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(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...
BOSTON (AP) -- A 22-year-old man rescued in the Atlantic after floating on a life raft for a week had been a suspect in the 2013 slaying of his grandfather, deepening the mystery surrounding his ordeal and the apparent death of his mother at sea....
NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands (AP) -- Dutch-led criminal investigators said Wednesday they have solid evidence that a Malaysian jet was shot down in 2014 by a Buk missile that was moved into eastern Ukraine from Russia....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State John Kerry is threatening to cut off all contacts with Moscow over Syria, unless Russian and Syrian government attacks on Aleppo end....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is preparing to send more troops to Iraq to help reclaim the city of Mosul from the Islamic State group, U.S. officials said Wednesday....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congressional leaders have broken a stalemate over money to address the Flint, Michigan, water crisis, clearing the way Wednesday for a spending bill needed to keep the government running until December. The spending measure also would provide long-delayed money to fight the Zika virus and help Louisiana rebuild from last month's disastrous floods....
