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(Vatican Radio) Vatican Weekend for September 17, 2016 features reports on Pope Francis' General Audience of September 14th and on the Pope's words, "Killing in the name of God is satanic" during a special Mass at Santa Marta for an elderly French priest slain by extremists. These are followed by a look at the Pope in Assisi marking the 30th anniversary of the first interfaith summit for prayers for peace: we talk to the Bishop of the Italian hill town and look back at how it all began. And, a convent responds to Pope Francis’ call to open doors to refugees in Germany...Listen to the programme presented and produced by Tracey McClure:
(Vatican Radio) Vatican Weekend for September 18, 2016 features our weekly reflection, “There’s More in the Sunday Gospel than Meets the Eye,” in the next in Jill Bevilacqua’s series. And, as Pope Francis goes to Assisi for an interfaith summit for prayers for peace, we look to the Pope’s namesake from Assisi, St. Francis, who has inspired composers and artists throughout the ages.Listen to the programme presented and produced by Tracey McClure:
(Vatican Radio) Starting this Friday, September 16, each week it will be possible to watch and listen to some uplifting, encouraging, sometimes sad or dramatic – but never despairing stories of refugees from across the globe on Vatican Radio’s English-language Facebook page. The Jesuit Refugee Service's “Mercy in Motion” campaign has produced the series of videos, with the aim to contribute to a better understanding of who “refugees” are and why – as Pope Francis has said many times – it is important to build bridges and not walls. The article below contains more information and links to the video, which is the first in the series.*************************************************************As human beings, we are at the mercy of nature, at the mercy of governments, at the mercy of leaders, at the mercy of war. We are at the mercy of forces beyond our control. These forces have caused an unprecedented 65 million pe...
Denver, Colo., Sep 16, 2016 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A new Catholic university has announced the launch of their Masters of Sacred Art degree program, which is available online.The program will include the study of theology, philosophy, architecture, film, music and art, and is available through Pontifex University, a Catholic University established in 2015 by the Solidarity Association of the Christian Faithful.“The goal of Pontifex is to guide students along the path, the Way of Beauty, which leads to the supernatural transformation in Christ, so equipping one to serve Him,” David Clayton, provost of Pontifex, said in an announcement.“The Masters of Sacred Art (MSA) offers the same formation that enabled the great Catholic artists of the past to create works of radiant beauty that are at once noble, elevating and accessible to the many, drawing all to God,” he said.The two-year program is an online course, with occasional regional workshops in the Unite...
HOUSTON (AP) -- Some childhood cancer patients will chat Friday with an astronaut aboard the International Space Station wearing a hand-painted spacesuit they helped decorate....
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) -- The University of California at Berkeley has suspended a course amid accusations it shared anti-Semitic viewpoints and was designed to indoctrinate students against Israel....
BEIRUT (AP) -- Russian troops have deployed along a main road leading into besieged rebel-held neighborhoods of the northern city of Aleppo ahead of the possible arrival of aid convoys later Friday, a Syrian activist said, as fighting broke out in the capital, Damascus, in what appeared to be a serious violation of the U.S.-Russia brokered cease-fire....
(Vatican Radio) European Union leaders are meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia, on Friday to try to inject new momentum into their communal project amid deep-seated divisions over migration and economic policy.The summit is overshadowed by the United Kingdom’s decision in June to leave the EU. British Prime Minister Theresa May is not taking part in today’s meeting. Listen to Christopher Wells' report: European Council president Donald Tusk called on EU leaders to take a "brutally honest" look at the bloc's problems as they meet in Bratislava to find a way forward after Britain's vote to leave the Union.With British Prime Minister Theresa May absent, the other 27 leaders are gathering on Friday to try and agree a diagnosis of why people across the bloc are increasingly voting for eurosceptic parties and on ways to regain trust in the EU."We must not let this crisis go to waste," Tusk told reporters on his arrival in the Slova...
Stockholm, Sweden, Sep 15, 2016 / 10:04 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Arne and Barbara Sahlstrom are a Swedish married couple, both brought up as Lutherans, though they were not practicing.They began to be interested in the Catholic faith with the visit of Pope John Paul II to Sweden in 1989, and got fully into it through programs on EWTN while they were living in Dubai and they finally entered the Catholic Church. This is their story.As told by José Miguel Cejas, author of the book Cálido Viento del norte (Warm Wind from the North), Barbara studied voice in various Swedish cities and in Uppsala she met Arne Sahlstrom whom she would later marry. Arne was studying French and English literature before starting a medical career and he was also from a Lutheran family, although he was not practicing. Arne specialized in advanced surgical techniques and Barbara became a professor of voice and was part of the choir of the symphonic orchestra. In June 1989, John Paul II vis...
LONDON (AP) -- Medical data from some of the world's leading athletes has been posted to the web and the World Anti-Doping Agency says Russians are to blame. Even the hackers seem to agree, adopting the name "Fancy Bears" - a moniker long associated with the Kremlin's electronic espionage operations....
