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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Wednesday urged the faithful to open their hearts to the Good News of the Saviour’s birth.The Pope was addressing the pilgrims gathered in the Vatican Paul VI Hall for the weekly General Audience.His catechesis on Christian hope focused on these last days of Advent and on how we prepare to receive the message embodied in the nativity.Reflecting on the fact that a catechesis focusing on Christian hope is more than appropriate during the time of Advent, Pope Francis recalled the words of the prophet Isaiah, “the Lord himself will give you a sign: the young woman, pregnant and about to bear a son, shall name him Emmanuel” and also “a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from his roots a bud shall blossom.”He said that the sense of Christmas transpires in both of these verses: “God fulfills his promise by coming in the flesh, (…) and He gives his people a new hope for humanity: eternal life”.&n...
Vatican City, Dec 21, 2016 / 03:13 am (CNA/EWTN News).- While hope can often be viewed as the desire for things out of our reach, Pope Francis has said that the birth of Jesus offers us a new kind hope – one which, thanks to the Incarnation, is attainable and leads to a different goal.“When we speak of hope, we often refer to that which man is not able to do and that which is not visible. In effect, what we hope for goes beyond our strength and gaze,” the Pope said Dec. 21.However, the birth of Christ “speaks of a different hope, a trustworthy, visible and understandable hope, because it is founded on God.”In becoming man, Jesus enters the world and gives humanity the strength to walk with him and to live the present moment “in a new way,” even if it’s sometimes tiring, he said.For a Christian, then, hope means the certainty “of being on a journey with Christ toward the Father who awaits us,” Francis said, adding that this ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The body of a woman believed to be a nurse and former reality TV show contestant has been found in a backyard grave at a Los Angeles-area residence and a 34-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, police said....
The happiest of seasons is also among the deadliest: Unintentional shootings spike during the holidays, and are more likely to occur than any other time of the year, according to an analysis by The Associated Press and the USA TODAY Network....
BERLIN (AP) -- Investigators hunted Wednesday for a Tunisian man whose documents were found in the truck that plowed into a Christmas market in Berlin, killing 12 people and injuring 48 others, German media reported....
Buying Christmas presents can be a risky task. Unless, you know exactly what someone wants there's always a danger that they...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has commuted the jail sentence of a Spanish priest who was convicted of leaking Vatican documents and ordered that he be released from jail. Monsignor Lucio Vallejo Balda was sentenced to 18 months in a Vatican jail last July at the end of a trial dubbed "Vatileaks II".A statement from the Holy See press office said the Pope took the step because VallejoBalda, had already served more than half of his sentence.It also said he would be under "conditional freedom" for the rest of his sentence.Balda will leave the employ of the Vatican and be put under the jurisdiction of the diocese of Astorga in his native Spain.
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) -- Christmas is approaching and pilgrims and tourists have begun to arrive, crowding the souvenir shops that line the narrow streets and alleys of Bethlehem, the biblical town revered as Jesus' birthplace....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- No one knew what was in the baggie. It was just a few tablespoons of crystalline powder seized back in April, clumped like snow that had partially melted and frozen again....
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian activists say the last buses meant to evacuate rebels and civilians from Aleppo have been delayed for nearly 24 hours. Reasons for the delay aren't clear....
