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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis will celebrate Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Friday November 4th at 11.30 am in memory of all the Cardinals and Bishops who have passed away during this year.
Lima, Peru, Oct 25, 2016 / 06:35 am (CNA/EWTN News).- At the National Prayer Breakfast in Lima, Peru on Friday, the nation’s president, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, consecrated the country, his family and himself to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.Taking part in the National Day of Prayer at the Swissôtel in Lima, Kuczynski in his capacity as president offered the prayer of consecration, written by the Mission for the Love of God in the Whole World.“By the authority vested in me, I make an act of consecration of myself, my family and the Republic of Peru, to the love and protection of Almighty God through the intercession of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary,” the president said.Participating in the event were important business and political leaders in the country, including the President of Congress, Luz Salgado, who also offered a prayer asking God for his help and protection.Of the 21 prayer breakfasts that ha...
Vatican City, Oct 25, 2016 / 09:44 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith released an instruction Tuesday regarding burial and cremation, reiterating the Church's teaching that cremation, while strongly discouraged, can be permissible under certain restrictions – and that scattering the ashes is forbidden.Ad resurgendum cum Christo, or “To rise with Christ”, published Oct. 25, states that while cremation “is not prohibited” the Church “continues to prefer the practice of burying the bodies of the deceased, because this shows a greater esteem towards the deceased.”The document explains that after “legitimate motives” for cremation have been ascertained, the “ashes of the faithful must be laid to rest in a sacred place,” such as in a cemetery or church. It goes on to state that is not permitted to keep the ashes in a home or to scatter them “in the air, on land, at sea or in some o...
By Junno Arocho EstevesVATICANCITY -- God's kingdom is not a well-organized structure where only strictadherents of the law can enter but a path that is walked upon every day withmeekness and docility, Pope Francis said. Christiansare called to walk that path of the kingdom and not fall victim to "abehavior of rigidity" that prevents the Holy Spirit from growing, the pope said in his homily Oct. 25 during his morning Mass inthe Domus Sanctae Marthae."The kingdom does not grow in this way and neither do we grow. Itis docility to the Holy Spirit that makes us grow and be transformed," hesaid. The pope reflected on the day's Gospel from St. Luke, in which Jesus comparesthe kingdom of God to a mustard seed that grows into a large bush and likeyeast that is mixed with flour "until the whole batch of dough isleavened."Jesus' comparison of the kingdom to a mustard seed and the yeast, thepope said, is a reminder that in order for the Holy Spirit to grow, it mustfirst "die" and transform in...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Professing belief in the resurrectionof the dead and affirming that the human body is an essential part of aperson's identity, the Catholic Church insists that the bodies of the deceasedbe treated with respect and laid to rest in a consecrated place.While the Catholic Church continues to prefer burial in theground, it accepts cremation as an option, but forbids the scattering of ashesand the growing practice of keeping cremated remains at home, said CardinalGerhard Muller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith."Caring for the bodies of the deceased, the churchconfirms its faith in the resurrection and separates itself from attitudes andrites that see in death the definitive obliteration of the person, a stage inthe process of reincarnation or the fusion of one's soul with theuniverse," the cardinal told reporters Oct. 25.In 1963, thecongregation issued an instruction permitting cremation as long as itwas...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- A birther debate in Venezuela is heating up as President Nicolas Maduro's opponents seek to push the embattled socialist leader from office at any cost....
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican on Tuesday published guidelines for Catholics who want to be cremated, saying their remains cannot be scattered, divvied up or kept at home but rather stored in a sacred, church-approved place....
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Authorities have been hunting for more than 24 hours for an Oklahoma man they say posted live videos to social media while running from police during a violent rampage that included shooting two police officers, armed car thefts and killing his aunt and uncle, apparently attempting to cut off their heads....
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A federal judge in San Francisco has approved a $15 billion court settlement of most claims against Volkswagen for its emissions-cheating scandal....
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) -- Militants wearing suicide vests stormed a Pakistani police academy in the southwestern city of Quetta overnight, killing 61 people, mostly police cadets and recruits, and waging a ferocious gunbattle with troops that lasted into early hours Tuesday....
