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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has said he wishes to travel this year to war-ravaged South Sudan together with the Archbishop of Canterbury.Answering questions put to him on Sunday by parishioners of All Saints’ Anglican Church in Rome during his visit to the Anglican community, the Pope said his “staff is studying the possibility of a trip to South Sudan in response to an invitation from the Anglican, Presbyterian and Catholic bishops of the country whom, he said, “hope the presence of the Bishop of Rome and the Primate of the Anglican Communion can help pacification”.Last week Pope Francis made a strong appeal for South Sudan asking for concrete aid for the population which is suffering a severe food crisis which, he said, “condemns to death by starvation millions of people, including many children”.Vatican Radio’s Debora Donnini asked the South Sudanese Bishop of Yei, Erkolano Ludu Tombe, whether his people would be happy to welcome the P...
India’s home minister has honoured a Catholic priest on the occasion of Arunachal Pradesh’s 31st statehood day. Salesian Father Cyriac Pulinthanathumalayil of Dimapur province received a state award Gold Medal for Excellence in Youth work from home minister Minister Rajanath Signh at a function on February 20 in the state capital of Itanagar.  The priest set up two youth centers in the northeastern Indian state over past 16 years.   Fr. Pulinthanathumalayil set up the first youth center at Khonsa in East Arunachal, district headquarters of Borduria, in 2000.  In 2007 he started the Don Bosco Youth Centre in Itanagar in West Arunachal.  The citation reads, “The Don Bosco Youth center has helped hundreds of young people from the state to find jobs in various parts of the country.”The award function, held at Indira Gandhi Park in Itanagar, was attended by Chief Minister Pema Khandu; federal Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju; Depu...
On Monday, Pope Francis received in audience Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, and authorised the promulgation of decrees concerning the following causes:MARTYRDOM- Servant of God Tito Zeman, Slovakian professed priest of the Salesian Society of St. John Bosco (1915-1969).HEROIC VIRTUES- Servant of God Octavio Ortiz Arrieta, Peruvian bishop, of the Salesians of St. John Bosco (1878-1958);- Servant of God Antonio Provolo, Italian diocesan priest, founder of the Society of Mary for the Education of the Deaf-Mutes, and the Sisters of the Society of Mary for the Education of the Deaf-Mute (1801-1842);- Servant of God Antonio Repiso Martínez de Orbe, Mexican professed priest of the Society of Jesus, founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Divine Shepherd (1856-1929);- Servant of God María de las Mercedes Cabezas Terrera, Spanish founder of the Missionary Workers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1911-1993);- Servant...
(Vatican Radio) The bishops of Malta have issued an invitation to Catholics on the island nation to show “mercy and pastoral discernment” to those living in difficult family situations.In a letter, to be read out in churches all over Malta and Gozo, the two Bishops Charles Scicluna and Mario Grech explain that they have recently issued guidelines for priests, aimed at accompanying couples and families “in complex situations, especially those involving separated or divorced persons who have entered a new union”. The bishops say that although these people may have “lost their first marriage”, many of them “have not lost their hope in Jesus” and “earnestly desire to live in harmony with God and with the Church”.The bishops note that people in this situation “ are asking us what they can do in order to be able to celebrate the sacraments of Reconciliation and the Eucharist.” The Church leaders urge such people &ld...
IMAGE: CNS/Maria Grazia Picciarella, poolBy Junno Arocho EstevesROME (CNS) -- The path toward Christian unitycan't be foundisolated in a laboratory hashing out theological differences, but rather by walkingtogether on a common journey,Pope Francis said.Whiletheological dialogue is necessary, Catholics and Anglicans can continue to"help each other in our needs, in our lives and help each otherspiritually," the pope said Feb. 26 while answering questions from parishionersof All Saints' Anglican Church in Rome. "Thiscannot be done in a laboratory; it must be done walking together along the way.We are on a journey and while we walk, we can have these (theological)discussions," he said. Thepope made history as the first pontiff to visit the Anglican parish, which wascelebrating the 200th anniversary of its establishment in Rome. Invitedby the Anglican community, Pope Francis took part in an evening liturgy andblessed an icon of Christ the Savior to commemorate the occasion. Theprayer se...
By Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Reaching out to and guiding couples in cohabitation with tenderness and compassion is essential to promoting and defendingthe sanctity of marriage, Pope Francis said.Couples who have chosen to live together without gettingmarried in the church "are, in spiritual and moral terms, among the poorand the least, toward whom the church, in the footsteps of her teacher andLord, wants to be a mother who doesn't abandon, but who draws near and caresfor," he said in an audience with parish priests Feb. 25.Look upon such couples with "tenderness andcompassion," he said, urging the clergy to remember that ministry to the least and theneediest "is an essential part of your work in promoting and defending thesacrament of marriage."The pope spoke to parish priests who were in Romeattending a course on marriage preparation and the new rules to reform theprocess for verifying the validity of a marriage. The course was offered Feb. 22-25 and was sponsored by the V...
CHICAGO (AP) -- An influential doctors group is beefing up warnings about marijuana's potential harms for teens amid increasingly lax laws and attitudes on pot use....
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- The Oscar for Asghar Farhadi's "The Salesman" energized many of the filmmaker's fellow Iranians, who saw the win for best foreign film Monday as a pointed rebuke to the Trump administration and its efforts to deny them entry into the U.S....
DETROIT (AP) -- Attorneys for people suing air bag maker Takata and five automakers say the car companies knew that Takata's products were dangerous yet continued to use them for years because they were inexpensive....
LONDON (AP) -- For 82 years, accounting and consulting firm PwC has enjoyed a reputational boon from handling the balloting process at the Academy Awards....
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