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FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) -- An ex-convict who posted anti-Islamic rants online confessed to setting fire to a mosque that the Orlando nightclub shooter occasionally attended, and said he was embarrassed by the crime, according to an arrest affidavit released Thursday....
Vatican City, Sep 15, 2016 / 01:35 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Created in the image of God, human beings have a dignity they are in danger of degrading when they place material possessions above God in their hearts, Pope Francis said Thursday. “Reflect on how we are created, formed in the image and likeness of the Creator, the difference with other creatures and with all creation is essential,” Pope Francis said during an audience with the Italian Biblical Association Sept. 15.“This helps us to understand the dignity that we all have, men and women, dignity which has its roots in the same Creator.”Pope Francis met with the Italian Biblical Association on the occasion of National Bible Week about their work, which has included discussing the relationship between man and woman as it is written in Scripture.Pope Francis referenced St. Pope John Paul II's general audience addresses on the “Theology of the Body,” given from 1979-1984, and his own cat...
Vatican City, Sep 15, 2016 / 01:35 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Created in the image of God, human beings have a dignity they are in danger of degrading when they place material possessions above God in their hearts, Pope Francis said Thursday.
“Reflect on how we are created, formed in the image and likeness of the Creator, the difference with other creatures and with all creation is essential,” Pope Francis said during an audience with the Italian Biblical Association Sept. 15.
“This helps us to understand the dignity that we all have, men and women, dignity which has its roots in the same Creator.”
Pope Francis met with the Italian Biblical Association on the occasion of National Bible Week about their work, which has included discussing the relationship between man and woman as it is written in Scripture.
Pope Francis referenced St. Pope John Paul II's general audience addresses on the “Theology of the Body,” given from 1979-1984, and his own catechesis from a general audience on April 15, 2015, commenting on the first account of creation.
“I had occasion to stress that 'God, having created the universe and all living things, created the masterpiece that is the human being, made in his image,'” the Pope said.
“I have always been impressed that our dignity is precisely that of being children of God,” Francis continued. And that it “is manifested in the fact that he guides us like a father does with a son.”
God made us in the way of an artist, “shaping the mud from the earth... He created us not only with his words but with his hands and his breath, as if to say that the whole being of God is involved in giving life to the human being,” he said.
However, it is possible that this dignity can “degrade,” Francis noted. This is what happens when we embrace idolatry and allow material things, such as wealth, to take the place of God in our hearts.
So this raises a question, the Pope observed: “how can I share this dignity, so that it develops in a positive reciprocity? How can I make the other feel worthy?”
It is good to often ask ourselves: how do I accept my own dignity? How am I helping others to grow in their dignity? he said.
For, he concluded, “God gave us the dignity of being his children.”
ISTANBUL (AP) -- Archaeologists have uncovered a rare stone figurine of a woman dating back 8,000 years at a dig in Turkey's central province of Konya that an expert says is one of only handful of statuettes of the era ever found in one piece....
DETROIT (AP) -- Truckers are warning that a government plan to electronically limit the speed of tractor-trailers will lead to highway traffic jams and possibly an increase in deadly run-ins with cars....
ATLANTA (AP) -- Jimmy Carter says the United States is experiencing a "resurgence of racism" and he's calling on Baptist faith leaders to foster change in their churches and communities....
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A police officer responding to a reported armed robbery shot and killed a 13-year-old boy who had pulled from his waistband a BB gun that looked "practically identical" to a police weapon, authorities said Thursday....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama told insurers this week his health care overhaul has had some growing pains. But with premiums rising and marquee insurers bailing, could the real diagnosis be "failure to thrive?"...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Donald Trump outlined his vision for managing the nation's economy as president Thursday, promising that his plans to lower taxes by $4.4 trillion over a decade and cut regulations would lead to booming growth, create millions of jobs and even cut into the nation's budget deficit....
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) -- Hillary Clinton returned to the campaign trail Thursday, smiling and chatting with reporters as her plane flew to North Carolina. The Democratic presidential candidate appeared energetic and in high spirits after the bout of pneumonia that sidelined her....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Thursday welcomed the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan. Abu Dhabi is one of seven emirates that constitute the United Arab Emirates (UAE).At the end of the private audience, the Prince presented the Holy Father with an Afghan tapestry, which arrived from Afghanistan as part of a charitable project run his daughter.The Pope gave the Prince a medallion depicting the ‘Tree of Peace,’ telling him “peace is our vocation.”A Tweet issued the office of Prince Mohamed bin Zayed said the UAE “values Pope Francis’s efforts to confront violence and extremism.”After the meeting with the Pope, the delegation met with the Cardinal Secretary of State, Pietro Parolin.A tweet from the office of the Prince said they discussed “enhancing bilateral ties, [and] issues of common interest.”
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Thursday welcomed the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Mohammed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan. Abu Dhabi is one of seven emirates that constitute the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
At the end of the private audience, the Prince presented the Holy Father with an Afghan tapestry, which arrived from Afghanistan as part of a charitable project run his daughter.
The Pope gave the Prince a medallion depicting the ‘Tree of Peace,’ telling him “peace is our vocation.”
A Tweet issued the office of Prince Mohamed bin Zayed said the UAE “values Pope Francis’s efforts to confront violence and extremism.”
After the meeting with the Pope, the delegation met with the Cardinal Secretary of State, Pietro Parolin.
A tweet from the office of the Prince said they discussed “enhancing bilateral ties, [and] issues of common interest.”
