February 1, 2012

POPE: JESUS IN GETHSEMANE: Pope Benedict continues his catechesis on Christian prayer by reflecting on Jesus’s prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane following the Last Supper.....
SAHEL REGION: LOOMING FAMINE: With up to 12 million people in the Sahel region of Africa facing the spectre of famine we find out more from a representative of Catholic Relief Services who has just returned from a visit to the worst hit nation of Niger......
WATER SAFE TO DRINK: Pope Benedict’s prayer intentions for this month of February are that all people have full access to water and we speak to the Christian development agency Tearfund about their project to provide clean safe drinking water to people in rural Uganda.....
ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL: We offer an ecological reflection that ponders the wonders of God’s creation, even a small mountain bird with no utilitarian role for humans....