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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Most people who are drawn to third party candidates in the presidential election aren't sold on their choice, making these voters wild cards in an already unpredictable contest....
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- In West Virginia, the Democrat running for governor has defended the coal industry while decrying his party's presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton....
The Holy Father has accepted the resignation presented by Monsignor Carlito J. Cenzon C.I.C.M. from the pastoral governance of the diocese of Baguio (Philippines), and has appointed Msgr. Victor B. Bendico, from the clergy of the Archdiocese of Capiz, until now parish priest of the Immaculate Conception Cathedral, in Roxas City. Msgr. Victor B. Bendico was born in Roxas City, January 22, 1960. He completed his philosophical and theological studies at the University of Santo Tomas Central Seminary in Manila. From 1996 to 2000 he studied in Rome at the Pontifical Institute of St. Anselm, receiving his Doctorate in Sacred Liturgy. He was ordained priest for the Archdiocese of Capiz, on April 14, 1984.As an ordained priest he was: Spiritual Director of St. Pius X Seminary, Roxas City (1984-1988); Vicar at St. Theresa parish of Roxas City (1992-1995); Rector at St. Maria Mater et Regina seminarium maius, (Saint Mary, Mother and Queen, Major Seminary) Roxas City and pastor of St. ...
(Vatican Radio) The 2016 Day for Life is being marked across Ireland this Sunday highlighting the meaning and value of human life at every stage. The theme for this year is, “Everything is Connected.In their Day for Life pastoral message the Bishops of Ireland have drawn inspiration from Pope Francis’ encyclical letter “Laudato Si” on the care for our common home.The Bishops also comment in their message that, “when we recognise and grow in wonder that we are all brothers and sisters living in one common home, it will not only affect how we care for the environment, but also how we care for one another and how we welcome and accept those with different needs and abilities, refugees, the elderly, the unborn, the forgotten and the abandoned.”Listen to Lydia O'Kane's interview with Bishop Kevin Doran of Elphin Speaking on this year’s Day for Life theme, Bishop Kevin Doran, Bishop of Elphin and the Bishops’ Conference ...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis’ meeting with Assyrian-Chaldean community in Georgia was an opportunity to show his closeness to the Church in Syria and Iraq, said the director of the Holy See press office.“This is extremely important,” Greg Burke told Vatican Radio about the meeting, which took place on the first day of the Pope’s visit to the Caucasus nation.He observed while it is currently impossible for the Holy Father to travel to either Syria or Iraq, nonetheless they are “both places very close to his heart, with the Church suffering there.”Listen to Gabriella Ceraso’s interview with Greg Burke, director of the Holy See press office: Burke also commented on Pope Francis’ meeting with Catholicos Patriarch of all Georgia, Ilia II earlier in the day at the Patriarchal palace in the capital city of Tbilisi.“I think the important thing is this: It’s the relations with the Orthodox,” he said. He recalled how th...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent greetings in a message to the Jewish community of Rome and throughout the world to mark three upcoming Jewish holidays, Rosh Hashanah 5777, (the Jewish New Year), the Yom Kippur Day of Atonement and Sukkot, the Feast of the Booths or Tabernacles. In the message addressed to the chief Rabbi of Rome, Riccardo Di Segni, the Pope expressed his hope that the upcoming holidays would bring “abundant blessings.” He wrote: "May the Almighty grant us the untiring desire to promote peace and strengthen the cordial links of friendship between us.”
(Vatican Radio) In Tbilisi Saturday, Pope Francis offered words of consolation to Georgia’s small Catholic community and invited the faithful to be like little children who are so lovingly embraced by God. Celebrating Mass at Tbilisi’s Mikheil Meskhi Stadium on day two of his pastoral visit to the country, Pope Francis spoke of the “importance of women” as one of the nation’s many treasures. Quoting Saint Therese of the Child Jesus whose feast is celebrated on this day, the Pope said, “‘they love God in much larger numbers than men do.’” He noted the “great number of grandmothers and mothers who unceasingly defend and pass on the faith” in Georgia, whose female Saint Nino is credited with first evangelizing in the fourth century.As a mother takes upon herself the burdens and weariness of her children, “ the Pope stressed, “so too does God take upon himself our sins and troub...
Vatican City, Oct 1, 2016 / 01:52 am (CNA/EWTN News).- It’s important to follow the example of St. Therese's “little way,” trusting in God and his consolation with the faith a small child, Pope Francis said Saturday, which marked the feast of the young saint and Doctor of the Church.Quoting from her autobiography, he said St. Therese “shows her 'little way' to God, the trust of a little child who falls asleep without fear in his Father’s arms, because 'Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude.'”“To receive God’s love we need this littleness of heart: only little ones can be held in their mothers’ arms,” the Pope said during his homily at M. Meskhi Stadium in Tbilisi, Georgia Oct. 1.“Here in Georgia there are a great number of grandmothers and mothers who unceasingly defend and pass on the faith,” he said, adding that they “bring the fresh water of ...
Washington D.C., Oct 1, 2016 / 04:25 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Churches concerned about Internal Revenue Service intervention if they engage in political speech should take a look at a proposed federal bill that promises fewer restrictions, the bill’s backers say.“No tax exemption can be based on a requirement that a church or any other non-profit organization give up a constitutionally protected freedom, including free speech,” Alliance Defending Freedom senior counsel Erik Stanley said Sept. 29. “With regard to churches, they can decide for themselves what they should or shouldn’t say from the pulpit. Americans don’t need the IRS to be the referee.”Reps. Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Jody Hice (R-Ga.) have introduced the Freedom of Speech Fairness Act, which claims to restore free speech and religious freedom to churches and other nonprofits. It would allow churches to make political statements in the ordinary course of the organization’s reg...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- A Democratic congressman with little name recognition is struggling to stop Florida's GOP Sen. Marco Rubio from being re-elected as Republicans pour millions into adds attacking the underdog - Patrick Murphy....
