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Jesuit priest Father Charles Searson, who is Zambia and Malawi Promoter of the Apostleship of Prayer has urged collaborators in the two countries to animate others into joining Pope Francis' call for Sports as a vehicle that builds world peace.In his message to collaborators, Fr. Searson says now that the Olympic Games have begun in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sports can play a significant role in the promotion of peace.“Sports can bring out the very best in men and women, youth and children. Healthy competition leads to a sense of personal well-being and happiness.” He asks, “Where do we stand regarding regular exercise appropriate for each one's age and health?” He then adds that it is interesting how the worlds of faith and medicine agree on this point.“For a long and happy life, we are advised: Never retire, do physical exercise appropriate for your age and eat a healthy diet. From a more social angle, Pope Francis invites us to pray that ...
“I think my country (Central African Republic), has seen it all. We have been through difficult and trying situations in the past but in the midst of it all, we had the great joy of welcoming the Holy Father, Pope Francis between the 29 and 30 of November last year. Since his visit, we have lived a life full of grace; a life of mercy showered upon us from heaven above,” Archbishop Dieudonné Nzapalainga, speaking in French, recently told Vatican Radio’s English Africa Service in an interview.Asked to reflect on life in the Central African Republic (CAR) today, the Archbishop of Bangui credits recent successes to Pope Francis.“Right now in my country, everyone will tell you the same thing. Be they Muslim, Protestant, Catholic, everyone! They will say the same thing: Pope Francis brought a new breath of fresh air to our country and individual lives. Before he came, we were divided into our little camps, chained to our hatreds; isolated and busy meting o...
Caritas Vietnam organised three days of seminars and lectures from 2 to 4 August in the Diocese of Phát Di?m in order to curb the high level of abortions and educate people to respect life.The activities associated with the event involved young people from nine northern Vietnamese provinces in nine different projects. Caritas also took action to help flooded northern parishes deal with the effects of a super typhoon."The groups for the protection of life have held sessions and lectures to raise awareness among young people at risk,” said Fr John Ð? Van Khoa, head of Caritas Phát Di?m. “They organised catechism courses focused on marriage, counselling and assistance for girls and young women without a family."Abortion is a rising problem in Vietnam, which ranks first in South-East Asia and fifth in the world for this practice. Each year more than 300,000 young people between 15 and 19 years have an abortion, often in clandestine manner.The aborti...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Michael CollopyBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS)-- The poor, the suffering and those who minister to them will be at the centerof celebrations leading up to the canonization of Blessed Teresa of Kolkata at the Vatican.The main event -- the canonization Mass -- will begin at10:30 a.m. Sept. 4, the Vatican announced Aug. 5.A "familyfeast" for the poor, a musical, Masses and prayer vigils willprecede her canonization, accordingto programs published by the Vatican and by the Missionaries of Charity, theorder she founded.Known as the "saint of the gutters," Mother Teresa wasrevered for ministering to the sick and the dying in some of the world'spoorest neighborhoods. Born Agnes GonxhaBojaxhiu in 1910 to an ethnicAlbanian family in Skopje, in what is now part of Macedonia, Mother Teresa wentto India as a Sister of Loreto in 1929. Receiving what she described as a"call within a call," she began her missionary work with the poor andlaid the foundation for what woul...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Kai Pfaffenbach, ReutersBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In a personal message addressed toeach of the 10 members of the new Refugee Olympic Team, Pope Francis wishedthem success in their events and thanked them for the witness they are givingthe world.Naming each of the team's athletes from South Sudan, Syria,Congo and Ethiopia, Pope Francis said he had read some of the interviews withteam members "so that I could get closer to your lives and youraspirations.""I extend my greetings and wish you success at theOlympic Games in Rio -- that your courage and strength find expression throughthe Olympic Games and serve as a cry for peace and solidarity," he said inthe message, signed in late July.The 2016 Summer Games marked the first time a refugee teamofficially participated in the Olympics. Team members marched under the Olympicflag and, in the event a team member wins a medal, the Olympic anthem was to beplayed instead of the national anthem of the athlete's home...
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) -- The 10-year-old son of a Kansas state lawmaker died while riding a waterslide that's billed as the world's largest, according to officials and the boy's family....
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- The threat of violence by people inspired by foreign extremists invokes fear in a majority of young Americans across racial groups. But for young people of color, particularly African-Americans, that fear is matched or surpassed by worries about violence from white extremists....
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) -- A suicide bomber killed at least 67 people and wounded dozens more in an attack that struck a government-run hospital in the southwestern city of Quetta on Monday, police and doctors said....
