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(Vatican Radio) At the end of Wednesday’s General Audience, Pope Francis made a special greeting to the organizers and participants of the “Match for peace and solidarity” scheduled to take place on Wednesday evening at Rome’s Stadio Olimpico.The football match is being promoted by ‘Scholas occurrentes’, Comunità Amore e Libertà, Centro Sportivo Italiano and Unitalsi. The players include Diego Maradona and Francesco Totti.The event is to promote peace efforts among populations around the world, and proceeds from the match will help the earthquake victims in central Italy.
(Vatican Radio) After reflecting on the mystery of God’s mercy, from the actions of the Father in the Old Testament to those of Jesus, Who in the Gospels demonstrates by His words and gestures that He is the very incarnation of mercy, the Pope announced in this Wednesday’s general audience that he will dedicate a new cycle of catechesis to the corporal and spiritual works of mercy.“It is not enough to experience God’s mercy in our lives”, the Pope observed. “It is necessary for those who receive it also to be a sign and instrument for others. … It is not a question of making great efforts or superhuman gestures. The Lord shows us a far easier path, made up of little gestures but which, in His eyes, have great value, to the point of saying that it is on these that we will be judged. … Jesus says that every time we give something to eat to a hungry person and give something to drink to one who thirsts, we dress the naked and welcome ...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler OrsburnBy Mark PattisonWASHINGTON(CNS) -- A letter to President Barack Obama and congressional leaders asks themto "renounce publicly" a contentious sentence in the U.S. Commission on CivilRights' report that equates religious freedom with discrimination.Theletter, dated Oct. 7 and released Oct. 12, was signed by 17 religious leaders, including two U.S.Catholic bishops.The sentencewas written by commission chairman Martin Castro and was incorporated into the 306-pagereport issued Sept. 8. It said, "The phrases 'religious liberty' and 'religious freedom'will stand for nothing except hypocrisy so long as they remain code words fordiscrimination, intolerance, racism, sexism, homophobia, Islamophobia,Christian supremacy or any form of intolerance.""Weunderstand that people of good faith can disagree about the relationship betweenreligious liberty and anti-discrimination laws in our country, and how thatrelationship should best be structured," said the letter, rel...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bassam Khabieh, ReutersBy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In the wake of intensified attacksin Syria, Pope Francis called for an immediate cease-fire -- even if temporary-- so that civilians, especially children, could be rescued from the ruins.Emphasizing that his thoughts and prayers are with"all victims of the inhumane conflict in Syria," the pope said it waswith "a sense of urgency that I renew my appeal, imploring -- with all mystrength -- those responsible so that an immediate cease-fire bearranged."He asked the cease-fire be "implemented andrespected at least for the time needed to allow for the evacuation ofcivilians, most of all children, who are still trapped under fiercebombings."The pope made his appeal Oct. 12 at the end of his weeklygeneral audience in St. Peter's Square. It came after a wave of intenseviolence as Russian airstrikes, supported by the Syrian government, hit Aleppoand rockets launched by rebels rained on Dara in the South.At least six ...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- All it takes is just one personcarrying out one simple, loving act of mercy every day to start a revolutionand stamp out the "virus of indifference," Pope Francis said.Sharing God's mercy is not about expending a huge amountof effort or performing "superhuman" acts, he said during his generalaudience Oct. 12 in St. Peter's Square.Jesus showed with his words and deeds that it's muchsimpler than that: It's about making "small gestures that in his eyes,however, hold great value, so much so that he told us we will be judged uponthese" actions, the pope said.As he continued his series of talks about God's mercy,the pope said he would begin looking at each one of the seven corporal andseven spiritual works of mercy in the following weeks.The audience began with a reading from the Gospel of Matthew's"Judgment of the Nations" (25: 31-46) in which Jesus tells hisdisciples they will be blessed with eternal life for helping the hungry,...
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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis renewed his appeal for peace in Syria on Wednesday. Addressing pilgrims and tourists gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the weekly General Audience, Pope Francis said, “I want to emphasize and reiterate my solidarity with all victims of inhuman conflict in Syria.” Pope Francis went on to say, “It is with a sense of urgency that I renew my appeal, begging, with all my strength, those responsible, that steps be taken toward an immediate ceasefire, one imposed and respected at least for the time necessary to allow the evacuation of civilians, especially children, who are still trapped under cruel bombardment.”Click below to hear our report Russian-led airstrikes resumed over the past 24 hours, concentrating on targets within the besieged city of Aleppo.At least 25 people are reported to have died, including children. The bombardments follow a temporary lull called by the Syrian government, in part to allow civilians to leave ...
