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WASHINGTON (AP) -- His party leaders left with no alternative, Donald Trump is drawing reluctant support from top Washington Republicans now that voters have put him on a glide path to the GOP presidential nomination. If he can't get restive Republicans like House Speaker Paul Ryan on side, he says he'll keep on winning anyway....
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Bernie Sanders has won his 19th state, only four short of Hillary Clinton's tally, but that's not the gap that counts....
(Vatican Radio) The recent news that a sixth Oratory is to be founded in Bournemouth, a popular resort on England’s south coast, means that in the past three years, the number of Oratorian Congregations in England and Wales will have doubled.As part of a major evangelization programme within the Diocese of Portsmouth, Bishop Philip Egan has invited Fr Dominic Jacob, co-founder of the Oxford Oratory, Fr Peter Edwards, and Fr David Hutton to erect a Congregation of the Oratory of St Philip Neri, to be based at the Church of the Most Sacred Heart in Bournemouth’s town centre.Listen as Phil Andrews talks to Fr Peter Edwards about what inspired him to become a co-founder of the new Oratory. Writing in the Catholic Herald, Bishop Egan wrote, “The hope is that the new Oratory will enhance greatly the Church’s mission in Bournemouth, making it a centre of excellence for liturgy, formation and pastoral care.”The three priests will begin their ministry on the f...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis called for “prayer and dialogue” in Brazil as a political crisis threatens to unseat President Dilma Rousseff.Addressing Portuguese-speaking pilgrims during his General Audience, Pope Francis turned his thoughts to Brazil. “In these days, as we prepare for the feast of Pentecost, I ask the Lord to abundantly pour out the gifts of His Spirit, so that the country, in these moments of difficulty, proceeds on the path of harmony and peace, with the help of prayer and dialogue” – Pope Francis said – “May the closeness of Our Lady of Aparecida, who as a good mother will never abandons her children, both defend and guide you on this journey.”President Rousseff is facing impeachment proceedings after being accused of hiding the public deficit during her 2014 re-election campaign. She denies the charges.
(Vatican Radio) The Internazionali BNL d’Italia, the Italian tennis open, is currently taking place in Rome , with the world’s greatest players coming from all over the world to take part.Georgia Gogarty spoke with men’s doubles partners, Ivan Dodig from Croatia and Marcelo Melo from Brazil, to find out how they are finding the tournament so far and what kind of an impact they think sport has in today’s society.Listen: Talking about the tournament the duo, who have the first match today, said they are in good spirits and are hoping for a ‘good result’.When asked about acting as role models for young people through sport, something that Pope Francis has spoken about, Dodig said that “sport is great for young people” and that they are trying to “bring peace and good friendship to all the different religions”. He said that it is a way of different countries connecting, and as players they can have “a good influence on ...
(Vatican Radio) At his Wednesday general audience Pope Francis focused on the parable of the prodigal son to show how God welcomes us all with an unconditional love. Even in the most difficult situations, he told pilgrims and visitors gathered in St Peter’s Square, God waits for us and longs to embrace us.The Pope explained that the parable talks about both the prodigal son and his older brother, who also needs to learn to accept the father’s mercy. Both the younger son, who is expecting to be punished, and the older son, who expects a reward for his good behavior, are not acting according to God’s love, which transcends both reward and punishment, the Pope said. The greatest joy for the father, he stressed, is to see his two sons reunited and recognizing each other as brothers.Pope Francis notes that the parable ends without our knowing how the older brother responds to the father’s invitation to celebrate his brother’s return. Jesus is challenging e...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Wednesday said Our Lady of Fatima “invites us once again to turn to prayer, penance, and conversion.”The Holy Father noted the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima is commemorated this year on this Friday (13 May) during his remarks to Polish-speaking pilgrims at his General Audience.“She asks us to never offend God again. She forewarns all humanity about the necessity of abandoning oneself to God, the source of love and mercy,” Pope Francis said.“Following the example of St. John Paul II, a great devotee of Our Lady of Fatima, let us listen attentively to the Mother of God and ask for peace for the world,” – he continued – “Praised be Jesus Christ!”Thirty-five years ago, Pope St. John Paul II was shot by Mehmet Ali Agca during the General Audience, which took place on the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima in 1981.The saint attributed his survival to Our Lady, and gave one of the bullets used in the attac...
(Vatican Radio) At his Wednesday general audience Pope Francis focused on the parable of the prodigal son to show how God welcomes us all with an unconditional love. Even in the most difficult situations, he told pilgrims and visitors gathered in St Peter’s Square, God waits for us and longs to embrace us.Philippa Hitchen reports: Pope Francis began his reflections at the moment the prodigal son returns home, asking forgiveness for what he has done and telling his father: “I no longer deserve to be called your son”. But on the contrary, he continued, the only thing that matters to the father is that his son has returned home safe and sound. Thus he runs out to embrace him, restores his dignity by giving him clothes, sandals and a ring on his finger, and calls for a feast to celebrate his return.The Pope said the father’s tenderness and mercy overflows and, in the same way, we know that even in the most difficult moments of our lives, God waits for us and lo...
(Vatican Radio) Indonesia is preparing to host two major Catholic youth events during 2016-2017. The first event is Indonesian Youth Day, which takes place from 1 - 6 October, 2016, in Manado. The next year, Indonesia will host Asian Youth Day from 30 July – 6 August, 2017, in Yogyakarta.“We hope by having those two big events, we would like to expose that … Catholics are part of the Indonesian people,” said Antonius Agus Sriyono, Indonesia’s Ambassador to the Holy See. “They have to have tolerance to other religions.”Listen to the interview with Antonius Agus Sriyono, Indonesia’s Ambassador to the Holy See: Indonesia is nearly 90% Muslim, but Christians make up almost 10% of the population, or over 25 million people.Manado, the host-city of Indonesian Youth Day, is in the predominantly-Christian North Sulawesi province. Yogyakarta is on the island of Java, which is home to the majority of the population in Indonesia.In...
Vatican City, May 11, 2016 / 04:11 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Wednesday Pope Francis said the father’s embrace in the Parable of the Prodigal Son is a reminder that we never ought to despair, because nothing and no one can take away our dignity as children of God.Pointing to how the father in the parable had watched and waited for his younger son’s return, Francis noted how “tenderly he saw him from afar, meaning that he waited for him constantly, from above.”“The mercy of the father is overflowing, unconditional and manifests itself even before the son speaks,” he said. Even though the son recognizes his sin and voices remorse, “these words dissolve in front of the forgiveness of the father.”Our state as sons of God “is a fruit of love from the heart of the father,” the Pope said, adding that “it doesn’t depend on our merits or our actions, and therefore no one can take it away. No one can take this dignity away f...
