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(Vatican Radio) The official programme for Pope Francis’ 3-day visit to Armenia from 24th to 26th June was released on Friday. Please see details below: (all times local) Friday 24th June09.00 Departure from Rome’s Fiumicino Airport for Yerevan15.00 Arrival at Yereven’s Zvaretnots Airport with welcome ceremony there.15.35 Visit to pray at Apostolic Cathedral at Etchmiadzin (Greetings given by Catholicos of All Armenia, Karekin II and by Pope Francis)18.00 Courtesy visit to Armenia's President in the Presidential Palace.18.30 Meeting with civil authorities and the Diplomatic Corps in the Presidential Palace (speech by the Pope)19.30 Private meeting with Catholicos in the Apostolic Palace Saturday 25th June08.45 Visit to Tzitzernakaberd Memorial Complex10.00 Journey by plane to Gyumri11.00 Holy Mass in Gyumri’s Vartanants Square (Homily By the Pope and greeting by Catholicos)16.45 Visit to the Holy Martyrs Armenian Catholic Cathedral ...
Catholic professionals from various sectors on Tuesday convened to launch the Harare Chapter of the Catholic Professionals Network of Zimbabwe (CPNZ).The association which has so far has existed in Gweru and Mutare brings together Catholics with various professions, aiming at developing an international and intercultural platform and network where professionals and intellectuals professing the Catholic faith can share their faith, life and professional experiences while identifying opportunities for service and growth.The launch also invited the professionals to reflect on the dignity and integrity of the family vocation guided by the Pope’s apostolic exhortation on the family, “Amoris Laetitia.”The guest speaker, Vice Chancellor of the Catholic University of Zimbabwe, Professor Ranganai Zinyemba, stressed on the Pontiff’s encouragement to families and how he reminds the Church to avoid judging and imposing rules on people without considering their struggle...
Washington D.C., May 13, 2016 / 03:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Thirty-five years after Saint John Paul II was shot in St. Peter’s Square, a witness from the front rows of the security barricades says that the now-canonized Pope offers an example – and a challenge – of forgiveness for children who witness violence.For witnesses and victims of violence, many experience the temptation of hopelessness, despair and even hatred, David DePerro told CNA in an interview.“Then you think of John Paul visiting Mehmet Ali Agca,” DePerro said, pointing to the Pope’s visit to the man who attempted to assassinate him on May 13, 1981. “In that respect, it’s extremely annoying,” DePerro said with a laugh, “because you have to forgive. You just have to.”May 13, 1981In 1981, David DePerro was nine years old, living with his siblings and parents in Würzburg, West Germany, where his father was stationed as a member...
Vatican City, May 13, 2016 / 04:55 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Yesterday Pope Francis raised eyebrows around the world after declaring his openness to establishing a commission to study the female deaconate, but a careful look at his full response is less of a shocker, and points to nothing new.In fact, in addition to giving a brief summary of a deaconesses duties in the ancient Church, Pope suggested that in modern times, nuns perhaps already fill the role.“(The question) touches the problem of the permanent deaconate. One could say that the 'permanent deaconesses' in the life of the Church are the sisters,” he said May 12, with a laugh.What were these deaconesses? Were they ordained or no?” he asked, and noted that the Council of Chalcedon in 451 spoke about the topic, but was “a bit obscure.” It is because of this obscurity the Pope said he wanted to form a commission to study the topic.Francis’ comments came in response to a question posed by...
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(Vatican Radio) The Institute for Religious Works (IOR), commonly known as the Vatican Bank, released its Annual Report with a press release on Thursday showing it made a net profit of 16.1 million Euros in 2015. Speaking in an interview with Vatican media, the IOR’s Director General Gian Franco Mammì, said it’s now "impossible to launder money" there and pledged to continue the institute’s drive for reform, renewal and total transparency. As part as that reorganization drive, the Annual Report said a total of 4935 accounts held at the IOR were closed down last year and all “suspicious” accounts have been reported to the competent authorities. Mammì said the 2015 profits have been given to the Cardinals' Commission that supervises the IOR's activities and the Commission will "make sure" they are available for Pope Francis and his pastoral mission. In a roundtable interview with Vatican R...
(Vatican Radio) The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said on Friday that its commander Mustafa Badreddine has been killed in an attack in Syria. He was one of Hezbollah’s highest ranking officials and well known on the international radar. The US said, since 2011 he was responsible for the militant group’s military operations in Syria and was one of five Hezbollah members indicted by the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon in the 2005 killing of former Lebanese PM Rafik al-Hariri.It’s reported he was killed in an Israeli air strike near Damascus airport although Israel has yet to comment on the claim.Badreddine, was the a brother-in-law of the late Hezbollah military commander, Imad Moughniyah.His militant role can be traced back to the early 1980’s. He was sentenced to death in Kuwait for his role in bomb attacks there in 1983 but escaped from prison in 1990 and for years, organized military operations against Israel from Lebanon and overs...
