Invitation for Advent -Pope Benedict XVI ushers in the
season of Advent… Somewhere between "Easy Rider" and "Saturday Night Fever"
- Mons. Paul Tighe, the Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications
talks about an upcoming film festival organised in collaboration with Vatican and
Italian cultural Institutions… Protecting the most vulnerable - The
UN-sponsored International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women highlights
the fact that women forced to flee conflict zones are particularly vulnerable… Less
is more - And, Father Jim Brand looks ahead to the Sunday Gospel for the second
Sunday of Advent, with a particular thought for those who spend the Christmas season
in loneliness…