Religion crosses threshold to new year

[BarbaraTherese]

You will need to go to the Archives on the Zenit site for the link below for 8th. January 2006 to read the full text:…unfortunately Zenit does not have individual links for each article.

http://www.zenit.org/english/
Code: ZE06010736
Date: 2006-01-08

Religion Crosses the Threshold of a New Year
2006 Doesn’t Lack Signs of Hope
“ROME, JAN. 7, 2006 (Zenit.org).- The New Year is traditionally a time to reflect on the past and look ahead, and the Church is no exception. At the solemn vespers Dec. 31, Benedict XVI gave thanks to God for his assistance in the past year. …”… go to above link for full text.

 

[Guar_Fan]

Its possible to get a direct link, but Zenit doesn’t make it easy.

Here is the link:
zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=82418

It has some disturbing news.

In hearings last October the Quebec National Assembly’s standing committee on culture was told that half of the 246 Catholic parishes in the Archdiocese of Montreal can no longer afford to remain open.

Similar problems dog the Anglican Church in Britain. The Anglican St. Paul’s Church in the city of Bristol, for instance, is being used by teen-agers training to become circus performers, the Washington Post reported Dec. 25.