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IMAGE: CNS/L'Osservatore RomanoBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) --Consecrated women are called to be prophets of hope and joy in the world andavoid putting on a superficial joy that withers the soul, Pope Francis said. In order to live out the joyof the Gospel, "it must be a true joy, not a counterfeit joy" thatbrings about "the cancer of resignation," the pope told a group from the Sister Disciples of the DivineMaster. "Please, sisters, no resignation.Only joy! The devilwill say, 'We are small, we don't have many vocations.' And your face will growlong -- down, down, down -- and you lose joy," he said. "No, youcannot live like that; the hope of Jesus is joy."Founded in 1924, the Sister Disciplesof the Divine Master are part of the nine institutes of consecrated lifethat form the Pauline Family established by Blessed James Alberione. The congregation was in Rome April 30-May 28 for their ninth general chapter onthe theme "New wine in newwineskins."After receiving a warmapp...
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Even before President Donald Trump began his trip to Israel, he had made history of sorts....
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Protesters set late President Hugo Chavez's childhood home in western Venezuela on fire Monday, an opposition lawmaker said, as protests against the South American nation's socialist government grew increasingly hostile....
DEARBORN, Michigan (AP) -- The job of Ford's new CEO won't be easy: He will have to shore up the 114-year-old company's traditional auto business, but also invest in self-driving cars and other projects that could one day make that business obsolete....
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The panel that will decide Bill Cosby's fate in his sex assault trial began to take shape Monday with the selection of five jurors, three white men and two white women....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in rebuffing a subpoena Monday in the investigation into Russia's election meddling. Then a top House Democrat cited new evidence he said appeared to show Flynn lied on a security clearance background check....
JERUSALEM (AP) -- President Donald Trump solemnly placed a note in the ancient stones of Jerusalem's Western Wall on Monday, sending a signal of solidarity to an ally he's pushing to work harder toward peace with the Palestinians. But his historic gesture- and his enthusiastic embrace of Israel's leader - were shadowed even here by reminders of Trump's tumult back home...
LONDON (AP) -- Several people have died following an explosion Monday night at an Ariana Grande concert in northern England, police and witnesses said. The singer was not injured, according to a representative....
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Monday greeted the Sister Disciples of the Divine Master (PDDM) and encouraged them to go forward in their mission to bring the Gospel to the men and women of today with joy in unity, giving voice to plurality and respecting each other’s differences.The Pope words came as he addressed the Sisters who are holding their 9th General Chapter in Rome (10 April-28 May) on the theme “New wine in new wineskins.”Listen to the report by Linda Bordoni: First of all, Pope Francis said to the Sisters, always be open the Holy Spirit, Master of diversity, Master of unity within differences.“Walk together in communion, he said, respecting plurality and tirelessly weaving your legitimate differences into unity, taking into account you are present in different Countries and cultures”.Basing his discourse on the many fruits yielded by communion, the Pope encouraged the Sisters to allow each other to express themselves freely, to...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Monday afternoon met with Italian Church leaders who are holding the 70th General Assembly of their bishops’ conference.The meeting began with a brief introduction from the outgoing President of the conference, Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco. After that, the Pope greeted the bishops during a session, open to journalists, in the Vatican Synod Hall, before continuing the meeting behind closed doors.On Tuesday the bishops will elect three names which will be forwarded to the Pope to select a new president for the conference. They will then proceed with discussions on the main theme for this assembly, which is focused on an effective evangelization of young people. On Wednesday the bishops will celebrate Mass in St Peter’s Basilica and on Thursday they will hold a concluding press conference in the Paul VI audience hall.After a brief speech of greeting during which Pope Francis thanked Cardinal Bagnasco for his ten years of service and for &n...
