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(Vatican Radio) In a deadly week for prison inmates, Pope Francis has appealed for a reform of prisons and an improvement in the conditions of convicts around the world during his General Audience.Two incidents in Brazil's penitentiaries have caused the death of nearly 90 inmates in what officials say is gang-related violence.Deacon Thaddeus Horbowy is a retired prison chaplain for the United States Federal Bureau of Corrections. In an interview with Devin Watkins, he said the Pope's appeal is long overdue.Listen to the interview: At the Audience, Pope Francis renewed his appeal "that prisons might be places of re-education and re-integration into society; and that the conditions of life of prisoners might be worthy of human persons."Deacon Horbowy expressed his joy upon hearing the Holy Father's words, saying "the Jubilee Year calls for the release of prisoners". Noting that the United States houses two million prisoners, Deacon Horbowy ...
(Vatican Radio) In a deadly week for prison inmates, Pope Francis has appealed for a reform of prisons and an improvement in the conditions of convicts around the world during his General Audience.
Two incidents in Brazil's penitentiaries have caused the death of nearly 90 inmates in what officials say is gang-related violence.
Deacon Thaddeus Horbowy is a retired prison chaplain for the United States Federal Bureau of Corrections. In an interview with Devin Watkins, he said the Pope's appeal is long overdue.
Listen to the interview:
At the Audience, Pope Francis renewed his appeal "that prisons might be places of re-education and re-integration into society; and that the conditions of life of prisoners might be worthy of human persons."
Deacon Horbowy expressed his joy upon hearing the Holy Father's words, saying "the Jubilee Year calls for the release of prisoners".
Noting that the United States houses two million prisoners, Deacon Horbowy said recidivism is fostered by the lack of favorable conditions.
"They let them go with [very few] things after twenty or thirty years in prison - with a little bag, his records, and basically nothing - and then you make it?"
He said there are 10 million convicts who have gone through the prison system in the US.
"They cannot get a job. They feel self-condemned. There is a vacuum, there is a need, for an organization [to] help the inmates in transition and provide a parole officer, or lawyer, because they are terrified, living under stress, and that is why they come back to prison: they cannot handle the pressure."
Deacon Horbowy spent more than 20 years as chaplain in the Texas prison system, where he said: "The condition of inmates is heart-wrenching."
Among others, he told a story of how an officer shot an inmate in the head "because he presumably was escaping, and he got an award as the Officer of the Month."
New York City, N.Y., Jan 7, 2017 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- “Reality has never betrayed me.”Those were among the words of Monsignor Luigi Giussani on his deathbed.The priest, who as a theologian and the founder of the international Catholic movement Communion and Liberation, was convinced that God and his Catholic faith could be found within the realities of everyday life.The question of whether happiness, and God, can truly be found in reality is the theme of the upcoming New York Encounter event, the movement’s 9th annual cultural event in the United States.Communion and Liberation (CL) is a movement in the Church which has “the purpose of forming its members in Christianity in order to make them coworkers in the Church’s mission in all areas of society,” according to the movement’s website. It was founded in Italy in 1954 by Fr. Giussani.“We all have the intuition that life, even with all its hardships, is fundamentally good,&rdqu...
New York City, N.Y., Jan 7, 2017 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- “Reality has never betrayed me.”
Those were among the words of Monsignor Luigi Giussani on his deathbed.
The priest, who as a theologian and the founder of the international Catholic movement Communion and Liberation, was convinced that God and his Catholic faith could be found within the realities of everyday life.
The question of whether happiness, and God, can truly be found in reality is the theme of the upcoming New York Encounter event, the movement’s 9th annual cultural event in the United States.
Communion and Liberation (CL) is a movement in the Church which has “the purpose of forming its members in Christianity in order to make them coworkers in the Church’s mission in all areas of society,” according to the movement’s website. It was founded in Italy in 1954 by Fr. Giussani.
“We all have the intuition that life, even with all its hardships, is fundamentally good,” the event’s website reads. “And yet, we have a hard time relating to many aspects of life: family, work, politics, society, even our own bodies and the very food we eat.”
“What are we missing? Why do we often perceive reality as disappointing? What can help us reconcile with reality and engage life as it is?”
Those are the questions the Encounter will explore said Maurizio Maniscalco, the event’s president.
“Is there anything ‘more real than reality’? And yet the very word ‘reality’ sounds empty, or even abstract...Life will always be a mystery with its joy and pain, hopes and shattered dreams. Is there a path, a destination, a destiny that keeps it all together?” he told CNA.
The Encounter is set to take place Jan. 13-15 at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City, is free, requires no registration, and is open to people from all walks of life.
“New York Encounter is just a human encounter that hopes to break the walls we’ve built between us, in ourselves, and between us and what surrounds us, between us and reality as it happens if it doesn’t coincide with what we had in mind,” Maniscalco said.
The Encounter will explore these question about reality with speakers and performances from people of various fields and walks of life – artists, actors, medical professionals, priests, astronauts and businessmen. Some of this year’s presenters include Cardinal Timothy Dolan, New York Times editorialist David Brooks, and Matt Malone, S.J., President & Editor in Chief of America Media. It will also feature photography exhibits as well as exhibits on the life of founder Msgr. Giussani.
Also new this year is the New York Encounter app, which is available for download both through the Apple App Store and Google Play store.
It’s one thing to try to explain Encounter, but it’s really best to “come and see,” Maniscalco told CNA.
“The Encounter is one of those things that is a little hard to explain. You have to experience it, you have to ‘Come and See,’” he said.
“Three days of dialogue, challenge, beauty to launch us back into our daily life with curiosity and desire. Come and see!”
More information about the event can be found at: http://www.newyorkencounter.org/what-is-new/
BEIRUT (AP) -- At least 43 people were killed Saturday when a car bomb went off in a busy market in a rebel-held Syrian town along the Turkish border, activists and rescue workers said....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday named retired Sen. Dan Coats as national intelligence director, saying the former member of the Senate Intelligence Committee was the right person to lead the new administration's "ceaseless vigilance against those who seek to do us harm."...
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- A winter storm blanketed parts of North Carolina and Virginia with snow early Saturday as its slow march across the Southeast left grocery store shelves empty and roads icy and impassible....
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