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NAYMIYAH, Iraq (AP) -- Iraq's elite counterterrorism forces pushed deeper into Islamic State-held Fallujah on Wednesday, more than two weeks after the operation to retake the city from the militant group began, a senior military official said....
NEW YORK (AP) -- For two weeks in February, Hillary Clinton's campaign appeared on the brink of falling into an all-too-familiar pattern....
(Vatican Radio) Jesus’ first miracle, at the Wedding Feast of Cana, was the focus of Pope Francis’ catechesis at the General Audience Wednesday 8 June 2016. Following on from his earlier reflections on parables of mercy during this Jubilee Year, the Pope said Christ’s miracles were not performed so that people would “marvel” at them, but rather, through them, Christ revealed the Father’s love for us. They are also, he said, an invitation for the renewal of our faith.Below, please find Pope Francis’ remarks to English speaking pilgrims:Dear Brothers and Sisters: In our continuing catechesis for this Holy Year of Mercy, we now consider the first of Jesus’ miracles, the changing of water into wine at the wedding feast of Cana. Saint John fittingly calls these miracles “signs”, for by them the Lord reveals the Father’s merciful love. Jesus’ choice of a wedding feast points to th...
(Vatican Radio) The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem has sent greetings of peace and brotherhood to the world’s Muslims who began the holy period of Ramadan this week.In a comuniquè, the Latin Patriarchate wrote:“At the start of Ramadan, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem with the clergy and faithful, send greetings and best wishes to the Muslims during this month of fasting and prayer.In a Middle East beset by violence, we ask God to help every person to respect one other, to pray and be courageous that hatred and injustice will have no force of law in our region, the cradle of civilizations.Our thoughts are with Syria, a country devastated by many years of conflict, to the Iraqi war, to Egypt striving to recover from a difficult political transition, to Jordan or Lebanon destabilized by the daily influx of refugees, and to the Holy Land where ongoing violence continue to raise fears of a worsening conflict. We support all political, humanitarian an...
(Vatican Radio) Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has announced the recipients of its coveted 2016 Egan Journalism Fellowship who will travel to Central America in the autumn to examine the root causes of migration. Please see below further details of Catholic Relief Services’ press release about the awards: The journalists represent Catholic and secular media and, for the first time, a Spanish-language journalist.They are:• Mariana Veraza, video journalist, Univision• Robert Christian, editor, Millennial• Ashley McKinless, associate editor, America Media• Judith Sudilovsky, freelance correspondent, Catholic News Service and Our Sunday VisitorThe fellows will travel...
John Cardinal Njue, the Archbishop of Nairobi last weekend signed up for the HeForShe Campaign that seeks to build a global solidarity movement for gender equality.“Today I commit to supporting the HeforShe campaign as a strategy to strengthen the call for gender equality which will go a long way in supporting the boy-child initiative in our Archdiocese of Nairobi,” Cardinal Njue said.The Cardinal signed up for the campaign during the Annual General Meeting of the Catholic Men Association of the Archdiocese of Nairobi.“The Catholic Church has never shied away from issues of gender inequalities that face our society today. This inequality exists even in the Church because men and women sometimes forget they cannot be fully human without one another. We are all equal in the eyes of God,” the Cardinal emphasised.In his speech addressed to the Catholic Men Association, Cardinal Njue urged men to mentor the boy-child.“I am happy to note that today we are l...
In a historic development, Joice James, a father of four has been conferred with permanent diaconate by Card. Alencherry, of the Syro-Malabar Church at a ceremony held on June 6. Though the Church has conferred deacon status on laymen in the past, it is for the first time that a permanent diaconate is being conferred on a married man after the Syro-Malabar Church became an independent Church.Deacon Joice belongs to the St George Parish at Muthalakkulam under the Kothamangalam diocese. His wife Jibi and children were present at the function. Joice had been working in the education sector in London for the last 15 years.Joice had pursued a total of five years of seminary study in India and London. He will serve in the Ujjain diocese of the Syro-Malabar Church.A person who is made deacon can perform services except certain sacraments. (UCAN)
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has has established a working group coordinated by the Secretary General of the Italian Bishops’ Conference – the CEI – regarding the implementation in the country of the Holy Father’s Apostolic Letter Motu proprio, Mitis Iudex Dominus Iesus, which deals with the adjudication of cases of marital nullity.Italy faces particular challenges in implementing the Pope’s changes, due to the number of dioceses in Italy and the inter-diocesan structure of regional and provincial tribunals in place – challenges the CEI addressed in a recent plenary meeting.The working table is set up to encourage and, in fact, define the “main interpretation and application issues of common interest.”
Washington D.C., Jun 8, 2016 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Deep in the heart of Texas, a campus chaplain is busy making his final spiritual and practical preparations for becoming a bishop.However, unlike many of his soon-to-be brother-bishops, Fr. David Konderla is carving his very own staff – or crosier – to signify his new position and duty as a teacher and head of a diocese.“Every Jedi has not completed his training until he’s made his own light saber that he uses to fight evil with – so this is my light saber,” Bishop-elect David Konderla told CNA in an interview.On June 29, Fr. David Konderla will be ordained and installed as the Bishop of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Currently, the Bishop-elect serves as the Director of Campus Ministry for St. Mary’s Catholic Center, the campus chaplaincy for Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.A crosier is a hooked staff – based on the shape of a shepherd's staff – carried by bishop...
Vatican City, Jun 8, 2016 / 05:09 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In an in-depth look at Jesus’ first miracle of turning water into wine at the wedding feast in Cana, Pope Francis pointed to several key moments in the scene that illuminate our understanding of Christ.One of these key moments, he said, comes with Mary’s observation that newlywed couple’s resources have depleted, and that at a certain point “they have no wine.”“How is it possible to celebrate the wedding and have a party if you lack what the prophets indicated was a typical element of the messianic banquet?” the Pope asked.While water is necessary to live, “wine expresses the abundance of the banquet and the joy of the feast,” Francis said, noting that “a wedding feast lacking wine embarrasses the newlyweds – imagine finishing the wedding feast drinking tea? It would be an embarrassment!”“Wine is necessary for the feast,” he said, and pointed to ...
