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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Sunday announced a Consistory calling for the creation of five new cardinals, each of them hailing from a different part of the world.Speaking to the crowds gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Regina Caeli, the Pope said “Their origin, from different parts of the world, manifests the universality of the Church spread out all over the Earth.”Among the group is the 67 year old Catholic bishop of Stockholm in Sweden, Bishop Anders Arborelius.It’s the first ever red hat for the tiny Catholic Church in the majority Lutheran nation, which Pope Francis visited last October for the joint commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.Charlotte Smeds, head of Vatican Radio’s Scandinavian Section, spoke to Bishop Arborelius to find out what this appointment will mean for Catholics in Sweden.Listen: Cardinal elect Anders Arborelius concedes that the announcement came as a big surprise for the Catholic Church in...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Octavio DuranBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis announced he will createfive new cardinals June 28; the new cardinals-designate come from Mali, Spain,Sweden, Laos and El Salvador.Unusually, the group of prelates announced by the pope May21 includes an auxiliary bishop whose archbishop is not a cardinal; he isCardinal-designate Gregorio Rosa Chavez, 74, the current auxiliary bishop ofSan Salvador.The other churchmen who will receive red hats are: ArchbishopJean Zerbo of Bamako, Mali, 73; Archbishop Juan Jose Omella of Barcelona,Spain, 71; Bishop Anders Arborelius of Stockholm, Sweden, 67; and Bishop Louis-MarieLing Mangkhanekhoun, apostolic vicar of Pakse, Laos, 73.After briefly talking about the day's Gospel reading,leading the crowd in St. Peter's Square in reciting the "ReginaCoeli" prayer and greeting various groups present, instead of wishingeveryone a good Sunday and a good lunch -- the normal procedure at the noonprayer -- Pope Francis made his...
IMAGE: CNS/Remo Casilli, ReutersBy Carol GlatzROME (CNS) -- The sin committed most frequently inChristian parishes and groups is bad-mouthing and backstabbing each other,which not only divides the community, it drives away people who come seekingGod, Pope Francis said."Truly, this pains me to the core. It's as if wewere throwing stones among ourselves, one against the other. And the devilenjoys it; it's a carnival for the devil," he told parishioners in hishomily during an evening Mass at a parish on the outskirts of Rome May 21.Pope Francis told parishioners at the church of San PierDamiani how important their use of language was. As baptized members of thechurch, every Christian has been given the gift of the Holy Spirit, he said.People must continue to pray for and safeguard that gift,which includes using a "special language," not Latin, he said, butsomething else. "It is a language of tenderness and respect" that isalso mirrored in one's behavior."It is so awful to see these pe...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, ReutersBy Judith SudilovskyJERUSALEM (CNS) -- Following his official welcome toJerusalem by Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, U.S. President Donald Trump beganhis two-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories with a privatevisit to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and Western Wall.Details of the visits to the holy sites had been a carefullyguarded secret until the last moment, but from early May 22 the alleyways ofthe Old City were closed to both residents and tourists, and the main thoroughfaresleading to the Old City were closed off to all traffic.Under tight security and led by the traditional kawas honorguard announcing the way with the thumping of their ornamental staffs, thepresident made his way by foot through the Old City's alleyways to the Churchof the Holy Sepulcher. He and first lady Melania Trump were welcomed at theentrance of the church courtyard by Greek Orthodox Patriarch ArchbishopTheophilos III; Franciscan Father Francesc...
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