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(Vatican Radio) There was calm across much of Syria Wednesday following a Russian and US brokered ceasefire, although a number of violations were reported since it took hold. With the truce in place the northern city of Aleppo is awaiting much needed aid.U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura said aid for the rebel-held city is a top priority, and that a key concern about the overall cease-fire is whether sporadic ``incidents'' worsen to threaten the deal.Fr Ibrahim Alsabagh is the Parish priest in Aleppo and spoke to Lydia O’Kane about the desperate situation the people are facing there.Listen to the full interview CeasefireSpeaking about the effect of the ceasefire Fr Ibrahim said, that “we could sleep easily in this night and we hope really that this night could be a model for all the future nights. He added, that it has been “so so hard for us to live under continuous bombardment”.Living conditionsAsked about the conditions for the people...
The Catholic Diocese of Maralal’s Radio Mchungaji, which means The shepherd, is the eleventh Catholic radio station to go on air and to be established by the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) through the Commission for Social Communications and the conference’s Waumini Communications Company. This is line with Waumini’s mission to have 20 radio stations by the year 2020.Broadcasting on 95.4fm at a radius of 150 Km, Radio Mchungaji which is currently airing Nairobi’s Radio Waumini programmes is to have its own programming in Swahili, Samburu, Turkana and Pokot languages. The radio aims at promoting human and pastoral development, supporting peace-building and community empowerment; strengthening the Catholic faith in the Diocese of Maralal and facilitating awareness creation on projects managed by the Catholic dioceses of Maralal.At the beginning of September 2016, Waumini Communications team led by the Managing Director, David Omwoyo conducted a o...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Wednesday told the faithful not to be afraid in times of discouragement, poverty or difficulty because we can rely on God and He will provide solace.The Pope was speaking to the pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the weekly general audience.Reflecting on the Gospel passage by Matthew in which Jesus says: “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest”, today – Pope Francis said - we hear the Lord calling the discouraged, the poor and the little ones to himself, and telling them they can always rely on God.And he invited all believers – especially those who feel most powerless - to trust in God’s mercy, to open their hearts to Him, even if they feel unworthy, and they will be filled with the joy of forgiveness.The Pope referred again and again to the Holy Year of Mercy and said pilgrims around the world have been crossing the threshold of a Holy Door of mercy &n...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis remembered the Exaltation of the Holy Cross on Wednesday, at the end of his weekly General Audience.In greetings to young people, newlyweds, and all persons suffering illness of any kind, the Holy Father recalled the liturgical feast, connected with St. Helen’s recovery of the Cross in the fourth century, and celebrated in gratitude for the redemption won for us by Christ on the Holy Cross, and in acknowledgement of the instrument of our salvation.“Today,” said Pope Francis, “we celebrate the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.”The Holy Father went on to say, “Dear young people, as you return to the regular rhythms of life after the summer holidays, strengthen your dialogue with God as well, spreading his light and his peace.”To those suffering illness, Pope Francis said, “Find comfort in the Cross of the Lord Jesus, who continues His work of redemption in the life of every man.Newlyweds rece...
Vatican City, Sep 14, 2016 / 02:09 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Referencing the recent murder of French priest Fr. Jacques Hamel, Pope Francis said the persecution of Christians happening today, under any form, is a work of Satan.“This cruelty that asks for apostasy, let’s say the word, is satanic,” the Pope said in a homily Sept. 14.“Today in the church there are more Christian martyrs than in the first times. Today there are Christians who are assassinated, tortured, jailed, their throats are cut because they don’t deny Jesus Christ,” Francis stated.Pope Francis' comments were made during an early morning Mass celebrated in memory of Fr. Jacques Hamel at Casa Santa Marta Wednesday.Fr. Hamel, 85, was killed July 26 in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, a suburb of Rouen, while saying Mass. The assailants, who were armed with knives, declared their allegiance to the Islamic State, and were later shot dead by police.“To the first Christians, aposta...
Washington D.C., Sep 14, 2016 / 03:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- After a dissenting Catholic group recently circulated an ad campaign promoting publicly funded abortions, bishops have fired back by reaffirming the Catholic Church’s teaching against abortion and reiterating the value of every human being.“The recent full-page advertisement in the Star Tribune, paid for by a national group calling themselves ‘Catholics for Choice,’ woefully misrepresents the noble Catholic social justice tradition,” read a Sept. 12 statement from the Minnesota Catholic Conference.“The ad itself makes no effort to ground its claims in any authoritative source of the Catholic faith, which is rooted in the life and teachings of Jesus Christ and is proclaimed by the Church,” the statement continued.Catholics for Choice is a national, pro-abortion organization based in Washington, D.C. which advocates for Catholics who support abortion. Their recent advertisements have f...
Denver, Colo., Sep 14, 2016 / 06:02 am (CNA).- Catholic Twitter has been catfished.To define some terms, Catholic Twitter is a subculture where (mostly young) and hipster-lifestyle-inclined Catholics follow each other, share ideas, and tweet about faith, life and everything in between.For some, it can serve as a faith community in an otherwise very secular world. Strong friendships, and even relationships, forged in the Catholic Twitter forum are not uncommon.Catfishing, then, is an internet-ism that refers to someone pretending to be someone they’re not on social media sites, such as Facebook. (For an explanation of the marriage of fish and internet terminology, check out this article by Slate. TL;DR, it’s from a movie.)Today, Catholic Twitter found out that one of their own had been catfishing.The popular account @ThisCatholicGirl, which had amassed thousands of followers (a feat on Catholic Twitter) was outed as a fake this week in a blog post by Chase Padusniak, a gr...
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MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia is urging Syrian rebels to separate themselves from 'terrorists' to ensure that the Russia-U.S.-brokered cease-fire continues to hold in Syria, where a relative calm has prevailed since the truce went into effect two days ago....
