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Vatican Weekend for October 15, 2016 begins with Pope Francis’ announcement of a new consistory : we hear from some of the cardinals-to-be. This is followed by a look at the General Audience of October 12, where the Pope renewed his appeal for peace and an urgent ceasefire in Syria. Finally, we shine the spotlight on the death penalty: why a former supervisor of death row executions underwent a radical change of heart.Listen to this programme produced and presented by Tracey McClure:
Vatican Weekend for October 16, 2016 features our weekly reflection on the Sunday Gospel: Jill Bevilacqua weaves together snippets from the bible, history books and biographies for this week’s reflection in her series, “There’s More in the Sunday Gospel than Meets the Eye” with readings by Sean Patrick Lovett. And, a focus on St. Teresa of Jesus, also known as Teresa of Avila - who was this beloved Spanish saint whose feast day is celebrated October 15th?Listen to this programme produced and presented by Tracey McClure:
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis received the participants in a gathering of senior citizens and their caregivers on Saturday, in the context of Italy’s national Grandparents’ Day celebrations. Grandparents’ Day in Italy – the Festa dei nonni – is marked each year on October 2nd, with events continuing throughout the month.Below, please find Vatican Radio’s English translation of the Holy Father’s prepared remarks************************************Dear Brothers and Sisters,I am happy to be together with you to experience this day of reflection and prayer, placed in the context of Grandparents Day. I greet you all with affection, starting with the Presidents of the Associations, whom I thank for their words. I express my appreciation to those who have faced difficulties and hardships in order not to miss this event; and at the same time I am close to all elderly persons, who, because they are ill or on their own, could not move from home, but ...
(Vatican Radio) From 14 October, the necessary procedure has been completed for the entry into force of the Convention between the Holy See and the Government of the Italian Republic in fiscal matters, signed in Vatican City on 1 April 2015, which promotes the exchange of information between the Holy See and Italy for fiscal purposes, and favours compliance with fiscal obligations for subjects fiscally resident in Italy.The Convention therefore enters into force on 15 October 2016. Those who intend to adhere to the fiscal regime it establishes must submit the necessary request to the Institute for the Works of Religion within 180 days of the entry into force.
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis received the participants in a gathering of senior citizens and their caregivers on Saturday, in the context of Italy’s national Grandparents’ Day celebrations. Grandparents’ Day in Italy – the Festa dei nonni – is marked each year on October 2nd, with events continuing throughout the month.The gathering was organized by the Italian ANLA association, founded in 1949 as an advocacy group for seniors in the employ of major industrial companies. The association has grown and expanded to include members of every age throughout the country: seniors, their family members, and their professional caregivers.Click below to hear our report In remarks prepared for the occasion, Pope Francis said, “The Church regards the elderly with affection, gratitude, and high esteem. They are an essential part of the Christian community and of society: in particular they represent the roots and the memory of a people.”The Holy Fa...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has named the Archpriests of three Papal Basilicas to close the Holy Doors at their Basilicas at the end of the Holy Year of Mercy. Cardinal Agostino Vallini, the Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint John Lateran, will preside of the closure of the Holy Door of the same Basilica during a liturgy on November 13, 2016. Cardinal Santos Abril y Castelló, the Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, will preside of the closure of the Holy Door of the same Basilica during a liturgy on November 13, 2016. Cardinal James Michael Harvey, the Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls, will preside of the closure of the Holy Door of the same Basilica during a liturgy on November 13, 2016.
The Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Cardinal Fernando Filoni will visit Zambia next month as part of celebrations marking 125 years of the Catholic Church in Zambia.Although the first Catholic missionaries to attempt the evangelisation of what is today Zambia were the Jesuits in 1879, their mission faltered due to several challenges. The Jesuits crossed the Zambezi river from the south. A second attempt in the early 1900s would be more successful. The White Fathers (Missionaries of Africa) entering the north of Zambia in 1891, had greater success. Cardinal Filoni will be in Zambia from 7 to 10 November 2016. Bishop Clement Mulenga, SDB of Kabwe Diocese and Bishop-in-charge of the laity apostolate recently announced details of the Cardinal’s visit to Zambia. While in Zambia, Cardinal Filoni will attend the National Catholic Forum. Zambia’s National Catholic forum held every three years brings Bishops, priests and the r...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Friday afternoon visited Cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo at the Villa Betania nursing home in Rome.Cardinal Montezemolo, 91, served as archpriest of the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls from 2005 to 2009. Before this, he provided a long service to the Holy See in the diplomatic corps, and was the first Apostolic Nuncio to the State of Israel after the signing of the Fundamental Agreement between the Holy See and Israel in 1993. His final diplomatic posting was as Nuncio to Italy and San Marino.Pope Francis visited the Cardinal after making a trip to Rome’s “SOS Village,” a residential complex that cares for children coming from difficult personal, family or social backgrounds.
(Vatican Radio) On Saturday, 25 March 2017, Pope Francis will travel to northern Italy to visit the Archdiocese of Milan.News of the upcoming visit came in a statement released by the Holy See Press Office.Cardinal Angelo Scola, Archbishop of Milan described the event as “a sign of closeness and esteem for the Church of Saint Ambrose, for the Metropolitan Church of Milan and for the entire region of Lombardia”.He also expressed his gratitude for the Pope’s decision to “come and confirm us in our faith” and said that “we await the Holy Father in prayer, in preparation for this great gift”.
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Oct 15, 2016 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Dutch government is set to legalize euthanasia for people who don’t want to live anymore but are not necessarily terminally ill or experiencing extreme suffering.In a briefing to parliament on Wednesday, the health and justice ministers said that people who “have a well-considered opinion that their life is complete, must, under strict and careful criteria, be allowed to finish that life in a manner dignified for them.”The option would be limited to “the elderly,” though the briefing did not define an age limit.The move is the latest expansion of the country’s euthanasia policy, which critics have already have said does not protect vulnerable populations, including children, the disabled and those with mental illnesses.Earlier this year, critics decried a case in which a Dutch woman in her 20s was euthanized after her mental health condition was declared “insufferable&rdqu...
