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IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Indifference and hostility can blindChristians from recognizing Jesus in those most in need, Pope Francis said. "This indifference and hostility can turn intoaggression" toward people often marginalized by society, the pope saidJune 15 during his weekly general audience."How many times, when we see so many people on thestreet -- people in need, the sick, those with nothing to eat -- wefeel bothered. How many times, when we find before us so many refugees anddisplaced people, we feel bothered. It is a temptation; we all have this,everyone, including myself," he said. The pope reflected on the Gospel reading of a blind beggarin Jericho whose sight was restored after pleading with Jesus to heal him. "The people walking in front rebuked him, telling him tobe silent, but he kept calling out all the more, 'Son of David, have pity onme!'" theGospel reading says. Those who toldthe beggar to be quiet, the pope recalled, repr...
LONDON (AP) -- Prince William has appeared on the cover of the U.K. gay magazine, "Attitude" to speak out against bullying people because of their sexuality....
PARIS (AP) -- Police have been alerted to the possibility that small groups of extremists have left Syria for France and Belgium with plans to stage attacks, but have not raised threat levels, as authorities work to determine how credible the information is....
BRUSSELS (AP) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter has told NATO allies that the U.S. will take another look at withdrawing thousands of American troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year, a British official said....
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) -- Oscar Pistorius removed his prostheses and hobbled on his stumps in front of a judge in a South African courtroom Wednesday, part of his defense team's attempt to show that the double-amputee Olympic athlete, convicted of murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, is a vulnerable man who deserves leniency when he is sentenced....
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- The Latest on the massacre at a gay Orlando nightclub (all times local):...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Omar Mateen drove around the Orlando area the night before the nightclub massacre, visiting several places, the mayor said Wednesday as investigators tried to piece together the killer's movements and zeroed in on how much his wife may have known about the plot....
(Vatican Radio) Authorities in France are dealing with the aftermath of a deadly terror attack in which three people have been detained as well as protests and strikes that turned violent Tuesday, injuring dozens and prompting even more arrests.The incidents have overshadowed the Euro 2016 football championships, which also saw several violent incidents.Listen to Stefan Bos’ report: French security forces face challenges on multiple fronts ranging from terrorism to street violence and the troubled European Football Championships. French police say they have now detained three men following the killing of a French policeman and his partner on Monday in a Paris suburb.Jean-Baptiste Salvaing, who was 42, and his partner, 36-year old Jessica Schnieder were stabbed in their home. Their 3-year-old son was found shocked but unharmed in Monday's incident in Magnanville.After the murders, attacker Larossi Abballa pledged uploaded a video in which he pledged allegiance to the...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis encouraged believers on Wednesday to open their eyes and hearts to God’s love for the poor and to the gift of healing that he offers to all who turn to him in faith.His words came during the weekly General Audience in St. Peter’s square as he continued his catechesis for this Holy Year of Mercy.The Pope reflected on Jesus’ miracle of restoring sight to a blind man on the way to Jericho as recounted in the Gospel of Luke.He said that the blind man was sitting on the roadside begging and pointed out that, until not long ago, a person with disability had no choice but to live on charity.“That blind man, Francis said, represents the many people who, even today, are marginalized because of a disadvantage,” be it physical or of other kind.The Pope said the man is separated from the crowd that goes about its business as usual. “The street, which can be a place of encounter, for him is a place of solitude” he sai...
Denver, Colo., Jun 15, 2016 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square and around their television sets to pray for Pope John Paul II as he passed away on April 2, 2005. They remembered the more than 26 years he served as the Holy Father; the courage he had in fighting communism; his immense love; and his adventurous spirit.But that was eleven years ago.The generations of young people who grew up during the papacies of Benedict XVI and Pope Francis might only know St. John Paul II for his canonization, which took place April 27, 2014.The new documentary Liberating a Continent: John Paul II and the Fall of Communism hopes to educate these younger generations on the heroic life of the Roman Pontiff – telling the stories they cannot find in their textbooks.“One of the reasons we set out to make this film is to kind of cement the legacy of Pope John Paul II,” David Naglieri, the film’s writer and director, told CNA.&ldqu...
