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Munich, Germany, Sep 12, 2016 / 04:23 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope emeritus Benedict XVI has said he is satisfied with the papacy of Pope Francis and sees “no contradictions” between their pontificates.“Yes, there is suddenly a new freshness in the Church, a new joy, a new charisma that addresses the people, which is something beautiful. Many are thankful that the new Pope now approaches them in a new style. The Pope is the Pope, it doesn’t matter who it is,” Benedict said in his newly published collection of interviews.The collection, published as Last Testament, consists of his interviews with journalist Peter Seewald. Seewald had previously interviewed him for Salt of the Earth, God and the World, and Light of the World.Archbishop George Ganswein, Prefect of the Papal Household and personal secretary of Benedict XVI, took part in the latest book’s Sept. 12 launch with Seewald in Munich. Archbishop Ganswein’s remarks excerpted and interpreted...
Washington D.C., Sep 12, 2016 / 05:37 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Christians can’t be second-class citizens if they are to remain in the Middle East, and the next United States administration will need to stand up for their rights, the head of the Knights of Columbus has said.Speaking at the National Advocacy Convention 2016 for persecuted Middle Eastern Christians, Supreme Knight Carl Anderson of the Knights of Columbus insisted that for Christians in the Middle East, “the system of religious apartheid in the region must end.”“Our tax dollars to the region must not be used to rebuild a discriminatory system that continues to impose second-class citizenship upon religious minorities,” he added, insisting that U.S. aid “should be contingent on the application of full rights of citizenship to every citizen of Iraq and other countries in the region.”Anderson called for presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump to commit themselves to up...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Dianne Towalski, The VisitorBy Dianne TowalskiALBANY, Minn. (CNS) -- Agnes Imdieke awakened themorning of Sept. 3 in her apartment on the outskirts of Albany and got readyfor the day. As she did every day, she lit a candle and said a prayer for thesafe return of JacobWetterling.It's a ritual she set aside timefor each morning for the past 27 years since the 11-year-old boy was abductedfrom a rural area near his hometown of St. Joseph Oct. 22, 1989.Later that day, Agnes learned that Jacob's remains had been found in a remote area near Paynesville.Danny Heinrich confessed to his kidnapping and murder during a hearing Sept. 6in a Minneapolis courtroom, having earlier led authorities to the boy's body.Now, Imdieke's prayers have adifferent focus: bittersweet gratitude that Jacob was finally found andreturned to his family, and for healing for everyone touched by his death,especially his mother, Patty Wetterling.Her commitment to pray for Jacobgained strength thanks to h...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Anybody - no matter their age or how healthy they are - can develop pneumonia. And it's possible the campaign trail's grueling schedule, with its germy hand-shaking and selfie-taking, increased Hillary Clinton's risk....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- For nearly 24 hours, Donald Trump was quiet....
BEIRUT (AP) -- A cease-fire came into effect in Syria at sunset Monday in the latest attempt led by the United States and Russia to bring some quiet in the 5 1/2-year civil war....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Confusion reigned Monday over Syria's new cease-fire as Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States and Russia could permit President Bashar Assad's government to launch new airstrikes against al-Qaida-linked militants. The State Department quickly reversed itself....
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hillary Clinton's campaign is scrambling to head off lasting damage from her brutal weekend. Aides are promising to release more of her medical records following her bout of pneumonia and conceding they were too slow in providing information about her condition....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has written a letter to the bishops of the Buenos Aires region of Argentina, praising them for their document which spells out ways in which priests should apply the teachings of his apostolic exhortation ‘Amoris Laetitia’.Listen to Philippa Hitchen's report: The Pope was responding to a document by the bishops entitled ‘Basic criteria for the application of chapter 8 of ‘Amoris Laetitia’ which details ways of ‘accompanying, discerning and integrating weakness’ for Catholics living in irregular family situations. That chapter focuses on the need to support and integrate divorcees into the life of the Church, specifying that “in certain cases, this can include the help of the sacraments”.In his letter the Pope underlines the urgency of formation of priests for the practice of discernment, stressing that this is central to the task of accompanying families in difficulty. He calls for in-dept...
