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The controversy over drilling for oil in the Atlantic Ocean has been reignited by the election of Donald Trump, and environmentalists and coastal businesses say it could be the first major fault line that divides them from the new president....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nancy Pelosi is responding to a challenge to her position as top House Democrat by proposing to give more influence to junior lawmakers atop congressional committees and within her leadership team....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump "doesn't wish to pursue" more investigations into Hillary Clinton's email practices, a top adviser said Tuesday, strongly signaling to congressional Republicans they should abandon years of probes into the Clintons after a bitter campaign in which he repeatedly branded his Democratic rival as crooked....
(Vatican Radio) The Vatican Secretariat of State has unveiled a new website dedicated to the Pope’s charitable collection known as “Peter’s Pence”.The site went online on 21 November at www.peterspence.va. Currently available in English, Italian, and Spanish, a press statement said it would soon be translated into other languages.Containing reflections from Pope Francis, the website offers the faithful another way to contribute to Peter’s Pence, which is an annual collection held throughout the Catholic world on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul.The funds raised for Peter’s Pence go to the Holy Father, who distributes them for the necessities of the universal Church and as charity to those most in need.Faithful throughout the world will now have the opportunity to “reflect on the significance of their acts and offer, also online, their concrete support for the works of mercy, Christian charity, peace, and aid to the Holy See&rdq...
The Catholic Church in Rwanda apologised on Sunday for the Church's role in the 1994 genocide, saying it regretted the actions of those who participated in the massacres.“We apologise for all the wrongs the Church committed. We apologise on behalf of all Christians for all forms of wrongs we committed. We regret that Church members violated (their) oath of allegiance to God's commandments,” said the statement by the Conference of Catholic Bishops, which was read out in parishes across the country.The statement acknowledged that Church members planned, aided and executed the genocide, in which over 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed by Hutu extremists.In the years since the genocide which was sparked by a contentious plane crash that killed the then-president, a Hutu the local church had resisted efforts by the government and groups of survivors to acknowledge the Church's complicity in mass murder, saying those Church officials who c...
Bishop Joseph Obanyi of the Catholic Diocese of Kakamega has called on the faithful to ensure that they live the works of Mercy even after the end of the Jubilee year of Mercy which ended on Sunday, 20 November.“We must endear to practice more and more the works of mercy in our daily lives. The same duties we had during the Jubilee Year of Mercy must be our way of life always,” Bishop Obanyi told CISA today.He noted that the faithful should begin living “more concretely the Mercy of God within their parishes, dioceses and the entire Church since this will encourage growth of their faith.”“The Catholic Women Associations, the legionaries, Catholic Men Associations amongst many others should maintain their commitment to do something that is in line with the works of mercy within their parishes, dioceses and even in the outstations,” said Bishop Obanyi.He continued, “If you were paying school fees for children in schools and seminaries, then ...
(Vatican Radio) The Dicastery for Laity, the Family, and Life issued a communiqué on Tuesday listing the themes for the next three World Youth Days (WYD).The press release notes that the themes were chosen by Pope Francis “for the three-year World Youth Day journey that will culminate at the international celebration of the event to be held in Panama in 2019.” World Youth Day is celebrated at the diocesan level each year on Palm Sunday, with an international gathering every two to three years. The most recent international Day was celebrated in August, 2016, in Krakow, Poland.The Blessed Virgin Mary is at the heart of the themes for the upcoming WYDs, which are taken from the Gospel of Saint Luke:32nd World Youth Day, 2017: “The Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is His Name” (Lk 1:49)33rd World Youth Day, 2018: “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favour with God” (Lk 1:30)34th World Youth Day, 2019: “I ...
Is 2:1-5; Rom 13:11-14; Mt 24:37-44President John F. Kennedy was very fond of a particular story which he often used to close his speeches during his 1960 presidential campaign. It is the story of Colonel Davenport, Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives back in the year 1789. One day, while the House was in session, the sky of Hartford suddenly grew dark and gloomy. Some of the Evangelical House representatives looked out the windows and thought this was a sign that the end of the world had come. Uproar ensued, with the representatives calling for immediate adjournment. But Davenport rose and said, "Gentlemen, the Day of Judgment is either approaching or it is not. If it is not, there is no cause for adjournment. If it is, I choose to be found doing my duty. Therefore, I wish that candles be brought." Candles were brought and the session continued. Today’s readings contain the same message: we always...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis said death is not frightening if we are faithful to the Lord but warned against being trapped into basing our lives around superficial things that are not transcendent as though we never had to die. He was speaking at his Mass celebrated on Tuesday morning in the chapel of the Santa Marta residence.Taking his cue from the day’s reading from the book of Revelation, the Pope’s homily focused on the reality of how all of us will face Jesus on the day of judgement. He said a call from the Lord to think about the end of our lives, the end for each of us because all of us will die, comes as the Church heads into the final week of the Liturgical Year. Pope Francis acknowledged that we do not like to think of these things but said this is the reality facing all of us. He then disclosed that he keeps a diary where he writes down when a person dies and each day “I see that anniversary” and I see how time has passed. The Pope said this obl...
The people across Miao Diocese in eastern part of Arunachal Pradesh concluded the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy with Eucharistic Procession on 20 November 2016.Concluding the liturgical calendar 2016 that coincided with the conclusion of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy with Pope Francis officially closing the Door Mercy at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome on 20 November, the people across Miao Diocese made Eucharistic Procession with religious piety.The conclusion of Jubilee of Mercy coinciding with the Feast of Christ the King and the last day of the liturgical calendar made the Eucharistic Procession very solemn.There were Eucharistic processions in Christ the King Church, Khonsa in Tirap District, St. Paul’s Church, Nampong, and Sacred Heart Church Netoan in Changlang District.People gathered for the procession with candle recited Divine Mercy chaplets and concluded it with praise and thanksgiving. (Miao Diocese)
