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A workshop aimed at establishing a network of Small Christian Communities (SCCs) in Africa is scheduled to take place in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, next month.The weeklong conference, which will run from 20 to 27 October 2016, is being organised by Missio-Aachen and the Archdiocese of Kinshasa, under the patronage of Laurent Cardinal Monsengwo, the Archbishop of Kinshasa.According to a message sent to the Nairobi-based CANAA about the workshop, the network of SCCs to be established will provide a forum for sharing ideas, experiences, knowledge, and a wealth of relevant competencies around the reality of SCCs across Africa and in the diaspora.Creating and hosting a website to facilitate the sharing of information is one of the immediate objectives of the planned workshop, a forum that makes possible the networking of the different SCCs stakeholders.It is hoped that when the SCC network is created, members will gain access to other networks within th...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis met with members of the World Jewish Congress on Monday evening.An article published on Tuesday by the Vatican newspaper, the 'Osservatore Romano', highlighted how the Holy Father spoke about a series of issues pertaining to inter faith relations and the current migration crisis on the European continent.“Europe often forgets that it has been enriched by migrants,” – Pope Francis said – “Europe is closing itself up. Europe is lacking creativity. Europe has a falling birth rate, and problems of high unemployment.”Pope Francis also spoke about migrants integrating into their new surroundings, which he called “important.”“The people who committed the terrorist attacks in Belgium were not properly integrated,” he said.Pope Francis also reiterated a good Christian could not be an anti-Semite, and said Christians and Jews must speak out against brutality in the world.“We need mor...
Vatican City, Sep 27, 2016 / 07:45 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican announced Tuesday that Pope Francis has named Msgr. Robert Milner Coerver, a parish priest from the Diocese of Dallas, as the new bishop-elect for Lubbock, Texas.Msgr. Coerver, pastor of St. Rita Parish in Dallas, will be taking over for Bishop Plácido Rodríguez, who has been leading the diocese since 1994, but who will now retire after having reached the age limit of 75.Born June 6, 1954, in Dallas, Msgr. Coerver grew up as part of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish before beginning his studies in philosophy at Dallas’ Holy Trinity Seminary.He was then sent to the Pontifical North American College in Rome to study theology, where he was also enrolled in courses at the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas and the Pontifical Gregorian University.The bishop-elect was ordained a priest June 27, 1980, for the diocese of Dallas, and in 1981 received a Licentiate in Spiritual Theology from the Gregorian U...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Hans Deryk, ReutersBy Mark PattisonWASHINGTON(CNS) -- Benedictine Archabbot Douglas R. Nowicki of St. Vincent's Archabbey inLatrobe, Pennsylvania, was with Arnold Palmer when the golfing great died Sept.25 in Pittsburgh.It wasn'tthe first time Archabbot Nowicki had visited Palmer that day. Palmer, 87, wasin a hospital awaiting a heart operation scheduled for Sept. 26. "I went to saya prayer and give him a blessing. About an hour after I'd departed, I got a call"that Palmer's health was failing rapidly, the archabbot told Catholic NewsService in a Sept. 26 telephone interview.Eventhough Palmer was a lifelong Presbyterian, he'd had a relationship with St.Vincent's spanning more than 50 years, when Archabbot Nowicki himself was inthe high school at the archabbey.Palmerdid not let denominational differences deter him. "Arnie sort of appealed to everyone.There were no barriers, race, color, creed -- those were things that never enteredinto" his mind, Archabbot Nowicki s...
MIAMI (AP) -- As the baseball world mourned the death of Jose Fernandez, a beachgoer found a bag containing four baseballs signed by the Marlins 24-year-old pitcher....
Longtime customers of Target's pharmacies are finding a change in pill bottle design hard to swallow....
LONDON (AP) -- As investors and investigators weigh the damage of Yahoo's massive breach to the internet icon, information security experts worry that the record-breaking haul of password data could be used to open locks up and down the web....
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- A former ally of Gov. Chris Christie who pleaded guilty in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal testified Tuesday that he told the governor about the traffic jam while it was underway and that Christie appeared happy about it....
FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) -- Two men arrested in the killings of a California couple were friends with the victims' teenage daughter and attended "furry" events where some participants dress up in colorful animal costumes, according to friends and their social media pages....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Democrats on Tuesday threatened to block must-do legislation to prevent the government from shutting down Friday at midnight, battle the Zika virus and help flood-ravaged Louisiana rebuild....
