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IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Prayer is a key that opens the doorto God, unlocks selfish, fearful hearts and leads people from sadness to joyand from division to unity, Pope Francis said on the feast of Sts. Peter andPaul.Prayer is "the main way out: the way out for thecommunity that risks closing up inside itself because of persecution andfear," he said during a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica June 29.Prayer -- entrusting oneself humbly to God and his will-- "is always the way out of our personal and community's closures,"he said.Twenty-five archbishops appointed over the course of thepast year were invited to come to Rome to concelebrate the feast day Mass withPope Francis. They came from 15 countries.Among those invited to concelebrate were ArchbishopsBernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis; Francisco MorenoBarron of Tijuana, Mexico; Juan Garcia Rodriguez of Havana; and KennethRichards of Kingston, Jamaica. Of the new archbishops, 11 were from theAm...
By Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The superior general of thetraditionalist Society of St. Pius X said Pope Francis, rather than denouncingerrors in Catholic doctrine, has "encouraged" them."The Society of St. Pius X prays and does penance forthe pope, that he might have the strength to proclaim Catholic faith and moralsin their entirety," said a statement published June 29, the feast of Sts.Peter and Paul, patron saints of the church of Rome.BishopBernard Fellay, superiorgeneral of the society, issued the statement after a meeting June 25-28of the group's leaders.The society has been in talks with the Vatican in a searchfor a way to reintegrate it and its members fully into the life of the CatholicChurch. Bishop Fellay met personally with Pope Francis in April, which seemedto signal that progress was being made.Talks with the group began under St. John Paul II andcontinued throughout the papacy of now-retired Pope Benedict XVI.St. John Paul had excommunicated Bishop Fellay and ...
ELDORADO NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. (AP) -- As the summer wildfire season heats up in the West, a growing network of online cameras installed on forested mountaintops is changing the way crews fight fires by allowing early detection that triggers quicker, cheaper and more tactical suppression....
CHICAGO (AP) -- When a federal judge concluded that a lawyer employed by the city of Chicago concealed audio evidence in a civil trial, the court issued a sharp rebuke, saying the recordings showed police lied about the events that led officers to shoot and kill a black motorist....
New laws targeting abortion are set to take effect Friday in about one-fifth of the states, initiating another wave of restrictions just days after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Texas measure that led several clinics to close....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new multi-nation survey finds that confidence in Donald Trump's ability to manage foreign policy should he become U.S. president is rock-bottom in a host of countries in Europe and Asia....
BRUSSELS (AP) -- European Union leaders spelled out stark conditions for a new relationship with a departing Britain on Wednesday, warning that if British business wants to keep access to Europe's single market, the country must accept European workers, too....
ISTANBUL (AP) -- Suicide attackers armed with guns and bombs killed 41 people and wounded hundreds at Istanbul's busy Ataturk Airport, apparently targeting Turkey's crucial tourism industry. The government blamed the attack on Islamic State extremists but there was no immediate confirmation from the group....
(Vatican Radio) In his homily for the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Pope Francis focused on the themes of “closing” and “opening” in the lives of the two patrons of Rome.The Church must avoid the risk of closing in on itself out of persecution and fear, the Pope said. At the same time, she must be able to see “the small openings through which God can work.” Prayer, he said, “enables grace to open a way out from closure to openness, from fear to courage, from sadness to joy. And we can add: from division to unity.”Read the full text of Pope Francis’ prepared homily for the Solemnity of Sts Peter and Paul:Homily of His Holiness Pope FrancisSolemnity of Saints Peter and Paul29 June 2016The word of God in today’s liturgy presents a clear central contrast between closing and opening. Together with this image we can consider the symbol of the keys that Jesus promises to Simon Peter so that he can open the entr...
