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On Monday, Pope Francis received in audience Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, and authorised the promulgation of decrees concerning the following causes:MARTYRDOM- Servant of God Tito Zeman, Slovakian professed priest of the Salesian Society of St. John Bosco (1915-1969).HEROIC VIRTUES- Servant of God Octavio Ortiz Arrieta, Peruvian bishop, of the Salesians of St. John Bosco (1878-1958);- Servant of God Antonio Provolo, Italian diocesan priest, founder of the Society of Mary for the Education of the Deaf-Mutes, and the Sisters of the Society of Mary for the Education of the Deaf-Mute (1801-1842);- Servant of God Antonio Repiso Martínez de Orbe, Mexican professed priest of the Society of Jesus, founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Divine Shepherd (1856-1929);- Servant of God María de las Mercedes Cabezas Terrera, Spanish founder of the Missionary Workers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1911-1993);- Servant...
(Vatican Radio) The bishops of Malta have issued an invitation to Catholics on the island nation to show “mercy and pastoral discernment” to those living in difficult family situations.In a letter, to be read out in churches all over Malta and Gozo, the two Bishops Charles Scicluna and Mario Grech explain that they have recently issued guidelines for priests, aimed at accompanying couples and families “in complex situations, especially those involving separated or divorced persons who have entered a new union”. The bishops say that although these people may have “lost their first marriage”, many of them “have not lost their hope in Jesus” and “earnestly desire to live in harmony with God and with the Church”.The bishops note that people in this situation “ are asking us what they can do in order to be able to celebrate the sacraments of Reconciliation and the Eucharist.” The Church leaders urge such people &ld...
IMAGE: CNS/Maria Grazia Picciarella, poolBy Junno Arocho EstevesROME (CNS) -- The path toward Christian unitycan't be foundisolated in a laboratory hashing out theological differences, but rather by walkingtogether on a common journey,Pope Francis said.Whiletheological dialogue is necessary, Catholics and Anglicans can continue to"help each other in our needs, in our lives and help each otherspiritually," the pope said Feb. 26 while answering questions from parishionersof All Saints' Anglican Church in Rome. "Thiscannot be done in a laboratory; it must be done walking together along the way.We are on a journey and while we walk, we can have these (theological)discussions," he said. Thepope made history as the first pontiff to visit the Anglican parish, which wascelebrating the 200th anniversary of its establishment in Rome. Invitedby the Anglican community, Pope Francis took part in an evening liturgy andblessed an icon of Christ the Savior to commemorate the occasion. Theprayer se...
By Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Reaching out to and guiding couples in cohabitation with tenderness and compassion is essential to promoting and defendingthe sanctity of marriage, Pope Francis said.Couples who have chosen to live together without gettingmarried in the church "are, in spiritual and moral terms, among the poorand the least, toward whom the church, in the footsteps of her teacher andLord, wants to be a mother who doesn't abandon, but who draws near and caresfor," he said in an audience with parish priests Feb. 25.Look upon such couples with "tenderness andcompassion," he said, urging the clergy to remember that ministry to the least and theneediest "is an essential part of your work in promoting and defending thesacrament of marriage."The pope spoke to parish priests who were in Romeattending a course on marriage preparation and the new rules to reform theprocess for verifying the validity of a marriage. The course was offered Feb. 22-25 and was sponsored by the V...
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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has said his staff is “studying the possibility” of a visit to South Sudan.He said the reason was that “the Anglican, Presbyterian, and Catholic” bishops of South Sudan had come to ask him: “Please, come to South Sudan, even for a day, but don’t come alone, come with Justin Welby”, the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury.“We are looking at whether it is possible, or if the situation down there is too dangerous. But we have to do it, because they – the three [Christian communities] – together desire peace, and they are working together for peace.”The Holy Father’s words came during his Sunday visit to Rome’s All Saints Anglican Church in a question-and-answer session.He was responding to a question from an Anglican seminarian from Nigeria, who had asked the Pope about the vitality of churches in the Southern Hemisphere.Pope Francis said those churches are young and therefo...
