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By Junno Arocho EstevesVATICANCITY (CNS) -- The Vatican confirmed its trust in the papal commissioninvestigating the forced resignation of the Order of Malta's former grandchancellor following a letter by the order's grand master to discredit thegroup.Ina statement released Jan. 17, the Vatican said it "reaffirms itsconfidence" in the five-member group established by Pope Francis "toinform him about the present crisis of the central direction of theorder."TheVatican also rejected "any attempt to discredit these members of the group,"led by Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi, former Vatican representative to U.N.agencies in Geneva.Othermembers of the commission are: Jesuit Father Gianfranco Ghirlanda, a canonlawyer and former rector of Rome'sPontifical Gregorian University; Jacques de Liedekerke, former chancellor ofthe Order of Malta; Marc Odendall, counselor of the order; and Marwan Sehnaoui,president of the Order of Malta in Lebanon.In a letter to members, obtained and reportedJan. 16 ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump's choice for interior secretary says the nation's vast federal lands should be used for a variety of purposes, from hiking, hunting, fishing and camping to harvesting timber and mining for coal and other energy sources....
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu might be upbeat these days: The economy is growing, his opposition is weak and the incoming Trump administration seems friendly, even to the much-maligned Jewish settlements in the West Bank. Instead, the long-serving leader is mired in a series of eye-popping corruption investigations in a country that has already jailed a prime minister and president....
LONDON (AP) -- More than six months after Britain voted to leave the European Union, British Prime Minister Theresa May finally spelled out what it means: The U.K. will make a clean break from the EU and leave its single market of around 500 million people....
SYDNEY (AP) -- The nearly three-year search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 ended Tuesday, possibly forever - not because investigators have run out of leads, but because the countries involved in the expensive and vast deep-sea hunt have shown no appetite for opening another big phase....
MOSCOW (AP) -- In a biting attack, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday accused the outgoing U.S. administration of trying to undermine President-elect Donald Trump by spreading fake allegations and said those who are doing it are "worse than prostitutes."...
The new President of the Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SCBC), Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kusala of the Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio in South Sudan, says the conference has embarked on a process of restructuring and revitalisation.In an interview with the Fr. Don Bosco Onyalla, the Director of the Nairobi-based Catholic News Agency for Africa, CANAA, Bishop Eduardo described the nature of SCBC as one which comprises two independent countries of Sudan and South Sudan.“(The) structure of the conference is one. We have one Episcopal Conference of Sudan and South Sudan. We are all one, and we felt that it was necessary to keep one Conference simply because we have been together and that in Sudan there are only two dioceses, ” Said the new President of the Conference.According to Bishop Eduardo, the Bishops are keen to revitalise the Conference because it has been beset by challenges and is almost stagnant.“With the division of the country into two, with ...
Is 8: 23--9:3; I Cor 1: 10-13, 17; Mt 4: 12-23Those of you who saw the remarkable film Amazing Grace remember the story of William Wilberforce. Wilberforce was a British politician who, after his conversion to Christianity, became England’s greatest anti-slavery advocate. It was through his tireless efforts that England eventually outlawed slavery, paving the way for the end of the slave-trade in the Western world. But William Wilberforce almost missed his calling. After his conversion, Wilberforce considered leaving politics for the ministry. He wasn’t sure how a Christian could live out his faith in “the world.” Fortunately, Wilberforce turned to a man named John Newton for guidance. Newton, of course, was the author of the much-loved hymn, “Amazing Grace.” Newton was a former slave trader who had renounced the trade after his conversion. Newton convinced Wilberforce that God had called him to remain in politics to exert a Christian influence ...
(Vatican Radio) Be courageous Christians, anchored in hope and capable of enduring dark moments. This was the forceful invitation of Pope Francis at the morning Mass on Tuesday at the Casa Santa Marta. Lazy Christians, on the other hand, are stationary, the Pope said, and for them, the Church is a good parking spot.The life of a Christian is a “courageous life,” Pope Francis said in his homily, which he based on the reading from the Letter to the Hebrews. The zeal spoken of in the reading, the courage to go forward, ought to be our attitude toward life, like the attitude of those who train for victory in the arena. But the Letter also speaks of the laziness that is the opposite of courage. “Living in the fridge,” the Pope summarized, “so that everything stays the same”:“Lazy Christians, Christians who do not have the will to go forward, Christians who don’t fight to make things change, new things, the things that would do good for ev...
The funeral Mass of Cardinal Gilberto Agustoni took place in St Peters Basilica at 10am, 17th January. The Swiss Cardinal, who served as Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura from 1992-1998, died on January 13, aged 94.The funeral Mass was celebrated by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the former Vatican secretary of State and Dean of the College of Cardinals.Greeting all those present on behalf of Pope Francis, Cardinal Sodano often likened Christian faith to light during his homily."In the first reading is Job, who already many centuries before Christ, professed his faith in the final resurrection say, 'I know that my redeemer lives, and my eyes will behold him.'"Touching on Saint Paul's faith that Jesus will bring with him to God all those who have died, Cardinal Sodano then quoted the Gospel of Luke."'Be ready, dressed for action with your lamps burning,' ready to open the door to the Lord, who comes to call us. This is the Christian vision of life and d...
