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(Vatican Radio) March 24th marks the feast day of the former Archbishop of San Salvador, Blessed Oscar Romero and the 37th anniversary of his assassination by hired gunmen at the height of El Salvador’s civil war.2017 also marks the centenary of Romero’s birth, an event which is being marked in his native country by a special anniversary year. Throughout Latin America and in countries around the world, his life and legacy is also being celebrated through liturgies, pilgrimages, study days and commemorative lectures.Among those organizing activities for this feast day in the UK is Julian Filochowski, head of the London-based Romero Trust. He told Philippa Hitchen why he expects this year’s events to have a particular significanceListen: Julian Filochowski explaind that the Blessed Oscar Romero was born on the feast of the assumption on the 15th of August in 1917, so this year, 2017 we celebrate the centenary of his birth which falls two years after his...
(Vatican Radio) Cardinal William Henry Keeler, who helped ease tensions between Catholics and Jews and headed the oldest Catholic diocese in the U.S. for 18 years, died on Thursday. He was 86 years old.Archbishop William Lori announced in a statement that Keeler died at St. Martin's Home for the Aged in Catonsville. Cardinal Keeler retired in 2007 as the head of the archdiocese of Baltimore.He devoted much of his clerical life to improving ties with other denominations. From 1992 to 1995, he was president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. He also served as moderator for Catholic/Jewish Relations and was a member of the Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs.The President of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston released a statement remembering Cardinal Keeler as someone who "was greatly known for his work as a faith leader in ecumenism and interreligious affairs". Cardinal Di...
(Vatican Radio) Pilgrims packed into Jerusalem’s Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre on Wednesday, one day after the Edicule, or chapel enclosing Jesus’ tomb was rededicated following an extensive restoration project.A team of experts from the University of Athens took less than a year to finish the first phase of work on the ornate chapel, allowing it to be restored to use for the forthcoming Easter celebrations.Representatives of all the local Christian communities gathered for a simple prayer service in the ancient basilica, alongside special guests including the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto, the Vatican’s representative in Jerusalem paid tribute to the “witness of faith, dialogue and respect” of the different Churches charged with maintaining the shrine, while the Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III described the newly restored chapel as “a gift, not just to the ...
(Vatican Radio) Celebrations are underway here in Rome to mark sixty years since the 'The Treaty of Rome'. It was the 25th of March 1957 and when signed it established one of the foundation stones of the European Economic Community.And to mark the occasion Pope Francis is set to receive 27 European Union heads of State and government during a private audience in the Vatican's 'Sala Regia' on Friday evening. But why not step back in time to the days of that treaty when the Roman Pontiff was Pius XII. Listen to the words, in English, of Pope Pius XII to mark that occasion in a programme presented and produced by Veronica Scarisbrick:
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis is set to receive 27 European Union heads of State and Government at a private audience in the Vatican’s Sala Regia on Friday evening.Britain’s Theresa May will not be amongst them as she prepares to trigger Brexit in just four days times.The encounter takes place on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Treaties of Rome. The Treaties are considered to be the foundation acts of the European Community.Leaders will be joined at the audience by representatives of EU institutions. These include Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission and Antonio Tajani, President of the European Parliament.Tajani spoke with Vatican Radio about the significance of the EU leaders’ meeting with Pope Francis: “The meeting with the Pope is very important for everybody. The Pope is a very important man, not only for the Christian people, but also for everybody.”He said...
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