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By ASSISI, Italy (CNS) -- Celebrating how God's mercy has been experiencedfor 800 years in a tiny stone church in Assisi, Pope Francis said people needto experience God's forgiveness and start learning how to forgive others."Too many people are caught up in resentment and harborhatred because they are incapable of forgiving. They ruin their own lives andthe lives of those around them rather than finding the joy of serenity andpeace," the pope said Aug. 4 during an afternoon visit to the Basilica ofSt. Mary of the Angels.Before speaking about the importance of confession andforgiveness, Pope Francis set a bouquet of red and white roses on the altar andprayed silently for 10 minutes in the Portiuncola, a stone chapel in the middleof the basilica.The abandoned ninth-century Benedictine chapel was entrustedto St. Francis of Assisi in the early 1200s. When St. Francis felt God callinghim to rebuild the church, he first thought he meant the little chapel.St. Francis restored the chapel in...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- A flight delay stranded the Nigeria men's soccer team in the United States on the same day the club was set to play its first game in the Olympic Games....
CHICAGO (AP) -- The latest on the prosecution of a Chicago police officer charged with murder in the fatal shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald (all times local):...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- After-school religious clubs appear to be the next venture of a national group that sought to install a statue of Satan outside two state capitols to protest Christian monuments on public grounds....
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LONDON (AP) -- A Norwegian-Somali teenager went on a knife rampage through London's Russell Square, a hub for students and tourists, fatally stabbing an American woman and injuring five other people....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker Paul Ryan reaffirmed his support for Donald Trump Thursday in his first comments since the GOP presidential nominee declined to endorse the speaker in an upcoming Republican primary....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis met with participants in the Dominican General Chapter on Thursday ahead of his afternoon visit to Assisi, speaking to them about the need to incarnate the Gospel through preaching, witness, and charity.The audience with Pope Francis concludes the General Chapter marking 800 years since the founding of the Order of Preachers by St. Dominic.Listen to Devin Watkins' report: Beginning with a joke about his day’s activities, Pope Francis laughingly said his day could be called “A Jesuit among Friars”, since it saw him meet with the spiritual children of the contemporaries St. Dominic and St. Francis.Putting jokes aside, the Holy Father got to the heart of the matter, speaking to the Dominicans gathered about the need to incarnate the Gospel through preaching, witness, and charity.He said it was God who inspired St. Dominic to found the Order of Preachers and put preaching at the heart of their mission, just as Jesus had taught hi...
Catholic Members of Parliament (MPs) on Tuesday this week donated assorted food items to Mother Teresa’s orphanage in Lilongwe. The centre is run by the Missionaries of Charity Sisters.Speaking on behalf of the MPs, leader of the Catholic community in the Malawi National Assembly, Francis Kasaila said as Catholics they wanted to join the rest of the Catholic faithful in this Year of Mercy by doing charitable works.“You know this is the Year of Mercy as it has been declared by our Pope, Pope Francis and as a Catholic community at parliament, we thought that we do something in order to support those that need our support,” said Kasaila who is Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) representative for Nsanje Central Constituency.He said after thorough consultation with their chaplain, they decided to make a donation to the Missionaries of Charity Sisters who are taking care of the orphans.“This is just a small donation of course otherwise; we know that these Sister...
As the residents of Ezo County of Gbudwe State in South Sudan flee insecurity in the town, the Catholic parish priest of Regina Mundi in South Sudan’s Tombura-Yambio Diocese is staying for the sake of the few Christians who are determined to remain. Fr Jacinto Nangi has spoken of his isolation to Catholic Radio Anisa. He revealed that though many Christians have deserted the town, he is determined to stay with the few Christians in the area.Fr. Nangi says where there is the will, peace is possible. He says he appreciates the state government for speaking the language of peace at this critical time. On Monday, this week a group of armed youth, in Gbudwe state, unilaterally released six community members whom they had detained for ten days. (Catholic Radio Network/Radio Anisa)Email: engafrica@vatiradio.va
