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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis met with participants in the Dominican General Chapter on Thursday ahead of his afternoon visit to Assisi, speaking to them about the need to incarnate the Gospel through preaching, witness, and charity.The audience with Pope Francis concludes the General Chapter marking 800 years since the founding of the Order of Preachers by St. Dominic.Listen to Devin Watkins' report: Beginning with a joke about his day’s activities, Pope Francis laughingly said his day could be called “A Jesuit among Friars”, since it saw him meet with the spiritual children of the contemporaries St. Dominic and St. Francis.Putting jokes aside, the Holy Father got to the heart of the matter, speaking to the Dominicans gathered about the need to incarnate the Gospel through preaching, witness, and charity.He said it was God who inspired St. Dominic to found the Order of Preachers and put preaching at the heart of their mission, just as Jesus had taught hi...
Catholic Members of Parliament (MPs) on Tuesday this week donated assorted food items to Mother Teresa’s orphanage in Lilongwe. The centre is run by the Missionaries of Charity Sisters.Speaking on behalf of the MPs, leader of the Catholic community in the Malawi National Assembly, Francis Kasaila said as Catholics they wanted to join the rest of the Catholic faithful in this Year of Mercy by doing charitable works.“You know this is the Year of Mercy as it has been declared by our Pope, Pope Francis and as a Catholic community at parliament, we thought that we do something in order to support those that need our support,” said Kasaila who is Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) representative for Nsanje Central Constituency.He said after thorough consultation with their chaplain, they decided to make a donation to the Missionaries of Charity Sisters who are taking care of the orphans.“This is just a small donation of course otherwise; we know that these Sister...
As the residents of Ezo County of Gbudwe State in South Sudan flee insecurity in the town, the Catholic parish priest of Regina Mundi in South Sudan’s Tombura-Yambio Diocese is staying for the sake of the few Christians who are determined to remain. Fr Jacinto Nangi has spoken of his isolation to Catholic Radio Anisa. He revealed that though many Christians have deserted the town, he is determined to stay with the few Christians in the area.Fr. Nangi says where there is the will, peace is possible. He says he appreciates the state government for speaking the language of peace at this critical time. On Monday, this week a group of armed youth, in Gbudwe state, unilaterally released six community members whom they had detained for ten days. (Catholic Radio Network/Radio Anisa)Email: engafrica@vatiradio.va
(Vatican Radio) Caring for millions of migrants on the move, within their own countries or forced to flee their native lands. That’s the mission of the Geneva based International Catholic Migration Commission, or ICMC, founded in 1951 as a response to the massive human displacement caused by the Second World War.The Commission’s new secretary general, Mgr Robert Vitillo was in Rome last week, together with other staff members to present their 2015 annual report focused on the practical assistance, resettlement programmes and policy work carried out, especially in response to the conflicts in the Middle East.To find out more about the kind of support the ICMC provides, particularly to families uprooted by the war in Syria, Philippa Hitchen spoke to operations director, Walter Brill and to senior operations officer Cristina Palazzo….Listen: Brill says the ICMC has been working for many years in Syria, in close collaboration with a local partner, Terre des Ho...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis was making a private pilgrimage to the Italian hill town of Assisi on Thursday afternoon to visit the Porziuncola chapel there to mark the 800th anniversary of the "Pardon of Assisi." The Porziuncola is a small chapel housed inside the town’s Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels which St. Francis of Assisi restored and where he founded the Franciscan order at the start of the 13th century.Pope Francis previously visited Assisi on the feast day of the Italian saint, his namesake, on October the 4th, 2013.His visit this year coincides with the 800th anniversary of the “Pardon of Assisi” which is the possibility to receive a plenary indulgence during the first two days of August. The tradition began after the saint received a divine vision and asked God to grant an indulgence to all pilgrims who visit the church.Pope Francis' Schedule:The Pope will arrive in Assisi by helicopter around 3.40 pm and will go to the Basilica...
Washington D.C., Aug 4, 2016 / 03:26 am (CNA).- Although both major 2016 vice presidential nominees were raised Catholic and still profess to be Christians, their public policy records have drawn concern from some members of the faithful.The “free exercise” of religion “is not simply about what you do in Church on Sunday morning,” Deacon Keith Fournier of the Common Good initiative told CNA. “It’s how you exercise that faith in every sector, whether it’s commerce, politics, participation – all of it.”Both major nominees for vice president are baptized Catholics. Virginia Senator Tim Kaine still identifies as a Catholic and was seen at Sunday Mass on July 24 after he was picked by Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton to be her running mate.Indiana Governor Mike Pence, meanwhile, was raised Catholic but identified in 1994 as a “born-again, evangelical Catholic.” He started attending an evangelical megachurch ...
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