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In a time when indifference to another’s suffering seems so widespread, there was one person, in our time, who was not indifferent. Mother Teresa had eyes that saw, a heart that felt and hands that reached out to help.   These were the words uses by Indian Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay, to describe St. Teresa of Calcutta, at a Holy Mass Sunday evening to celebrate the canonization of the ‘Saint of the Gutters’, on the grounds St. Francis Xavier Church, Vile Parle in Mumbai.  The Mass and celebratory event that followed was attended by the priests, religious and lay people of Bombay Archdiocese, with guests form Kolkata, formerly Calcutta, Mother Teresa’s adopted hometown.  Pope Francis canonized Mother Teresa on Sept. 4 in the Vatican, and since then dioceses, parishes and communities around the world have been celebrating her sainthood.Six bishops and the priests of Bombay Archdiocese joined Card. Gracias at the altar fo...
(Vatican Radio)  Today, Monday 26 September 2016, the Holy Father received in audience, in the Vatican Apostolic Palace, the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, His Excellency Joseph Kabila, who subsequently met with His Excellency Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, secretary for Relations with States.In a statement, the Holy See's Press Office said during the "cordial discussions,"  the good relations between the Holy See and the Democratic Republic of the Congo were evoked, "with particular reference to the important contribution of the Catholic Church in the life of the nation, with its institutions in the educational, social and healthcare spheres, as well as in development and the reduction of poverty. In this context, mutual satisfaction was expressed for the signing of the framework Agreement between the Holy See and the State, which took place on 20 May this year."Particular attention was paid, the comunique continues, "...
Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh and Muslim leaders joined Catholics at the tomb of St. Teresa of Calcutta on ‎Friday hailing her dedication for the poor and praying for her intercession to emulate her work in their ‎life.  The interreligious prayer gathering at the tomb of Mother Teresa in the eastern Indian city of ‎Kolkata, formerly Calcutta,  was one of a series of events Calcutta Archdiocese has organized along ‎with the Missionaries of Charity nuns to celebrate her Sept. 4 canonization by Pope Francis in Rome.  ‎Archbishop Thomas D'Souza of Kolkata said the canonization ceremony at the Vatican had gathered ‎people of various faiths. "In a small way, in this holy room where St. Teresa's tomb is, representatives of ‎different faiths have come together to celebrate," he said.‎Buddhist leader Buddharakhsit described Mother Teresa as a "pure soul" who "earned respect" through ‎her life and actions. ...
(Vatican Radio) The Secretary of State of the Holy See, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, is among the world's senior diplomats attending the signing of the historic peace accord between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - or FARC - a rebel group that has conducted an insurgency in the country for more than fifty years.Several Catholic aid and development agencies from Europe and North America, active in Colombia and across Latin America, have issued a joint statement welcoming the accord, including the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development, CAFOD, the official Catholic aid agency for England and Wales.Please find the text of CAFOD's press release, below***********************************************Catholic agencies welcome official signing of peace agreement in ColombiaCatholic agencies from Europe and North America have welcomed the announcement that the Colombian Government and the FARC guerrilla group will sign a peace agreement on...
The foreign minister of the Philippines told the United Nations on Saturday his country's new president, Rodrigo Duterte, had an "unprecedented" mandate and the world should not interfere in his crackdown on crime.  Addressing the annual U.N. General Assembly, Perfecto Yasay said the Duterte government was "determined to free the Philippines from corrupt and other stagnating practices, including the manufacture, distribution and use of illicit drugs.  "Our actions, however, have grabbed both the national headlines and international attention for all the wrong reasons," he said. "We urge everyone to allow us to deal with our domestic challenges in order to achieve our national goals without undue interference."Duterte won a landslide election victory on May 9 after  vowing to wipe out drugs and crime. Police said this week that in the past 11 weeks, nearly 3,000 people had been killed in Duterte's war on drugs, a figure adju...
(Vatican Radio) At a briefing for journalists at the Holy See press office on Monday, Vatican spokesman Greg Burke gave details of Pope Francis’ forthcoming three day visit to the republics of Georgia and Azerbaijan. It’ll be his 16th pastoral visit outside Italy and it’ll be focused on the themes of peace and brotherhood, following on from the message of peace that he took with him to the neighbouring republic of Armenia last June.Listen:  The Pope is scheduled to leave the Vatican on Friday morning, headed for the Georgian capital Tbilisi. His first encounter there will be with the president, with government authorities and representatives of civil society gathered at the imposing presidential palace. From there he goes on to meet the country’s Orthodox leader Patriarch Elia, who was also on hand for Pope John Paul II’s visit to the newly independent nation back in 1999.The final event on Friday will be a visit to the Syro-Chaldean church of St...
(Vatican Radio) The French President hasyvowed to have the migrant camp in Calais fully dismantled by the end of the year.His promise came in a speech on Monday to police forces securing the area and it addresses a major issue for his Socialist government ahead of next year's presidential election. Listen to the report by Linda Bordoni: Visiting Calais for the first time since winning office in 2012, Francois Holland described the migrant camp – known as “the Jungle” – as a humanitarian emergency.Some 10,000 people live in squalid conditions in the infamous camp near the port of Calais. They are all desperate migrants – men, women and children - hoping to make the channel crossing into Britain.In his speech to security forces in Calais, the President  vowed to shut the camp "with method and determination" so that new camps don't appear near Calais or elsewhere across France, and said police forces will remain in the area &q...
Vatican City, Sep 26, 2016 / 07:21 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Less than a week after two Catholic priests in Mexico were found murdered after having been abducted from their parishes, the body of a third slain priest, Fr. José Alfredo López Guillén, has been found.Fr. López Guillén, pastor of Janamuato in Mexico’s central state of Michoacan, was taken from the rectory of his parish by unknown persons Monday, Sept. 19. His car had been found overturned on a road nearby.According to a message written on the archdiocese’s Facebook page, the priest had been killed several days before his lifeless body was found near the town of near Puruandiro.His abduction occurred on the same day that authorities found the lifeless bodies of previously-kidnapped Fathers Alejo Nabor Jiménez Juárez and José Alfredo Juárez de la Cruz, in the Diocese of Papantla, in Veracruz state.According to the Catholic Multi Media Center, 15 priests ...
IMAGE: CNS/Jonathan Ernst, ReutersBy Carol ZimmermannWASHINGTON (CNS) -- The expression "in like a lion out likea lamb" turns on its head when comparing the end of the Supreme Court's lastterm to the start of its new one Oct. 3.The endof the court's last term ended with a flurry of decisions on high-profile caseson abortion, immigration and contraception that had the rapt attention ofCatholics and the general public alike.But asthe court readies for its next term -- always on the first Monday in October --that same sense of urgency is nowhere in sight. The court will take its usualload of about 80 cases, but it is not taking on cases likely to entice massivecrowds to the building's white steps with placards and megaphones."Inprevious years I've said: 'What a blockbuster year we have ahead.' But thisyear, not so much," said Caroline Fredrickson, president of the AmericanConstitution Society, during a Supreme Court overview Sept. 21 at the NationalPress Club in Washington.Fredrickson...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Diario Marcha, Handout via EPABy David AgrenMEXICOCITY (CNS) -- A priest abducted from his parish residence in the Mexican stateof Michoacan has been found dead, the Archdiocese of Morelia confirmed Sept. 25.He was the third priest murdered in Mexico within days.Stateprosecutors say Father Jose Alfredo Lopez Guillen, pastor in the community ofJanamuato, 240 miles west of Mexico City, died of gunshot wounds shortly afterbeing abducted Sept. 19. His body was found wrapped in a blanket alongside ahighway.Familymembers, meanwhile, discovered personal items strewn across the floor of hishome, and one of two vehicles stolen from his parish was found flipped overalong a highway, Mexican media reported. Amotive for the crime is still uncertain, though family say they received noransom calls as might be expected in a kidnapping case. StateGov. Silvano Aureoles Conejo erroneously told Radio Formula that Father Lopezwas last seen on video in a local hotel with a teenage boy. T...
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