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The newly-appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Chimoio in Mozambique, João Carlos Hatoa Nunes has told Radio Vatican’s Maputo-based correspondent, Hermínio José, that assurances for peace in the country as declared by both the FRELIMO Government and opposition RENAMO are encouraging. The former Auxiliary Bishop of Maputo urged the two political parties to seize the moment and make the most of it by ensuring that attaining peace becomes a priority in the nation. Bishop João Carlos said both FRELIMO and RENAMO need to listen to the cry of the people who thirst for peace. The Bishop emphasised that all actors in the stalled peace process need to do everything they can for the sake of lasting peace. Shortly after Christmas, Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi was quoted by Radio Mozambique as saying that there is every reason to hope that effective peace could be reached in 2017.Nyusi revealed that the RENAMO opposition leader, Afonso Dhlakama h...
Santiago, Chile, Jan 4, 2017 / 03:12 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Dawn breaks in the city of Santiago de Chile. Amid the hustle and bustle of the waking city, a narrow wooden door welcomes in the “dear brothers of the street,” as they are affectionately called.They come in an orderly line and receive their first meal of the day, at a little known building that marks the first stop on the “spoon trail.”While most people pass by, hurrying on their way without a second glance, those who live on the streets of Santiago know where to stop for the meals they need to survive throughout the day.The first is the San Antonio de Padua soup kitchen, a small facility located at San Francisco Church in the Alameda area of Santiago. Each weekday, it welcomes about 50 men and women, offering free milk, tea and bread to everyone who asks.Enrique Carrasco has been a volunteer at the kitchen for three years, and is one of the few that is able to work every weekday.He and the four other...
Vatican City, Jan 4, 2017 / 04:14 am (CNA/EWTN News).- After launching the first video series on his monthly prayer intentions last year, Pope Francis has decided to make some changes for 2017 by going back to an older system focusing on just one intention rather than two.However, true to form, he has also added a novelty: in addition to the one monthly intention, Francis will also issue an “urgent” prayer intention himself each month in order to garner rapid support for the cause.According to a recent blog post by Fr. James Kubicki, national director of the U.S. branch of the Apostleship of Prayer, the Pope decided to launch an urgent intention “given the speed of communication in the digital age.”While the 12 monthly prayer intentions for 2017 have already been published on the Apostleship of Prayer’s website, Francis will announce his urgent intention during his first Sunday Angelus address of each month.The Pope’s intention for January is simi...
Vatican City, Jan 4, 2017 / 04:59 am (CNA/EWTN News).- While no words or gestures will ever be enough to comfort the pain experienced by those who have lost a child, Pope Francis said that God’s response to our tears is the offer of hope – hope in the promise of eternal life.Reflecting on the Old Testament figure of Rachel, who in the Book of Jeremiah is weeping “for her children – they are no more!” the Pope focused his Jan. 4 general audience on God’s response to her mourning.“God, with his gentleness and his love, responds to the cry of Rachel with real words” through the Prophet Jeremiah, he said.“Cease your cries of weeping, hold back your tears! There is compensation for your labor,” Jeremiah writes. “They shall return from the enemy’s land. There is hope for your future…your children shall return to their own land.”The pain of Rachel in the loss of her children “embodies the pain of all...
Asyut, Egypt, Jan 4, 2017 / 06:01 am (Aid to the Church in Need).- Coptic Catholic Bishop Kyrillos William of Assiut, Egypt, commenting on the Dec. 11, 2016 suicide bomber attack that killed 26 people and wounded scores at an Orthodox church in Cairo, confirms that the country’s Christian community fears further violence and terror.But in a Dec. 22, 2016 interview with international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need, he also sounded a note of hope, citing the efforts of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.Please find below the full text of Bishop Kryillos' interview with Aid to the Church in Need: ACN: What is the current situation in Egypt, from a Christian perspective?Bishop Kyrillos: There is of course deep sorrow. However, at the same time, we are seeing a deep trust in God and great strength. The same can be said today as was the case in the wake of previous acts of terrorism: when attacks are carried out to keep people from going to divine services,...
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