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IMAGE: CNS photo/Diego Azubel, EPABy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Four cardinals said they formallyasked Pope Francis to clarify his teaching on Communion for the divorced andcivilly remarried and, not receiving a response after two months, they releasedtheir letter to the press."We have noted a grave disorientation and greatconfusion of many faithful regarding extremely important matters for the lifeof the church," the cardinals said. "Even within the episcopalcollege, there are contrasting interpretations of Chapter 8 of 'Amoris Laetitia,'" thechapter dealing with ministry to the divorced in his exhortation on the family.The four who signed the letter are: Cardinals Walter Brandmuller, a German andformer president of the Pontifical Commission for Historical Sciences; Raymond L. Burke, a U.S.cardinal and patron of theKnights of Malta; CarloCaffarra, retired archbishop of Bologna, Italy; and Joachim Meisner, retiredarchbishop of Cologne, Germany.In releasing their letter and a...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Oscar Martinez, ReutersBy David AgrenMEXICO CITY (CNS) -- Anoutspoken priest who had been reported missing in the state of Veracruz wasfound alive, but with signs of torture. Father Jose Luis Sanchez Ruiz,pastor of Twelve Apostles parish in Catemaco -- a town known for witchcraft,some 340 miles southeast of Mexico City -- was reported missing Nov. 11, sparkingunrest and the ransacking and burning of the city hall by residents impatientwith the police response.A statement from the Diocese ofSan Andres Tuxtla said Father Sanchez was found "abandoned" Nov. 13 "withnotable signs of torture."Father AaronReyes Natividad, diocesan spokesman, told local media that Father Sanchez had received threats viaWhatsApp and Facebook, while the doors to the church also appear to have beenopened with force. He denounced crime and corruption in Veracruz -- where aformer governor is currently on the lam for funneling millions of dollars ofstate money into shell companies -- and also ral...
By Mark PattisonBALTIMORE(CNS) -- In small and often intimate gestures, there are big lessons forbishops to learn as they exercise their ministry, said Archbishop Joseph E.Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, in his final address as president of the U.S.bishops' conference."Nowords of Jesus are more concrete in capturing God's mercy at work in ourbishops' conference than his call in Matthew 25: 'What you did for one of myleast, you did for me,'" he said in remarks prepared for delivery Nov. 14 inBaltimore at the U.S. bishops' annual fall general assembly.Archbishop Kurtz noted different encounters he hadduring his three-year tenure as president, each with a lesson learned.In one instance, a Filipina woman in Tacloban,Philippines, after the devastation wrought by Typhoon Yolanda, explained what her neighbors and the whole community now faced with "no hintin her voice of seeking her own good," he said. Instead "she was seeking the common good.""Bishops are called always to seek the common ...
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LONDON (AP) -- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was being questioned by prosecutors Monday at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London about possible sexual misconduct committed in Sweden six years ago....
MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) -- Global temperatures are soaring toward a record high this year, the U.N. weather agency said Monday, while another report showed emissions of a key global warming gas have flattened out in the past three years....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump is considering a woman and an openly gay man to fill major positions in his new leadership team, history-making moves that would inject diversity into a Trump administration already facing questions about its ties to white nationalists....
(Vatican Radio) A new book on Pope Francis, shortly to be published by Random House, aims to challenge and inspire the reader and explore how Francis’ ministry has struck a chord in the heart of millions – both Catholic and non – across the world.Written by Mark Kennedy Shriver, President of Save the Children Action Network, the book is entitled ‘Pilgrimage: My Search for the Real Pope Francis’.Due to be put on sale on November 29, the book has already received praise from critics and others who have had the chance to preview it. Like Cardinal Sean O’Malley who highly recommends it and suggests it can make a difference in the life of the reader.Speaking to Vatican Radio’s Alessandro Gisotti, the author said his interest in Pope Francis – and in the man, Jorge Mario Bergoglio – was sparked as soon as the newly elected Pope stepped out onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Square on March 13, 2013 and asked the c...
(Vatican Radio) “The Year of Mercy has touched people very deeply with their hearts and I’m not only talking about Catholics, I’m talking about other Christian denominations and even people of other faiths.” That’s according to Archbishop Stephen Brislin of Cape Town, South Africa whose Archdiocese has been promoting a number of events to celebrate the Holy Year of Mercy.Listen to Lydia O'Kane's interview with Archbishop Stephen Brislin Ecumenism and MercyHe says, “It’s quite amazing that when I attend ecumenical meetings, so many speakers whether protestant or whether Muslim or Hindu often refer to the Year of Mercy and many of them quote Pope Francis…”Archbishop Brislin says that in his Archdiocese they have put their emphasis on getting parishes to get involved in doing acts of mercy in various different ways. This year in particular, he adds, the focus has been on “giving space to people who are involved in p...
