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Aboard the papal plane, Jun 26, 2016 / 04:54 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- During his flight from Armenia to Rome on Sunday, Pope Francis gave a press conference to the assembled journalists aboard the papal plane. He reflected on his three-day trip to Armenia, his upcoming trips to Azerbaijan and Poland, the role of the Pope emeritus, Christian unity, and the reformation.He also addressed Brexit, the idea of deaconesses, and how the Church might apologize for unjust discrimination toward homosexual persons.Please find below the full text of the press conference, translated by Catholic News Agency:Fr. Lombardi: Holy Father, thanks so much for being here at the end of this quite brief, but very intense trip. We have been content to accompany you and now we wish to pose you some questions, taking advantage of your kindness. We have a list of people who are signed up to speak and we can begin, as is usual, with the colleagues from Armenia, as we give them the priority. The first is Artur Grygor...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Cindy WoodenABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM ARMENIA (CNS) -- Catholics and other Christians notonly must apologize to the gay community, they must ask forgiveness of God forways they have discriminated against homosexual persons or fostered hostilitytoward them, Pope Francis said."I think the church not only must say it is sorry tothe gay person it has offended, but also to the poor, to exploited women"and anyone whom the church did not defend when it could, he told reporters June26.Spending close to an hour answering questions from reporterstraveling with him, Pope Francis was asked to comment on remarks reportedlymade a few days previously by Cardinal Reinhard Marx, president of the Germanbishops' conference, that the Catholic Church must apologize to gay people forcontributing to their marginalization.At the mention of the massacre in early June at a gaynightclub in Orlando, Florida, Pope Francis closed his eyes as if in pain andshook his head in dismay."T...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Rainbow flags were held high along with portraits of the dead as thousands of people marched Sunday in gay pride parades tempered by this month's massacre at a Florida gay nightclub....
LONDON (AP) -- Britain's shocking decision to remove itself from the European Union brought more political turmoil Sunday as Scotland's leader threatened to block the move and the opposition Labour Party's leader faced a coup attempt from his own legislators....
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) -- Pope Francis says gays - and all the other people the church has marginalized, such as the poor and the exploited - deserve an apology....
(Vatican Radio) Vatican Weekend for June 26, 2015 features the last leg of the apostolic journey of Pope Francis to Armenia, the first country ever to adopt Christianity as a state religion. This is followed by our weekly selection of readings and reflections on the Sunday Gospel in a programme by the title of 'There's More in the Sunday Gospel than Meets the Eye" presented by Jill Bevilacqua.A programme presented and produced by Veronica Scarisbrick:
(Vatican Radio) Scotland's first minister says she believes the Scottish parliament could veto Britain's planned exit from the European Union. Nicola Sturgeon made the announcement Sunday just days after a slight majority of British voters backed a Brexit in a nationwide referendum, a move that sent jitters through former Communist countries on EU's fringe, including Ukraine.Listen to Stefan Bos' report: Sturgeon confirmed that she would consider asking Scottish legislators not to back a motion of legislative consent to Britain's exit from the European Union. The bombshell announcement by the pro-EU leader would effectively amount to a Scottish veto of Brexit.She told the BBC network, however, that the Scottish parliament is entitled to make such decisions. "The issue you are talking about is would there have to be a legislative consent motion or motions for the legislation that extricates the UK from the European U...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Cindy WoodenVAGHARSHAPAT, Armenia (CNS) -- Recognizing that the churchof Christ is one and that Christian divisions are a "scandal" to theworld, Pope Francis and Armenian Apostolic Catholicos Karekin II offered theirfaithful the example of praying and working together.Approaching the end of his three-day trip to Armenia, PopeFrancis attended the Divine Liturgy celebrated June 26 by the patriarch atEtchmiadzin, the seat of the Armenian Apostolic Church. To accommodate thecrowd, the liturgy was held outdoors at a towering stone sanctuary used formajor celebrations.Under a gold-trimmed red canopy, the patriarch and popeprocessed to the sanctuary together before the pope bowed to the patriarch andmoved to the side. He used a small booklet to follow the liturgy, which iscelebrated in "grabar," as ancient liturgical Armenian is called.In his homily, Catholicos Karekin told his faithful and hisguests, "During these days together with our spiritual brother, PopeFra...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Pedro Sandoval stopped celebrating Mother's Day, Father's Day and even his own birthday after he found out the truth: The mom and dad he knew growing up had stolen him from his biological parents, who were kidnapped, tortured and never heard from again during Argentina's 1976-1983 military dictatorship....
