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THURSDAY February 24, 2000 vol. 11, no. 39 SECTION THREESee why so many consider the Daily CATHOLIC as the "USA Today for CATHOLICS!"
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Evangelization in the new millennium has taken a big step forward in Tanzania with the Church launching a new radio station that will reach the most remote corners of Africa in an effort to evangelize the Gospel. The areas the radio waves will penetrate are predominantly pagan with many witchcraft related deaths over the last several years. It will be called "Radio Faraja" and has the blessing of Tanzania's bishops. continued inside.
ROME, 23 (NE) The Catholic Church in Tanzania has decided to
launch a radio station to help the evangelization of diverse
remote populations of the African country. Radio Faraja, as it
will be called, will also aim to stop the growing number of
victims due to diverse violent popular beliefs, specially
regions most affected by witchcraft-related killings.
Father
Norbert Kija, coordinator of the project, announced the radio
would broadcast religious programs to encourage conversion in
the predominantly pagan population in Shinyanga town, one of the
leading region in Tanzania with more witchcraft-related
killings.
Transmissions will specially cover the Western part of
Tanzania, as well as the area around Lake Victoria, where in the
last years diverse cases of violence have taken place due to
popular beliefs, causing the death of more than 500 people.
Father Kija stated that the radio would devise programs that
would aim to convert people and take them to discard old
traditions encouraging violence.
The Archdiocese of Mexico City, headed by Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera has issued a stern warning to parents over the violent and sexual tones of the runaway phenomena known as "Pokemon" and other Japanese cartoons. In an official bulletin the Archbishop pointed out that these are but the tip of the iceberg in undermining the sacredness of family, empowering children to believe that they alone can possess powers which then allow them to disobey their parents and the laws of God. continued inside.
MEXICO CITY, 22 (NE) Through the weekly publication "Desde la
Fe," (From the Faith) the Archdiocese of Mexico warned on Monday
about the dangers that the Japanese "Pokemon" cartoon series
could mean for Mexican children. As the archdiocese pointed out
in its official bulletin, behind the huge merchandising
phenomenon "one finds, as in many Japanese cartoons, a
combination of elements that incite violence and sexual
perversion among children".
In a similar way, the Mexican
archdiocese invited parents to reflect on the television
programs seen by their children, avoiding those whose contents
could affect their faith and values. "The whole idea behind
Pokemon is to show children that they can turn into a powerful
force and that they therefore do not have to listen to their
parents," the publication affirmed. "These cartoons are not as
innocents as they seem… They could be the tip of an iceberg with
dramatic consequences."
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