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(Vatican Radio) The devotion to 'Divine Mercy' has now spread right across the world. But it began as a very Polish one and at the end of July when Pope Francis travels to Kraków for World Youth Day no doubt many thousands of young pilgrims from the four corners of the earth will rally around him, during this Jubilee Year dedicated to Mercy, in a special way at the Shrine of “ -Lagiewniki" where the legacy of Saint Faustina Kowalska lives on. A programme presented and produced by Veronica Scarisbrick: It’s a Polish story which takes us to a leafy Kraków suburb by the name of Lagiewniki. At a time in history when this nation was behind a so called 'iron curtain’ and under the yoke of a communist regime. And when Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, was growing up in the nearby town of Wadowice.Today in this place there stands a Shrine where pilgrims flock. It’s that of ‘Divine Mercy’. One Po...
(Vatican Radio) Vatican Weekend for July 23, 2016 features a segment on why the Church is giving added recognition to St. Mary Magdalen, raising her memorial to a liturgical feast. This is followed by a special program on St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuit order and patron saint of spiritual retreats. The program concludes with an interview with EWTN’s Rome Bureau Chief, Joan Lewis who reveals where you might catch her if you come to Rome on pilgrimage this Jubilee Year of Mercy…Listen to this programme presented and produced by Tracey McClure:
(Vatican Radio) Vatican Weekend for July 24, 2016 features our weekly reflection on the Sunday Gospel presented by Jill Bevilacqua in the series 'There's More in the Sunday Gospel than Meets the Eye'. The programme concludes with an interview with EWTN’s Rome Bureau Chief, Joan Lewis who shares tips from her new guidebook for pilgrims coming to Rome this Jubilee Year of Mercy…Listen to this programme presented and produced by Tracey McClure:
(Vatican Radio) Blogging, taking photos and engaging with social media, these are just some of the ways young communications officers from the Archdiocese of Westminster will be communicating the events of World Youth Day in Krakow to people back home.Hannah Woolley and James Kelliher are heading off to WYD armed with enthusiasm, ideas and skills in their role as communications officers for the event.This will be Hannah’s first experience of a World Youth Day and she told Lydia O’Kane that she is very much looking forward to it, adding that it’s an opportunity to learn more about her faith and to learn more from other people.Listen: For James, Krakow will be his third time taking part in the youth meeting, having previously been to Rio and Madrid.So what are these communications officers hoping that the youth travelling to Poland will take away from this event?“One of the things I hope from this”, says James, “is that it’s picked up ...
(USCCB) In light of recent incidents of violence and racial tension in communities across the United States, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has invited all dioceses across the country to unite in a Day of Prayer for Peace in Our Communities. He has also appointed a special task force to support bishops in marking that Day of Prayer, and more broadly, in promoting peace and healing during this time of great strain on civil society.On July 8, in his initial and immediate response to the racially-related shootings in Baton Rouge, Minneapolis and Dallas, Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, noted the need to look at ways the Catholic Church can walk with and help these suffering communities. The initiatives announced today begin to address that need."I have stressed the need to look toward additional ways of nurturing an open, honest and civil dialogue on issues of race relations, restorative justice, mental health, economic opport...
(Vatican Radio) The Vatican on Friday published a new Apostolic Constitution, Vultum Dei quaerere (Seeking the Face of God), On Women’s Contemplative Life.The promotion of an adequate formation; the centrality of prayer and of the word of God, especially in lectio divina; specific criteria for the autonomy of contemplative communities; and membership of monasteries within federations are some of the main points addressed by Pope Francis in the new Apostolic Constitution.In the introduction to Vultum Dei quaerere, Pope Francis explains the motivation behind the document, noting the journey the Church has undergone, and “the rapid progress of human history,” in the fifty years since the Second Vatican Council. From that starting point, the Pope points out the need “to weave a dialogue” with contemporary society, while preserving the “fundational values” of contemplative life – silence, attentive listening, the call to an interior life,...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The origin of "Pokemon Go" is as peculiar as any of the Voltorbs or Snorlaxes that players track and capture in the surprise hit game....
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Clues to what became of North Carolina's fabled Lost Colony could lie in a waterfront tract where developers once wanted to build thousands of condos - and now, one of those would-be developers is seeking millions of dollars to preserve the property....
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Patrol car video shows a white Austin, Texas, police officer violently throwing a black woman to the ground during a traffic stop, followed by another white officer telling her black people have "violent tendencies" and whites are justifiably afraid....
PARIS (AP) -- French President Francois Hollande announced new help Friday for Iraq's military in fighting Islamic State extremists, trying to show his government is taking action amid criticism that there weren't enough police protecting Nice's Bastille Day celebration when a truck attack last week killed 84 people....
