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Secretary General of the Catholic Diocese of Yei in South Sudan has urged politicians in that country to seek to become holy politicians. Fr Emmanuel Lodongo Sebit told parishioners of Christ the King Cathedral in Yei that, “It is not a sin to be a politician, but acts that do not help build the nation are the things that God dislikes,” South Sudan’s Radio Easter reported.Fr Lodongo Sebit said a Christian vision of politics should not be limited to acquiring and struggling for power. He urged politicians to emulate former Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere whom the Church declared Servant of God in 2005. This was the first step indicating the start of the process that could lead to Nyerere’s possible beatification and eventual canonisation as a saint. In 2011, Pope Benedict XVI on an Apostolic Visit to Benin said Africa needs holy politicians. Pope Benedict said Africa also needs good governance which comes about as result of respect for Cons...
"Let us reflect together on the ‘mission heart of the Christian faith’ in light of the Apostolic Missionary Exhortation of Pope Francis’ Evangelii Gaudium. Let us have the courage of conversion, discernment, and authentic reform of each of us and of the institutions we serve, that is to say, the Pontifical Mission Societies." This is how Archbishop Protase Rugambwa, Adjunct Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and President of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), officially opened the General Assembly of the PMS taking place in Rome this week.Greeting and thanking all those who "work on behalf and in favor of the Pontifical Mission Societies," Archbishop Rugambwa emphasised: "In full communion with the Holy Father, Pope Francis, let us not stop animating each other so that without fear and with great joy, may the announcement of the Risen Christ make the Church a community of reconciled, open to welcome every...
(Vatican Radio) ‘Walking together on the way’ is the title of a new document to be published by the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission, whose members met this month in Erfurt, Germany.Despite some “difficult conversations” and “hard questions” over the past year, the Anglican and Catholic theologians who make up ARCIC III managed, at the May 14th to 20th meeting, to conclude the first part of their mandate, finding agreement on ways in which the two Churches are structured at local, regional and universal levels.The new statement opens the way for the Commission to tackle the second part of its mandate on how the Churches, at local and universal level, are able “to discern right ethical teaching”.But what does the new ecumenical text contain? And how will it affect ordinary Catholics and Anglicans in the pews? To find answers to those questions, Philippa Hitchen spoke to the Catholic co-secretary of ARCIC III, Fr Anthon...
Vatican City, May 30, 2017 / 06:25 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Friday Vatican spokesman Greg Burke confirmed that while Pope Francis had voiced his desire to travel to South Sudan for an ecumenical visit alongside Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby, it won’t be happening this year.The trip is still being considered, just “not this year,” Burke told journalists May 30. He did not elaborate on when the visit, which had been tentatively planned for October, might take place.Francis had hoped to travel to the war-torn country to promote peace, after making a similar effort during his 2015 visit to the Central African Republic.Although Burke didn’t cite specific reasons for the postponement of the Pope’s visit to South Sudan, various Italian media outlets have reported that the decision was made due to security concerns.The Pope previously voiced his intention to visit South Sudan alongside Anglican Primate and Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby. The trip woul...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Giorgio Perottino, ReutersBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Condemning an economy that encouragesspeculation more than entrepreneurship, warning priests and religious that theyshare responsibility for the vocations crisis and telling young people they areright to be puzzled by nations that close their doors to people fleeingpersecution, Pope Francis spent a busy day in Genoa.Besides being packed with pastoral appointments, the pope'svisit to the northern Italian port city May 27 also was emotional. He toldworkers in a struggling steel plant that it was from the Genoa port that hisfather and grandparents immigrated to Argentina.Pope Francis' daylong visit began with an intense morning ofanswering questions: first, from workers and business owners gathered at thesteel plant; then from priests and religious in the city's cathedral; and,finally, from young people gathered at a Marian shrine overlooking the city andthe sea.The questions ended when he had lunch -- fea...
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- The Indian man wept as a helicopter landed in Kathmandu carrying the body of his brother, one of hundreds of climbers who have died while attempting to climb Mount Everest....
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BEIRUT (AP) -- Lebanon is seeking to ban the new "Wonder Woman" movie because its lead actress, Gal Gadot, is an Israeli - a reflection of how the decades-old animosity between the two neighbors is also infused in the cultural scene....
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Amazon, the internet goliath that revolutionized the way much of the world shops for books, toilet paper and TVs, hit a new milestone Tuesday. Its stock surpassed the $1,000 mark for the first time....
