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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) -- Two Palm Springs police officers trying to resolve a family dispute were killed when a man they had been speaking with suddenly pulled out a gun and opened fire on them, the city's police chief said....
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Pope Francis celebrated Mass for the Marian Jubilee on Sunday as part of the celebrations for the Year of Mercy. In his homily he told the faithful present in St Peter's Square that, "we are given a model, indeed the model, to whom we can look: Mary, our Mother." The Pope also stressed the importance of gratitude saying, "to be able to offer thanks, to be able to praise the Lord for what he has done for us: this is important!" Below find the the English translation of the Pope's HomilyHomily of His Holiness Pope FrancisMarian Jubilee9 October 2016 This Sunday’s (cf. Lk 17,11-19) Gospel invites us to acknowledge God’s gifts with wonder and gratitude. On the way to his death and resurrection, Jesus meets ten lepers, who approach him, keep their distance and tell their troubles to the one whom their faith perceived as a possible saviour: “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” (v. 13). They are sick and th...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis at the end of his Angelus on Sunday announced the creation of 17 new Cardinals. A consistory will be held on the 19 of November, the eve of the closing of the Jubilee of Mercy.13 of the new Cardinals will be under 80 years and will be eligible to vote in a conclave.The Holy Father said that the those chosen come from five continents. They include three American Archbishops and Archbishops from Mauritius and Bangladesh.Below find the list of new CardinalsArchbishop Mario Zenari, ItalyArchbishop Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Central African RepublicArchbishop Carlos Osoro Sierra, SpainArchbishop Sérgio da Rocha, BrazilArchbishop Blase J. Cupich, U.S.A. Archbishop Patrick D’Rozario, BangladeshArchbishop Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo, VenezuelaArchbishop Jozef De Kesel, BelgiumArchbishop Maurice Piat, MauritiusArchbishop Kevin Joseph Farrell, U.S.A.Archbishop Carlos Aguiar Retes, MexicoArchbishop John Ribat, Papua Nuova GuineaArchbishop...
(Vatican Radio) Just after the Pope’s announcement on Sunday of a consistory to create 17 new Cardinals, Vatican Radio spoke to Archbishop Maurice Piat of Port-Louis on the island of Mauritius to get his reaction.Archbishop Piat said that he was, “very thankful to Pope Francis for having called me to such a responsibility. I am very touched by the trust he puts in me which is far from being deserved. I am at his disposal for whatever service he will ask of me…”The consistory for the creation of 17 new Cardinals will take place on the 19th of November.Listen:
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis during his Angelus address on Sunday prayed for those stricken by Hurricane Matthew, saying “I learned with sorrow of the serious consequences caused by the hurricane which recently hit the Caribbean, especially Haiti, leaving many victims and displaced persons, as well as substantial property damage. I assure my closeness to the people and express confidence in the sense of solidarity of the international community, of Catholic institutions and people of good will. I invite you to join me in prayer for these brothers and sisters, so sorely tried.”The Holy Father also remembered the beatification on Saturday in Oviedo, Spain of Fr Gennaro Fueyo Castañón and three lay companions. “We praise the Lord”, he said, “ for these heroic witnesses of the faith, combined to ranks of the martyrs that have given their lives in the name of Christ.”In concluding remarks the Pope greeted all the pilgrims who participat...
Vatican City, Oct 9, 2016 / 03:55 am (CNA/EWTN News).- At the close of the Marian Jubilee, Pope Francis said that it’s often strangers and even people from other religions who remind us of the Christian virtues of humility and thanksgiving, of which Mary is a prime model.“How many foreigners, including persons of other religions, give us an example of values that we sometimes forget or set aside,” the Pope said Oct. 9.People who live among us but might be “scorned and sidelined because they are foreigners,” can in fact be the ones who “teach us how to walk on the path that the Lord wishes.”Not only were the 10 lepers healed by Jesus in the day’s Gospel from Luke foreigners, the only one who gave thanks being a Samaritan, but Mary and Joseph were also strangers in a foreign land, Francis noted.Mary “knew what it was to live far from home. She too was long a foreigner in Egypt, far from her relatives and friends,” he said, &l...
Vatican City, Oct 9, 2016 / 04:39 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Sunday Pope Francis announced that he will hold a consistory of cardinals on the Nov. 19 vigil of the close of the Jubilee of Mercy, during which he will elevate 17 new cardinals – including three Americans.“Dear brothers and sisters I am happy to announce that Saturday, Nov. 19 at the vigil for the closing of the Holy Door of mercy, a consistory will take place for the nomination of 13 cardinals from 5 continents,” the Pope said Oct. 9.“The fact that they come from 11 nations expresses the universality of the Church, which announces and bears witness to the good news of the mercy of God in every corner of the earth.”Opened Dec. 8, 2015 – the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception – the Jubilee is set to close Nov. 20, with the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe.Among the 17 new cardinal-elects are three Americans: Archbishop Blasé Cupich of Chicago, Archb...
