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Santiago, Chile, Aug 2, 2016 / 04:03 pm (CNA).- A prison inmate in Chile was surprised when she received a letter last week from Pope Francis, whom she had written a year ago asking for prayers.On July 27, local bishop Luis Infanti came to the prison in Coyhaique, located in the Aysén Region in southern Chile. He gave the letter to Nicol, a young mother who is being held there.The story began last year, when the inmates at Coyhaique prison were visited by the Apostolic Nuncio, Ivo Scapolo, who proposed that she write a letter to the Pope that he would personally deliver to him. The young woman told the Holy Father about her conditions in prison and her sentence. She asked “that you pray a lot for me and for the people living here with me,” she told the diocese of Aysén's communications office.The letter was immediately sent to the Holy See and eventually, a reply came to the Nunciature. Due to what the diocese described as unavoidable circumstance...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jacky Naegelen, ReutersBy ROUEN, France (CNS) -- During the Aug. 2 funeral Mass forFather Jacques Hamel, killed a week earlier by men claiming allegiance to theIslamic State, Archbishop Dominique Lebrun of Rouen stressed the need forforgiveness."Asbrutal and unfair and horrible as (Father) Jacques' death was, we have to lookdeep into our hearts to find the light," he told the congregation of morethan 1,500 at the Notre Dame Cathedral, while hundreds more watched theceremony on a big screen outside in the rain.In hishomily, the archbishop said the beloved 85-year-old parish priest tried to pushaway his attackers with his feet, saying "go away, Satan" twice.Withthose words, the archbishop said the priest expressed "faith in thegoodness of humans that the devil put his claws in."RoselyneHamel, the priest's sister, urged the congregation to "learn to livetogether" and be "workers for peace."Thearchbishop thanked everyone, including "believers ofother religious faiths, i...
ATWATER, Calif. (AP) -- Leonardo Sanchez was sleeping peacefully on a bus carrying him to Oregon to pick blueberries when he was suddenly thrown face first into the back of the seat in front of him, awakening him to a horrific scene of chaos and death....
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian rebels accused government forces of launching toxic gas attacks on civilians in a town southwest of Aleppo on Tuesday. The government rejected the claim and accused the rebels of using chemical weapons themselves....
NEW YORK (AP) -- The biggest surprise Monday for 10-year-old Rainn Sheppard, competing at the Junior Olympics in Houston and far from the New York City homeless shelter she shares with her two sisters and mother, wasn't the gold medal she won in the 3,000 meters....
MIAMI (AP) -- A weather system that already has caused at least six deaths in the Dominican Republic has been designated as Tropical Storm Earl....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign. (all times EDT):...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (AP) -- As Republican loyalists continue to flee, Donald Trump ignited new party tensions Tuesday by refusing to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan or a pair of senators seeking re-election, a remarkable display of party division just three months before Election Day....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a searing denouncement, President Barack Obama castigated Donald Trump as "unfit" and "woefully unprepared" to serve in the White House. He challenged Republicans to withdraw their support for their party's nominee, declaring "There has to come a point at which you say 'enough.'"...
(Vatican Radio) A member of the newly-established commission set up by Pope Francis to study the question of the Diaconate for women spoke of her delight over the Pope's move. Dr Phyllis Zagano, who teaches at Hofstra University in Hampstead, New York, is one of the six female members of the Commission whose formation was announced on Tuesday. She is the author of some 20 books on religious studies including several on the issue of the Diaconate for women. Dr Zagano spoke to Susy Hodges about her reaction to her appointment and explained why she feels it is such an important and positive move on the part of the Pope.Listen to the interview with Dr Phyllis Zagano, member of the Commission set up by Pope Francis to study the question of the Diaconate for women: Pope Francis had first announced in May his intention to set up such a commission to study the question of the Diaconate for women during the course of a meeting with the Superior Generals of femal...
