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(Vatican Radio) Luther and the sacraments: A Catholic re-reading in an ecumenical perspective. That was the title of a conference which took place at Rome’s Gregorian university this week, exploring the profound changes in understanding that have evolved over the past decades of theological dialogue.These changes, according to the organisers, can help Catholics and Lutherans “understand anew the concerns of Martin Luther’s theology”.Among those taking part in the conference was theology professor and ecumenical expert Annemarie Mayer from the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium.She talked to Philippa Hitchen about the focus of this encounter, which was held to mark the 500th anniversary of the beginnings of the Protestant Reformation….Listen: Annemarie notes that according to legend, the Reformation began when Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of a church in Wittenburg, though she adds that “probably this never hap...
(Vatican Radio) Survivors of sexual abuse by priests have reacted with concern to the news that Irish abuse survivor Marie Collins has resigned as a member of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.In an interview with Vatican Radio on Wednesday, Collins spoke of her frustration at the lack of cooperation from other offices of the Roman Curia with the Commission, set up by Pope Francis in 2014.Another founding member of the Commission, Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, said on Thursday that despite her resignation, the group would continue its crucial work of promoting a culture of child protection throughout the Church worldwide.Fr Hans, who also heads the Gregorian University’s Centre for Child Protection, spoke to Vatican Radio’s Alessandro Gisotti..Listen: Fr Hans says that Marie told him several weeks ago she was intending to step down and he fully respects her decision. He notes he has worked together with her for five years, since she spoke...
(Vatican Radio) Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, on Wednesday reaffirmed that life is sacred from conception to natural death in a meeting at the UN Human Rights Council on the death penalty.“In this regard, one should consider that human justice is fallible and that the death penalty per se is irreversible,” – Archbishop Jurkovic said – “We should take into account that capital punishment always includes the possibility of taking the life of an innocent person. Moreover, we believe that, whenever possible, the legislative and judicial authorities must always seek to ensure the possibility for guilty parties to make amends and to remedy, ...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Victor Aleman, Angelus NewsBy J.D. Long-GarciaLOSANGELES (CNS) -- The answer to society's dysfunctions can be found in oneperson: Jesus Christ.Thatmessage is at the core of a new pastoral letter by Los Angeles Archbishop JoseH. Gomez -- "For Greater Things You Were Born" -- released March 1, AshWednesday.Theletter is a 16,000-word meditation on human nature, which the archbishopmaintains can only be understood in relation to God."JesusChrist alone knows who we are and he is the one teacher of life," he writes."He alone shows us the way to live in order to lead a truly human life."Theelections revealed rifts in American society. The archbishop notes inparticular "the persistence of racist thinking," class divisions, "cruelindifference to the sufferings of immigrants" and efforts to "normalize"abortion and euthanasia."Inplace of a coherent national spirit and ethos, we see in our society newexpressions of radical individualism and new forms of domination by the strong...
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MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- Salome Karwah survived Ebola after it killed both her parents and seven other relatives, then returned to her clinic to help countless others as she had become immune to the deadly virus. Her face graced the cover of Time magazine when it recognized the brave health care workers battling Ebola in 2014....
PARIS (AP) -- The European Parliament voted Thursday to lift the immunity from prosecution for French far-right leader Marine Le Pen for tweeting gruesome images of Islamic State violence, a crime that carries up to three years in prison in France....
LAKE TITICACA, Peru (AP) -- Tucked between snow-capped mountains, Lake Titicaca was once worshipped by the Incas, who proclaimed its deep blue waters the birthplace of the sun....
