Emmanuel Neno
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|name = Emmanuel Neno
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|birth_place = Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan
|alma_mater = Fordham University
St. Patrick's College (Karachi)
|occupation = Executive Secretary at Catholic Bishops Catechetical Commission, Pakistan
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Emmanuel Neno is a Pakistani Christian author and translator.
Major work
Along with Robert McCulloch he completed a new Urdu translation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church in 2014. The Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization has approved the Urdu translation and authorised its publication. It took thirteen years to complete. The Pakistan Board for the National Language has praised the translation project for its contribution to Pakistani culture and the Urdu language.{{Cite web |title=Pakistan's Catholics anticipate newly approved Urdu catechism |url=https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/1614/pakistan-s-catholics-anticipate-newly-approved-urdu-catechism |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=The Tablet |language=en}}
In October 2012, Parts 1 & 2 of the Urdu translation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church were presented to Rino Fisichella, President of the Pontifical Council for New Evangelization, by Bishop Sebastian Shaw from Pakistan and Robert McCulloch in Rome.{{Cite web |title=Columban presents Urdu translation |url=https://www.columban.org.au/media-and-publications/the-far-east-magazine/archive/2013/the-far-east-januaryfebruary-2013/columban-presents-urdu-translation |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=www.columban.org.au |language=en}}
Career
Neno has a master's degree in Religion and Religious Education from Fordham University in New York City.{{Cite web |title=Lay workers not appreciated in Pakistani Catholic Church - UCA News |url=https://www.ucanews.com/news/lay-workers-not-appreciated-in-pakistani-catholic-church/80849 |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=ucanews.com |language=en}}
Neno was one of five Pakistani lay people sent for a two-year study program in Rome in the early 1980s to foster lay participation in the Church in Pakistan.[https://www.ucanews.com/news/lay-people-await-participation-in-pakistan-church/101991 UCA News July 19, 2023]
He participated in the first Summer University held 1988 in Switzerland, France, Italy and Lichtenstein, organised by the International Christian Organisation of the Media. In 1991, when India and Pakistan hosted the Summer University, Neno was one of the organisers.{{Cite web |title=icomworld.info |url=http://www.icomworld.info/ce/pkd.htm |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=www.icomworld.info}}
He is the executive secretary of Catholic Bishops Catechetical Commission in Pakistan.[http://www.fides.org/en/news/64092-ASIA_PAKISTAN_Christian_churches_and_groups_take_action_praying_and_fasting_with_Asia_Bibi Agenzia Fides 26 April 2018] He is also the former director of Catechetical Centre, Karachi.
In October 2010, he attended the fifth Catholic Press Congress organized by the Pontifical Council for Social Communications.
He has translated 25 books and authored several publications including A Dictionary of New Christian Terminology.{{Cite web |title=pakistan catholic media face challenges |url=https://www.ucanews.com/story-archive/?post_name=/2010/10/06/pakistan-catholic-media-face-challenges&post_id=60194 |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=ucanews.com |language=en}}
He was also a contributor to the first ongoing formation program, preached in January 2013 by Sebastian Francis Shaw, in Lahore, to celebrate the year of faith declared by the Pope from October 2012 to November, 2013.{{Cite web |url=https://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/ |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=www.pakistanchristianpost.com |language=en}}
In October 2019, along with his son, a software engineer, Neno launched a mobile app that offers daily reflections on the Gospel and looks up the liturgical and Biblical meanings of Christian terms that are not available in Urdu dictionaries.{{Cite web |date=2019-12-07 |title=Pakistan Church launches its first app |url=https://international.la-croix.com/news/religion/pakistan-church-launches-its-first-app/11435 |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=international.la-croix.com |language=en}}
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Category:Fordham University alumni