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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis will take part in the final meeting of the World Day of Prayer for Peace when he travels to Assisi on Tuesday, 20 September.The World Day of Prayer for Peace concludes a 3-day event organized by the Sant’Egidio Community entitled this year “Thirst of Peace. Religions and Cultures in Dialogue”. It will see the participation of over 450 religious leaders of different faiths gathered to pray for peace and strengthen dialogue in the spirit of Assisi.The first “World Day of Prayer for Peace of Assisi" was held by Pope Saint John Paul II in October 1986 the first time such an event had occurred. Major religious leaders, including the Dalai Lama and the Archbishop of Canterbury, joined with the Pope to call for peace, unity, and interreligious understanding. Saint John Paul II closed that meeting with the call "Let's keep spreading the message of Peace and living the spirit of Assisi" and since then the communit...
Tuesday 13 September 2016 marks the first anniversary of the beatification of South Africa’s first martyr, Blessed Tshimangadzo Samuel Benedict Daswa.The cause for Blessed Daswa’s beatification began back in 2008, and Pope Francis authorised the decree to make him a Blessed in January 2015.During the beatification ceremony in Thohoyandou, Limpopo, South Africa a year ago, Cardinal Angelo Amato, the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints read out the decree from Pope Francis describing Daswa as “a layman, a family man and an educator who gave heroic witness of the Gospel.”At the time Cardinal Amato also told Vatican Radio’s Roberto Piermarini that by beatifying Daswa, the Catholic Church was inviting the faithful “to nourish only feelings of love, of brotherhood, harmony, solidarity beyond any ethnic, social and religious divisions,” the Cardinal said.Also commenting on the beatification of Blessed Daswa, the Archbishop ...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Ian Langsdon, EPABy Mariana KarapinkaPARIS (CNS) -- On Sundays, the Saint-Germain-des-Presquarter of Paris -- known for its artistic cafes, expensive boutiques andnumerous bookstores -- is filled with people in embroidered shirts who speakUkrainian. Since 1943, the Ukrainian Catholic communityhas prayed at the Cathedral of St. Volodymyr the Great on the BoulevardSaint-Germain. Through the years, the parish has become the center of Ukrainiancultural and social life in Paris."We don't have a feeling that we are inParis as we are walking down the Boulevard Saint-Germain on Sunday or otherfeasts; it's like in our city of Ivano-Frankivsk," said Zoriana Dolishniak. She, her husband,Andriy, and two children came to Paris from Western Ukraine six years ago. InUkraine, Andriy Dolishniak had his own little business, but it did not go well,and they decided to start over in France. He works as an electrician in aconstruction firm; Zoriana Dolishniak cleans private houses. Their...
By Elizabeth FazziniSOMERSET COUNTY, Pa. (CNS) -- Fifteenyears after United Flight 93 crashed in an open field in southern Pennsylvania, asmall group of Catholics quietly gathered in the stillness of the site to rememberthe people who sacrificed their lives so that others might live.Msgr. Roger A. Statnick, pastor of St. Sebastian Parish in BelleVernon, and a board member of the Notre Dame Club ofGreensburg/Uniontown, celebrated an outdoor Mass of remembrance on a hill abovethe crash site for nearly 30 fellow club members at the Flight 93 National MemorialSept. 10, the eve of the anniversary."Today we gather in this spotwhere 40 people gave their lives for the sake of others," Msgr. Statnick said."Forty people who stand before us as the ongoing presence of the Lord Jesus forthose of us who believe in Christ."Four commercial airliners were commandeeredthe morning of Sept. 11, 2001, by al-Qaida-linked terrorists in a calculatedattack against the U.S. Two planes were flown into the Wor...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) -- The Fisher-Price Little People and Care Bears will square off against Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots and Transformers for a place in the National Toy Hall of Fame....
LONDON (AP) -- The times they have a-changed: Britain's new money is plastic....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans finally got a raise last year after eight years of stagnating incomes....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- "Dancing with the Stars" host Tom Bergeron said everyone in the studio was shocked when two men rushed the stage to protest Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte after his performance on the ABC reality competition....
BEIRUT (AP) -- The Syrian cease-fire appeared to be holding on Tuesday despite sporadic and minor violations of the U.S. and Russian brokered truce, which is aimed at paving the way for the delivery of humanitarian aid and the revival of peace talks....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Three witnesses ordered to testify Tuesday before a House committee investigating Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server asserted their constitutional rights against self-incrimination and did not appear or refused to answer questions....
