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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug 5, 2016 / 02:58 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In the shadows of the emblematic statue of Christ the Redeemer, the Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro, Cardinal Orani Joao Tempesta, blessed the Olympic torch and wished for games of fraternity and peace.The cardinal’s blessing of the torch at Christ the Redeemer marked the final day of the torch’s 95-day journey across Brazil to the Olympic stadium for the start of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.“I wish the Olympic Games to be a wonderful experience of fraternity and peace, and an opportunity to help build a more just country,” said Cardinal Tempesta, before leading attendees in the Our Father.The torch was carried and held by Brazil’s former Olympic volleyball player Maria Isabel Barroso Salgado, who ran most of the challenging uphill road to the statue of Christ the Redeemer. From there, the torch started on its last leg to the Maracana Stadium where the opening ceremonies ...
Washington D.C., Aug 5, 2016 / 03:07 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- As activists push “After School Satan” programs for elementary school students, it is likely an underhanded tactic to remove all religious programs from public schools, one lawyer says. “What they’re trying to do, I think, is scare people into saying ‘let’s shut down the forum’,” Jordan Lorence, senior counsel for the legal group Alliance Defending Freedom, told CNA. “And they would eliminate all of these Bible clubs, prayer meetings, ‘Good News Clubs’ that are meeting all around the country.”The Satanic Temple – a group dedicated to promoting rationalism, individual liberty, and secularism – has announced its plans to establish “After School Satan” in several U.S. public school districts.In a fundraising pitch on its website, the temple claims that “Fundamentalist Christian organizations are trying to turn public schoo...
Washington D.C., Aug 5, 2016 / 04:25 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Just days after United States Vice President Joe Biden officiated at a same-sex wedding ceremony, three leading bishops aimed for clarity: such actions counter Catholic teaching and aren’t a faithful witness.“When a prominent Catholic politician publicly and voluntarily officiates at a ceremony to solemnize the relationship of two people of the same-sex, confusion arises regarding Catholic teaching on marriage and the corresponding moral obligations of Catholics. What we see is a counter witness, instead of a faithful one founded in the truth,” said an Aug. 5 message on the U.S. bishops’ conference blog.The statement was signed by Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, president of the U.S. bishops' conference; Bishop Richard Malone of Buffalo, who chairs the committee on laity, marriage, family life, and youth; and Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami, who chairs the committee on domestic justice and...
Assisi, Italy, Aug 5, 2016 / 05:09 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- During his visit to Assisi Thursday, Pope Francis had a brief, unscheduled meeting with the imam of Perugia, Abdel Qader Mohammed, who thanked the Roman Pontiff for his recent statement that true Islam is not a religion of violence, but of peace.Pope Francis met briefly with Mohammed during his Aug. 4 visit to the Porziuncola inside the Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels.According to San Francesco, the official magazine of the Franciscans in Assisi, Mohammed thanked Pope Francis for statements he made during his July 31 papal flight to Rome where he affirmed, in Mohammed's words, “that Islam is not a religion of terrorism, but a faith of peace.”When asked by a French journalist during the flight whether or not Islam as a whole can be considered a violent religion, the Pope responded that “I do not believe it is right to identify Islam with violence…This is not right and it is not true.”&ldqu...
By WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Byofficiating at a same-sex wedding, Vice President Joe Biden as a prominentCatholic politician has created confusion over church teaching on marriage and "thecorresponding moral obligations of Catholics," three U.S. bishops said Aug. 5."Questions revolving aroundmarriage and human sexuality are deeply felt in our homes and communities,"said the bishops. "We join with our Holy Father Pope Francis in affirming theinviolable dignity of all people and the church's important role inaccompanying all those in need."In doing so, we also stand withPope Francis in preserving the dignity and meaning of marriage as the union ofa man and a woman."Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz ofLouisville, Kentucky, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, wasjoined by two USCCB chairmen in writing a blog post about Biden presiding at asame-sex wedding of two longtime White House aides Aug. 1. The posting is onthe USCCB blog, http://usccbmedia.blogspot.com.Signing on to the blog...
