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Scientific progress
- a gift from God : Nobel Laureate
California: It
is God who has regulated the world in such a way as to enable man to conduct
research and to make giant leaps in progress". Said Dr William Philips
who shared the 1997 Nobel prize for Physics with his two colleagues. "I
see the hand of God every where in this universe . Those who seek evidence
for the same will not see it...still, my hope is that people will understand
the fact that there are several scientists who take the word of God and
their faith seriously," said Dr Philips, revealing the new face of science
that holds perfection can be achieved only when material progress is aligned
with God.
Dr P P Job is ICA
chief
New Delhi:The
General Assembly of the International Christian Association(ICA) held at
Scholoss Catholic Monastery, Bordensea Lake, Germany from 13, October '97
has unanimously elected Dr P P Job from India as the President of ICA.
He will hold office for a period of three years. He is the first Indian
to hold the post.
Dichotomy between
faith and life
New Orleans: The
great problem of today is the dichotomy between belief and daily life,
said Archbishop Francis Shurt. We should try to regulate the socio- economic
and political environment in which we live according to our faith. The
lack of correspondence between what is learnt in the Catechism class and
the matters of daily life, causes youth to go astray, sad the Archbishop.
Vatican-Israel treaty
The Vatican city:
The Vatican
and Israel have signed the significant treaty that provides legal status
for Christian individuality in the constitutions of the Jewish nation of
Israel. This treaty, deals with matters like stability of Catholic institutions,
the customs of the Holy Land, and Catholic traditions. It is known as "The
Individuality of Catholic Institutions". It distinguishes between the titles
of the Bishops on the basis of Canon law.
Bishop against blockade
Detroit: The
seven-member council under the leadership of Bishop Thomas Gumbilton, threw
to the winds the blockade imposed by UNO against Iraq. They distributed
medicine worth 1500 dollars in Iraq. The Bishop who witnessed the death
of a large number of sick people including children for lack of medicine,
declared the blockade as being immoral. He also accused the US of being
the chief culprit in this inhuman act.
Unanimity in Bible
reading
Tokyo: The
well-known Anglican pastor Donald Gray has suggested that there should
be unanimity atleast in the Sunday Bible readings of all Christian churches.
"It is a regrettable fact that we who are Christians by baptism, stand
disunited before the altar. Can we not become one atleast in the matter
of the gospel?" asked Pastor Gray to all the Christian denominations.
Prayer acceptable
to all
Japan: Seventeen
bishops of Japan including Anglicans, met together to discuss the feasibility
of a prayer that is acceptable to all: "Our Father in heaven". Discussions
on the liturgy need be considered only after that, they decided.