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Phoenix, Ariz., Sep 20, 2016 / 06:50 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Catholics should be consistent in public life and need to make protecting innocent life a serious political priority, Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted of Phoenix has said in the latest edition of his booklet on the duties of Catholic voters and politicians.The booklet “Catholics in the Public Square,” now in its fourth edition, makes a distinction between support for intrinsically evil issues and support for different methods of achieving policy.“For example, Catholics may never legitimately promote or vote for any law that attacks innocent human life,” Bishop Olmsted said, latter adding “being right on all the other issues can never justify a wrong choice on this most serious matter.”The guide reiterated the need to examine one’s conscience and the need for Catholic politicians to oppose laws that allow or promote abortions.“If a politician is actively supporting and furthering the cul...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Junno Arocho EstevesASSISI,Italy (CNS) -- Churches that are not reconciled with one another weaken theexperience of mercy that unites believers to God and with each other, AnglicanArchbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury said. By not reconcilingwith one other, "our worship is diminished and our capacity to grow closetogether with God is reduced," he said Sept. 20 in Assisi during adiscussion on ecumenism. "Thefailure of ecumenism imprisons mercy and prevents its liberation and its powerwith one another," he said. Speaking before Pope Francis arrived in Assisi foran interreligious peace meeting, Archbishop Welby joined other Christianleaders exploring how love, charity and mercy help foster peace andunity among Christian denominations.Mercy is the"engine of reconciliation," Archbishop Welby said, and it is "the sourceof our capacity for the evangelization of the world in which we live.""Mercybegins with the mercy that each of us experiences in the sacrament of ...
By Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Humanity should feel ashamed it canwage war, kill the innocent, bomb cities and prevent food and medicine fromreaching survivors, Pope Francis said."There is no god of war," he said.Violence and division are the work of the devil who"wants to kill everyone," and that is why people need to cometogether and pray for peace, united in the conviction that "God is a Godof peace," he said Sept. 20, a world day of prayer for peace.Just a few hours before heading to an interreligiousgathering in the Italian town of Assisi, Pope Francis dedicated his homily topeace during morning Mass in the chapel of his residence. The pope and some 450religious leaders from around the world were marking the 30th anniversary ofthe first interreligious meeting and prayer for peace organized by St. JohnPaul II in 1986.Men and women representing the world's religions weregoing to Assisi, "not to put on a show, but simply to pray and pray forpeace," Pope Francis said in his m...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Nazi-era newspapers, coins, documents and copies of Hitler's "Mein Kampf" have been found in a "time capsule" that was buried in 1934 in the foundations of a Nazi training center, a Polish town official said Tuesday....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Sugar has become the nutritional villain du jour, but just how bad is our addiction? The answer is tricky....
CANONSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A school cafeteria worker has quit over what she considers a "lunch shaming" policy in a Pennsylvania school district....
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Taking the world stage for the last time as secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon unleashed years of pent-up anger at leaders who keep "feeding the war machine" in Syria, violate human rights and prevent aid deliveries to starving people....
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- President Barack Obama conceded Tuesday that the United States and other world powers have limited ability to solve the most profound challenges facing the world, while calling for a "course correction" for globalization to ensure that nations don't retreat into a more sharply divided world....
(Vatican Radio) The city of Assisi has seen a good bit of history: from foreign invasions to civil wars to natural disasters, the small hilltop city in Umbria seems to have been in the way of everything; and its most famous native son, Francis, is credited with almost single-handedly repairing a broken – and by some accounts, dying – Church in the early 13th century, and with sparking a renascence of faith and zeal for the Gospel that, eight centuries later, continues to inform and direct the energies of the whole Church and the Catholic faithful throughout the world.Pope Francis is coming to this place, to pray and to lead the leaders of the world’s religions in supplication to the Lord of creation for the gift of peace.Thirst for Peace: religions and cultures in dialogue is the theme of this 30th anniversary edition of the World Day of Prayer for Peace, in preparation for which the Community of Sant’Egidio has organized three days of conferences taking th...
