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Vatican City, Jun 22, 2016 / 06:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In just two days in early September of 1792, approximately 1,200 people were slaughtered by revolutionaries in France.Of the dead, approximately 200 were Roman Catholic priests and religious, most of whom were killed on Sept. 2 in the garden of a Carmelite monastery which had been captured and turned into a prison.On October 16, Pope Francis will canonize one of them – Blessed Solomon Leclercq.Blessed Solomon Leclercq was born Guillaume-Nicolas-Louis in Boulogne, France in 1745, the son of a wealthy wine merchant.In 1767, at 21 years old, he entered the novitiate of the Lasallian Brothers of the Christian Schools, a teaching order founded by Saint John Baptist de La Salle, and took the religious name Solomon.During his time in the community, he served as a teacher, as a director of novices, as a bursar for a school, and eventually as secretary to Brother Agathon, the Superior General of the order. He was known for his gre...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Flanked by a group of refugees, PopeFrancis appealed to Christians to care for and welcome those whom society oftenexcludes. "Today I'm accompanied by these young men. Many people think they would have been better off if theyhad stayed in their homelands, but they were suffering so much there.They are our refugees, but many people consider them excluded. Please, they areour brothers,"the pope said June 22 during his weekly general audience. The group, holding a banner that stated "Refugees for abetter future together," caught the pope's attention as he was making his way to the stage inSt. Peter's Square. He signaled them to come forward and instructed aides toallow them to sit in the shade on the stage. In his maintalk, the pope discussed the Gospel story of the leper who begged Jesusto heal him, saying: "Lord, if you wish, you can make me clean."Thepope noted that the leper not only asked to be "purified" in bothb...
CUMBERNAULD, Scotland (AP) -- A survey from a Scottish eye care company could be sparking a color controversy similar to last year's debate over "The Dress."...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- A capsule filled with space station trash bit the cosmic dust Wednesday with a keenly interested scientific audience....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio announced Wednesday will run for re-election to the Senate from Florida, reversing his retirement plans under pressure from GOP leaders determined to hang onto his seat....
LONDON (AP) -- Campaigners on both sides of the crucial vote over whether Britain should remain in the European Union crisscrossed the country Wednesday, their last day to win support from the undecided....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Millions of Social Security beneficiaries can expect only a meager increase in monthly payments next year, the trustees who oversee the massive retirement and disability program said Wednesday....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign. (all times EDT):...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Donald Trump launched a broad rebuke of his presidential rival Hillary Clinton Wednesday, accusing her of being "a world class liar" who personally profited from her tenure at the State Department. "She gets rich making you poor," Trump said....
I Kgs 19:16b, 19-21; Gal 5:1, 13-18; Lk 9: 51-62In 2006 a movie came out called Amazing Grace. It was the story of William Wilberforce, who is credited with being primarily responsible for the 23 February 1807 vote in England to abolish the slave trade. The vote was 283-16. But that vote doesn’t tell the story. Wilberforce spent 20 years pushing abolition. Few people in history were as stubborn as Wilberforce, and few people in history were as criticized as Wilberforce. In the 1790s he was slandered in the press, physically assaulted, subjected to numerous death threats and once challenged to a duel. During certain periods he had to travel with a bodyguard. His spirit was almost broken many times. He suffered a nervous breakdown. But in spite of all the dirt thrown at Wilberforce, he kept stomping and moving. He handled criticism, not by turning back and engaging his critics, but by kicking down the dirt and moving on toward his goal. He set his face toward the abolition of ...
