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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has given Patriarch Kirill of Moscow a relic of St. Francis of Assisi, to mark the Russian Orthodox leader’s 70th birthday.The President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Cardinal Kurt Koch, conveyed the present to Patriarch Kirill at an audience granted him at the Patriarchal residence on Tuesday.A statement from the Moscow Patriarchate on the meeting is below ************************************On 22 November 2016, at the Patriarchal residence in St Daniel’s Monastery, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Kurt Cardinal Koch.The Russian Orthodox Church was also represented by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations; Archbishop Amvrosy of Peterhof, rector of the St. Petersburg Theological Academy; Archimandrite Philaret (Bulekov), DECR vice...
The new Cardinal of the Central African Republic (CAR), Dieudonné Nzapalainga has visited Rome’s Mosque Tuesday in a gesture intended to promote interreligious dialogue between Christians and Muslims. The Archbishop of Bangui was welcomed at the Mosque, by the Italian Islamic Federation Vice President Sekekh Taib and Abdellah Redouane, the Director of the Islamic Cultural Centre of Italy. Accompanying the Cardinal were Imam Kobine Layama and the Evangelical Pastor, Philippe Sing-Na, both of the Central African Republic. The latter were in Rome to escort Cardinal Nzapalainga for the consistory where Pope Francis created him Cardinal. The visit to Rome’s Mosque, by the Cardinal of CAR, is a sign of the three religious leaders' ongoing commitment to peace and interreligious dialogue. As a result of their efforts, the trio has received various awards commending them for their commitment to reconciliation, dialogue and peace in CAR. Earlier in the week, Card...
Washington D.C., Nov 23, 2016 / 06:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Some of the greatest challenges to ending hunger worldwide are “fragile states” threatened by instability, conflict, and climate change, a new humanitarian report says.Yet despite this, one initiative believes poverty-induced hunger can be eliminated in 13 years – and that there's already been movement toward this goal.“We will never be able to end hunger or extreme poverty unless the United States and the international community focuses attention and resources on the challenges facing fragile states,” Rev. David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World Institute, stated on Monday.“Hunger and poverty in these countries are only going to get worse due to climate change.”The institute, a non-profit that educates on ending hunger, unveiled the 2017 Hunger Report at the National Press Club on Monday. The annual report is advertised as “the Institute’s largest annual ana...
Vatican City, Nov 23, 2016 / 07:11 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Synod of Bishops met in Rome this week to finalize the preparatory document and questionnaire that will form the basis of the discussion for the upcoming gathering to discuss youth, faith and discernment.Pope Francis presided over the Nov. 21-22 meeting, which marked the second time the Ordinary Council of the Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops have met since the members were announced.The Council for the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops is charged with preparing for the Ordinary Synod, which takes place every three years to discuss a specific theme of importance in the Church.Serving as an advisory body to the Pope, the synod of bishops was established by Pope Paul VI in 1965 by the motu proprio Apostolica sollicitudo to “strengthen (the Pope's) union” with other bishops and to “establish even closer ties” with them.The Synod Council is composed of a permanent Secretary General...
Vatican City, Nov 23, 2016 / 09:09 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Wednesday, it was announced that Pope Francis has named two local priests as auxiliary bishops of the Archdiocese of Detroit, and has chosen a priest from Orange County to become an auxiliary bishop for that diocese.Fr. Gerard W. Battersby and Fr. Robert J. Fisher are the priests who will be stepping up as the newest auxiliary bishops in Detroit, while Fr. Timothy E. Freyer will become an auxiliary bishop of Orange.“All of us in the Archdiocese of Detroit are deeply grateful that Pope Francis has named Father Battersby and Father Fisher, two well-loved and respected priests in our archdiocese, to be auxiliary bishops in our local church,” Archbishop Allen Vigneron of Detroit said in a Nov. 23 press release announcing their appointment. “Both of these new bishops bring a rich set of gifts and talents to the roles they will play in leading our community in our mission to share the Good News of Jesus,&rdq...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Everyone experiences doubts about thefaith at times -- "I have" many times, Pope Francis said -- but suchdoubts can be "a sign that we want to know God better and moredeeply.""We do not need to be afraid of questions and doubtsbecause they are the beginning of a path of knowledge and going deeper; one whodoes not ask questions cannot progress either in knowledge or in faith,"the pope said Nov. 23 at his weekly general audience.Pope Francis said that although the Year of Mercy has concluded, hestill wanted to continue his general audience reflections on the corporal andspiritual works of mercy.With fewer than 10,000 pilgrims and visitors present andwith rain forecast, the Vatican moved the audience indoors to the Vaticanaudience hall.The pope, with a voice that was a bit hoarse, focused on thespiritual works of mercy of "counseling the doubtful" and"instructing the ignorant," which he said was not meant as an insult,but simp...
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PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) -- The Mayflower II, a replica of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America's shores in 1620, is getting a massive makeover. And it's not just cosmetic....
DETROIT (AP) -- A police officer is in critical condition after he was shot in the head while on patrol near a university campus in Detroit, but authorities said Wednesday he was probably not ambushed....
NEW YORK (AP) -- After Ivanka Trump appeared on CBS's "60 Minutes" wearing a $10,800 bracelet from her jewelry line, someone at her company sent photos from the interview to fashion writers to drum up free publicity. A firestorm of criticism erupted over the impropriety of profiting off the presidency, and the company apologized....
