JULY 22, 2009

ENCYCLICAL FEEDBACK: Dominican Father Robert Ombres reflects on the contents of Pope Benedict's newest encyclical and predicts its message will be a valuable resource at the upcoming Synod of Bishops for Africa......
CONGO RAPE EPIDEMIC: As Church leaders renew their appeal to the government to end the systematic violence against women in the DR Congo we hear first hand testimony from a member of the CAFOD development agency about the brutality meted out to so many women there...
SOMALIA DANGERS: UN aid workers pledge to carry on their work in Somalia to feed over 3 million hungry people despite threats and looting by militants....
IRAQIS DARE TO HOPE: The Latin-Rite Archbishop of Baghdad, Jean Sleiman, talks to us about his hopes for the future amid the continuing problems facing the nation......