains the challenges presently facing the Christians in the Holy Land, made particularly difficult in light of the construction of a 27-foot high wall, and the consequent danger for the future of Christianity in this region. Read more >>
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Guest: Patriarch Fouad Twal of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.Moderator: Mark RiedemannProduction Date: 2008/2010Duration: 3'43''Copyright: CRTNHost Mark Riedemann interviews Patriarch Fouad Twal of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. Read more >>
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Where God Weeps - episode #174Title: AIDS is killing over 300 Kenyans per dayGuest: Bishop Alfred RotichHost: Mark RiedemannDuration: 28’35”Year: 2009Copyright: CRTNHost Mark Riedemann interviews Bishop Alfred Rotich of the Military Ordinariate, Kenya about the situation in Kenya - one of the economic and political powerhouses in Africa yet still today the vast majority of Kenyans live below the poverty line. Bishop Rotich also addresses the challenge of AIDS: 7. Read more >>
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We present our documentary "Sent to Serve" which gives attention to the great efforts Catholic religious dedicate to the care of AIDS victims in Kenya in East Africa.Production Date: 2007Duration: 29Copyright: CRTNLanguage: English, Spanish, French, GermanExecutive Producer: Mark RiedemannDirector: Agnieszka DzieduszyckaThe Franciscan Missionary Sisters for Africa have been working in Kenya for more than 80 years. Read more >>
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Short film about the Catholic Church and the AIDS crisis, featuring Bishop Alfred Rotich. Kenya, a nation with a population of some 40 million - of which fully one third is Catholic - is one of Africa's economic powerhouses and yet, at the same time, approximately 60% of the population live below the poverty line. Read more >>
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Episode #119 - Lebanon’s Christian example. The future of Christians in the Middle East lies in the creation of a society in which Muslims, Christians, and Jews can peacefully coexist. Read more >>
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The documentary deals with the realities of the Christian flight from Lebanon. In 30 years Christians, through economic hardship and the rise of Muslim fundamentalism, have left Lebanon, the cradle of Christianity, falling from a majority of over 50% to 45% of the population. Read more >>
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The future of Christians in the Middle East lies in the creation of a society in which Muslims, Christians, and Jews can peacefully coexist. Nowhere is this tension more played out than in Lebanon - a country that has repeatedly suffered war and political assassinations on its territory. Read more >>
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The state of Macedonia, into existence with the dismantling of Yugoslavia, is still precarious: burdened with the relics of socialism and a weak economy, the state suffers a low standard of living and high unemployment. The Macedonian Catholic Church, once again free, is flourishing. Read more >>
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… we too are in a mixed region of Catholics, Orthodox and Muslims, so I took the motto for myself - that we may all be one: “Ut Unum Sint” Bishop Kiro Stoyanov, Apostolic Exarch in Macedonia Macedonia reflects the religious mix of Catholics, Orthodox and Muslims, typical to the Balkan region. Catholics are a minority. Read more >>
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On September 8, Macedonia celebrated 20 years of independence. The country officially celebrates this day as Independence day with regard to the referendum endorsing independence from Yugoslavia. Read more >>
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When opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest in November 2010, despite the international jubilation, it quickly became clear that Myanmar's military junta were in no mood to compromise and concede ground to pro-democracy campaigners. Hopes for change have been muted, kept alive only by the continued engagement of Suu Kyi as well as international human rights organizations in defense of the Burmese people of all ethnicities and faiths, including Christians. Read more >>
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Burma, recently renamed Myanmar, is still today one of the most remote countries in the world. Until recently, neighbouring Thailand received more visitors in one day than Myanmar in one year. Read more >>
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Catholics in Buddhist-dominated Burma (Myanmar) are small in number - about 1 % of the population - but historically have had a great influence on the country’s development - for example Catholic orders once ran the best schools in Burma. That ended with a coup d’etat in 1962 when the newly installed junta nationalized schools, banned Christian religious education, and deported foreign missionaries. Read more >>
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Approximately 140 million people inhabit Nigeria, the most populated country in Africa. The country is divided by ethnic and religious differences. Read more >>
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In light of the rapid growth of Islam in northern Nigeria, Many Christians have already packed their belongings and have left for the south. Host Mark Riedemann interviews Archbishop Ignatitius A. Read more >>
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In light of the rapid growth of Islam in northern Nigeria, Many Christians have already packed their belongings and have left for the south. Host Mark Riedemann interviews Archbishop Ignatitius A. Read more >>
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Pakistan has a population of 160 million; 95% are Muslim and Christians constitute a little less than 3% of the population. The constitution establishes Islam as the state religion; evangelism among Muslims is banned. Read more >>
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Watch our documentary about the situation of Christians in Pakistan. Read more >>
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Pakistan has a population of 160 million; 95% are Muslim and Christians constitute a little less than 3% of the population. The constitution establishes Islam as the state religion and evangelization among Muslims is banned. Read more >>
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At the end of the Second World War Romania found itself among those countries dominated by imposed communist regimes. As so often under communism, the worst repressions befell both the Latin and Greek Catholic Church - those in full communion with Rome. Read more >>
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The story of Romanian persecution is virtually without equal in the 20th century. There were about 1. Read more >>
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“I was beaten on my soles until the skin cracked. I was beaten by two men with an iron rod. Read more >>
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In 2003, the Vatican formally recognized a series of Marian apparitions that occurred between 1981 and 1983 in the town of Kibeho in the southwest of Rwanda. It was here that three young women, Nathalie, Alphonsine and Claire, received messages about their spiritual life but also darker visions of an impending violence that was to visit Rwanda. Read more >>
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In 2003, the Church formally recognized a series of Marian apparitions that occurred between 1981 and 1983 in the town of Kibeho in southwest of Rwanda. Here, three young girls, Nathalie, Alphonsine and Claire, received messages from Our Lady including visions of an impending war. Read more >>
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In April 1994, in the heart of Africa, genocide took place on an unprece-dented scale. Little Rwanda became an arena of slaughter, where the more numerous Hutu tribes murdered nearly a million Tutsi's and moderate Hutus. Read more >>
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On July 9th, 2011, South Sudan becomes the world's newest country. Following a landslide referendum vote for secession, where 99 percent of registered voters cast their ballots for independence, South Sudan separated from the Islamic regime of the North. Read more >>
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Sudan - one of Africa's biggest countries - formally gained independence from the British in 1956. Independence was quickly overshadowed by constitutional crises between the Islamic Arab regime in the North and the large non-Arab, non-Muslim minority in the South, which resulted in two drawn out civil wars that lasted over 20 years. Read more >>
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The finger of war often touches those that are the weakest and most innocent. The ongoing civil war in Sudan, with famine, bombing, slavery and flight haunt the Christians. Read more >>
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Host Marie Pauline Meyer speaks with Cardinal Zubeir Wako of Sudan. Cardinal Zubeir Wako outlines the struggle for Catholics in the post war period and the prospects for long-term peace in the region. Read more >>
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Host Marie Pauline Meyer speaks with Cardinal Zubeir Wako of Sudan. Cardinal Zubeir Wako outlines the struggle for Catholics in the post war period and the prospects for long-term peace in the region. Read more >>
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With the reopening of the L'viv Seminary, an extraordinary chapter in the life of the Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine is accomplished. For over 70 years of communist rule wherein no religious training was possible, the seminary opening is a symbol of the freedom of the Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine. Read more >>
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Episode #107 The Mediator: The Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine Host Mark Riedemann interviews Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, the Major Archbishop of the Greek Catholic Church in Kiev Ukraine about story of the Greek Catholic Church and its key role as a mediator in Ukraine. Read more >>
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The program considers the history, suffering and present day revival of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Includes unique archive material from the Soviet time and an interview with Professor Boris Gudziak of Lviv. Read more >>
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"I Paul, in chains for the name of Christ wish to relate to you the trials besetting me daily, in order that you may be inflamed with love for God, and join with me in his praises. The prison here is a true image of everlasting hell: to cruel tortures of every kind - shackles, iron chains, manacles - are added hatred, vengeance, calumnies, obscene speech, quarrels, evil acts, swearing, curses, as well as anguish and grief. Read more >>
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Vietnam has eight million Catholics out of a total population of 82 million, the second largest Catholic population in Asia after the Philippines. Vietnam, one of the few remaining countries governed by a communist party, continues to discriminate against Christians. Read more >>
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As a recent CNA article indicates, beatings, Church raids, arrests and even deaths are increasingly being inflicted on Catholics by authorities in Vietnam over conflicts concerning property rights.As land values increases throughout the country, corrupt officials are attempting to claim land where Catholic churches are situated. Read more >>
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Production Date: 2008Duration: 14' 22"Copyright : CRTNLanguage: EnglishExecutive Producer: Mark RiedemannDirector: Norman Servais85 percent of the population in Zimbabwe is unemployed. Inflation is estimated at 231 million percent and climbing daily. Read more >>
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Host Marie-Pauline Meyer interviews Bishop Dieter B Scholz SJ, the Bishop of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe, about the struggle of the Zimbabwean people in light of the economic meltdown and political deadlock – and the role of the Church, often punished for her stand for Truth, to provide care for the population. Read more >>
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Episode #138: A Church punished for its oppositionGuest: Bishop Dieter B Scholz SJ, Bishop of Chinhoyi, ZimbabweModerator: Mark RiedemannProduction Date: November 2008Duration: 28'27''Copyright: CRTNHost Mark Riedemann interviews Bishop Dieter B Scholz SJ, the Bishop of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe, about the struggle of the Zimbabwean people in light of the economic meltdown and political deadlock – and the role of the Church, often punished for her stand for Truth, to provide care for the population. Read more >>
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Host Mark Riedemann interviews Dr. Anna Maria Doro of the Sant'Egidio Community about the story of the first officially atheistic country, Albania, and its painful reawakening today. Read more >>
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Moderator: Mark von RiedemannGuest: Ivan and Mirela CigicDuration: 28'05"Host Mark von Riedemann interwievs Catholic journalists and film directors, Ivan and Mirela Cigic regarding their experiences during the war, the peace agreement, the ongoing tensions between the communities and finally the efforts of the Catholic Church to assure the future of Catholics in Bosnia & Herzegovina and provide efforts towards reconciliation through education. Read more >>
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China has approximately 70 million Christians – 13 million in the Catholic Church and some 57 million in Protestant house-churches. The Chinese Christian population is growing rapidly - the greatest number of bibles printed today is in the Chinese language. Read more >>
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In the second part of a two part series, Father Samir Khalil Samir, S.J. Read more >>
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One of worst natural disasters in recent history struck with full force when a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the capital Port-au-Prince. Read more >>
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Host Mark von Riedemann interviews Bishop Sarat Chandra Nayak,the Bishop of Berhampur., in the troubled state of Orissa, India, where Christians have been persecuted and killed for their faith by Hindu extremists. Read more >>
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Host Mark Riedemann interviews Bishop George Palliparampil S.D. Read more >>
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Host Marie Pauline Meyer interviews Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa, the Archbishop of Mosul for the Syrian-Catholic Church, about his personal experience of persecution as well as the ongoing and increasingly difficult struggle for Iraqi Christians. Read more >>
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Host Mark von Riedemann interviews Patriarch Fouad Twal of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. Patriarch Fouad Twal explains the challenges presently facing the Christians in the Holy Land, made particularly difficult in light of the construction of a 27- foot high wall, and the consequent danger for the future of Christianity in this region. Read more >>
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Where God Weeps - episode #174Title: AIDS is killing over 300 Kenyans per dayGuest: Bishop Alfred RotichHost: Mark RiedemannDuration: 28’35”Year: 2009Copyright: CRTNHost Mark Riedemann interviews Bishop Alfred Rotich of the Military Ordinariate, Kenya about the situation in Kenya - one of the economic and political powerhouses in Africa yet still today the vast majority of Kenyans live below the poverty line. Bishop Rotich also addresses the challenge of AIDS: 7. Read more >>
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The future of Christians in the Middle East lies in the creation of a society in which Muslims, Christians, and Jews can peacefully coexist. Nowhere is this tension more played out than in Lebanon - a country that has repeatedly suffered war and political assassinations on its territory. Read more >>
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The state of Macedonia, into existence with the dismantling of Yugoslavia, is still precarious: burdened with the relics of socialism and a weak economy, the state suffers a low standard of living and high unemployment. The Macedonian Catholic Church, once again free, is flourishing. Read more >>
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Catholics in Buddhist-dominated Burma (Myanmar) are small in number - about 1 % of the population - but historically have had a great influence on the country’s development - for example Catholic orders once ran the best schools in Burma. That ended with a coup d’etat in 1962 when the newly installed junta nationalized schools, banned Christian religious education, and deported foreign missionaries. Read more >>
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In light of the rapid growth of Islam in northern Nigeria, many Christians have already packed their belongings and left for the South. Host Mark von Riedemann interviews Archbishop Ignatius A. Read more >>
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Pakistan has a population of 160 million; 95% are Muslim and Christians constitute a little less than 3% of the population. The constitution establishes Islam as the state religion; evangelism among Muslims is banned. Read more >>
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The story of Romanian persecution is virtually without equal in the 20th century. There were about 1. Read more >>
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Host Marie Pauline Meyer speaks with Cardinal Zubeir Wako of Sudan. Read more >>
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Episode #69 The Mediator: The Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine Host Mark Riedemann interviews Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, the Major Archbishop of the Greek Catholic Church in Kiev Ukraine about story of the Greek Catholic Church and its key role as a mediator in Ukraine. Read more >>
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Vietnam has eight million Catholics out of a total population of 82 million, the second largest Catholic population in Asia after the Philippines. Vietnam, one of the few remaining countries governed by a communist party, continues to discriminate against Christians. Read more >>
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Moderator: Mark von RiedemannGuest: Bishop Dieter B. ScholzDuration: 25'15"Host Mark von Riedemann interviews Bishop Dieter B. Read more >>