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(Vatican Radio) St Lawrence Shrine at Attur, Karkala, the Diocese of Udupi, has been elevated to the status of a minor basilica on Monday, August, 1, 2016, making it the second Minor Basilica in the Southern Indian state of Karnataka and the 22nd Basilica in the country.The sacred Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, of the Vatican, declared the famous South Indian shrine of St. Lawrence, a minor Basilica, in the month of May this year.The solemn Eucharistic Celebration on Monday, was presided over by the Bombay Archbishop, Cardinal Oswald Gracias, who is the President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) and the Federation of the Asian Bishops Conferences (FABC).Archbishop Bernard Moras in his homily said that this was a historical event and expressed gratitude to God for making St Lawrence Shrine a Minor Basilica. "This event will be written in the golden annals of the history of the diocese of Udupi," he said.Explainin...
(Vatican Radio) After ten years as Director of the Holy See Press Office, Father Federico Lombardi SJ has been appointed Chairman of the “Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation”.Father Lombardi was appointed by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State.The Ratzinger Foundation was founded by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010 with the aim to promote theology in the spirit of Joseph Ratzinger, which it achieves by funding scholarships and bursaries for students across the world.It also promotes formation activities, conferences, seminars and Theology training courses which are offered throughout the world thanks to the Foundation’s proceeds. These partly come from the royalties that derive from the sale of almost 100 volumes written by Joseph Ratzinger.In a statement the Foundation states that it places all its scientific and charity activities at the service of the Church and the Pope.The former Chairman is Msg. Giuseppe Scotti who co...
Eight people have been murdered in an around the Mexican International tourist resort of Acapulco over the weekend. James Blears reports a destination which was once famous for attracting movie stars and the ultra rich, is descending into a battleground between competing drug cartels. Listen: A bar fight left three men dead and another critically wounded. The bodies of two men and a woman found in a car, two more men shot dead in their cars. An anonymous tipoff led Police to dig up three corpses in a shallow grave. While in the near the City of Tixla, also in the State of Guerrero, gunmen assasinated Judge Juan Octavio Morales.International tourist organizations now list Acapulco as one of the ten most dangerous cities in the World. Last year The Mexican Government launched a coordinated campaign to promote and boost Acapulco. It was once the annual host for the Country`s Tourism Convention. Sadly due to rival drug cartels, who`ve included ...
Paris, France, Aug 1, 2016 / 11:55 am (CNA).- Following the murder of Fr. Jacques Hamel by terrorists who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, Muslims across France and Italy attended Mass on Sunday in a show of solidarity with Catholics.“We're very touched. It's an important gesture of fraternity,” Archbishop Dominique Lebrun of Rouen told a French television station July 31, the BBC reported.“They've told us, and I think they're sincere, that it's not Islam which killed Jacques Hamel.”The initiative was created by the French Center for Muslim Worship, which was joined by the Italian Muslim Religious Community.“We want to say no to this new racism,” a Catholic who attended a Mass along with several imams at the Roman minor basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere told CNA. “We are not afraid … we are here because we are all brothers, as Jesus teaches us.”Fr. Hamel was killed July 26 by two Islamic State ter...
Wichita, Kan., Aug 1, 2016 / 12:54 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The body of a Kansas seminarian who drowned after rescuing a woman in the Arkansas River has been found.Wichita Police said Brian Bergkamp’s body was discovered July 28 in the Arkansas River, according to the Wichita Eagle.Bergkamp, age 24, had finished his second year at seminary. He was scheduled to be ordained a priest in 2018.The seminarian was kayaking with four friends July 9 on the Arkansas River. They hit rough water, and one of the women in the group fell out of her kayak.Bergkamp plunged in after the woman and was able to help her reach safety, but he was then pulled under by the strong current, according to officials.A July 18 memorial Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception was attended by more than 1,000 people.Those who knew the seminarian described him as selfless and said they were not surprised by his act of self-sacrifice to save the life of another.“He would go out of his way to help so...
NEW YORK (AP) -- McDonald's, which is trying to shake its image for serving processed junk food, said Monday it's eliminating some unpalatable ingredients from its most popular menu items....
DETROIT (AP) -- Tesla wants to put its car and energy storage businesses under one solar-powered roof....
LOCKHART, Texas (AP) -- The pilot of a hot air balloon that crashed in Texas, killing all 16 people aboard, was convicted of drunken driving at least four times in Missouri and twice spent time in prison, court records show....
MIAMI (AP) -- Government health officials warned pregnant women Monday to avoid a Zika-stricken section of Miami and get tested for the virus if they've visited the neighborhood since mid-June, after the number of people feared infected through mosquito bites in the U.S. climbed to 14....
