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WASHINGTON (AP) -- During their eight overlapping years in the U.S. Senate, Hillary Clinton and Chuck Schumer were political partners, friendly - and sometimes less than friendly - rivals. Both were influential powerbrokers for New York, his home state and her adopted one....
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Republican Donald Trump vowed to boost military spending by tens of billions of dollars on Wednesday, outlining plans for major increases in the number of active troops, Navy ships and submarines, and fighter planes as he works to convince skeptics in both parties that he's ready to lead the world's most powerful military....
(Vatican Radio) The Paralympic Games 2016 will get underway later Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro following the opening ceremony at the Maracana Stadium.The 11-day competition will see more than 4000 athletes taking part from 161 countries.The games have not been without problems. There have been concerns over its budget and slow ticket sales have plagued the sporting event.However, organizers say a late surge has seen sales jump from around 200,000 to 1.6 million.The games in London were considered a turning point in sports for people with disabilities and the organizers and athletes are hoping that these games will leave behind a legacy of accessibility.Cristina Gangemi is a disability consultant to the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales.She agrees that the reaction to the games four years ago was one of wonderment rather than sympathy.Listen to Lydia O'Kane's interview with Cristina Gangemi “I think that what happened in London 2012 was that we saw a com...
(Vatican Radio) The Holy See signed a Framework Agreement with the Central African Republic on Tuesday in the CAR capital, Bangui.Consisting of a preamble and 21 articles, the Framework Agreement sets forth the legal outline for relations between the Church and the State in the country.A statement from the Holy See says the two Parties, while safeguarding the independence and autonomy with their own, undertake to work together for the moral, spiritual and material development of the human person and the promotion of the common good.The Framework Agreement will enter into force upon the exchange of instruments of ratification.
(Vatican Radio) Cardinal Luis Tagle, President of Caritas Internationalis, on Wednesday lamented the continuing reality of slavery and human trafficking despite the lessons of the past and so many advances in technology and human knowledge. Looking at this scourge, the cardinal said he wanted to ask ‘where is the humanity’ in our modern age when we see unscrupulous traffickers prey on the most vulnerable and poor among their fellow human beings. Cardinal Tagle, Archbishop of Manila, was among those attending a 3-day international conference against human trafficking held this week in the Nigerian capital, Abuja that was organized by Caritas and the Pontifical Council of Pastoral Care for Migrants and Itinerant People. Listen to the interview with Cardinal Luis Tagle, Archbishop of Manila and President of Caritas Internationalis: Asked for his feedback on the conference and its outcome, Cardinal Tagle said he was very satisfied with the outcome, conced...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis surprised German-speaking pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, when he greeted them at the end of the weekly General Audience with a few improvised words in their native tongue.“I am pleased to welcome the pilgrims from German-speaking countries and the Netherlands,” began the Holy Father, adding, “I greet in particular the faithful of the Diocese of Passau.” At that point, the Holy Father departed from his prepared remarks to invoke Our Lady, who has a famous shrine in Passau, which is a suffragan diocese of Munich and Friesing.“You call to mind the Virgin of Altötting,” he said.Pope Benedict XVI visited the shrine – the national shrine of the old Kingdom of Bavaria – during his 2006 trip, which also took him to Munich and Regensburg.
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Wednesday greeted Ricardo Quaresma, a member of Portugal’s national football team which won the European Championship this summer. The encounter happened during the weekly General Audience.The player brought Pope Francis a Portuguese national team shirt with the name “Francisco” and number “20” on the back. On Twitter and on his Facebook page before the meeting, Quaresma posted a photo of himself holding the shirt, with the caption “I am in the Vatican and bring a gift for Pope Francis. Do you think he is going to like it?”Quaresma plays winger for the Turkish club Besiktas.
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis invoked St. Teresa of Calcutta on Wednesday, in his final words to pilgrims and tourists before imposing his Apostolic Blessing at the end of the weekly General Audience.“This past Sunday, we celebrated the caononisation of Mother Teresa of Calcutta,” said Pope Francis in special greetings to the sick, to young people, and to newlyweds in St. Peter’s Square for the occasion.“Dear young people,” he continued, “become like her: artisans of mercy.”
Vatican City, Sep 7, 2016 / 08:56 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Wednesday, Pope Francis warned against making Jesus into the person we want him to be, and thus creating obstacles to a true relationship with Christ and his mercy.“The admonition of Jesus is always present: even today man constructs images of God that prevent him from enjoying his real presence,” the Pope said during the general audience Sept. 7.“Some carve out a 'do it yourself' faith that reduces God in the limited space of their own desires and their own beliefs. But this faith is not conversion to the Lord that is revealed, in fact, it prevents him from arousing our life and our conscience.”In his catechesis, Pope Francis named several different ways in which people create false images of God, such as those who invoke his name in defense of their own interests, or in the interest of hatred and violence, or those who deny Christ's divinity, considering him just a good ethical teacher an...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- God did not send his son into theworld to cast off the wicked but to offer them a path to conversion through mercyand love, PopeFrancis said.Those who object to Jesus' mercy toward sinners oftencreate an "imageof God that impedes them from enjoying his real presence," the pope said Sept. 7 at his weeklygeneral audience. "Some carve out a 'do-it-yourself' faith thatreduces God to the limited space of their own desires and their ownconvictions," the pope said. "Others reduce God to a false idol;using his holy name to justify their own interests or even to incite hatred andviolence."An estimated 25,000 people attended the audience in St. Peter's Square; many visitorswere in Rome for the Sept. 4 canonization of St. Teresa of Kolkata. Before delivering his final blessing the pope called onyoung people to follow her example and be "artisans of mercy." He asked those who areill "to feel her compassionate closeness, especi...
