To Archibishop Thomas Car. Collins on the Day of his elevation to the COLLEGE OF CARDINALS OF THE CHURCH BY POPE BENEDICT XVI THE ERITREAN CATHOLIC GEEZ RITE COMMUNITY IN TORONTO EXPRESSES ITS CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES AD MULTOS QNNOS MULTASQUE CORONAS
New York Archbishop Gives Cardinals a 7-Point Evangelization Plan
Hours before receiving the red hat, Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, offered his soon-to-be brothers in the College of Cardinals a seven-point reflection on evangelization.
Cardinal-designate Dolan was chosen by the Pope to address the group for today's Day of Reflection and Prayer on the vigil of the consistory.
The New York archbishop recommended the following seven pointers:
1) Remembering that even those who boast of their secularism have an innate longing for the divine; the first step of evangelization must be to keep the quest for God alive
2) "Be not afraid" -- confident, without being triumphalist, since it is the power of God who sends his people to evangelize
3) Knowing that the new evangelization is not about presenting a doctrine or belief-system, but a Person, whose name is Jesus
4) Nevertheless, this Jesus is the Truth. Hence, evangelization is linked to catechesis
5) An evangelist must be a person of joy -- someone who smiles
6) The new evangelization is about love -- the love of God made concrete in service
7) Finally, martyrdom. A reminder that the Church is now peopled by those who are suffering persecution for their faith, and that these martyrs give impetus to the new evangelization
ARCHBISHOP THOMAS COLLINS ELECTED CARDINAL OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
On Jan 6, 2012, on the Solemnity of the Epiphany for the Roman Church, His Holiness Benedict XVI elected the Archbishop of Toronto to the College of Cardinal of the Roman Curia. Although not quite a surprise since everybody was expecting it since the Archbishop's call to the See of Toronto, it was nonetheless a joyful news. His Grace himself shared to the media that he learnt about his nomination from the a call by the Apostolic Nuntio in Ottawa.
These are some of the key findings of a new report released by the Pew Research Center, called Global Christianity: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Christian Population, which provides data on the world's Christian population by region, country and tradition.
• Almost half (48 percent) of all Christians live in the 10 countries with the largest number of Christians. Three of the top 10 are in the Americas (the United States, Brazil and Mexico). Two are in Europe (Russia and Germany); two are in the Asia-Pacific region (the Philippines and China); and three are in sub-Saharan Africa (Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Ethiopia), reflecting Christianity's global reach.
ብዕለት 11 ጥሪ መድኃኒና ጐይታና ኢየሱስ ክርስቶስ - ንዓኡ ክብሪ ይኹን! -- ኣብ ሩባ ዮርዳኖስ ብዮሓንስ መምቕጥ ዝተጠመቐሉ ዕለት ይኸብር።ብቋንቋ ግሪኻውያን (ዮናናውያን)እዚ በዓል - ኤጲፋንያ ይበሃል፥ ትርጕሙ 
• Almost half (48 percent) of all Christians live in the 10 countries with the largest number of Christians. Three of the top 10 are in the Americas (the United States, Brazil and Mexico). Two are in Europe (Russia and Germany); two are in the Asia-Pacific region (the Philippines and China); and three are in sub-Saharan Africa (Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Ethiopia), reflecting Christianity's global reach.
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