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(Vatican Radio) In this week's edition of There's More in the Sunday Gospel Than Meets the Eye, Jill Bevilacqua and Seàn-Patrick Lovett bring us readings and reflections for the Twentysixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Listen: Gospel LK 16:19-31Jesus said to the Pharisees:“There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linenand dined sumptuously each day.And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,who would gladly have eaten his fill of the scrapsthat fell from the rich man's table.Dogs even used to come and lick his sores.When the poor man died,he was carried away by angels to the bosom of Abraham.The rich man also died and was buried,and from the netherworld, where he was in torment,he raised his eyes and saw Abraham far offand Lazarus at his side.And he cried out, 'Father Abraham, have pity on me.Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue,for I am suffering torment in thes...
(Vatican Radio) Austria is urging the European Union to tighten its external borders and an aid package for countries in need amid concerns of a new massive influx of migrants fleeing war and poverty into Europe. In statements Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern and Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz made the appeal after some 1.5 million refugees entered the EU last year alone.Listen to Stefan Bos' report: They said it was crucial to improve security of Europe's outer borders and proposed what they called a "Marshall Plan", a massive aid package for countries from where most migrants fleeing war and poverty arrive to the continent to reduce incentives to leave.Their comments reflected attempts to appeal to voters amid international concerns that Austria's anti-migration far right Freedom Party will win delayed presidential elections scheduled for December.At a time of tensions between the two ruling parties, Chancellor Kern and Foreign Minister Kurz also w...
(Vatican Radio) Many people will have heard of the Vatican Secret Archives which houses priceless documents going back centuries, but the Jesuits have their own archive here in Rome which contains records from the 1530’s until the present day.The material takes up two kilometers of shelving and is the archive of the central governance of the Jesuit order, conserving all the major correspondence from Father General to the different Jesuit groupings throughout the world and the correspondence arriving from the different Jesuit leaders back to the house of the Superior General.Lydia O’Kane spoke to the Director of the Jesuit Archives, Fr Brian MacCuarta SJ to find out more about this treasure trove.Listen: Fr MacCurata says, that “it (the archives) contains materials from all the five continents where Jesuits have been active and continue to be active. He explains that it is very much a working archive and is accessible to the scholarly public. “We have ...
(Vatican Radio) A press conference was held on Wednesday at Vatican Radio to launch the 2016 UNCTAD Trade and Development Report, lead by Fr. Michael Czerny, S.J., spokesman for the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.Listen to Devin Watkins' report: In a speech prepared by Cardinal Peter Turkson, who heads the Council but was unable to be present at the launch, Fr. Michael Czerny launched the UNCTAD report entitled ‘Structural Transformation for Inclusive and Sustained Growth’.In the speech, Cardinal Turkson said there was a ‘significant resonance between the Council’s mission and the work of UNCTAD’.The Holy See is a member of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, which helps developing countries diversify their economy to benefit from the globalized economy more fairly and effectively.During the launch, Cardinal Turkson said economic developments ‘should help to overcome the immense hardships of humankind...
The Miao diocese in Arunachal Pradesh organized an inter-religious peace rally in Neotan village, in response to Pope Francis' call to pray for peace on September 20. Of late, the world has witnessed an unprecedented violence and mindless killings by religious fundamentalists, said Father Felix Anthony inaugurating the candle-lit peace rally in Neotan village, in which around three hundred people participated. The world is in need of peace now more than ever. We see pain and blood shed all around in the name of religion, he added.The Head Monk at Buddhist Monastery in Miao, Venerable Narinda Bhikkhu Mahathero, attending the event highlighted the need of peace in the world at the moment. “Amidst growing religious intolerance in India and all around, this inter-religious peace rally is a great step to promote mutual respect and peace among the people of all faiths”, said the Monk.Mr. Thiksal Morang, former Deputy Director of School Education (DDSE) Changl...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis urged the faithful to be as merciful as the Lord, because – he said – that is the best way to be “a sign, a channel, a witness of His love”.He was speaking on Wednesday morning during the weekly General Audience in St. Peter’s Square.Reflecting on the reading from the Gospel of Luke on being merciful, “just as your Father is merciful”, Pope Francis said that is not a mere slogan, but a commitment for life.That reading he also said, is where the motto of the Holy Year of Mercy comes from. And pointing out that Jesus’ call to humanity to be as merciful as the Father can appear daunting, he said Jesus is not referring to “quantity” because of course it would be impossible for us to tend towards God’s absolute perfection, he is just asking us to try and be like Him: full of love, compassion and mercy.Pope Francis also quoted from the passage which says “Stop judging and you will n...
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Sep 21, 2016 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- After 40 years, the first Catholic Church-operated university opened in Vietnam since the advent of communism in the country."The institute aims to enhance theological knowledge and competence among all priests, religious and laypeople," Bishop Joseph Dinh Duc Dao, rector of the institute, said at the opening ceremony according to UCA News.There have not been Church-run schools in the country since 1975, when communist rule took over the country.In 1954-1955, Vietnam was split between the North, which was ruled by communists, and the South, which had a Catholic president. For a 300-day period during that time, called Operation Passage to Freedom by the United States Navy, free movement was allowed between the (then) two countries. During that period, hundreds of thousands of people fled North Vietnam to South Vietnam, including many Catholics who feared persecution under the communist rule of the north, a...
ATLANTA (AP) -- Philando Castile. Eric Garner. And now Terence Crutcher. Each was a black man killed in a confrontation with an officer, with the aftermath captured on video. And each time, the video leaves the impression of a wounded man left to die alone, with no sense of urgency to try to save him....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Donald Trump is trying to run a more disciplined campaign, going easy (for him) on slip-ups and inflammatory tweets lately. His eldest son is another story....
