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(Vatican Radio) On Saturday, 4 June the Holy See issued a press release announcing that Pope Francis has approved a new Pontifical Council for the Laity, the Family and Life. The full text of the release follows:Today, June 4, 2016, the Holy Father Pope Francis, as proposed by the Council of Cardinals, has approved ad experimentum the Statute of the new Pontifical Council for the Laity, the Family and Life which will combine, from 1 September 2016, the current Pontifical Council for the Laity and the Pontifical Council for the Family. On that date both of these Dicasteries cease their duties and become suppressed, articles 131-134 and 139-141 of the Apostolic Constitution Pastor Bonus of 28 June 1988 being repealed.
(Vatican Radio) Today Pope Francis met with Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser of Qatar. The Holy See Press Office provides the following details of the meeting:Today at 11 a.m., in the Apostolic Palace, the Holy Father Pope Francis received in a private audience Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, president of the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development.Her Highness Sheikha Moza provided information to the Holy Father on her many activities in the fields of educational and social development, at both national and international levels, and on the grave situation of schools in various areas of conflict, and received his encouragement.The encounter, was cordial in nature and lasted for around 30 minutes. The gift offered by Her Highness to the Holy Father was a valuable Arab manuscript of the Gospels, richly decorated and composed of 123 pages in Naskh calligraphy, produced in Ottoman Turkey in the 18th century.The Pope presented Her Highnes...
As part of the celebrations for the Jubilee of Mercy, Card Charles Bo of Myanmar led a special service on Wednesday in his cathedral of Yangon, for priests from various dioceses of the country, urging them to start the “revolution of mercy" brought by Christ. "Become the bread of mercy, broken and shared among all our brothers,” he told the priests during a Mass in St Mary's Cathedral. What the world needs today is a moral revolution, the country’s first cardinal said in his homily. “Yes, “he said, “the year of Mercy is a year of moral revolution and the leader of this revolution is Jesus Christ." The Archbishop of Yangon noted that the story of mankind is largely marked by blood and violence. Already in the first 5 pages of the Bible we find the trace of blood in the story of Cain and Able, and “out of 5,000 years of recorded human history, we have had only 120 without war,&rdquo...
(Vatican Radio) Dutch prosecutors say they are still waiting for Russia to provide information on the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over Ukraine, which killed nearly 300 people, though officials still believe that the results of an international criminal inquiry will be presented later this year.Listen to Stefan Bos' report: In a statement, the Netherlands Public Prosecutor's Office says that the Dutch-led international joint investigation team is still waiting for information from Russia about Buk missile installations.The Dutch Safety Board concluded last year that Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was shot down over rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine by a Russian-made surface-to-air Buk missile. All 298 people on board died.Moscow has strongly denied supporting the pro-Russian separatists with weapons and troops. Despite the setback, Dutch prosecutors still expect results of the criminal investigation to be present...
Vatican City, Jun 4, 2016 / 06:50 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Saturday, Pope Francis issued an edict on the protection of minors and vulnerable adults, in which he said that negligence on the part of a bishop can constitute removal from office.Entitled “Like a loving mother,” the edict -- officially called a motu proprio – contributes to existing norms in place with regard to abuse cases. It particularly pertains to bishops, eparchs, or religious superiors who are deemed guilty of negligence in such cases.In a statement, Holy See press office director, Fr. Federico Lombardi, drew attention to two points in the motu proprio. The first is that a bishop can be guilty of lacking in diligence even in the absence of “grave moral culpability on his part.”The second point is, in cases pertaining to the abuse of minors and vulnerable adults, “it is sufficient for the lack of diligence be grave” for a bishop to be removed from office. In other cases, a &l...
PARIS (AP) -- Garbine Muguruza won her first Grand Slam title by beating defending champion Serena Williams 7-5, 6-4 at the French Open on Saturday, denying the American her record-equaling 22nd major trophy....
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis on Saturday scrapped his proposed tribunal to prosecute bishops who covered up for pedophile priests after it ran into opposition and instead clarified legal procedures to remove them if the Vatican finds they were negligent....
FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- Jane Kangas has the most valuable nostrils in North Dakota....
DETROIT (AP) -- Prosecutors charged a man Saturday with kidnapping in the case of a 13-year-old Detroit boy who was found dead in a vacant lot this week after being abducted from a city street....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In two House Republican strongholds - a Georgia district sprawling from Atlanta's exurbs to the Alabama line and another in California's Central Valley - upcoming elections illustrate the sharp elbows and vigilance that this ant-establishment moment demands of GOP candidates....
