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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.”
San Jose, Calif., Aug 12, 2016 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Ryan Scheel was shopping for a rosary on eBay when one listing caught him off guard.A first class relic of the bone of a saint, still in its wax-sealed reliquary, was listed for sale – to the tune of $3,600.“The listing was crass enough to even describe the relic as 'ex ossibus,' a Latin term meaning 'from the bones,'” Scheel told CNA e-mail comments.He decided to further search the online auction site, and found “pages and pages” of other first class relics for sale, violating eBay’s own policy that prohibits the sale of human body parts, other than human scalp hair.Scheel, who is also the founder and editor of the Catholic resource site uCatholic, said he tried to use eBay’s “Report Item” feature in order to alert the site of the first class relics, but he said the closest option given from the available drop-down list states: “The item in this li...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Despite a continuing nuclear standoff and virtually no interactions between each other politically, some North and South Koreans are making an exception - among their athletes at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Marijuana will remain on the government's list of most highly regulated and dangerous drugs, the Obama administration says, despite growing popular support for the widespread legalization of pot....
HUA HIN, Thailand (AP) -- An hour before midnight, Andrea Tazzioli was fetching his own birthday cake, looking forward to celebrating with friends in this balmy beach resort town, a world away from his stressful military work in Afghanistan....
HUA HIN, Thailand (AP) -- Attackers using firebombs and homemade explosives struck a series of popular resort cities and beach towns across Thailand in some of the worst violence to hit the country since a military coup two years ago. At least four people were killed and dozens wounded, including 11 foreigners....
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times local):...
(Vatican Radio) The Pontifical Commission for Latin America has issued a statement on the celebration of the Jubilee of Mercy on the American continent. The full text is below. THE CELEBRATION OF THE EXTRAORDINARY JUBILEE OF MERCY ON THE AMERICAN CONTINENTBogotá, Colombia -- August 27-30, 2016 The Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy is the fruit of the Holy Spirit’s strong and timely inspiration to Pope Francis. All Christians, Christian communities and their shepherds have been invited to contemplate more deeply the mystery of Mercy, attribute of God, revealed and realized in its fullness by Jesus Christ and spread by the grace of the Holy Spirit. In this way, the Holy Father is guiding us to live the essential part of the Gospel as good news for individuals, families, peoples and nations. For this reason, from August 27th to the 30th, the continental Celebration of the Extraord...
Homs, Syria, Aug 11, 2016 / 10:08 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The war-torn Cathedral of Homs sits in the heart of western Syria.When the area was occupied by the Syrian civil war’s opposition forces, they turned the cathedral into a military headquarters.The occupation took its toll. Icons of the cathedral were stolen, severely damaged or defaced. The marble columns were almost completely ruined. The ambo has been targeted by gunfire, while many furnishings were burned.In the crypt, the tombs of priests were desecrated. One body was torn from its resting place.Even the roof has holes caused by rocket damage, as large as 23 feet in diameter.The siege lasted from April 2011 to May 2014, killing some 2,000 people. Now, the Syrian opposition has withdrawn. Christians are returning home.They need to rebuild their cathedral, which is dedicated to Our Lady of Peace.Pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need launched a fundraising campaign in late July for the Melkite Greek Catholic cat...
