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Vatican City, Apr 24, 2017 / 11:28 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis will make a pilgrimage June 20 to visit the graves of two 20th century Italian priests in the towns of Bozzolo and Bariana, the Vatican announced Monday.Fr. Lorenzo Milani and Fr. Primo Mazzolari both have reputations for being anti-establishment, though they were obedient to the Church throughout their lives. The Pope's visit to their graves will take place in a “private and unofficial manner,” the April 24 communique stated.The pilgrimage takes place in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the death of Fr. Milani, who lived from 1923-1967. Pope Francis spoke about Fr. Milani in a video message to the participants of a presentation on the priest's complete works in Milan Sunday.“I would love to remember him especially as a believer, in love with the Church even though he was wounded,” the Pope said in the message April 23, “and as a passionate educator with a vision of the...
IMAGE: CNS/ReutersBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- When it comes to Marian apparitions,the Catholic Church takes a prudent approach that focuses more on the messagethan the miracle.Supernatural phenomena, like the alleged miracle of the sun in Fatima, Portugal, nearly 100years ago, are not the primary factors indetermining an apparition is worthy of belief. In that particular case, the bishop of Leiria -- whereFatima is located -- deemed the apparitions, but not the miracle of the sun, wereworthy of belief. Hisruling came in 1930, more than a dozen years after Mary's final apparition toLucia dos Santos and her cousins, Jacinta and Francisco Marto.More than 1,500 visions of Mary have been reported aroundthe world, but in the past century, fewer than 20 cases have received churchapproval as worthy of belief.The Vatican's "Norms regarding the manner ofproceedings in the discernment of presumed apparitions or revelations" wereapproved by Pope Paul VI in 1978. An official En...
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(Vatican Radio) Centrist Emmanuel Macron has gone through to the second round of the French presidential elections, where he will face far-right leader Marine Le Pen. With the votes counted, Macron stood at about 24 percent, followed by Le Pen with just over be on 21 percent.Listen to Stefan Bos' report: Official results showed that for the first time in six decades neither of France's main left-wing or right-wing parties will have a candidate in the upcoming run-off vote on May 7.And if everything goes according to his plan, Centrist Emmanuel Macron, a former banker and seen as a political outsider, is replacing outgoing French President Francois Hollande.At 39, Macron could now become the youngest president France has ever had.Both Macron and Le Pen seemed to quarrel over who is the best patriot to move the economically troubled nation forward. In a victory speech to supporters, Macron used language favoured by his main rival to describe himself as the true p...
(Vatican Radio) Never forget that our faith is concrete, and rejects compromises and idealizations. That was the message of Pope Francis at the morning Mass at the Casa Santa Marta.Among those present at the Mass were the Cardinal counselors of the C-9, who are meeting with the Holy Father on Monday. The Pope reflected on the liberty the Holy Spirit gives us, which brings about the proclamation of the Gospel without compromises or rigidity.Listen to our report: Following the Easter break, Pope Francis on Monday resumed his regular morning Masses, focusing his homily on the Gospel account of Jesus’ meeting with Nicodemus. The Holy Father said that Jesus, with love and patience, explained to Nicodemus that he must be “born from above… born of the Holy Spirit.”To understand this better, the Pope said, one can consider the first Reading, taken from the Acts of the Apostles. Peter and John have healed a crippled man, and the doctors of the Law don’t...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis will make a private visit to the northern Italian towns of Bozzolo and Barbiana on 20 June 2017 to pray at the tombs of Don Primo Mazzolari and Don Lorenzo Milani.Bozzolo is in the Diocese of Cremona and Barbiana is in the Diocese of Florence.A communique from the Holy See Press Office says the visit "will take place in a private rather than an official form".The Holy Father recently dedicated a video message to Don Lorenzo Milani. Please find below the full programme of the Pope's visit:Tuesday, 20 June7.30 Departure by helicopter from the Vatican heliport9.00 Arrival at the sports field of Bozzolo, MantuaThe Holy Father is welcomed by:His Excellency Msgr. Antonio Napolioni, bishop of Cremona and the Mayor of BozzoloParish of San Pietro: prayer at the tomb of Don Primo Mazzolari (1890-1959)The Holy Father will give a commemorative address to the faithful present in the Church10.30 Departure from t...
