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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has invited all people to rejoice in sharing and in getting close to others, building relationships that inevitably result in us receiving more than we give. His words of encouragement came in a video message to the participants in the Sixth Festival of the Social Doctrine of the Church, celebrated in Verona from 24 to 27 November. The theme of the festival this year is “In Mezzo alla Gente” – “Amongst People” - which highlights the multiple richness of people as an expression of personal talents and warns against despotic regimes which increase poverty and inequality. Please find below Vatican Radio’s translation of the Pope’s video-message: Best wishes to all of you participating in the VI festival of the Social Doctrine of the Church.The theme for this year is: “Amongst People”. This expresses a great truth: we are made to be with others (this is what...
HAIFA, Israel (AP) -- A wildfire roared through parts of Israel's third-largest city on Thursday, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate their homes as the country's leaders raised the possibility that Arab assailants had intentionally set the blaze....
HILLA, Iraq (AP) -- A car bomb tore through a gas station south of Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 56 people, including 20 Iranians, in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group....
As Americans feasted on turkey Thursday during the nation's first major post-election holiday, some took to social media to describe the political gloating, loathing and subject avoiding they experienced around the Thanksgiving table....
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- The scramble to shape his administration underway, President-elect Donald Trump's team has simultaneously begun turning its attention to raising tens of millions of dollars for festivities related to his Washington inauguration....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Gobble down the turkey, then head to the stores....
NEW YORK (AP) -- The annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, led by a giant inflatable Charlie Brown balloon, stepped off Thursday amid heavy crowds and a strong police presence. Costumed characters mingled with revelers and crowds cheered as clowns on bicycles rode by carrying bundles of balloons. Security measures this year included sanitation trucks filled with sand placed at intersections, bomb-sniffing dogs and portable radiation detectors. And the crowd seemed grateful for ...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Thousands of people lined the streets Thursday amid heavy security including bomb-sniffing dogs and portable radiation detectors as iconic inflatable balloons, costumed characters and clowns floated, marched and danced their way through New York City for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade....
(Vatican Radio) The official Jesuit journal of affairs in Italy, La civiltà cattolica, has published the full "dialogue" between Pope Francis and the 36th General Congregation of the Society of Jesus, which concluded earlier this month here in Rome.A note introducing the 15-page clean transcript explains that, on October 24, 2016, Pope Francis met the Jesuits gathered in their 36th General Congregation, on which occasion he delivered remarks and then entered into a time of frank and cordial dialogue with the delegates, who spontaneously asked him some questions.The introductory note goes on to explain that the Pope did not want the questions to be selected beforehand, nor did he want to see them first. This gave life to a family-style encounter that lasted about an hour and a half.A PDF version of the text is available in its official English translation here We spoke about some of the specifically Jesuit themes that emerged from the dialogue, with ...
(Vatican Radio) Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, says the main headline in Pope Francis’ Apostolic Letter issued this week is how "it reinforces the fundamental shape and purpose of the reform that he is persistently putting forward for all of us." Entitled Misericordia et Misera (Mercy and Misery), the Letter was published at the close of the Year of Mercy and its central message is that "the door of mercy remains wide open" despite the end of Jubilee Year. Cardinal Nichols was interviewed by Susy Hodges.Listen to the interview with Cardinal Nichols: Describing the Apostolic Letter as a “rather wonderful” closing of the Year of Mercy, Cardinal Nichols said that in it Pope Francis is urging the Church "to grow in its culture of mercy" and stressing this should be practiced on a “perennial” basis rather than just over one year. The Cardinal said that he believes for “the v...
