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CHASKA, Minn. (AP) -- Patrick Reed shook his fists with fury for every big putt he made. Phil Mickelson leaped higher than when he won his first Masters. Ryan Moore delivered the final point in this American masterpiece Sunday at the Ryder Cup....
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) -- Pope Francis says Jesus would never turn away transgender faithful and that priests today should accompany them spiritually, even if they undergo sex change operations, sin and repent....
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Vulnerable Haiti braced for flash floods and violent winds from the extremely dangerous Hurricane Matthew as the powerful storm kept on a path early Monday aiming at the hemisphere's poorest country....
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Colombians rejected a peace deal with leftist rebels by a razor-thin margin in a national referendum Sunday, scuttling years of painstaking negotiations and delivering a strunning setback to President Juan Manuel Santos, who vowed to keep a cease-fire in place and forge ahead with his efforts to end a half-century of war....
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct 2, 2016 / 02:29 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- At 101 years old, Doña Penha has seen quite a bit of life. But the centenarian experienced something new on September 28, as she received her First Communion during Mass at Our Lady of Mount Carmel nursing home in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.For those who witnessed the occasion, it was a great testimony to the love of God.“It was a very beautiful moment that showed us that it is never too late to receive the Eucharist, which for someone seeking God, neither time nor shame can prevent,” said the administrative assistant of the nursing home, Josiane Ribeiro. She added that occasions like this help “reaffirm faith.”Ribeiro told CNA that Doña Penha arrived about a year ago at the nursing home, which is run by the Sisters of the Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima Association. There is a chapel on site where Mass is celebrated during the week.Doña Penha began to attend Mass with the othe...
Aboard the papal plane, Oct 2, 2016 / 03:55 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- On his way back from Georgia and Azerbaijan Pope Francis criticized what he called the “wicked” push of gender theory in schools, but stressed that individuals who struggle with their sexual identity ought to be treated with mercy, as Jesus would do. “In my life as a priest and bishop, even as Pope, I have accompanied people with homosexual tendencies, I have also met homosexual persons, accompanied them, brought them closer to the Lord...and I have never abandoned them,” the Pope said Oct. 2.These people must be accompanied in the same way that Jesus would accompany them, he said, noting that Jesus would never tell a person “go away because you are homosexual.”However, while these people must be shown love, there is a “wickedness which today is done in the indoctrination of gender theory.”Gender theory or ideology is the idea that one's 'gender' is chose...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Cindy WoodenTBILISI, Georgia (CNS) -- Pope Francis said a global waragainst marriage is underway and Catholics must respond by helping couples staystrong and by providing pastoral care to those experiencing difficulty."Today there is a global war to destroy marriage,"the pope said Oct. 1 during a meeting in Tbilisi with priests, religious,seminarians and laypeople active in parish life."Today you do not destroy with weapons, you destroywith ideas," the pope said. "It is ideological colonization thatdestroys."The only way to defend marriage against the onslaught, hesaid, is to help couples "make peace as soon as possible, before the dayends, and don't forget the three words: 'May I?' 'Thank you' and 'Forgiveme.'""Marriage is the most beautiful thing that God hascreated," Pope Francis said. In marriage, man and woman become one flesh, "the image of God.""When youdivorce one flesh you sully the God's image," he said.A woman named Irina, who with her husband, Z...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Cindy WoodenABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM AZERBAIJAN (CNS) -- Catholicswho are homosexual, confused about their sexuality or convinced they were bornin the wrong body deserve the same attentive pastoral care as anyone else,Pope Francis said.Flying back to Rome Oct. 2 after a visit to Georgia andAzerbaijan, the pope was asked, given his criticism Oct. 1 of "gendertheory" and of what he describes as "ideological colonization,"how he would provide pastoral care to a person who felt his or her sexualitydid not correspond to his or her biology.Pope Francis began responding to the reporter's question bysaying that as a priest, a bishop and even as pope he has "accompaniedpeople with homosexual tendencies and even homosexual activity. I accompaniedthem; I helped them draw closer to the Lord, although some couldn't. But I neverabandoned them.""People must be accompanied like Jesus would accompanythem," he said. "When a person who has this situation arrives beforeJes...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Cindy WoodenABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM AZERBAIJAN (CNS) -- Catholicsfacing difficult political choices must study the issues, pray about theelection and then vote according to their consciences, Pope Francis said.Flying back to Rome from Azerbaijan Oct. 2, the pope was askedby a reporter what U.S. Catholics should do in a presidential election whereboth candidates hold some positions contrary to church teaching.Although he was in a relaxed mood and welcomed reporters'questions for almost an hour, Pope Francis said he would never comment on aspecific electoral campaign."The people are sovereign," he said. "Studythe proposals well, pray and choose in conscience."Pope Francis also was asked when he would name new membersto the College of Cardinals and what criteria he would use to choose them.He said he still had not decided precisely when to announcethe names or hold the consistory to create the new cardinals, but it wouldlikely be at the end of this year o...
