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(Vatican Radio) The program for Pope’s Francis’ visit to the Italian hilltop town of Assisi was released in the Vatican on Thursday. During his one-day visit the Pope will be taking part in the closing of an interreligious World Day of Prayer for Peace, organized by the Community of Sant’Egidio. His latest pilgrimage to Assisi marks the 30th anniversary of the First World Day of Prayer for Peace that St. John Paul convened in the birthplace of St. Francis, back in 1986.Pope Francis’ presence at the interreligious prayer summit on September 20th will mark his second visit to the birthplace of his namesake in less than two months. Listen to the report by Susy Hodges: Please see details of his programme below:10.30 Departure from Vatican City’s Helicopter Pad11.05 Landing at Assisi’s Migaghelli Sports Field near the Basilica of St Mary of the Angels.Pope Francis will be greeted by Bishop Domenico Sorrentino of Assisi and the local ...
(Vatican Radio) Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko says a new cease-fire between government forces and Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine is holding, after months of clashes which included the deadliest fighting in a year. Listen to the report by Stefan Bos: Poroshenko said in a statement Thursday that his forces had not seen any fighting with Russian-backed separatists in the prevous 12 hours. The parties in the conflict, which has claimed more than 9,500 lives, earlier agreed to stop fighting by September 1, which is the first day of school in Ukraine.Media of pro-Russian rebels confirmed the reports. Yet the road towards a new ceasefire hasn't been easy. Poroshenko said in separate remarks that more than a dozen Ukrainian soldiers had been killed and nearly a hundred wounded in what he called Russian shelling in recent weeks. ANGRY AT PUTINHe accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of seeking to destabilize Ukraine, which just celebrated...
The Venezuelan opposition coalition is mustering and coordinating supporters for a giant rally which they`re ominously dubbing....Takeover of Caracas. Listen to the report by James Blears: Electoral Authorities in Venezuela conclude a Referendum obliging a fresh Presidential Election can`t be done by January 10th. So even if the overall groundswell vote rumbled against Nicolas Maduro, his Vice President would step in his shoes and limp to the end of the proscribed term, due to expire in 2019. Weary of playing by pre-ordained rules, the Opposition are today taking to the streets of the Capitol en masse. The Government describes this as an obvious attempted Coup. President Maduro is vowing an overwhelming response with counter rallies, and to also respond with riot police. Many shops and businesses are shuttered and shut, fearing a showdown. Opposition Leader Henrique Capriles is calling for a measured and peaceful protest, a...
(Vatican Radio) “Praying for creation or praying with creation?” that was the question posed by the preacher of the Papal Household, Fr Raniero Cantalamessa at Vespers on Thursday evening.Against the majestic backdrop of St Peter’s Basilica and with Pope Francis looking on, Fr Cantalamessa told those present that “God did not program creation as if it were a clock or a computer in which every movement is programmed from the beginning, except, he added, maybe for some periodic updates.”The Papal Preacher underlined that the primary duty of human beings toward creation was to lend it a voice, adding that the sovereignty of human beings over the cosmos does not entail the triumphalism of our species, but the assumption of responsibility toward the weak, the poor, the defenseless.He also referred to the Holy Father’s encyclical on the environment Laudato Si which looks at the relationship between the poor and the fragility of the planet and as...
Washington D.C., Sep 1, 2016 / 11:15 am (CNA).- Billionaire George Soros’ Open Society Foundations sought to use Pope Francis’ visit to the U.S. to influence the 2016 elections and cultivate influence within the Catholic Church, according to leaked documents attributed to the major grant makers.The documents said $650,000 in funds were committed for the foundations’ grantees PICO Network and Faith in Public Life to respond to the papal visit. The foundations said they “placed a bet” in early 2015 that the grantees would “be able to make the most of his trip.”“In order to seize this moment, we will support PICO’s organizing activities to engage the Pope on economic and racial justice issues,” said the documents.The documents, published on the site DCLeaks.com, appear to be May 2015 and October 2015 board meeting books of the foundations’ U.S. Programs division and a February 9, 2016 memo on the U.S. Programs’ Opp...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Chris Brown has a released a new song a day after he was arrested and released on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon....
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities in Florida have found the Zika virus in trapped mosquitoes, the first time this has happened in the continental US....
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- An Indiana woman whose feticide conviction for a self-induced abortion was overturned in July walked out of prison Thursday, a day after a judge resentenced her to less time than she had already served and ordered her immediate release....
CEDAR KEY, Fla. (AP) -- Tropical Storm Hermine strengthened into a hurricane Thursday and steamed toward Florida's Gulf Coast, where people put up shutters, nailed plywood across store windows and braced for the first hurricane to hit the state in over a decade....
(Vatican Radio) To mark the September 1st day of prayer for creation, Pope Francis has added a new work of mercy for Catholics to perform: caring for our common home, the planet and all its inhabitants.At a press conference on Thursday morning, Cardinal Peter Turkson, head of the new Vatican office for Promoting Integral Human Development, and Bishop Brian Farrell from the Council for Christian Unity, introduced the Pope’s message for this annual observance, together with Irish author Terence Ward.Philippa Hitchen went along to find out more…Listen: ‘It’s not every day that you have a new work of mercy in the Catholic Church!’ That was how the new director of the Vatican press office, American Greg Burke introduced the briefing, focused on the papal message entitled ‘Show Mercy to our Common Home’.Since biblical times, Christians have been called to carry out 6 acts of mercy, listed in St Matthew’s Gospel – giving food a...
