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Vatican City, Apr 13, 2017 / 06:22 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis has given an interview ahead of his Holy Thursday visit to a prison, warning, among other things, against the hypocrisy of viewing inmates only as criminals beyond hope who deserve to spend their lives in jail.“At times a certain hypocrisy pushes us to see in prisons only people who have done wrong, for whom the only path is that of the prison,” the Pope said in the interview, published April 13, Holy Thursday.However, as he often has before, the pontiff stressed that “we all have the possibility of making mistakes. All of us in one way or another have erred. And hypocrisy makes it so you think there is no possibility of changing one’s life.”Francis lamented that there often seems to be a lack of trust in rehabilitation and the ability for prisoners to be reinserted into society. With this mentality, “one forgets that we are all sinners and, often, that we are also prisoners with...
Lincoln, Neb., Apr 13, 2017 / 06:59 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Eucharistic adoration offers a powerful chance to encounter Christ’s love in silence and humility, and that experience can transform our hearts, both individually and as a Church, said Bishop James D. Conley of Lincoln, Neb. in a new pastoral letter.“Love is selfless sacrifice, and sacrifice is the language of love. Love is the gift of ourselves to our beloved. And Christ made a gift of himself – he gave us his body and blood – poured himself out for our salvation, when he conquered death by dying and rising again,” Bishop Conley said. “Christ gave us his body and blood, as an act of love, so that we could know the love of God.”“Before he conquered death forever, in a sacrifice of love, Jesus gave himself to the Church in the gift of the Eucharist,” the bishop reflected.His pastoral letter “Love Made Visible” was released for Holy Thursday, when the Catholic lit...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Always preach the whole truth ofthe Gospel with humility and respect and never be afraid to offer that truth just"one sip at a time," Pope Francis told the world's priests.The Gospel is truth, "brimming with joy and mercy.We should never attempt to separate these three graces of the Gospel: itstruth, which is non-negotiable; its mercy, which is unconditional and offeredto all sinners; and its joy, which is personal and open to everyone," hesaid April 13 during the chrism Mass in St. Peter's Basilica.Presiding over the first of two Holy Thursday liturgies,Pope Francis blessed the oils that will be used in the sacraments of baptism,confirmation, ordination and the anointing of the sick.With Holy Thursday commemorating the day Jesus shared his priesthoodwith the apostles, Pope Francis led the more than 1,500 priests, bishops andcardinals in a renewal of their priestly vows and dedicated his homily to theimportance of preaching ...
"Survivor" contestant Zeke Smith was outed as transgender by fellow competitor Jeff Varner on Wednesday night's episode of the CBS reality competition. The move has prompted online criticism and condemnation by a major LGBT rights group....
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) -- A Delaware judge on Thursday convicted a 17-year-old girl of criminally negligent homicide after a school bathroom fight that left a 16-year-old classmate dead....
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) -- The bodies of four men, all described as having suffered "significant trauma," were discovered in a park in a suburban New York neighborhood that has for years contended with a growing problem of gang violence....
PHOENIX (AP) -- Mexican authorities have arrested the suspected shooter in the 2010 killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent whose death exposed a bungled gun-tracking operation by the federal government....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump likes to boast that he hires only the best people. But his personnel choices keep coming back to haunt him....
BEIRUT (AP) -- A misdirected airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition earlier this week killed 18 allied fighters battling the Islamic State group in northern Syria, the U.S. military said Thursday....
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis heads to a maximum security prison on Holy Thursday to wash the feet of a dozen inmates, stressing in a pre-Easter ritual that a pope must serve society's marginalized and give them hope....
