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(Vatican Radio) The Primate of All Ireland, Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh will celebrate a Thanksgiving Mass this Saturday evening for all those who have been workers of mercy during this Jubilee year.The Archbishop has invited people to share with him the names and work of those who put the corporal and spiritual works of mercy into action in their daily lives so they can be remembered at the celebration.Speaking to Vatican Radio’s Chris Altieri, Archbishop Martin explained more about the Mass and the Year of Mercy in his Archdiocese.Listen: “We’ve been very taken by Pope Francis’ words at the canonization of St Teresa of Calcutta”, said Archbishop Martin, “that she was an icon of mercy and also she was a model of holiness and using that as a springboard, I’ve been encouraging people throughout the diocese and indeed throughout Ireland to think about those people around them who are icons of Mercy…because as we know...
(Vatican Radio) The Primate of All Ireland, Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh will celebrate a Thanksgiving Mass this Saturday evening for all those who have been workers of mercy during this Jubilee year.
The Archbishop has invited people to share with him the names and work of those who put the corporal and spiritual works of mercy into action in their daily lives so they can be remembered at the celebration.
Speaking to Vatican Radio’s Chris Altieri, Archbishop Martin explained more about the Mass and the Year of Mercy in his Archdiocese.
Listen:
“We’ve been very taken by Pope Francis’ words at the canonization of St Teresa of Calcutta”, said Archbishop Martin, “that she was an icon of mercy and also she was a model of holiness and using that as a springboard, I’ve been encouraging people throughout the diocese and indeed throughout Ireland to think about those people around them who are icons of Mercy…because as we know the universal Church has launched #BeMercy social media, a means of trying to tell people to think about the work of Mercy…I’m hoping that this Mass of thanksgiving will allow us to draw attention to individuals who are living and working the works of Mercy.”
Asked about initiatives for the Year of Mercy in his Archdiocese, Archbishop Martin explained, “I encouraged people in the diocese to write to me and to tell me about people they knew who are living and doing works. One letter he received was from a mother with severe diabetes who spoke about how her teenage son looked after her. The letter, said the Archbishop, “would bring a tear to your eye.”
Archbishop Martin noted that the Year of Mercy has put “a particularly interesting and innovative slant on the wonderful, powerful message of the Gospel.”
(Vatican Radio) The opposition coalition in Venezuela is planning sustained street protests, after a ruling by The National Electoral Council, not to allow a Referendum on the Presidency of Nicolas Maduro this year.Listen to the report by James Blears: Venezuela`s National Electoral Council says there can only be a Referendum on the rule of President Nicolas Maduro, towards the end of next year. Also, rather than a set target figure, the signatures of at least 20 percent of the voters in each and every State in Venezuela would be required. This in effect means that the January 10th deadline will be missed. After that day, even if the vote goes against Nicolas Maduro, his Vice President would step up to rule until the term ended in 2018. The opposition is now planning mass street protests to increase the pressure on President Maduro, who`s vowing NOT to be forced out. Henrique Capriles who lost the Presidential Electi...
(Vatican Radio) The opposition coalition in Venezuela is planning sustained street protests, after a ruling by The National Electoral Council, not to allow a Referendum on the Presidency of Nicolas Maduro this year.
Listen to the report by James Blears:
Venezuela`s National Electoral Council says there can only be a Referendum on the rule of President Nicolas Maduro, towards the end of next year.
Also, rather than a set target figure, the signatures of at least 20 percent of the voters in each and every State in Venezuela would be required.
This in effect means that the January 10th deadline will be missed. After that day, even if the vote goes against Nicolas Maduro, his Vice President would step up to rule until the term ended in 2018. The opposition is now planning mass street protests to increase the pressure on President Maduro, who`s vowing NOT to be forced out.
Henrique Capriles who lost the Presidential Election to him by a razor thin margin, is rallying his supporters. He claims that they are now the majority voice in Venezuela and they can bring about peaceful plus urgently needed change.
Phoenix, Ariz., Sep 23, 2016 / 12:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis has not changed Catholic practice on Holy Communion for the divorced and remarried. Rather, his goal is to help welcome them to the Church, Phoenix’s Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted has said.The Pope gives “special attention to those who walk on the edge of despair” because of personal failures, family problems, and “the complex and contradictory situations in which they find themselves now,” Bishop Olmsted said in his Sept. 18 column for The Catholic Sun.The bishop considered Pope Francis' 2016 apostolic exhortation “Amoris Laetitia,” especially as it concerns couples in irregular situations like the divorced and remarried.The exhortation does not advocate the reception of Holy Communion for those who are divorced and remarried, he said.“Pope Francis specifically calls those in this situation ‘to seek the grace of conversion’,” the Phoenix bishop sai...
Phoenix, Ariz., Sep 23, 2016 / 12:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis has not changed Catholic practice on Holy Communion for the divorced and remarried. Rather, his goal is to help welcome them to the Church, Phoenix’s Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted has said.
The Pope gives “special attention to those who walk on the edge of despair” because of personal failures, family problems, and “the complex and contradictory situations in which they find themselves now,” Bishop Olmsted said in his Sept. 18 column for The Catholic Sun.
The bishop considered Pope Francis' 2016 apostolic exhortation “Amoris Laetitia,” especially as it concerns couples in irregular situations like the divorced and remarried.
The exhortation does not advocate the reception of Holy Communion for those who are divorced and remarried, he said.
“Pope Francis specifically calls those in this situation ‘to seek the grace of conversion’,” the Phoenix bishop said, citing the 78th paragraph of the exhortation.
Pope Francis “calls for deeper and sustained pastoral accompaniment of these suffering families, assuring them that they are welcome in the Church family, and that we are eager to seek ways to integrate them more fully into our local communities,” Bishop Olmsted added.
Couples who cannot receive Holy Communion are not excommunicated from the Church, he said, adding: “Accompaniment is possible and should be the case in our parishes.”
People in complex family situations “should be encouraged to pray, attend Mass, and rectify the situation in communication with their pastor, who remains their pastor despite the case of objective sin.”
For Bishop Olmsted, Pope Francis continues Catholic practice on marriage.
“Throughout ‘Amoris Laetitia’ we see a continuity with the Church’s Magisterium especially that of Blessed Paul VI, St. John Paul II, and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI which reaffirm the constant tradition of the Church,” the bishop said.
He cited previous teaching documents like St. John Paul II’s 1981 exhortation “Familiaris Consortio.” That exhortation asked the Church to encourage the divorced to ensure they don’t feel separated from the Church, while also affirming Church practice, based on Sacred Scripture, of not admitting the divorced and remarried to Holy Communion.
Benedict XVI reaffirmed this practice in his 2007 exhortation “Sacramentum Caritatis.”
Bishop Olmsted, citing the Catechism of the Catholic Church, said that formation of conscience “guarantees freedom and engenders peace of heart.”
For this task, God has given “the light of God’s word and the authoritative teaching of the Church,” he said. “For good reason, then, Pope Francis affirms both of these as the primary foundation for his document.”
The bishop stressed that Pope Francis’ exhortation “seeks the grace of conversion” for married couples and “encourages them to have confidence that forgiveness is always within their reach.”
The Catechism teaches Catholics that they must examine their consciences before the cross of Jesus Christ.
“Without embracing the Cross of Christ, we cannot have life in Him,” Bishop Olmsted commented. “Only when we ‘take up our cross each day’ and follow Him can we be His disciples. The Lord gives us the command and also the grace to do this, every day, beginning within the family in which by God’s grace we live.”
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