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(Vatican Radio) Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, has reopened the earthquake-damaged Cathedral of Carpi in Italy.Pope Francis is scheduled to make a pastoral visit to the northern Italian town on 2 April, where he will meet with communities struck by the 2012 earthquake and visit the reopened Cathedral.Cardinal Parolin concelebrated Mass on Saturday at the Cathedral along with Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, Archbishop of Genova and President of the Italian Bishops’ Conference.In his homily, Cardinal Parolin said, “An earthquake can strike and wound, but it cannot defeat and annihilate. It can damage and make the ground shake, but it cannot break up and disperse a community that is committed to rebirth.”The 5.8-magnitude earthquake that hit the Emilia Romagna region in 2012 killed 20 people and heavily damaged dozens of farms, castles, and churches.“An earthquake like other dramas in society, with their mourning and devastation,” C...
(Vatican Radio) Peru’s Bishops have urged flood-stricken communities to keep hope alive and warn against the exploitation of land which derives from disregard towards “sister nature”.In a letter published by the Peruvian Bishops’ Conference (CEP), the bishops invite all Peruvians to increase solidarity and works of charity to help those who have lost everything in the floods. Floods and landslides in the nation have caused devastation across large swathes of the country, and a growing number of deaths have been reported. At least 85 people have reportedly been killed and almost 12,000 are affected by displacement and loss of land according to a report by Peru’s National Emergency Center. “It is not the time to point fingers at those who may be responsible, it is the time to pray, to show solidarity and to join forces” they write. Calling for increased solidarity, the bishops urge the population not to be afraid, but t...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korean prosecutors said Monday that they want to arrest former President Park Geun-hye over the corruption allegations that triggered a huge political scandal and toppled her from power....
CINCINNATI (AP) -- Cincinnati police searched for suspects in a nightclub shooting that left one man dead and 15 other people injured and sent club patrons diving to the ground to dodge bullets in what they described as a chaotic and terrifying scene....
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who organized a wave of nationwide protests against government corruption that rattled authorities, was fined 20,000 rubles ($340) by a Moscow court on Monday....
(Vatican Radio) The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors [PCPM] met for its eighth Plenary Assembly from March 24-26, 2017. The resignation of founding member Marie Collins was a key topic on the agenda. The Commission expressed its gratitude to her and supported her continuing work to promote healing for victims of abuse and the prevention of all abuse of minors and vulnerable adults. During the Plenary the Commision also discussed the importance of responding directly and compassionately to victims/survivors when they write to offices of the Holy See. The Plenary Assembly followed the Education Day on March 23, at the Gregorian University, co-sponsored in partnership with the Centre for Child Protection and the Congregation for Catholic Education. Please find below the Concluding Statement The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors [PCPM] met for its eighth Plenary Assembly from March 24-26, 2017. A central topic...
Rome, Italy, Mar 27, 2017 / 12:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A veteran Vatican official praised EWTN foundress Mother Angelica as a pioneer of the New Evangelization, saying the way in which the Church speaks to the men and women of today wouldn't be the same without her influence.“I think Mother Angelica was a New Evangelizer ante litterum (before her time),” Monsignor Graham Bell told CNA.An official of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization who has spent around three decades in Rome, Msgr. Bell said that while St. John Paul II coined the phrase some 30 years ago, Mother Angelica had been an active player “long before.”“She just fits into that so well, because why do we have the New Evangelization? Not because the Gospel is new – the Gospel is ever-new, but it’s also unchanging, and the 'new' in the New Evangelization is essentially seeking to find new languages with which to communicate the Gospel to the ...
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Frank Martin never got caught up in wins and losses, the highs and the lows, as he worked to build South Carolina into a contender for conference championships....
NEW YORK (AP) -- When the National Endowment for the Arts was established in 1965, organizers had different models to choose from....
SEATTLE (AP) -- Sixteen months after he declared a state of emergency on homelessness, Seattle's mayor is asking voters in this liberal, affluent city for $55 million a year in new taxes to fight the problem....
