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IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Christians are called to detachthemselves from power, reject violence and sacrifice themselves for God andothers out of love, Pope Francis said.Christians must live the way Christ chose to: not as"persecutors, but persecuted; not arrogant, but meek; not as snake-oilsalesmen, but subservient to the truth; not impostors, but honest," hesaid June 28 during his weekly general audience.In fact, "Christians find repugnant the idea thatsuicide attackers might be called 'martyrs' because there is nothing in theirpurpose that can come close to the behavior of children of God," who arecalled always to act out of love, he told the estimated 12,000 pilgrims in St.Peter's Square. High temperatures and scattered sprinkles prompted the popeto tell guests in the Vatican audience hall that he was about to head outsideto a "Turkish bath."In his weekly catechesis, the pope continued his serieson Christian hope by focusing on what gives Christi...
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Capitol police arrested a man after Arkansas' new Ten Commandments monument was smashed to pieces when someone rammed a vehicle into it early Wednesday, less than 24 hours after the 6-foot (1.8 meter) granite statue was placed on state Capitol grounds....
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Homeland Security Department is set to announce new security measures Wednesday for international flights bound to the United States, which could lead to a lifting of a ban on laptops and other electronics from passenger cabins from certain airports....
(Vatican Radio) The Holy See has called for financial donations to developing countries hosting refugees and forced migrants to go equally towards supporting arriving migrants and the local poor.It also said migrants and refugees should be both welcomed in their countries of arrival and accompanied before, during, and after their migratory journey.Fr. Michael Czerny S.J., Undersecretary of the Migrants & Refugees Section of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, made the appeal to the Global Forum for Migration and Development (GFMD) on Wednesday.The GFMD is a “voluntary consultative process in which governments can share their various experiences in migration and development” and seeks to “foster practical and action-oriented outcomes”. It takes place this year in Berlin, Germany on 28-30 June.In the first of two roundtable events, Fr. Czerny said the human challenge facing migrants “requires others to welcome, to protect, ...
(Vatican Radio) Continuing his catechesis on “Christian Hope,” Pope Francis spoke Wednesday on “Hope, Strength of the Martyrs” at his General Audience in St Peter’s Square.The Holy Father reflected on the words of Jesus: “Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves… You will be hated by all because of My Name, but whoever endures to the end will be saved.”When Jesus sent His disciples on mission, the Pope said, He did not fill them with illusions about easy successes; rather, he warned them that “the proclamation of the Kingdom of God always involves opposition.” Christians love, he said, but they are not always loved; and in a greater or lesser degree, “the confession of faith always takes place in a climate of hostility.”Because the world is marked by sin, Pope Francis continued, Christians are men and women who are constantly “going against the tide.” This is not because of a pol...
