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Washington D.C., May 18, 2016 / 06:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Speaking in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, Cardinal Robert Sarah enjoined Catholics to resist “ideological colonization” and the removal of God from society, in order to help the Church resist threats to the family and religious freedom around the world.Cardinal Sarah is a native of Guinea, in west Africa, and is prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship.“Nowhere is [religious persecution] clearer than in the threat that societies are visiting on the family through a demonic 'gender ideology,' a deadly impulse that is being experienced in a world increasingly cut off from God through ideological colonialism,” the cardinal said in his keynote address at the May 17 National Catholic Prayer Breakfast.Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R- Wis.) and Sister Constance Veit of the Little Sisters of the Poor also addressed the crowd before Cardinal Sarah’s talk.Cardinal Sarah emphasized that indi...
Vatican City, May 18, 2016 / 08:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- If we don’t show mercy to others we shouldn’t expect to get it from God, Pope Francis said, stressing that while turning a blind eye to the poor might make life on earth easier, the eternal result will be much different.“To ignore the poor is to despise God! We must learn this well: to ignore the poor is the despise God,” the Pope said May 18.He spoke to the thousands of pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his general audience, continuing his ongoing catechesis on mercy as understood through scripture.Francis focused his speech on the parable of The Rich Man and Lazarus, a poor beggar who laid outside the man’s house every day, asking for the leftover scraps from his table.Both men eventually die, and the rich man, who ignored Lazarus and denied him the scraps, is tormented by constant fire and an insatiable thirst, whereas Lazarus is “carried by the angels” to heaven and ...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Gregory A. ShemitzBy Carol ZimmermannWASHINGTON (CNS) -- When Pope Francis accepted a proposal at theVatican May 12 to form a commission to study the possibility of women servingas deacons today, it generated plenty of buzz.The pope's agreementon the idea -- raised by members of the International Union of SuperiorsGeneral, the leadership group for superiors of women's orders -- wasinterpreted by some as a thumbs-up to women deacons and eventually womenpriests, which the Vatican spokesman was quick to rebut the next day.Pope Francis"did not say he intends to introduce a diaconal ordination forwomen," and he certainly did not speak about the ordination of womenpriests, said Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman.But even a studyof women deacons -- suggested by women and approved by the pope -- carries prettyhefty weight, some are saying.Even the contextof the possibility of this commission is important, said Kathleen Sprows Cummings, directorof the Cu...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICANCITY (CNS) -- How Christians treat the poor is the clearest demonstration oftheir relationship with God, Pope Francis insisted."Toignore the poor is to despise God! And we must learn this well: To ignore thepoor is to despise God!" the pope said May 18 during his weekly generalaudience.Thepope focused on the Gospel parable of the rich man and Lazarus and said thestory is a reminder of the "harsh reproach" that will come at thefinal judgment for those who ignore the needs of the poor.Lazarusrepresents both "the silent cry of the poor of all time and thecontradiction of a world in which vast wealth and resources are in the hands ofa few," the pope said. Byexcluding Lazarus, the pope said, the rich man "made himself thecenter of everything, closed in his world of luxury and waste."In theparable, the rich man has no name, he noted, while Lazarus' name --which means "God helps" -- is mentioned five times."Lazarus, lying at the door, is...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Actress Robin Wright says she demanded the same pay as co-star Kevin Spacey for her work on "House of Cards" and got it....
GENEVA (AP) -- Christie's is auctioning a fancy vivid blue diamond known as the "Oppenheimer Blue" that's estimated to fetch between 38 million and 45 million Swiss francs (about $39-46 million)....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- O.J. Simpson's former attorney Robert Shapiro says there's a "strong possibility" that the person who killed Simpson's ex-wife and her friend has never faced trial....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Commuters into and out of New York's famed Grand Central Terminal faced crippling delays Wednesday, a day after a raging fire broke out beneath elevated train tracks in the city, officials said....
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Nigerian soldiers have found one of the schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram from Chibok, making her the first freed from the Islamic extremists since the mass kidnapping more than two years ago. Her uncle describes her as pregnant and traumatized but otherwise fine....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The United States sees evidence that hackers, possibly working for foreign governments, are snooping on the presidential candidates, the nation's intelligence chief said Wednesday. Government officials are working with the campaigns to tighten security as the race for the White House intensifies....
