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(Vatican Radio) Cardinal Óscar Maradiaga, SDB, is attending the Jubilee of the Americas, an event organised by the Pontifical Commission for Latin America and the CELAM (Latin American Bishop's Conference) in Bogotà, Colombia.The "Celebration of Mercy in the American Continent" is taking place 27-30 August to bring together different aspects of ‘church’ and to experience the merciful face of the Father.Cardinal Maradiaga is the Archbishop of Tegucigalpa in Honduras and the coordinator of the C9 Council of Cardinals. He told Vatican Radio the Jubilee of the Americas is 'like a crown in this Year of Mercy'.Listen to the full interview: Cardinal Maradiaga said, "We have been reflecting, praying, celebrating, and also visiting many works of mercy that are developed here in Bogotà, but as well in the rest of Latin America with the witness of many bishops."He said all present are &q...
Rimini, Italy, Aug 30, 2016 / 03:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Brazilian man who received the miracle allowing for Mother Teresa’s canonization has shared his story, saying he and his wife were ordinary believers who received an extraordinary sign of God’s mercy.“From the beginning, the diagnoses weren’t good and they seemed only worse. (But) from that moment, inside this great suffering, we understood that something had happened,” Marcilio Haddad Andrino said of his miraculous healing.“I was sure that it was Mother Teresa who healed me.”Andrino, who comes from Santos, Brazil, was healed through the intercession of Mother Teresa – the miracle that paved the way for her canonization, which is set for Sept. 4.He spoke with journalists during the Aug. 19-25 annual Rimini Meeting in Italy alongside his wife Fernanda, who each shared their own perspective of Marcilio’s illness and miraculous healing.Fernanda, sharing her perspectiv...
Cairo, Egypt, Aug 30, 2016 / 06:00 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Christians in Egypt are hoping that a new law will make it easier for them to build churches, particularly after old laws effectively forced Christians to celebrate Mass in house churches.“It is vital that the final law that gets passed should be acceptable to all parties and fully consistent with Article 235 of the constitution,” Dwight Bashir, co-director of policy and research at the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, stated to CNA.Article 235 of the 2014 Constitution of Egypt mandated that the country’s parliament would “in its first legislative term” pass a new law about building churches “in a manner that guarantees the freedom to practice religious rituals for Christians.”However, the parliament did not pass the law in its first term, and set a new deadline by the end of September.Christians have encountered serious obstacles to building new churches in Egypt, th...
BERLIN (AP) -- Scientists have found evidence to support what many dog owners have long believed: man's best friend really does understand some of what we're saying....
SEATTLE (AP) -- Authorities say the husband of Heart lead singer Ann Wilson is being held on investigation of assaulting two relatives during the group's show in suburban Seattle....
AMATRICE, Italy (AP) -- Construction crews worked through the night to build a tent complex to host an Italian state funeral Tuesday in quake-devastated Amatrice after outraged residents rejected the government's plan to hold the service in a distant airport hangar....
PARIS (AP) -- French President Francois Hollande has criticized Turkey's "contradictory" military intervention in Syria and warned Russia not to become a "protagonist" in the war....
BRUSSELS (AP) -- Apple will have to pay up to 13 billion euros ($14.5 billion) plus interest in back taxes to Ireland after the European Union found Tuesday that the U.S. technology giant received illegal tax benefits over 11 years....
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Bogotá, Colombia, Aug 29, 2016 / 10:55 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Our Lady of Guadalupe is the model for how Christian works of mercy can cross cultural divides in the Americas, Supreme Knight of Columbus Carl Anderson told a major Catholic gathering in Colombia on Monday.Anderson recounted the story of the appearances of Our Lady of Guadalupe to St. Juan Diego, an indigenous man living in early colonial Mexico in 1531.When Our Lady of Guadalupe healed Juan Diego’s uncle, she “transcended cultures and welcomed everyone, while leading them to Christ,” Anderson said Aug. 29.He voiced hope that the Knights of Columbus, the Catholic laity in the Americas, and the entire Church would continue the Virgin Mary’s witness.“When we act in witness to our faith through these corporal and spiritual works of mercy, we engage in a ‘charity that evangelizes’ across cultural and other divides,” he said.Anderson spoke at the Celebration of the Extraordinary J...
