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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis said a good shepherd is one who follows Jesus rather than power, money or cliques and even if deserted by everybody is sad but never embittered. He was speaking at his morning Mass on Tuesday celebrated in the chapel of the Santa Marta Residence.Taking his inspiration from the Second Letter to Timothy, the Pope’s homily was a reflection on the difficulties faced by the apostles like Paul in the final stage of their lives when they are left without means, deserted by all and having to ask for things like beggars.“Alone, begging, abandoned by all and the victim of fury. But this is the great Paul, the man who heard the voice of the Lord, the call of the Lord! The man who went from one place to another, who suffered so many things and so many trials for preaching the Gospel, who made the Apostles understand that the Lord wants Gentiles to enter into the Church as well, the great Paul who when praying rose to the Seventh Heaven and heard things...
Washington D.C., Oct 18, 2016 / 03:25 am (CNA).- C. Matthew Hawkins stood frozen with fear as the update crackled through the police car radio: the suspect in question is white and 5-feet, 7-inches tall. Hawkins, now a Catholic seminarian who happens to be 6-feet tall and black, was grateful for the news.Why? Because a cop was about to pull a gun on him.In the just over two years since the shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in a suburb of St. Louis, the United States has again had to grapple with a topic that has surfaced over and over since the Civil Rights era – police aggression, particularly against minorities.While new movements, such as Black Lives Matter, have been borne as a response to the subject, Catholics argue that the Church also has a role to play in addressing the problem.Furthermore, they note, it’s an issue affecting the Church itself, as Catholics can be and are targets of unprovoked police aggression and profiling.“Fundamentally the issue of ...
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- A dynamic running back and a stifling defense have the Arizona Cardinals back to .500....
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) -- Nigeria's government is negotiating the release of another 83 of the Chibok schoolgirls taken in a mass abduction two-and-a-half years ago, but more than 100 others appear unwilling to leave their Boko Haram Islamic extremist captors, a community leader said Tuesday....
PARIS (AP) -- Midway through releasing a series of damaging disclosures about U.S. presidential contender Hillary Clinton, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says his hosts at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London abruptly cut him off from the internet. The news adds another layer of intrigue to an extraordinary campaign....
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russian and Syrian warplanes on Tuesday halted their airstrikes on Syria's besieged city of Aleppo in preparation for a temporary pause in the military push that Moscow has announced for later in the week, the Russian defense minister said....
KHAZER, Iraq (AP) -- Iraqi and Kurdish commanders said Tuesday they paused their advance on Mosul, a day after the start of a massive operation to retake the Islamic State-held city, which is expected to take weeks, if not months....
(Vatican Radio) The Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations, Archbishop Bernardito Auza, on Monday addressed the United Nations General Assembly during a meeting discussing the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.He said the ongoing struggle of indigenous peoples to preserve their heritage, language, religious traditions, and livelihoods through the realization of their right to self-determination is not only their concern, but a concern for the entire world.“Their cultural experiences and means of livelihood are under grave threat within the current international social and economic paradigm,” – Archbishop Auza said – “An economy driven largely by motives of profit and individual gain rather than responsibility for the neighbor, the environment and the common good has left the indigenous peoples further and further behind.” The full statement can be found below Statement by H.E. Archbishop Bernardito AuzaApostolic Nuncio, P...
(Vatican Radio) A statement by Archbishop Bernardito Auza, the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, was delivered on Monday about Nuclear Disarmament. The full statement is below Statement by H.E. Archbishop Bernardito AuzaApostolic Nuncio, Permanent Observer of the Holy SeeSeventy-first Session of the United Nations General AssemblyFirst (Disarmament) Committee Agenda Item 98 (c): Nuclear disarmamentNew York, 17 October 2016Mr. Chair,The Holy See has called for a total ban on nuclear weapons since the dawn of the nuclear age.In February 1943, two years and a half before the Trinity test, Pope Pius XII had alreadyvoiced deep concern regarding the violent use of atomic energy. After Hiroshima andNagasaki, observing the totally uncontrollable and indis...
Religious and civil society leaders in Kenya, under the auspices of the Multi-Sectoral Forum (MSF), have told a selection panel that will choose members of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) that the future of elections, in Kenya, hinges on the critical decisions that they will make during the vetting process.“We congratulate you on your selection and appreciate the mammoth task before you. We trust in your ability and dedication for the service to our nation through this crucial exercise. We are fully behind you and we shall continue to accord you the necessary support to ensure that the selection process is carried out seamlessly to the honour of God and all Kenyans” said Sheikh Adan Wachu, Chairperson of the Inter-Religious Council of Kenya.Speaking at the same event, held at Nairobi’s Ufungamano House, this week, Catholic Bishop Alfred Rotich underlined the high expectations riding on the panel.“Kenyans expect that this team will...
