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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis said eternal damnation is not a torture chamber but distance from God and warned Christians never to converse with the devil, calling him a seducer who ruins lives. His words came during his Mass celebrated on Friday morning in the chapel of the Santa Marta residence.Continuing his reflections on the end of the world, the Pope’s homily focused on the day’s reading from the Book of Revelation that describes how the angel seizes the serpent, chains it up and throws it into the abyss which is then locked and sealed. He said the serpent or devil is thrown into the abyss “so that it would no longer lead the nations astray” because it is the seducer.“He is a liar and what’s more is the father of lies, he generates lies and is a trickster. He makes you believe that if you eat this apple you will be like a God. He sells it to you like this and you buy it and in the end he tricks you, deceives you and ruins your life. ‘...
(Vatican Radio) Growing numbers of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar poured into neighbouring Bangladesh this week, with some feared drowned after a boat sank in a river during a bid to flee escalating violence.The Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK is calling for urgent action from the international community to press the Myanmar government to lift all restrictions on humanitarian aid in Rakhine State. It says alarming reports are being received from the ground that people are slowly starving to death.At least 160,000 Rohingya are in desperate need of food, life-saving medical assistance and other forms of aid.Meanwhile Human Rights Watch has released a batch of recent satellite images that show whole villages burnt to the ground.The military admits it is conducting security operations in Rakhine but the government denies it is razing homes.Tun Khin is the President of the Burmese Rohingya Organization in the UK. He told Vatican Radio’s Linda Bordoni that persecution against...
Vatican Weekend for November 27, 2016 features our weekly reflection,"There’s More in the Sunday Gospel than Meets the Eye" and "Joan Knows:" EWTN’s Rome Bureau Chief, Joan Lewis looks back on the Pope’s activities and the past week’s events in the Vatican.Listen to the programme presented and produced by Tracey McClure:
(Vatican Radio) Church people in India have deplored Jharkhand state in Eastern India, amending a law allowing the acquisition of tribal lands for industries and mining, ignoring widespread protest from tribal people against the move.The state government run by Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) passed the amendment Wednesday. The amendment removes an earlier blanket ban imposed by law on either the state or individuals acquiring tribal land. The state government, keen to lure investment to one of the country's poorest states, has proposed amendments to two pieces of legislation to allow it to buy up protected tribal land to lease to investors for non-agricultural purposes."The Jharkhand government is attempting to dilute the rights of tribals guaranteed by the Constitution," said Premchand Murmu, a protest leader and member of the rights group Adivasi Buddhijeevi Manch, which organised Thursday's rally."We plan to continue our agitation until we...
Vatican Weekend for November 26, 2016 presents a report on Pope Francis' catechesis at the General Audience November 23 in which he reflected once again on the theme of mercy. This is followed by a special segment looking at some of the intitiatives taken up around the world during the Jubilee of Mercy and the legacy of the year-long celebrations, including Pope Francis' Apostolic Letter "Misericordia et misera." Plus, Mgr. Philip Whitmore offers a musical reflection for the first Sunday of Advent.Listen to the programme produced and presented by Tracey McClure:
Washington D.C., Nov 25, 2016 / 03:59 am (CNA).- When the Democratic Party makes its decisions about leadership at the end of the month, the House Minority Leader will be a self-proclaimed “pro-choice Catholic.”Both current House minority leader, Nancy Pelosi, and her challenger, Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), profess to be Catholic but also support legalized abortion.Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been a member of the U.S. House of Representatives since 1987. She has consistently advocated in favor of legal abortion, and has earned high ratings from pro-abortion groups including Planned Parenthood Action Fund and NARAL.Ryan represents a district in Northeast Ohio and has served in Congress since 2003. He was once a member of the advisory board for Democrats for Life and received an 80 percent rating from National Right to Life in 2006.Early last year, however, he announced that he had shifted his views in favor of legal abortion, quoting the Gospel of Matthew to do so.But this position...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- The 144-year-old shipwreck of a rare sailing vessel that typically wasn't used for long voyages on the Great Lakes has been found in deep water off Lake Ontario's New York shore, according to two underwater explorers....
DETROIT (AP) -- Charges could be announced Friday against a suspect being held in the fatal shooting this week of a Wayne State University police officer in Detroit....
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump didn't take off all of Thanksgiving Day while enjoying a long holiday weekend with his family at his Mar-a-Lago estate, saying he was working to keep the makers of Carrier air conditioners from relocating from Indianapolis to Mexico....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has invited all people to rejoice in sharing and in getting close to others, building relationships that inevitably result in us receiving more than we give. His words of encouragement came in a video message to the participants in the Sixth Festival of the Social Doctrine of the Church, celebrated in Verona from 24 to 27 November. The theme of the festival this year is “In Mezzo alla Gente” – “Amongst People” - which highlights the multiple richness of people as an expression of personal talents and warns against despotic regimes which increase poverty and inequality.Listen to the report by Lydia O'Kane: Please find below Vatican Radio’s translation of the Pope’s video-message: Best wishes to all of you participating in the VI festival of the Social Doctrine of the Church.The theme for this year is: “Amongst People”. This expresses a great truth: we...
