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(Vatican Radio) In the week that began with a special Jubilee Year event to mark the 50th anniversary of the reinstitution of the Permanent Diaconate in the Latin Church, the Vatican is continuing its focus on the ministry of deacons with a new “Handbook for the Diaconate” that brings together all the major magisterial documents and theological and pastoral source material relating to the Diaconate in a single volume.Click below to hear our report The Vatican’s publishing house – Libreria Editrice Vaticana, or LEV for short – has released the Italian-language edition of the volume, titled Nuovo Enchiridion sul Diaconato. Le fonti e i documenti ufficiali della Chiesa, prepared by Deacon Enzo Petrolino of the diocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova and President of the Diaconate Community in Italy (the organization that represents the Permanent Deacons in the country).The Italian edition is the only one available for now: it is 1096 pages long and costs &...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Tuesday urged Christians to serve other people, without delay or hesitation, saying if we learnt how to reach out in this way, the world would be a very different place. His remarks came during his homily at the morning Mass in the Santa Marta residence where he used the example of the Blessed Virgin Mary for his reflections on the concept of a Christian at the service of others.May 31st was the final day of the month dedicated to Mary and the Pope used the day’s readings to illustrate Mary’s courage, her helping hand and concern for others and above all her joy, a joy, he said, that fills our hearts and gives meaning and a new direction to our lives. Referring to Mary’s visit to her cousin Elizabeth, Pope Francis said this is a liturgy full of joy that arrives like “a breath of fresh air” to fill our lives. Joy and a grimace“Christians with a grimace or disgruntled expression on their faces, sad ...
CINCINNATI (AP) -- The director of the Cincinnati Zoo says it remains safe for its 1.6 million annual visitors despite a weekend tragedy in which a gorilla was fatally shot to protect a 4-year-old boy who had entered its exhibit....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Mandy Pifer drove to the Los Angeles Police Department last week and prepared to face a fresh wave of grief....
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Bernie Sanders' pitch for changing the way presidential candidates are chosen appears to have broad public support....
The body of the late Sr. Veronika Theresia Racková was finally buried last Friday in the diocesan cemetery of St Joseph’s parish Lutaya, South Sudan, about 170 Kilometres south-west of the capital Juba.Sr. Veronika, 58, a member of the Missionary Congregation of the Servants of the Holy Spirit (SSpS) succumbed to her wounds on 20 May after being shot at in South Sudan. “The real home for every Christian is in heaven,” Bishop Erkolano Lodu Tombe, of Yei Diocese told mourners during the burial of Sr. Veronika. “Every person in this world is a foreigner,” the Bishop added. This is according to information made available to Radio Vatican’s Africa Service by South Sudan’s Catholic Radio Network.Bishop Lodu expressed sadness at the death of Sr. Veronika but also the satisfaction that she was being buried among the people she loved and served. He thanked the Faithful of Yei Diocese, well wishes and the government for helping with buri...
BEIJING (AP) -- A former tycoon wanted on allegations of embezzlement and fraud in Taiwan has died in a car accident in California, the island's foreign ministry confirmed on Tuesday. He had been hiding for years in the United States....
BEIJING (AP) -- A 28-year-old transgender man who goes by the name of "Mr. C" has become the public face of the fight for job equality in China, where sexual and gender minorities are only beginning to emerge from virtual invisibility....
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- Residents of some rural southeast Texas counties braced for more flooding along a river that is expected to crest at a record level just two years after it had run dry in places because of drought....
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- A group of animal rights activists briefly interrupted a Bernie Sanders rally in Northern California when they jumped barricades and tried to rush the podium....
