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Vatican City, Aug 26, 2016 / 06:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- It’s been said that saints often come in pairs.Sts. Peter and Paul, Mary and Joseph, Francis and Clare, and Louis and Zelie Martin are just a handful of such saints, coupled together through marriage or friendship.Perhaps the best-known modern saintly pair of friends would be Mother Teresa and John Paul II, whose lives intersected many times during her time as Mother Superior of the Missionaries of Charity, and his pontificate.When John Paul II came to visit Mother Teresa’s home in the heart of the slums in Kolkata in 1986, Mother Teresa called it “the happiest day of my life.”When he arrived, Mother Teresa climbed up into the white popemobile and kissed the ring of the Bishop of Rome, who then kissed the top of Mother’s head, a greeting they would exchange almost every time they met.After their warm hello, Mother took John Paul II to her Nirmal Hriday (Sacred Heart) home, a home for the sick and t...
By Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- When nonviolence is the basic approach ofpolitical decisions and public policy, it promotes the restoration andconsolidation of peace, the Vatican said. In his message for the Jan. 1 celebration of World Peace Day, PopeFrancis will offer reflections on the importance of nonviolence as a politicalchoice, the Vatican said in a statement Aug. 26."Nonviolence: A style of politics for peace" is thetheme the pope chose for World Peace Day 2017, the Vatican said. A papalmessage on the theme will be sent to heads of states around the world inDecember. Pope Francis' frequent references to a "third world war inpieces" highlight the "serious negative social consequences" ofviolence, the Vatican statement said. "Peace, by contrast, promotes socially positive consequencesand it allows the achievement of real progress. Therefore, we should act withinwhat is possible, and negotiate ways of peace even where they seem tortuous andimpractical," the Vatica...
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) -- Kyle Cook can't decide whether he's really unlucky or incredibly fortunate....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration wants all U.S. blood centers to start screening for Zika, a major expansion intended to protect the nation's blood supply from the mosquito-borne virus....
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- It was in early morning darkness that officers scrambled to sort out the chaos at an Albuquerque apartment complex where a couple had reportedly been attacked, the woman bleeding from a head injury and the man sporting a black eye and wearing blood-stained shorts....
PARIS (AP) -- France's top administrative court overturned a ban on burkinis in a Mediterranean town, in a decision Friday that should set legal precedent regarding a swimsuit crackdown that has divided the country and provoked shock around the world....
DARAYA, Syria (AP) -- Syrian rebels and their families began evacuating a long-besieged Damascus suburb Friday as part of an agreement reached with the government following four years of grueling airstrikes and siege that left the suburb in ruins....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Friday that the case for raising interest rates has strengthened in light of a solid job market and an improved outlook for the U.S. economy and inflation. But she stopped short of offering any timetable....
ATLANTA (AP) -- Republican Donald Trump has told conservative evangelical pastors in Florida that his presidency would preserve "religious liberty" and reverse what he insists is a government-enforced muzzling of Christians....
