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In a not too distant future, the Catholic Church in India’s extreme north-east hopes to have its first martyr saints. If the process of beatification and canonization proceeds smoothly, the martyrdom of French missionaries, Fathers Nicolas-Michel Krick and Augustin-Etienne Bourry, could be recognized by the Vatican. Their cause is being promoted primarily by Salesian Bishop George Pallipparambil of Miao in Arunachal Pradesh, India’s easternmost state where the two were martyred over 160 years ago. Frs. Krick and Bourry were members of the Société des Missions Etrangères de Paris (M.E.P), or the Society of the Paris Foreign Missions, an institute of diocesan priests zealous to spread the Gospel of Christ in Asia. One of their important goals or destinations was Tibet. Back then, the only way to Tibet was through NE India, Arunachal Pradesh today. In fact, it was through Frs. Krick and Bourry that Arunachal P...
The Catholic Bishop of the Territorial Prelature of the besieged city Marawi in southern Philippines, has dismissed as “ridiculous” proposals by terrorist gunmen to negotiate the release of his vicar. Speaking before a gathering of church people in the northern province of Pangasinan on 29 June, Bishop Edwin de la Pena said "there is no way we can dialogue" with extremists. The Prelate of Marawi said that for the past four decades the Catholic Church's response to war and conflicts in the southern region of Mindanao is dialogue. "We can only dialogue with like-minded people," he told the gathering called the Solidarity Congress for Persecuted Christians. The gathering was sponsored by “Aid to the Church in Need”, a pontifical foundation of the Catholic Church that supports victims of persecution. Islamist Maute terrorists who claim to have links with the Islamic State (IS), attacked the city of Marawi on M...
London, England, Jun 29, 2017 / 06:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Methodist Church in Britain and the Church of England announced Sunday that each ecclesial community is considering a proposal that would enable the sharing of clergy between them.Jonathan Baker, the Anglican bishop of Fulham, said that “(t)he separation between Anglicans and Methodists in Great Britain is a tear in the fabric of the Body of Christ. The proposals made in this report are offered as a means of helping to repair that tear.”The proposal, Mission and Ministry in Covenant, would in effect largely end the approximately 200-year-old division between the communities.Methodism began in the 18th century as a movement within the Church of England, and broke off from the Anglican communion shortly after the 1791 death of one of its founders, John Wesley.The Methodist Church in Britain currently ordains no bishops, and is instead headed by a conference, of whom the president is an ordained minister and the...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Proclaiming his innocence after beingcharged with sexual abuse, Australian Cardinal George Pell said, "I'mlooking forward finally to having my day in court.""I'm innocent of these charges. They are false. Thewhole idea of sexual abuse is abhorrent to me," he said June 29 during abrief news conference in the Vatican press office.Greg Burke, director of the Vatican press office, said PopeFrancis had granted Cardinal Pell a leave of absence from his position asprefect of the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy so that he can work on hisdefense.Cardinal Pell, Burke added, will not participate in anypublic liturgies while his case is being considered."These matters have been under investigation now for twoyears," Cardinal Pell told the press. "There's been relentlesscharacter assassination, a relentless character assassination, and for morethan a month claims that a decision on whether to lay charges was imminent."Without giving...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Catholic Church's new cardinalsand new archbishops must be willing to risk everything, patiently endure eviland bear crosses like Jesus did, Pope Francis said."The Lord answers our prayers. He is faithful to thelove we have professed for him, and he stands beside us at times oftrial." Just as he accompanied the apostles, "he will do the same foryou," the pope told five new cardinals and about 30 archbishops namedduring the past year.Pope Francis addressed the new cardinals and archbishopsduring his homily at a Mass in St. Peter's Square June 29, the feast of Sts.Peter and Paul, who are the patron saints of the Vatican and the city of Rome. The Mass was celebrated the day after Pope Francis creatednew cardinals from El Salvador, Mali, Laos, Sweden and Spain. Thirty-sixarchbishops appointed over the course of the past year were also invited tocome to Rome to concelebrate the feast day Mass with Pope Francis. They camefrom ...
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PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) -- Jill Baker grabbed her dogs and took refuge at a high school after a raging fire forced her northern Arizona town to evacuate....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Thursday ridiculed the brains, looks and temperament of a female cable television host whose show he says he has stopped watching. His latest crude broadside against a woman's appearance set off a storm of protest from Republicans and Democrats alike....
