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IMAGE: CNS photo/Giorgio Onorati, EPABy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Meeting a pilgrimage of Catholics andLutherans from Germany, Pope Francis said he does not like "the contradictionof those who want to defend Christianity in the West, and, on the other hand,are against refugees and other religions.""This is not something I've read in books, but I see inthe newspapers and on television every day," Pope Francis said.Answering questions from young people in the group Oct. 13,the pope said, "the sickness or, you can say the sin, that Jesus condemnsmost is hypocrisy," which is precisely what is happening when someoneclaims to be a Christian but does not live according to the teaching of Christ."You cannot be a Christian without living like aChristian," he said. "You cannot be a Christian without practicingthe Beatitudes. You cannot be a Christian without doing what Jesus teaches usin Matthew 25," which is to feed the hungry, clothe the naked and welcomethe stranger."It's hypocris...
BOSTON (AP) -- A man wearing body armor and armed with an assault rifle shot two Boston police officers who were responding to a report of a domestic disturbance, before being shot and killed by other officers, police said....
The railroad whose rush-hour train slammed into a New Jersey station last month, killing a woman and injuring more than 100 people, has had more accidents and paid more in fines for safety violations than any other commuter railroad in the country over the past five years, federal safety data show....
HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) -- Hurricane Nicole snapped trees, flooded homes and peeled off some roofs as it pummeled the British territory of Bermuda on Thursday as an extremely dangerous Category 3 storm....
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) -- Twenty-one of Nigeria's Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram more than two years ago have been freed in a swap for detained leaders of the Islamic extremist group, the government and military said Thursday....
(Vatican Radio) Christians always feel the need to be forgiven and are on their way to an encounter with God. Those were the words of Pope Francis Thursday morning at Mass at the Casa Santa Marta. The Pope painted a portrait of the good Christian who, he said, must always feel the blessing of the Lord and go on to do good.Listen to Lydia O'Kane's report "The Christian is blessed by the Father, who is God" , Pope Francis said in his homily from St Paul's Letter to the Ephesians, contained in the first reading on Thursday. Focusing on the "traits of this blessing", he noted that "the Christian is a" person chosen.The Father chose us one by one, he loves us and gave us a nameGod calls us one by one, "not as an oceanic crowd." The Holy Father reiterated, “we have been chosen, expected by the Father:”"Think of a couple, when expecting a baby: 'How will it be? And how will he or she smile? And talk? ...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis received some 1 thousand pilgrims in the Vatican on Thursday – most of them German Lutherans – here in Rome as part of ecumenical preparations for the 500th anniversary of the beginning of the Lutheran reformation. In his remarks to the gathering, the Pope encouraged his listeners to seek unity through charity, saying “In being of service to the most needy we experience already that we are united: it is the mercy of God that unites us.”Pope Francis also spoke in his address about how Catholics and Lutherans are part of the same body of Christ.“The Apostle Paul tells us that, by virtue of our baptism, we all form the one Body of Christ. The different members, in fact, are one body.”The Pope went on to say, “This is why we belong to each other and when one suffers, all suffer, when one rejoices, all rejoice (cf. 1 Cor 12.12 to 26). Let us continue with confidence on our ecumenical journey, because we know that, b...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has made an urgent call for action to be taken against those who profit from the exploitation of child migrants.In a strongly worded message released ahead of the World Day of Migrants and Refugees, the Pope has focused on the plight and the rights of the growing numbers of child migrants who are the most vulnerable in the hands of human traffickers.Listen to the report by Linda Bordoni: Introducing his message with the words of the evangelists “whoever receives one such child in my name receives me”, Pope Francis says the Gospel also speaks of the responsibility and of the evil of those who work against mercy by harming young girls and boys whom today, he said “are led into prostitution or into the mire of pornography; who are enslaved as child labourers or soldiers; who are caught up in drug trafficking and other forms of criminality; who are forced to flee from conflict and persecution, risking isolation and abandonment&rdquo...
The Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference (SACBC) says that students engaged in a nationwide protest which has plunged higher education into a crisis have valid reasons for the demonstrations. The Bishops, however, condemn the violence and the vandalism perpetrated by students."The Catholic Church agrees that the student protest has foundation. We are aware as a Church, of the inequality of opportunity for poor and competent students to access third level education. As Bishops spread throughout the country, we have assisted students with our limited resources. But the majority of the deserving students we have not been able to help. What the students desire is more equality in access to good education at university level. We support this request. But we don’t condone the violence, looting, and vandalising of property by students and the use of force by police [and the] army,” says the Archbishop of Pretoria and Bishop-in-charge of SACBC&rsq...
The Holy Father on Thursday accepted the resignation presented by Bp Leonardo Y. Medroso from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Tagbilaran (Philippines) and has appointed Fr. Alberto S. Uy, of the clergy of the Diocese of Talibon, until now vicar for clergy and pastor of St. Michael the Archangel parish, Jagna, as the new Bishop of Tagbilaran.Fr. Alberto S. Uy, was born in Ubay, Bohol, October18, 1966. He completed his philosophical studies at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary in Tagbilaran City and his theological studies, first at the St. John Mary Vianney Theological Seminary in Cagayan de Oro City, obtaining a baccalaureate in Sacred Theology and a Masters in pastoral Ministry, and then to the Loyola School of Theology in Quezon City, earning a licentiate in Sacred Theology. From 2002 to 2006 he studied in Rome, attending courses for a doctorate in Sacred Theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University. He was ordained priest for the Diocese of Talibon, April 14, 1...
