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Krakow, Poland, Jul 26, 2016 / 06:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- As World Youth Day approaches, the Archbishop of Krakow recently spoke with EWTN Deutschland about the “city of saints” hosting the gathering, and about its most famous son – St. John Paul II.“You ask me where I have seen [John Paul II's] holiness. Well, we know that he was a very talented man – a writer, a poet, a speaker, an actor; but most of all, a great pray-er,” Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz told EWTN's Robert Rauhut.Cardinal Dziwisz was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Krakow in 1963 by St. John Paul II, who was then an auxiliary bishop of the city. Wojtyla was appointed archbishop the following year, and then-Fr. Dziwisz became his secretary soon thereafter – a role in which he served until the Pope's death in 2005.He said St. John Paul II “had already discovered the importance of prayer as a boy back in Wadowice. He organized his whole life in a way such...
Vatican City, Jul 26, 2016 / 07:27 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis has decried the “absurd violence” which has left an elderly priest dead after his church in northern France was taken hostage during Mass.In a statement released Tuesday by the Vatican, the Pope, having been informed of the situation, “participates in the pain and horror of this absurd violence,” while radically condemning “every form of hatred.”The statement said the pontiff is praying for those affected by the tragedy, which took place in the Normandy region, adding that the Vatican is following the situation.Fr. Jacques Hamel, 84, was killed Tuesday after two armed gunmen stormed a church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray during Mass, the BBC reports. The assailants entered the church and took the celebrating priest and four others hostage.The BBC further cites police sources which say the priest’s throat was slit in the attack.Reuters reports that both of the hostage takers w...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Pascal Rossignol/ReutersBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The murder of a priest in northernFrance, taken hostage with a handful of other faithful during a weekday morningMass July 26, is another act of "absurd violence" added to too manystories of senseless violence and death, said the Vatican spokesman.Pope Francis was informed about the hostage situation at thechurch in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvraynear Rouen and the murder of 84-year-old Father Jacques Hamel, said JesuitFather Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman."With pain and horror" for the "absurdviolence," Pope Francis expressed his condemnation of "every form of hatred"and offered his prayers for all those involved."We are particularly stricken because this horribleviolence occurred in a church -- a sacred place in which the love of God isproclaimed -- with the barbaric killing of a priest," Father Lombardisaid.Police said two men, armed with knives, entered the church duringMass. They reportedly slit the t...
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JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's national museum is set to display a 2,200-year-old Egyptian mummy of a man who was afflicted with some modern-day illnesses such as osteoporosis and tooth decay, the museum said on Tuesday....
HOUSTON (AP) -- A Texas judge on Tuesday dismissed the last remaining charge against two California anti-abortion activists who made undercover videos of themselves trying to buy fetal tissue from Planned Parenthood....
BERLIN (AP) -- German officials vowed tighter security and called for tougher controls of asylum-seekers Tuesday in the aftermath of four attacks in the country in the span of a week, two of which were claimed by the Islamic State extremist group....
TOKYO (AP) -- The killing of 19 people at a home for the mentally disabled raised questions about whether Japan's reputation as one of the safest countries in the world is creating a false sense of security....
SAINTE-ETIENNE-DU-ROUVRAY, France (AP) -- Two attackers took hostages inside a French church during morning Mass on Tuesday near the city of Rouen, killing an 86-year-old priest by slitting his throat before being shot and killed by police, French officials said. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack....
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Bill Clinton was once the Democrats explainer-in-chief. Tonight, he'll be explaining himself....
