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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....
NEW YORK (AP) -- The former mistress of one-time Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards says she "will always love" him and they're "great co-parents" to their 8-year-old daughter....
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Facing hotel bills running into the thousands of dollars, some delegates to the Democratic National Convention are planning to do like college students on spring break and squeeze as many people into a room as they can....
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- As Cleveland breathes a sigh of relief after protests during the Republican convention came and went without major chaos, eyes now turn to Philadelphia. As the nation's fifth largest city, it provides a bigger stage for bigger protests over a much larger area....
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke announced Friday on his website that he plans to run for U.S. Senate in Louisiana....
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Hillary Clinton moved closer to introducing her running mate Friday, snatching 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....
(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:
