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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis travelled to the Roman cemetery of Prima Porta, where he offered the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass for the liturgical commemoration of All Souls’ Day.Listen to Christopher Wells' report: Thousands of people joined the Holy Father as he prayed for the repose of the souls of all the faithful departed. Arriving at the cemetery, Pope Francis visited a mausoleum and laid flowers at several tombs, while praying silently.In his homily for the Mass, which he delivered off the cuff, the Holy Father reflected on the words of Job: “I know that my Redeemer lives.” The commemoration of the dead, he explained, fills us both with sorrow, a sense of sadness, and with hope. “A cemetery is sad because it reminds us of our loved ones who have died, it reminds us of our future, death.” But, he continued, “in this sadness, we bring flowers as a sign of hope; even, I could say, of a festival – but later, not now.”This h...
(Vatican Radio) On Sunday, India celebrated Diwali with lamps, candles, feasting and fireworks. The day after fireworks for the festival of lights, New Delhi was choked with a thick, dark smog.On Wednesday, the air quality in Delhi and the National Capital region deteriorated further and the toxicity level recording a new high since Sunday, Diwali night. Air quality-monitoring agencies said the pollution level will remain 'severe' for the next couple of days due to adverse climatic conditions.The celebrations sharply exacerbated the city's perpetual pollution problems — the BBC reported that in the wake of the fireworks, levels of extremely small particulate matter more than doubled over the course of a few hours.According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the Air Quality Index touched the figure of 494 on Wednesday, which comes under the 'severe' category. Its data showed that air quality at Anand Vihar was the worst in the national cap...
Rome, Italy, Nov 2, 2016 / 10:57 am (CNA/EWTN News).- While it's sad to think about our own death or that of a loved one, we can never be truly hopeless because of Christ's resurrection, Pope Francis said on All Souls day at a cemetery outside of Rome.“The commemoration of the dead has a dual meaning,” Francis said Nov. 2. “Sadness mixes with hope, and this is what we all feel today in this celebration. The memory of our loved ones, in front of their remains, and hope.”“But we also feel that this hope helps, because we too have to make this journey! All of us will make this journey. Sooner or later, but everyone. With pain, some more some less, but all. But with the flower of hope, with that strong thread of hope that is anchored in the hereafter.”Traditionally, popes have gone to Rome's 19th century Campo Verano cemetery to celebrate Mass for the Feast of All Souls, however this year Pope Francis celebrated the Mass at the Prima Porta...
Los Angeles, Calif., Nov 2, 2016 / 01:26 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Faithful Catholics need to be aware of the ever-increasing serious threats to Christians living their faith in the field of medicine, warned Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles.Noting the annual White Mass for health care professionals in the archdiocese, which was held at the cathedral Oct. 23, the archbishop reflected in his weekly column on the history of Christians in medicine.“Before Christianity, the healing arts were practiced by self-taught individuals who traveled from town to town,” he said. “Christians invented the hospital and were the first to establish medicine as a profession, with standards for training and care and a commitment to medical research.”From the very beginning, Archbishop Gomez said, Christian doctors served all patients that came to them, including those of different religions, social statuses and people with highly contagious diseases.Some doctors even died from the ...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Visiting a cemetery on the feast ofAll Souls can evoke feelings of loss and sadness, but for Christians markingthe feast, it also is an affirmation of hope in the resurrection, Pope Francissaid. Through his death on the cross, Jesus "opened for usthe door of hope where we will contemplate God," the pope said Nov. 2 atan evening Mass amid the tombs of Rome's Prima Porta cemetery. "The hope of the resurrection never fails us," thepope said. "The first one who walked this path was Jesus. We will walk thepath he has walked."As the sun set among scattered gray clouds, hundreds of people attending the Masswere seated along the cemetery walkway, surrounded by the burial plots of countlessloved ones. Just before beginning the Mass, Pope Francis, dressed in a purplechasuble, laid roses in front of a tomb within the walls of the cemetery'smausoleum. Reflecting on the feast day's first reading from the Book ofJob, the pope not...
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