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By Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Catholic Church needs holy,healthy and humble priests and that requires prayers for vocations and thecareful selection and training of candidates, said the Congregation for Clergy.Updating 1985 guidelines for preparing men for theLatin-rite priesthood and ensuring their continuing education, training andsupport, the Congregation for Clergy Dec. 7 released "The Gift of thePriestly Vocation," a detailed set of guidelines and norms for priestlyformation.The updated document draws heavily on St. John Paul II's 1992apostolic exhortation on priestly formation, as well as on the teaching of andnorms issued by now-retired Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis and by Vaticanoffices over the past three decades.It reaffirms an instruction approved by Pope Benedict in2005, which said, "the church, while profoundly respecting the persons inquestion, cannot admit to the seminary or to holy orders those who practice homosexuality,present deep-seated homosexua...
BEIRUT (AP) -- With rebel defenses crumbling in eastern Aleppo, President Bashar Assad is on the brink of regaining full control of Syria's largest city and one-time commercial center. Holding the city is seen as key to overall victory in the Syrian conflict, and a defeat in Aleppo would be a crushing blow to the rebels....
BEIRUT (AP) -- The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local):...
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) -- Significant Islamic State group counterattacks in southeastern Mosul inflicted heavy losses on Iraqi forces overnight after a new push deeper into the city this week, according to an Iraqi Army officer....
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Dylann Roof had a "cold and hateful heart" when he pulled a pistol from his fanny pack during a Bible study last year and killed nine black church members as they closed their eyes for a final prayer, a prosecutor said Wednesday....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump has chosen retired Marine Gen. John Kelly, whose last command included oversight of the Guantanamo Bay detention center, to run the Department of Homeland Security, people close to the transition team said Wednesday....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a source close to Pruitt said Wednesday. Environmental groups quickly denounced the choice....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Laying new groundwork for his presidency, Donald Trump chose retired Gen. John Kelly Wednesday to head his Homeland Security Department and offered newly sympathetic words for the hundreds of thousands of immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children....
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) -- Thousands gathered on a pier overlooking Pearl Harbor, observed a moment of silence and watched jets streak across the clear blue sky Wednesday in honor of the 75th anniversary of the attack that plunged the United States into World War II....
(Vatican Radio) For the very first time, the Vatican has approved an association dedicated to its women employees. Donne in Vaticano (D.VA) or Women in the Vatican is open to lay and religious female employees and retirees of Vatican City State, the Holy See and its related institutions. Its establishment is unprecedented in the history of the small state. According to a press release issued by the Holy See Press office, the twelve founding members of the newly formed Association formally signed the Act of Constitution, approved by the competent authorities, on 1 September 2016 at Vatican City’s Governorate.Its membership now open to the some 750 women employees of the Vatican and to the many in retirement, D.VA intends to create a network of friendship, exchange and solidarity for the personal and professional growth of its members. President Tracey McClure, a senior journalist at Vatican Radio, says the Association was founded upon the belief “that women are a ...
