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The Archbishop of Singapore is calling on his faithful to repentance, forgiveness and reconciliation with God, saying this is the path to happiness and peace.  In a traditional Lenten pastoral letter, Arch.  William Goh of Singapore explains that the sense of loss felt in life is due to the "bad habits" that destroy “not just our health, but” also take away “our peace, joy and freedom."  By way of examples of bad habits he points to cheating, fighting, negative attitude towards people, anger, envy, sloth, greed and lust.  He says Lent “is the best time to return to God and find joy again” since “All of us, as His children, are called to be the goodness of God.”  "The consequence of contrition of heart and repentance is the reward of joy and peace” that manifests itself in the rediscovery a life of prayer and the joy of faith in God.  The beauty of Lent lies in walking together as brot...
Christians in different parts of India, especially in Kandhamal district of the eastern state of Odisha, need constant prayer and support from everyone, especially during Lent", according to Archbishop John Barwa of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar.   Speaking to the Vatican’s Fides news agency in Odisha’s capital, Bhubaneshwar he noted that the spiritual renewal during the Lenten season through fasting, repentance, moderation, spiritual discipline in preparation for the resurrection of Christ is something very dear to the Christians of Odisha who have faced untold atrocities for their faith during the terrible 2008 anti-Christian violence in the state, especially in Kandhamal.  "The agony, the suffering, the pain and the psychological traumas still affect the Christian people in Kandhamal district, 9 years after violence was committed against Christians,” said the Divine Word Archbishop, whose jurisdiction includes Kandhamal.  The violence cause...
Vatican City, Mar 4, 2017 / 06:35 am (CNA/EWTN News).- As Pope Francis leaves Sunday to begin his annual Lenten retreat, Fr. Giulio Michelini, the priest leading this year’s spiritual exercises, said he hopes Christians around the world will be inspired to join in.“I will be grateful to all those that are listening to us, that these exercises will be shared by all who believe in Jesus Christ,” Fr. Michelini told CNA. “We can do them together.”“I know that people will go to work, will go to school, will be busy during these days,” he said, but “we can read the Passion according to Matthew's Gospel, and that can be a way to pray to the Holy Spirit so that the Church will be more united.”Pope Francis and members of the Roman Curia will make their annual five-day spiritual exercises retreat at the Casa Divin Maestro in Ariccia, a city located some 16 miles outside of Rome. Located on Lake Albano, it is just a short way from the p...
Vatican City, Mar 4, 2017 / 09:25 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis said Saturday that while liturgical music has often struggled to live up to the quality and beauty the mystery of the Eucharist requires, we can promote its renewal by investing in a solid musical education for clergy and laity.     “Certainly the encounter with modernity and the introduction of the languages spoken in the Liturgy stirred up many problems, of languages, forms, and genres” he said March 4. “Sometimes a certain mediocrity, superficiality and banality prevailed, to the detriment of the beauty and intensity of the liturgical celebrations.” “For this the various actors in this field, musicians and composers, conductors and singers of choirs, liturgical animators, can make a major contribution to the renewal, especially quality, of sacred music and liturgical chant.” The Pope spoke to participants at the end of an international conference on Sac...
NEW YORK (AP) -- In typical Donald Trump fashion, the president tweeted Saturday that his replacement at the "The New Celebrity Apprentice" reality television show is to blame for its poor ratings and not, as Arnold Schwarzenegger says, Trump's continued involvement with the show....
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) -- The Pease International Tradeport, which features an airport, hundreds of businesses and several day care centers, has been called a textbook example of how to redevelop an air base....
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Somalia's prime minister said Saturday that 110 people have died from hunger in the past 48 hours in a single region - the first death toll announced in a severe drought threatening millions of people across the country....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Dozens of police departments around the U.S. are amassing their own DNA databases to track criminals, a move critics say is a way around regulations governing state and national databases that restrict who can provide genetic samples and how long that information is held....
ATLANTA (AP) -- Everyone was in place for the hearing in Atlanta immigration court: the Guinean man hoping to stay in the U.S., his attorney, a prosecutor, a translator and the judge. But because of some missing paperwork, it was all for nothing....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The start of a new administration is never a clean slate, even when parties flip. Day One is just another day for military operations, a budget that is still in place from the old crowd and a vast array of economic, social and law enforcement initiatives left over by the last president....
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