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Berlin, Germany, Aug 12, 2016 / 06:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A Vatican bishop spoke out last week stressing that while few Muslims are terrorists, there are passages in the Quran advocating violence that can’t be ignored, and must be clarified from within the Muslim community.“It would be naive to pretend that there are not certain episodes in the Koran and the Hadith that may lend themselves to a violent interpretation,” Bishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, president of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, said Aug. 5.He added that “how the Muslim community worldwide can give a peaceful hermeneutic to these passages is a task which I imagine will be made more difficult with too much pressure ‘from outside,’” and that thus “I wouldn't dream of telling Muslims how to interpret their faith.”“But those who want to work towards that end from within will find a strong ally and friend in the Catholic Church, ready to ac...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Almaz Ayana of Ethiopia delivered a stunning start to track and field at the Olympics with a world record in the 10,000 meters Friday, wiping away the competition just after the halfway point and striding to victory with effortless grace....
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Egyptian judo fighter Islam El Shehaby was loudly booed at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after his first-round loss to Israel's fifth-ranked Or Sasson, when El Shehaby refused to shake Sasson's hand, in a major breach of judo etiquette....
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- A 62-year-old Florida woman is charged with aggravated manslaughter after authorities said her 6-year-old son beat his newborn sister to death while the children and their 3-year-old brother were left alone in the family's minivan....
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday fired Sergei Ivanov, his chief of staff and one of his closest allies, in the Kremlin's most high-profile power reshuffling in years....
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- After days of alleging repeatedly that President Barack Obama literally founded the Islamic State group, Donald Trump abruptly shifted tone on Friday and insisted his widely debunked claim had been sarcastic....
Vatican Weekend for August 13, 2016 begins with a look at what Pope Francis had to say at the General Audience: open the doors of our hearts and rise up to God’s compassion this Jubilee Year of Mercy. Then, Fr. Peter Stravinskas takes us to the Holy Land to reflect on Our Lady’s Assumption into Heaven. The programme concludes with a focus segment on another holy woman of the Church: Edith Stein or Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. In an interview with Veronica Scarisbrick, Discalced Carmelite Father Ulrich Dobhan sheds light on this remarkable saint from wartime Germany…Listen to this programme presented and produced by Tracey McClure:
Vatican Weekend for August 14, 2016 features our weekly reflection on the Sunday Gospel presented by Jill Bevilacqua for the series 'There's More in the Sunday Gospel than Meets the Eye'. The programme ends with part II of our tour of the museum beneath the Rome Basilica of Saint Major with our guide, Vatican Museums curator, Professor Arnold Nesselrath.Listen to the programme presented and produced by Tracey McClure:
(Vatican Radio) In this week's edition of There's More in the Sunday Gospel Than Meets the Eye, Jill Bevilacqua and Seàn-Patrick Lovett bring us readings and reflections for the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.Listen: GOSPEL LK 12:49 -53Jesus said to his disciples:“I have come to set the earth on fire,and how I wish it were already blazing!There is a baptism with which I must be baptized,and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished!Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth?No, I tell you, but rather division.From now on a household of five will be divided,three against two and two against three;a father will be divided against his sonand a son against his father,a mother against her daughterand a daughter against her mother,a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-lawand a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”
