"El camino de la Iglesia Católica en la Panamazonia lleva más de cuatro siglos. En una realidad territorial llena de desafíos y signos de esperanza, hay que reconocer las luces y sombras del proceso evangelizador, bien como los cambios que realizó en las últimas décadas para responder al grito
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de los pueblos y de la madre tierra. Los últimos seis años fueron cargados de signos que demuestran un kairós en esta Región: la fundación y el trabajo de la REPAM, que culminó en la realización del Sínodo Especial para la Amazonia, como un proceso de escucha de los pueblos amazónicos en diálogo con los pastores de la Iglesia Católica en la construcción de una “Iglesia con rostro amazónico” y para una Ecología Integral." (Resumen)
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"Este mapeamento foi estabelecido com os seguintes objetivos: contribuir com uma visão global na Pan-Amazônia, suas culturas, seus povos, superando visões fragmentadas e favorecer o testemunho de uma plena comunhão eclesiástica e de toda uma pastoral na bacia amazônica; oferecer um amplo panor
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ama da presença, da identidade e da ação da Igreja na Pan-Amazônia; incentivar a cooperação com outras instituições nacionais e internacionais na preservação da identidade dos povos amazônicos. Mais especificamente, esse processo visa a favorecer a análise, a reflexão e o diálogo sobre a realidade socioeconômica, política e cultural-religiosa; a estimular uma visão Pan-Amazônica que supere a fragmentação; fortalecer o protagonismo dos povos indígenas, ribeirinhos, afrodescendentes e demais grupos para a elaboração de propostas para seu tecido sociocultural; a fortalecer a organização social e a transformação da realidade; a proporcionar uma base de dados para o planejamento de atividades educativas, organizativas e mobilizadoras de projetos e processos; a produzir mapas gerais e específicos da presença e ação da Igreja na Pan-Amazônia, entre outros." (Introdução, página 2)
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"En el pressnte artículo buscamos motivar un camino juntos, adentrando en el espíritu sinodal y en la 'canoa amazónica' para descubrir las riquezas y las amenazas que sufre este territorio, para reflexionar el camino comunicativo que debemos realizar como comunidades religiosas y como Iglesia par
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a llegar a una comunicación intercultural panamazónica" (Página 45)
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"The Mission: To grow a global coalition of representatives from religions, governments, international organisations, academia and the research community, civil society and elsewhere, working together toward a common objective: defending the dignity of minors and vulnerable adults in the digital wor
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ld. The Vision: To create a digital world where children and vulnerable adults are respected and free to exercise their digital rights and are safe from exploitation and abuse. The Strategy: To achieve 13 goals recognizing the urgent need for an inter-sectoral strategic collaboration which calls upon technology, political and religious leaders, health and social care professionals and others to share responsibility for achieving them. Goal 1: To raise awareness of digital risks especially with respect to primary prevention and safeguarding, and undertake new social research. Goal 2: To mobilise faith leaders to support the implementation of the Declaration. Goal 3: To revise applicable laws to be more effective in preventing abuse. Goal 4: To redefine the responsibilities and actions required by technology companies. Goal 5: To improve provision of child rescue and treatment services. Goal 6: To improve identification and interventions for children and young people at risk. Goal 7: To improve the capabilities and collaborative efforts of international law enforcement organisations. Goal 8: To train clinicians to better serve the needs of victims. Goal 9: To expand treatment resources for people harmed by abuse. Goal 10: To research the health impacts on young people of viewing pornographic images. Goal 11: To set safety standards, agree to a code of conduct, and mandate filtering and age verification to protect children from inappropriate online content. Goal 12: To improve education of children and young people. Goal 13: To ensure all citizens are alert to the risks of abuse and know how to report it." (Executive summary)
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"El trabajo describe y analiza la diversidad de prácticas religiosas de habitantes de villas de Buenos Aires. Se basa en datos agregados relevados con un cuestionario aplicado a una muestra representativa de residentes de estos territorios. Se presenta primero una discusión sobre el concepto de re
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ligiosidad popular del que surge la aproximación al de prácticas religiosas que guía el análisis. Presentamos luego la incidencia y característica de dieciocho prácticas, comparando, donde es posible, con datos del Atlas de las creencias religiosas coordinado por Mallimaci (2013). Ahondamos con mayor profundidad en algunas de ellas: la de efectuar una promesa y la de tener altares en espacios domésticos; exploramos asimismo el peso de los medios de comunicación e internet como espacios que sostienen algunas prácticas y su incidencia en la ruptura con la identidad territorial de estos pobladores. Finalizamos analizando la autopercepción sobre el grado de práctica y su cambio a lo largo del tiempo, concluyendo que esta pareciera mantenerse estable y conformándose como una dimensión que acompaña «naturalmente» sus vidas. Los interrogantes del trabajo son: ¿cuáles son y qué características tienen las prácticas religiosas? ¿Qué expresan? ¿Qué vinculación tienen con los marcos institucionales religiosos? ¿Cómo se vinculan con los territorios en los que habitan? ¿Cuál es la vinculación entre prácticas y vivencias religiosas?" (Resumen)
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"This report surfaces what the Technical Working Group identified as the chief barriers to an optimal global response to online child sexual abuse material (CSAM) within three sectors: law enforcement, industry and government. The barriers identified are explained in detail in the report, and specif
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ic recommendations made for each sector. Recommendations are also provided for joint action. Two overarching themes have also emerged. First, the need for greater standardisation of process, practice and policies; second, the need for greater collaboration, coordination and inter-operability across stakeholders and functions, nations and jurisdictions." (Executive summary)
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"The paper presents results of the research focused on opinion leaders and interpretive communities of young active Catholics in Slovakia in connection with contemporary ecclesial-societal issues. The author pays a special attention to the Church opinion leaders and the sources of the opinion leader
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s credibility. She proceeds from a broader research, realized on the sample of 339 respondents from 18 to 40 years old. She is linking her findings with the three current ecclesial-societal issues: the removal of the archbishop Róbert Bezák from office, financial separation of Church and state and clerical celibacy." (Abstract)
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"Overall, 84% of Latin American adults report that they were raised Catholic, 15 percentage points more than currently identify as Catholic. The pattern is reversed among Protestants and people who do not identify with any religion: While the Catholic Church has lost adherents through religious swit
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ching, both Protestant churches and the religiously unaffiliated population in the region have gained members. Just one-in-ten Latin Americans (9%) were raised in Protestant churches, but nearly one-in-five (19%) now describe themselves as Protestants. And while only 4% of Latin Americans were raised without a religious affiliation, twice as many (8%) are unaffiliated today. Much of the movement away from Catholicism and toward Protestantism in Latin America has occurred in the span of a single lifetime. Indeed, in most of the countries surveyed, at least a third of current Protestants were raised in the Catholic Church, and half or more say they were baptized as Catholics. For example, nearly three-quarters of current Protestants in Colombia were raised Catholic, and 84% say they were baptized as Catholics. The survey asked former Catholics who have converted to Protestantism about the reasons they did so. Of the eight possible explanations offered on the survey, the most frequently cited was that they were seeking a more personal connection with God. Many former Catholics also said they became Protestants because they wanted a different style of worship or a church that helps its members more. Smaller percentages of converts to Protestantism also cite other factors – such as health or family problems (a regional median of 20%) or marriage to a non-Catholic (median of 9%) – as important reasons why they are no longer Catholic." (Overview, page 4-5)
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"Catholic Voices is a new sort of apologetics. It is based on the briefings by media experts that equipped the team of ordinary Catholics whose presence in the media helped make the visit of Pope Benedict to the UK in September 2010 such an extraordinary PR success for the Church, against all expect
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ations. But Catholic Voices not only prepares the reader for media interviews but to be ready to defend their faith from attack by friends or colleagues at work. It combines arguments and facts with practical media skills, hearing the ‘question behind the question’ and listening for the ‘positive intention’ behind the criticisms. It gives insider tips on how to present arguments clearly, compellingly and concisely in a quick-fire atmosphere. It is aimed not just at those speaking into a microphone, but at the parish priest, pastoral assistant, catechist, teacher, student – every Catholic who is willing to answer questions on topics in the news and give ‘the reasons for what we believe’." (Publisher description)
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