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IMAGE: CNS photo/Orestis Panagiotou, EPABy Cindy WoodenROME (CNS) -- The day before Donald Trump was electedpresident of the United States, Pope Francis said he would make no judgmentsabout the candidate and was interested only in the impact his policies wouldhave on the poor.Eugenio Scalfari, co-founder and former editor of LaRepubblica, an Italian daily, said he met with Pope Francis Nov. 7 and askedhim what he thought of Trump."I don't give judgments about persons and politicians;I only want to understand what sufferings their way of proceeding will causethe poor and excluded," the pope said, according to Scalfari.The journalist has explained on more than one occasion thathe does not take notes or record his conversations with the pope; he re-createsthem afterward from memory, including the material he puts in quotation marks.Scalfari, in an article published Nov. 11, said Pope Francissaid his greatest concern today is for refugees and immigrants."Only a small portion of them ar...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Alessandro Di Meo, EPABy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICANCITY (CNS) -- Looking directly at thousands of homeless and marginalizedpersons, Pope Francis asked for their forgiveness for failures to recognizetheir dignity and alleviate their suffering."Iask your forgiveness if I have ever offended you with my words or for nothaving said something that I should have," the pope said Nov. 11 during anaudience with pilgrims attending special Year of Mercy events for people whoare homeless or otherwise socially excluded.PopeFrancis, speaking in the name of all Christians, asked their forgiveness fortimes when they were not treated with the dignity the Gospel says they have."Iask your forgiveness for all the times that we Christians stand before a poorperson or a situation of poverty and look the other way," the pope said. Theforgiveness of those who have felt unloved and unwanted by men and women of thechurch "purifies us and helps us to believe once again that at the heartof th...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- When the U.S. and Mexico meet in a World Cup qualifier Friday night, the rivals will play against a backdrop of amped-up political vitriol provoked by Donald Trump during his successful presidential campaign....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers have brought the mannequin challenge craze to first lady Michelle Obama and the White House....
MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) -- The election of Donald Trump as U.S. president could jeopardize a $100 billion plan launched by his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton seven years ago to help poor countries to cope with climate change, delegates at U.N. talks said Friday....
NEW YORK (AP) -- The election is over, so what about all those frayed relationships among loved ones?...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- From New York to Illinois to California, in red states and blue, protesters decrying Donald Trump's election spent another night overtaking highways, smashing store windows, igniting fires and in at least one city, facing pepper spray and rubber projectiles from police trying to clear the streets....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis says his main concern, at this moment of political upheaval in the United States, is for the suffering of refugees and immigrants. In an interview with the Italian daily newspaper La Repubblica, the Pope says he doesn’t judge individual politicians, but he wants to see how their policies may affect the poor and most marginalized people.Listen to Philippa Hitchen's report: In the interview, Pope Francis notes that, alongside the refugees fleeing from poverty and conflicts, there are also many poor people suffering in rich countries too and they fear the arrival of these new immigrants. We must stop this vicious cycle, the Pope says, by breaking down the walls of inequality and building bridges to allow greater liberty and human rights for all. Inequality, he insists, is the greatest evil in the world today.Speaking on Monday, ahead of Donald Trump’s surprise victory in the U.S. presidential elections, Pope Francis talks of his admi...
Vatican Weekend for November 12, 2016 features a report on the General Audience of November 9th where Pope Francis tells us to be active instruments of mercy. We also look at what he had to say at a Jubilee Mass for prisoners. As U.S. voters choose Donald Trump as their country’s next president, we bring you some reaction, and "putting mercy into action:" we find out how one young American and a group of volunteers are doing just that.Listen to this programme produced and presented by Tracey McClure:
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis warned Christians on Friday against ideologies on love and intellectual theories, saying these strip away the Flesh of the Church and ruin it. He was speaking during his Mass celebrated on Friday morning at the Santa Marta residence.Taking his cue from the day’s gospel reading coming from the second Letter of St. John, the Pope’s homily was a reflection on the nature of Christian love and how the word ‘love’ is used nowadays to describe many different things. He stressed that the true criterion of Christian love is the Incarnation of the Word, saying whoever denies or does not recognize this is “the antichrist.”“A love that does not recognize that Jesus came in the Flesh is not the love that God is asking of us.This is a worldly love, a philosophical love, an abstract love, a love that has flagged, a ‘soft’ or weak love. No! The criterion of Christian love is the Incarnation of the Word. Whoever say...
