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BOSTON (AP) -- A 22-year-old man rescued from a life raft after a fishing trip that left his mother missing and presumed dead had been a suspect in the 2013 slaying of his rich grandfather, according to court documents that add to the multitude of questions swirling around him and what happened at sea....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis lit a symbolic torch at his Wednesday General Audience for the 'Week of the Family‘ event to be held by the Diocese of Rome on 2-8 October.The Holy Father said the flame was a ‘symbol of the love of Roman families and those of the whole world’.The ‘Week of the Family’ seeks to highlight the centrality of the family in Rome and to rediscover its beauty.
(Vatican Radio) During his weekly general audience of October 28th 2016 Pope Francis welcomed the faithful from 'Pieve di Soligno' who'd come to Rome to mark the anniversary of the death of their beloved fellow countryman, the late Pope John Paul I. Veronica Scarisbrick places this pontificate into context and brings you echoes of that era.Listen to echoes of the pontificate of Pope John Paul I, Albino Luciani, who died on the 28th of October 1978: Scarisbrick's guest speakers in this programme include the late Cardinal John Patrick Foley, the late Ursuline Sister Kathleen England, the late Cardinal William Wakefield Baum and Augustinian Father Prosper Grech, now Cardinal, who personally knew Albino Luciani in the years when he was still Cardinal Patriarch of Venice. Also to be listened to in this programme are sound clips of John Paul I speaking in English during one of a handful of audiences. Audiences during which his vocation to a pastoral and catec...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a telegram expressing his “heartfelt condolences” to the people of Israel upon learning of the death of their former President, Shimon Peres. He died on Wednesday at the age of 93.“I fondly recall my time with Mr Peres at the Vatican and renew my great appreciation for the late President's tireless efforts in favour of peace,” Pope Francis said.On June 8, 2014, Pope Francis hosted the historic prayer meeting in the Vatican Gardens with then-President Peres and the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas. The meeting came just weeks after Peres welcomed him to Israel during the Holy Father’s May 2014 trip to the Holy Land. The two men had previously met on April 30, 2013, at the Vatican.Pope Francis met with Peres again at the Vatican in September of 2014, two months after he left office. The two men met for the last time on June 20, this year. “As the State of Israel mourns Mr Peres, I...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis once again expressed his concern for those without work on Wednesday during his weekly General Audience.The Archbishop of Potenza had come to the audience with a group of laid-off workers from Italy’s southern region of Basilicata.“I hope that the grave economic situation affecting employment can find a positive solution through an incisive commitment by everyone to open paths of hope,” Pope Francis told them.“We cannot let the unemployment rate grow higher,” he said.
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Wednesday spoke about the feast of the Archangels Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, which is observed on Thursday.Speaking to pilgrims from Poland during the General Audience, the Holy Father quoted scripture, saying the Angels are “all ministering spirits sent to serve, for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation.” (Heb 1:14)“We must be aware of their invisible presence,” – Pope Francis said – “Let us invoke them in prayer so that in every moment they remind us of the presence of God, and support us in the struggle against evil and guide us safely along the roads of our lives. We entrust to them ourselves, our dear ones, and those we hold in our hearts. Praise be to Jesus Christ.”The Feast of the Archangels is also the patronal feast of Vatican Communications.
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Wednesday invited the people of Mexico to sing the ‘Guadalupana,’ a traditional hymn to Our Lady of Guadalupe, for the suffering of the nation’s people.The Holy Father’s remarks came during his greetings to Spanish-speaking pilgrims at the weekly General Audience.“Pray for all those who suffer for any reason or who feel abandoned, so that looking at the Crucified, they are able to discover and feel the comfort and forgiveness of Christ, the Face of the Father’s Mercy,” Pope Francis said.The murder of three priests has made headlines in Mexico, and Pope Francis sent a telegram strongly condemning the “brutal attacks.”
Mexico City, Mexico, Sep 28, 2016 / 06:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- With 15 priests killed in the last four years, Mexico is the most dangerous country to exercise priestly ministry in the entire world, Father Hugo Valdemar, spokesman for the Archdiocese of Mexico, said recently.In a report published Sept. 21, the research unit of the Catholic Multimedia Center recorded 14 murders of priests from 2012 to 2016. The death of Fr. José Alfredo López Guillén, whose body was found the night of Sept. 24, brings that number to 15.Speaking to CNA, Fr. Valdemar stated that “it has become clear that Mexico is the country where ministers of the Catholic Church are most at risk.”“Which is even surprising because there is still more risk in Mexico than, for example, in Syria or in those countries where Christians are persecuted by the Islamic State.”Just in the last week, three priests were murdered in the states of Veracruz and Michoacán. Fath...
Vatican City, Sep 28, 2016 / 08:57 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Upon learning about the death of Shimon Peres Wednesday, Pope Francis sent a telegram offering his condolences and his appreciation for the former president of Israel's tireless efforts for peace and the common good.“As the State of Israel mourns Mr. Peres,” the Pope wrote, “I hope that his memory and many years of service will inspire us all to work with ever greater urgency for peace and reconciliation between peoples.”In the Sept. 28 telegram, sent to current President of Israel, Reuven Rivlin, the pontiff expressed hope that the work which Peres, 93, began during his lifetime will continue.“I fondly recall my time with Mr. Peres at the Vatican and renew my great appreciation for the late President's tireless efforts in favor of peace,” he said.Pope Francis met with the former president and prime minister at the Vatican on several occasions, the most recent being June 20.On June 8,...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Abdalrhman Ismail, ReutersBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- As a brief cease-fire agreement failedand Syrian government forces returned to bombing Aleppo and fighting rebels inthe city streets, Pope Francis made a forceful appeal for assistance for thethousands of innocent civilians trapped in the besieged city."I appeal to the consciences of those responsible forthe bombardments," Pope Francis said at the end of his weekly generalaudience Sept. 28. "They will have to account to God!"Dozens of civilians were reportedly killed by thebombardments in late September and the U.N. World Food Program said it was"extremely concerned about the more than 250,000 people trapped in easternAleppo city who are cut off from food, water, medicine and other essentialsupplies."Pope Francis told people gathered for his general audiencethat his thoughts and prayers were going "to the beloved and martyredSyria. I continue to receive dramatic news about the fate of Aleppo'spopulation...
