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The Holy Father has appointed Rev. Fr. John Bosco Chang-Ho Shin new auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Daegu, South Korea, assigning him the titular see of Vescera. Fr. John Bosco Chang-Ho Shin was born on May 25, 1966 in Daegu, in the Gyeousang-namdo province, in the Archdiocese of Daegu. He studied first at the University of Electronics Youngnam and then did his studies in philosophy and theology at the major seminary in Daegu. He obtained the Bachelor’s degree in Theology at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum, Rome (1993-1996) and a Licentiate in Liturgy at the Pontifical Liturgical Institute of St. Anselm, in Rome (1996-1998). He was ordained a priest on 25 August 1998.After his ordination he held the following positions and pursued his religious studies1998-1999: Parish Vicar of Bongdeok, Daegu;1999- 2002: Doctorate in Liturgy at the Pontifical Liturgical Institute of St. Anselm in Rome;2002-2009: Lecturer in the major seminary in Daegu;2009: Exec...
I Kgs 17:17-24; Gal 1:11-19; Lk 7: 11-17A prominent businessman was walking down the street of a large city on his way home from a meeting. It was night. Since his meeting had lasted later than it should, it was long after it was safe to be on the streets alone. By this time, there were all kinds of derelicts and people of questionable reputation on the streets. As he was walking by, the businessman happened to look down and see a man all curled up in the gutter trying to stay warm. The cool night air was progressively getting chillier and chillier. Something about this man made the businessman take another look at him, and then another. Finally, he walked over to get a good look. When he saw the man, and the look in his eyes, the businessman instinctively did what Jesus did with the widow who had lost her only son that day in the town of Nain. The businessman's heart went out to the man in the gutter. He bent down to him and said, "Whoever you are, you don't belong h...
By Junno Arocho EstevesVATICANCITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis called on Catholics and Orthodox Christians to prayfor children in Syria who are suffering because of the ongoing conflict in thecountry. "The children of Syria invite children from all overthe world to join in theirprayer for peace" on International Children's Day June 1, he said.Before praying the Angelus May 29, thepope said Catholicand Orthodox Christians would be taking part together in the special prayer forpeace and that the children were "the protagonists" by inviting allthe world's children to unite with them in prayer. Thejoint Day of Prayer for Peace, sponsored by the Catholic charity Aid to theChurch in Need, is one of several initiatives meant to promote peace in Syria. Thepope's invitation echoes that of Catholic leaders and Orthodox patriarchs inthe country, who signed a joint message inviting Christians around the world tojoin them in praying for peace. Themessage says: "We pray to him -- the Christ, the king ...
By Carol GlatzVATICANCITY (CNS) -- Help wipe out bullying and aggression by being better listeners andoffering concrete gestures of tolerance and patience, Pope Francis told a groupof top YouTubers from around the world."Thelevel of aggressiveness in our world needs to be dialed down. (The world) needstenderness, meekness, (people) listening and walking together," he told themand others taking part in a world congress sponsored by Scholas Occurrentes."Pride,arrogance -- eradicate them. Because pride and arrogance always have a badending," he said May 29 at the close of the three-day meeting at theVatican.Thepope met privately -- for an informal closed-door Q-and-A session -- with a dozen youngYouTubers, people who create their own videos or vlogs, or video blogs, and share them onYouTube. The YouTube "celebrities" who were invited to meet the popehave, when tallied together, about 25 million subscribers.Thepope also met privately with U.S. film stars, Richard Gere, Salma Hayek andG...
BANGKOK (AP) -- Wildlife officials have removed more of the 137 tigers kept in a Buddhist temple that operated as an admission-charging zoo and is suspected of illegally trafficking in the animals, Thai authorities said Tuesday....
VERONA, Italy (AP) -- Adele wants concertgoers to look at her with their own eyes instead of through a camera lens....
TVER, Russia (AP) -- Anastasia Bubeyeva shows a screenshot on her computer of a picture of a toothpaste tube with the words: "Squeeze Russia out of yourself!" For sharing this picture on a social media site with his 12 friends, her husband was sentenced this month to more than two years in prison....
CINCINNATI (AP) -- An animal protection watchdog group Tuesday called on federal authorities to hold the Cincinnati Zoo responsible for the death of an endangered western lowland gorilla....
SHENZHEN, China (AP) -- Zhong Guoyan sifted through piles of fish at a Wal-Mart in Shenzhen, one of China's largest cities. She studied the fins, to make sure they were bright red and firm. She peered at the eyeballs - were they bulging?...
GENEVA (AP) -- Survivors' accounts now indicate the dangerous Mediterranean Sea crossing from Libya to Italy claimed at least 880 lives in the last week as unseaworthy, overcrowded smuggling boats capsized and sank under the weight of their human cargo, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday....
