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G.K Chesterton has a great quote I love about the Christian life, "The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried." Sometimes being...
(Vatican Radio) In this week's edition of There's More in the Sunday Gospel Than Meets the Eye, Jill Bevilacqua and Seàn-Patrick Lovett bring us readings and reflections for the First Sunday of Advent. Listen: GOSPEL Mt 24:37 - 44Jesus said to his disciples:“As it was in the days of Noah,so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.In those days before the flood,they were eating and drinking,marrying and giving in marriage,up to the day that Noah entered the ark.They did not know until the flood came and carried them all away.So will it be also at the coming of the Son of Man.Two men will be out in the field;one will be taken, and one will be left.Two women will be grinding at the mill;one will be taken, and one will be left.Therefore, stay awake!For you do not know on which day your Lord will come.Be sure of this: if the master of the househad known the hour of night when the thief was coming,he would have stayed awakeand ...
(Vatican Radio) Colombia’s government is set to sign a new peace accord with Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels as part of the latest effort to bring an end to the country’s decades-long civil war.Listen to Ann Schneible’s report: After more than half a century of conflict which has left hundreds of thousands of people dead, government peace negotiators and FARC leaders agreed on Tuesday to sign the accord and submit it to Congress for approval.The new deal will be signed by Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC leader Rodrigo Londono on Thursday in Bogota.In a televised address Tuesday, the president said: "We have the unique opportunity to close this painful chapter in our history that has bereaved and afflicted millions of Colombians for half a century."He added that: "This new accord possibly won't satisfy everybody, but that's what happens in peace accords. There are always critical voices; it is understanda...
New York City, N.Y., Nov 23, 2016 / 12:54 am (CNA/EWTN News).- As the push for physician-assisted suicide continues throughout the country, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York is asking the faithful to step up in opposing anti-life measures.“Catholics must join medical professionals, disability rights groups, and other concerned citizens in fighting for the authentic care of those facing terminal illness,” he said.The cardinal, who heads the U.S. bishops’ committee for pro-life activities, reflected on recent ballot measures and legislative acts permitting assisted suicide.“Seven jurisdictions in the United States have now opened the legal door to this dangerous abuse of medicine, an alarming trend that must be stopped for the sake of human dignity and the sacredness of life,” he said, adding that “doctor-assisted suicide must now be opposed with renewed vigor.”Legislatures in Oregon, Washington, California, and Vermont have legalized assiste...
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) -- Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said Wednesday he has "no worries" about Donald Trump's election as U.S. president, adding that he expects the businessman will align his future policies with global realities....
LUCKNOW, India (AP) -- The engineer was in the middle of his evening meditation session when a colleague called and told him to turn on the television. The prime minister was saying most of India's cash would hold no value by morning....
DETROIT (AP) -- A Wayne State University police officer who was shot in the head while on patrol near campus has been released from surgery, and authorities said they were interrogating a man about the attack....
PANAMA CITY (AP) -- An unusually late Hurricane Otto swirled over the Caribbean just off Central America, heading toward a possible landfall in Costa Rica, which hasn't seen such a storm since reliable record-keeping began in 1851....
CHICAGO (AP) -- Laquan McDonald's life seemed to be headed nowhere. A ward of the state who had been shuffled between relatives' homes and foster care, he was 17 when, high on the hallucinogenic drug PCP, he wandered down the street slashing tires with a knife....
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Nida Fatin Mat Asis was slumped lifeless in her car seat, bleeding profusely from her nose and mouth, after her Honda hit a lamppost and skidded into a ditch. Her husband was slightly injured, and their baby wasn't hurt at all....
