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(Vatican Radio) An agreement was signed on Wednesday between the Vatican-owned Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital and the Bethlehem-based Holy Family Hospital, which is operated by the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Holy Family Hospital is a major maternity hospital serving Palestine, and over 3,500 children are born in the institution every year.Under the two-year renewable agreement, the Bambino Gesù will provide professional support to the staff of Holy Family Hospital, including training courses.“We are very happy with this important agreement,” said the Grand Hospitaller of the Order of Malta, Dominique de La Rochefoucauld-Montbel. “The medical expertise of the Bambino Gesù, which is renowned throughout the world, can only enhance the professional reputation of our doctors and nurses who care for thousands of women in the Holy Land, which is today shaken and without peace.”“It is an honor for us to collaborate with Hol...
(Vatican Radio) The Council of Nine Cardinals, who are Pope Francis’ special advisors on the reform of the Roman Curia and on other aspects of governance and administration of the universal Church, held a regularly scheduled meeting this week, which opened on Monday, September 12th, and concluded Wednesday, September 14th.The Director of the Press Office of the Holy See, Greg Burke, briefed reporters on the three days of sessions on Wednesday morning.During the course of the briefing it emerged that the meeting, which took place over morning and afternoon sessions in which the Holy Father took part, were devoted in large part to further considerations about the way in which the various departments the Curia can better serve the mission of the Church, and focused in particular on the Congregations for the Clergy, for Bishops, and for Catholic Education, as well as on the work of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.The Cardinals also addressed the issue ...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICANCITY (CNS) ?- To kill in the name of God is satanic, Pope Francis said at aspecial requiem Mass for a French priest assassinated by youths claimingallegiance to the Islamic State."Father Jacques Hamel had histhroat slit on the cross, at the exact moment he was celebrating the sacrifice of Christ'scross. A good man, meek, brotherly and who always sought to make peace, wasmurdered as if he were a criminal. This is the satanic line ofpersecution," the pope said Sept. 14 during a morning Mass in the chapelof Domus Sanctae Marthae.Archbishop Dominique Lebrun of Rouen andFather Hamel's sister, RoselyneHamel, along with 80 pilgrims from the diocese joined Pope Francis forthe Mass in memory of Father Hamel, who was killed July 26.Twomen stormed a churchin Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvraynear Rouen while Father Hamel celebrated Mass. After taking several hostages,the attackers slit Father Hamel's throat and seriously injured anotherparishioner. Fo...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Clergy whouse their position for personal gain rather than to help those in need do not follow the spirit ofJesus who took upon himself the sufferings of others, Pope Francis said. Jesus often would rebuke such leaders and warned his followers to"do what they say but not what they do," the pope said Sept. 14 athis weekly general audience. "Jesus was not a prince," the pope said."It is awful for the church when pastors become princes, far from thepeople, far from the poorest people. That is not the spirit of Jesus."As is customary, before speaking, Pope Francis made his way around St. Peter's Square in the popemobile, greetingthousands of pilgrims who waved, kissing children presented for a blessing andeven taking repeated sips of the mate tea offered by an Argentine pilgrim. In his talk, the pope reflected onJesus' tenderness toward the poor, the suffering and the oppressed and his invitation, "Come to me, all you w...
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JERUSALEM (AP) -- Former Israeli President Shimon Peres' condition was showing slight improvements after he suffered a major stroke, with his physicians saying Wednesday that he had regained consciousness and squeezed his doctor's hand, while the nation rallied in prayer and support for the 93-year-old elder statesman and Nobel Peace Prize laureate....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, in newly leaked emails, criticized both major presidential candidates, calling Donald Trump "a national disgrace" and lamenting Hillary Clinton's attempt to equate her email practices with his....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Wednesday morning celebrated Mass for the French priest of Rouen, Fr. Jacques Hamel, whom he described, is part of the chain of Christian martyrs that runs throughout the history of the Church.Father Hamel was murdered while celebrating Mass in his Parish Church by two men swearing allegiance to the so-called Islamic State in July.Linda Bordoni reports: To the congregation gathered at Santa Marta and which included Archbishop Dominque Lebrun of Rouen, along with 80 other pilgrims from the diocese, Pope Francis said that “to kill in the name of God is satanic”.Reflecting on the many martyrs that are part of the history of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis said: “this is a story that repeats itself in the Church, and today, he said, there are more Christian martyrs than there were at beginning of Christianity”Today – he continued - there are Christians "who are murdered, tortured, imprisoned, have their throats slit ...
