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ORLANDO, Florida (AP) -- Hillary Clinton will introduce her running mate Friday, seeking to snatch attention from newly crowned Republican nominee Donald Trump just hours after he closed out his convention with a fiery and foreboding turn at the podium....
MUNICH (AP) -- Munich police warned people to avoid public places Friday as they hunted for the shooter or shooters who opened fire at a shopping mall, killing six people and wounding others in a rampage described as "suspected terrorism," police and media reports said....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has written the preface to a new book on Mother Teresa entitled “let us love those who are unloved” that is based on two speeches given by her during a meeting with young people and with religious sisters in Milan in 1973. Founder of the Missionaries of Charity order, Mother Teresa will be proclaimed a saint by Pope Francis on September 4th. In his preface, the Pope reflected on the five themes of prayer, charity, works of mercy, family and young people.Listen to this report by Susy Hodges: Pope Francis noted that Mother Teresa always began her day by going to Mass and ended it with the adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. In this way, he said, it’s possible to transform our work into prayer. If we enter into the feelings of Jesus we can savour life and give a renewed look to those we meet. Turning next to charity, the Pope explained that this means being close to all those on the peripheries that we meet every ...
(Vatican Radio) What is the future of interfaith dialogue in Asia today? What have been the most successful models for the inculturation of Christianity into Chinese society? What are the new frontiers for interreligious and ecumenical encounter in this rapidly-developing region?Those are some of the questions on the agenda at a conference in Hong Kong organised by the Ecclesiological Investigations International Research Network, entitled ‘Christianity and Religions in China: past, present and future’.Philippa Hitchen is in Hong Kong and reports on the setting for the third day of the conference, hosted by the Centre for Catholic Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong…Listen: The Chinese University of Hong Kong was founded over half a century ago with a mission to combine the ancient wisdom of the East with the latest developments of Western research and technology. Its sprawling, wooded campus is located in the New Territories, not far from the ...
(VATICAN RADIO) 10 news professionals have already been killed in Afghanistan in the first six months of this year.2016 has been the most dangerous year for journalists in Afghanistan with 54 incidents of violence having occurred in the first half of the year, according to a new report by the Afghan Journalists' Safety Committee. This is a 38 percent increase of attacks on journalists since the same period in 2015.The incidents included killings, assaults, detentions and intimidation. Behind the attacks were Afghanistan’s own government, the Taliban, and other private groups, including War Lords and the Mafia.Katie Ascough spoke with Najib Sharifi, Director of the Afghan Journalist Safety Committee, to find out more about which types of journalists are being targeted and what role the Afghan government is playing in these attacks.Listen: “It’s very disappointing to see the government itself being responsible for a huge number of cases while the gov...
An 11-person delegation from Pakistan is participating in next week’s World Youth Day in Krakow, Poland, July 25 to 31. The group headed by Archbishop Sebastian Shaw of Lahore is leaving on Sunday. The delegation includes Pervez Roderick, secretary of the National Association of Catholic Youth, four priests and five youth leaders. Roderick told AsiaNews that one of the boys will be holding the Pakistani flag at opening ceremony, another will share the experience of being a youth in Pakistan during a session, while a priest from Faisalabad diocese will be one of those concelebrating at the Pope’s concluding mass. The Pope is joining the World Youth Day July 27-31.“I am ready for a new experience of life and excited to meet pilgrims and new friends from all over the world,” said Viviana Natalie Rodrigues, a leader of a youth group at Karachi’s St Lawrence Church, who is participating in a World You...
Vatican City, Jul 22, 2016 / 06:53 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Amid modern challenges emerging from a culture which provides increasingly easier access to outside distractions, Pope Francis has issued new norms for women’s cloistered communities, which place a special emphasis on prayer and the centralization of communities. “Dear contemplative sisters, without you what would the Church be like, or those living on the fringes of humanity and ministering in the outposts of evangelization?” the Pope said in a new Apostolic Constitution, published July 22. The Church, he said, “greatly esteems your life of complete self-giving. The Church counts on your prayers and on your self-sacrifice to bring today’s men and women to the good news of the Gospel. The Church needs you!” However, he also cautioned that the “silent and recollected peace of mind and heart” lived in contemplative live “can meet with subtle temptations.”&...
IMAGE: By Carol GlatzVATICANCITY (CNS) -- When Pope Francis goes to Poland to meet with an expected 2 millionyoung people from around the world, he's going with a firm idea of the dreams,fears and challenges so many of them face.Heknows what lies inside the hearts and minds of today's youth, not because of anythird-party polling or sophisticated survey, but because Pope Francis practiceswhat he's called an "apostolate of the ear." Ittakes patience and grace, he told disadvantaged university students in Rome inJune, to truly listen to what others have to say -- a call he repeated duringhis Angelus address this month, warning that people's hectic lives were threatening an alreadyhobbled ability to listen.Aspope, a busyministry that could easily lead to isolation or overscheduling, he has workedhard to make the time to listen to people of all backgrounds in public andprivate settings. And he has often broken with papal protocol to get anunfiltered look at what today's youth think and ...
IMAGE: CNS/Nancy WiechecBy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In an effort to help contemplativewomen religious renew their life and mission in the church and the world, PopeFrancis issued a series of new rulings dealing with formation, assets, prayerlife, authority and autonomy.The new rulings include a mandate that "initially,all monasteries are to be part of a federation" based on "an affinityof spirit and traditions" with the aim of facilitating formation andmeeting needs through sharing assets and exchanging members. Monasteries votingfor an exception from joining a federation will need Vatican approval.All institutes of contemplative women religious will needto revise or update their constitutions or rules so as to implement the newnorms and have those changes approved by the Holy See.Titled "Vultum Dei Quaerere" (Seeking the faceof God), the document focuses on the life of contemplative women religious.Dated June 29, the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, it was released by the Vat...
NEW YORK (AP) -- He's led the bad-boy rock band Aerosmith for decades, written a book, learned to parasail, and is the father of four children. But Steven Tyler had at least one more goal before hitting 70: his first solo album....
