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(Vatican Radio) The Vatican announced Friday that Pope Francis will make an Apostolic Journey to Colombia from 6 to 11 September 2017.Listen to our report: A communique from the Holy See Press Office confirmed that the Holy Father will visit the cities of Bogotá, Villavicencio, Medellín, and Cartagena:“Accepting the invitation of the President of the Republic and the Colombian bishops, His Holiness the Pope Francis will make an Apostolic Trip to Colombia from 6 to 11 September 2017, visiting the cities of Bogotá, Villavicencio, Medellín and Cartagena. The programme for the trip will be published shortly.”Official Logo and MottoThe logo of the Journey contains the motto of the Pope’s Apostolic Journey: “Let’s take the first step” [Demos el primer paso].A message accompanying the logo says the words refer to "the more than 50 years of violence" which divided Colombia.“The visit of Pope Francis to C...
Amatrice, Italy, Mar 10, 2017 / 06:16 am (CNA/EWTN News).- As Benedictine monks in Norcia, Italy rebuild their monastery from the rubble caused by devastating earthquakes last year, they do so in the spirit of their founder, Saint Benedict.“For us, it’s very symbolic, that is, being at the birthplace of St. Benedict and St. Scholastica, St. Benedict being the founder of Western monasticism,” said Fr. Martin Bernhard, O.S.B. of the Benedictine Monks of Norcia.He noted that St. Benedict (480-547) lived amidst “the collapse of the Roman empire” and the “collapse of society and structures.”“Montecassino was destroyed once when he was there as abbot,” Fr. Martin added of St. Benedict, but the saint “didn’t give up, and he knew that the real answer was still the worship of God, that the primary thing he could do is just give back to God and to center our lives and build our lives around Him in a declining culture and world....
Vatican City, Mar 10, 2017 / 08:21 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican announced Friday that Pope Francis will make a six-day trip to Colombia in September with four cities on his itinerary, almost a year after the government and FARC rebels signed a major peace agreement.“Accepting the invitation of the President of the Republic and the Colombian bishops, His Holiness the Pope Francis will make an Apostolic Trip to Colombia from 6 to 11 September 2017,” a March 10 communique from the Vatican read.While the official schedule is expected to be released shortly, the Vatican confirmed that Francis will visit the cities of Bogotá, Villavicencio, Medellín and Cartagena.The trip will mark the third time Francis has visited his native South America since becoming Pope, with the first taking place in July 2013 when he traveled to Rio de Janiero for World Youth Day. The second tour took place in July 2015, with stops in Bolivia, Ecuador and Paraguay.In August 2016 a pe...
By Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- When facingcriticism, a sense of humor and the grace to remain at peace are always thebest response, Pope Francis said in an interview with Germany's Die Zeit newspaper.In the interview, published March8 online and in print March 9, the pope laughed and said the Roman dialect featured in postersthat were plastered around the Rome city center criticizing him "wasgreat."The poster, featuring astern-faced picture of the pope, said: "Ah Francis, you've taken overcongregations, removed priests, decapitated the Order of Malta and theFranciscans of the Immaculate, ignored cardinals ... but where is your mercy?""There is this prayer -- whichis attributed to (St.) Thomas More -- that I pray every day: 'Lord, give me asense of humor!' The Lord preserves my peace and gives me a great sense ofhumor," Pope Francis said. Vatican Radio released a brief summarywith selected quotes from the nearly 6,000-word interview, in which the popediscussed several ...
By Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis will be visitingColombia in mid-September as the Latin American nation works to implement a newpeace deal and rebuild after 52 years of war.The Vatican announced March 10 that the pope had acceptedthe invitation of President Juan Manuel Santos and the Colombian bishops.The trip, Sept. 6-11, will include visits to the citiesof Bogota, Villavicencio, Medellin and Cartagena. Details of the trip were tobe published at a later date.Pope Francis will be the third pope to visit the nationafter Blessed Paul VI and St. John Paul II. The previous papal visit there was 31years ago in 1986.The bishops' conference posted on their website the triplogo: the pope smiling and walking flanked by the white and yellow colors ofthe Vatican on one side and an early indigenous symbol on the other. The mottois "Let us take the first step" ("Demos el primer paso").Archbishop Ettore Balestrero, apostolic nuncio toColombia, said: "The pope wants to come to mee...
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