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Vatican City, Jun 2, 2016 / 03:53 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis spoke candidly to thousands of priests this week during a special retreat for the Year of Mercy. The upshot of what he told them? We as priests are sinners, and we need God's mercy as much as everyone else.The Pope encouraged them to look to the Prodigal Son as a way to overcome the scandal of sin and celebrate God’s mercy and forgiveness in their lives and their ministry.“If we start by thanking the Lord for having wondrously created us and for even more wondrously redeemed us, surely this will lead us to a sense of sorrow for our sins. If we start by feeling compassion for the poor and the outcast, surely we will come to realize that we ourselves stand in need of mercy.”He told the priests “we are at one and the same time sinners pardoned and sinners restored to dignity.”The Jubilee of Priests began on Wednesday June 1 and will end on Saturday, the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of...
San Francisco, Calif., Jun 2, 2016 / 05:12 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Several years ago, a Lutheran theologian and former Japanese newspaper correspondent uncovered an unusual phenomenon in Japan.In one of the most secular countries in the world, many people were avid fans of Christian classical composer, Johannes Sebastian Bach. Their favorite piece? St. Matthew Passion.We recently caught up with theologian Uwe Siemon-Netto to revisit the anomaly, and what effects it could have on the re-evangelization of the Eastern nation.How did you first learn that the Japanese people loved Bach’s music?I am from Leipzig, Germany and I saw a lot of Japanese there all the time, and the regional bishop, and he told me about Bach Japanese professors coming to Liepzig to do research on the weekday lectionary of Bach’s composition.Then I used to be the Far East correspondent for a newspaper in Germany and later of course often traveled to the Far East. And in the process, I discovered the love...
IMAGE: CNS/L'Osservatore RomanoBy Carol GlatzVATICANCITY (CNS) -- The spiritual retreat Pope Francis offered priests andseminarians as part of the Jubilee of Priests could be seen as a "crashcourse" on the role of mercy in priestly ministry.Hisseries of three meditations in three Roman basilicas June 2 and Mass June 3 wereto be "a full immersion because Pope Francis' heart is immersed in theheart of Jesus the Good Shepherd," said Archbishop Jorge Patron Wong,secretary of seminaries at the Congregation for Clergy.Thepope wanted the jubilee for priests and seminarians to be a time to step backfrom busy schedules and "find a bit of respite, relief, solace in theheart of the Good Shepherd, in the arms of the good Lord's mercy," the archbishoptold Vatican Radio.Thethree days of prayer, reflection and liturgies aim to help priests sharpentheir focus on Christ and his infinite love and mercy, and recall that all gracesand gifts received were given "not because we are great or worthy of hi...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Lisa Johnston, St. Louis ReviewBy Carol ZimmermannST. LOUIS (CNS) -- In today'sage of cyberbullying and online vitriol, be sure to take the high road andbuild people up rather than tear them down, Bishop Christopher J. Coyne ofBurlington, Vermont, told Catholic communicators attending the Catholic MediaConference."What can I say to makethings better? What are the words that may impart grace to those whohear?" the bishop, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Communications,asked the group to consider June 2.He said he knew the journalistsin the room were "acutely aware of the significant decline in the tenor ofpublic discourse" during the last few years, a fact that is readily apparentin publications' comment boxes and social media.In such an environment, thebishop urged communicators to lift up good examples of humanity, charity andgrace and if possible, "engage in some form of active ministry to others:feeding, housing, counseling, visiting or praying.""We h...
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