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On Tuesday afternoon the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby delivered a meditation during an ecumenical prayer ceremony with representatives of other Christian denominations in the Lower Basilica of St. Francis on the final day of the World Day of Prayer for Peace gathering in Assisi. The Archbishop told those present including Pope Francis and the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew that, " God offers wealth that is real and will bring satisfaction. He calls for us to listen, to eat, to come, to trust".Drawing inspiration from the Book of Isaiah he said, "...when we receive mercy and peace we become the bearers of mercy (and) peace." Concluding his meditation Archbishop Welby underlined that, "we are called to be Christ's voice to the hopeless, calling, "come, to the waters" in a world of drought and despair, giving away with lavish generosity what we have received in grace-filled mercy."Below is the full text of Arc...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has warned humanity against “the deafening silence of indifference and selfishness” before the cry of those who live under the threat of bombs and plead for peace.Pope Francis’ meditation was delivered during an ecumenical prayer ceremony with representatives of other Christian denominations in the Lower Basilica of St. Francis during the closing of the World Day of Prayer for Peace in Assisi.The Pope spoke of the ‘thirst’ of Jesus in which we can “hear the voice of the suffering, the hidden cry of the little innocent ones to whom the light of this world is denied, the sorrowful plea of the poor and those most in need of peace. The victims of war, which sullies people with hate and the earth with arms, plead for peace; our brothers and sisters, who live under the threat of bombs and are forced to leave their homes into the unknown, stripped of everything, plead for peace”.And before concluding with a pray...
(Vatican Radio) Among those participating in the Assisi Meeting of world religious leaders for the World Day of Prayer for Peace was Bartholomew I, the Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch.In his remarks, the Patriarch said peace “needs a few cornerstones to uphold it even when it is endangered.”“There can be no peace without mutual respect and acknowledgment,” – Patriarch Bartholomew said – “There can be no peace without justice, there can be no peace without fruitful cooperation among all the peoples in the world.”He also said peace comes from “mutual knowledge and cooperation”, and spoke of the role the leaders gathered in Assisi need to have in this process.“As Faiths, as Humanist Cultures, as Human Beings, today we must revive all this, in a new way, through new gestures,” said Patriarch Bartholomew.“We need to be able to ask ourselves where we may have been wrong, or where we have ...
Vatican City, Sep 20, 2016 / 06:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican holds a special seminar series each year for new bishops to help them learn their new role.Among these new bishops was Bishop Ruben Tierrablanca Gonzalez, the vicar apostolic of Istanbul.For him, the seminar had a singular focus. It “teaches all of us bishops to look at the Church in its entirety,” he told CNA. “The seminar mostly focuses on one, reiterated issue: we must understand that the Church is simply one,” Bishop Tierrablanca recounted. “We, the bishops of local Churches, are not called to merely focus only on our local Churches, while not taking care of other situations. We are called to look at the entire Church.”A Franciscan originally hailing from Mexico, Bishop Tierrablanca has lived in Istanbul since 2003. He was appointed apostolic vicar for Istanbul in April.He came to Rome for the annual seminar for new bishops Sept. 10-18.The annual gathering of newly appoin...
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....
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CANONSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A school cafeteria worker has quit over what she considers a "lunch shaming" policy in a Pennsylvania school district....
