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Be priests who have the mind of Christ, urged Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan, to the five newly-ordained Rogationist priests in Parañaque City, Philippines.The ordination ceremony was combined with the 40th anniversary of the Rogationist missionary presence in the Philippines and was held at the Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish, Multinational Village, Parañaque City.In reference to St. Teresa of Avila’s prayer, the Archbishop vigorously pressed on the five new priests to keep on studying and to never give up on it. He likewise lamented priests who are pious but who lack knowledge which is supposed to enrich their priestly ministry. “You have to continue studying even after your philosophy and theology, so that you may have the mind of Christ,” stressed the prelate.He summed up his homily into three points, inviting the newly-ordained priests to have clarity of mind, purity of heart, and generosit...
(Vatican Radio) The Diocese of Chapecó in Brazil offered assurances of "prayer and solidarity" to the victims and relatives of the plane crash that killed at least 75 people early Tuesday morning in the city of La Unión, near Medellín, Colombia.The charter plane was carrying the Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense to play the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana, the most important cup final of in the history of the small team. A Mass for the victims was scheduled to be celebrated at the Cathedral of Chapecó on Tuesday afternoon.Listen to James Blears' report: The pilot of the charter plane carrying Chapcoenese Real soccer team reported electrical faults as it approached Medellin and it crashed in a mountain range. Rescue teams which are still searching the steep debris strewn remote terrain, which is almost three and a half thousand above sea level, initially reported five survivors, but another one has been found ...
(Vatican Radio) The migrant crisis has undermined harmony within churches in Europe, a Catholic bishop has told a high-level EU summit.Auxiliary Bishop of Malines-Bruxelles Jean Kockerols told the meeting of European Commissioners and religious leaders that a common solution the refugee crisis “is a question that touches directly upon the values and the future of Europe”.Bishop Kockerols, also the Vice-President of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community (COMECE), said: “This crisis has undermined unity in Europe, and, admittedly, also within the churches in Europe. The migration crisis is challenging Christian communities to position themselves, as citizens and also as believers.“It is our duty to recall that every refugee has the right to receive a fair and human treatment.”The event was hosted by the European Commission and involved 15 representatives from the major religions of the continent. Issues discussed inclu...
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Will KirkBy Christopher GuntyBALTIMORE (CNS) -- In October1791, five men began studies for the priesthood at the first seminary in theUnited States, just a couple years after the Diocese of Baltimore wasestablished as the first in the country in 1789.At the time of that humblebeginning -- when Bishop John Carroll, Baltimore's first bishop, welcomed fourpriests from the Society of St. Sulpice and the five seminarians -- the Dioceseof Baltimore encompassed the whole fledgling nation.Sulpician Father Phillip J.Brown, president rector of today's St. Mary's Seminary and University, noted inhis welcome to commemorate that occasion that the seminarians began their studiesat St. Mary's downtown on Paca Street a month before Georgetown University inWashington opened, making the Baltimore seminary the oldest American institutionof higher learning.The remark brought a chuckle ofpride from the congregation gathered Nov. 15 in the seminary's chapel to markthe 225th anni...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Shiraaz Mohamed, EPABy Bronwen DachsCAPE TOWN, South Africa (CNS) --Hunger levels are so severe in drought-ridden southern Madagascar that manypeople in remote villages have eaten almost nothing but cactus fruit for up tofour years, said a Catholic Relief Services official.Eating this fruit leaves crimsonstains on people's faces and hands, and there is a "shame of povertyassociated with these stains in Madagascar," an island nation 250 milesoff the coast of mainland Africa, said Nancy McNally, CRS information officerfor East and Southern Africa.The cactus plant "is theonly thing that grows" in southern Madagascar, and the plants "aregrowing everywhere" in earth "that looks like white silt," shesaid in a Nov. 23 telephone interview from Nairobi, Kenya.A father of three, sitting withhis wife and children outside the town of Beloha in southeastern Madagascar, "toldme that his family had been living on cactus fruit for a year," McNallysaid."With whatever money hecould m...
VERBANIA, Italy (AP) -- Italy's Emma Morano, the world's oldest living person, marked her 117th birthday Tuesday, blowing out all the candles on her cake....
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (AP) -- Raging wildfires fueled by high winds forced the evacuation of thousands of people and were believed to have wiped out an entire resort of more than 100 buildings in the Great Smoky Mountains as National Guard troops arrived early Tuesday to help overwhelmed firefighters....
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The Somali-born student who carried out a car-and-knife attack at Ohio State University complained on his Facebook account about U.S. interference in countries with Muslim communities, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press....
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- The Latest on the Colombia plane crash involving members of a Brazilian soccer team (all times local):...
LA UNION, Colombia (AP) -- A chartered plane carrying a Brazilian soccer team to the biggest match of its history crashed into a Colombian hillside and broke into pieces, killing 75 people and leaving six survivors, Colombian officials said Tuesday....
