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(Vatican Radio) The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby says Anglicans and Catholics “have found renewed impetus and momentum” in how they “work and walk together”.The leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion spoke to Vatican Radio following a papal audience at the conclusion of a two day visit to Rome marking half a century of Anglican-Catholic dialogue.Philippa Hitchen reports: Archbishop Welby has spent two days in Rome, accompanied by 17 other leaders of Anglican Provinces worldwide and by pairs of Anglican and Catholic bishops who’ve been discussing ways of forging closer partnerships in mission.At the audience in the Vatican on Thursday the Pope said it was “a beautiful sign of fraternity” to see the Primates of so many Anglican Provinces celebrating the fruits of the first meeting 50 years ago between Pope Paul VI and Archbishop Michael Ramsey.“Let us never grow tired of asking the Lord together and insistently for t...
Vatican City, Oct 6, 2016 / 09:00 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The theme for the 2018 Synod of Bishops has been released, and will focus on how to best teach the faith to young people and help them to discern God's will for their lives.Set to take place in October 2018, the 50th General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops will discuss “Young People, the Faith and the Discernment of Vocation,” an Oct. 6 Vatican communique said.The theme, it explained, is in continuity with topics that emerged from the 2014-2015 Synod on the Family, as well as with the contents of Francis’ Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation “Amoris Laetitia,” which was written largely on the basis of the synod’s concluding document.According to the communique, the theme “aims to accompany young people on their way of life towards maturity so that, through a process of discernment, they can discover their life's plan and realize it with joy.”By doing so, youth will not only ...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Nancy WiechecBy Nancy WiechecPHOENIX(CNS) -- A popular Alaskan retreat has been designated a national shrine by theU.S. bishops.BishopEdward J. Burns of Juneau, Alaska, announced the news on the Oct. 1 feast ofSt. Therese Lisieux, the patroness of Alaska after whom the Catholic shrine isnamed.TheNational Shrine of St. Therese, located about 23 miles north of Juneau alongGlacier Highway, has served as a place of spiritual refuge since its dedicationin 1941."Theshrine is a place of tremendous spiritual and natural beauty for all whovisit," Bishop Burns said in a statement. "We are happy the bishops haveconfirmed what so many shrine visitors have felt in their hearts -- that theNational Shrine of St. Terese, Juneau, is a gift from God and a treasure to allwho pilgrim to her shore."The46-acre site in a forest of Sitka spruce and western hemlock overlooks thewaters of the Inside Passage. Along the shrine's many paths, visitors can enjoywide vistas of water and ice-froste...
LONDON (AP) -- Britain's fractious, right-wing U.K. Independence Party erupted into violence Thursday that left a member of the European Parliament hospitalized with a head injury after an "altercation" at a party meeting....
GENEVA (AP) -- The U.N. envoy for Syria called on militant fighters to leave Aleppo and for the Syrian and Russian governments to end their bombing campaign against rebel-held areas of the embattled Syrian city, warning that otherwise thousands of people could be killed by year-end and Aleppo could be "destroyed."...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The arrest of a National Security Agency contractor accused of stealing classified information represents the second known case of a government contractor being publicly accused of removing secret data from the intelligence agency since 2013....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President George H.W. Bush conspicuously checked his watch. Al Gore got too close for comfort. Mitt Romney strode across stage to confront President Barack Obama face to face....
LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) -- Two days after Hurricane Matthew rampaged across Haiti's remote southwestern peninsula, authorities and aid workers still lack a clear picture of what they fear is the country's biggest disaster in years....
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- A strengthening Hurricane Matthew steamed toward Florida with winds of 140 mph Thursday as hundreds of thousands of people across the Southeast boarded up their homes and fled inland to escape the most powerful storm to threaten the Atlantic coast in more than a decade....
(Vatican Radio) In this week's edition of There's More in the Gospel Than Meets the Eye, Jill Bevilacqua and Seàn-Patrick Lovett bring us readings and reflections for the Twentyeighth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Listen: GOSPEL LK 17:11-19As Jesus continued his journey to Jerusalem,he traveled through Samaria and Galilee.As he was entering a village, ten lepers met him.They stood at a distance from him and raised their voices, saying,“Jesus, Master! Have pity on us!”And when he saw them, he said,“Go show yourselves to the priests.”As they were going they were cleansed.And one of them, realizing he had been healed,returned, glorifying God in a loud voice;and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him.He was a Samaritan.Jesus said in reply,“Ten were cleansed, were they not?Where are the other nine?Has none but this foreigner returned to give thanks to God?”Then he said to him, “Stand up ...
