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Florence, Italy, Feb 23, 2017 / 06:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- She is one of the oldest religious sisters in the world, but this week, she turned 110 years young. Despite her advanced age, Sister Candida Bellotti retains the enthusiasm of a young woman. On Monday, Feb. 20, she celebrated her 110th birthday and received a special message from Pope Francis.“To the Reverend Sister Candida Bellotti, Sister Minister of the Sick, who with gratitude to God is celebrating her 110th birthday, the Holy Father Francis spiritually participates in the joy we all share for this happy occasion and sends warm congratulations and heartfelt wishes,” said the pontiff in his message.At age 80, Pope Francis is 30 years her junior.Sister Bellotti celebrated her birthday with the Bishop of the Italian Diocese of Lucca, Benvenuto Italo Castellani. She resides in the diocese along with the convent's sisters and the provincial superior, Sister Giuliana Fracasso.In a recent interview, she sai...
Vatican City, Feb 23, 2017 / 07:33 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Thursday Pope Francis welcomed longtime friend and Rabbi Abraham Skorka to the Vatican for the presentation of a new version of the Torah, which he said is a sign of the love God shows to man in both words and gestures.The Torah “manifests the paternal and visceral love of God, a love shown in words and concrete gestures, a love that becomes covenant,” the Pope said during the Feb. 23 audience, adding that the word covenant in itself “is resonant with associations that bring us together.”He noted how St. John Paul II in his speech for the 25th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council document “Nostra Aetate,” which marked a milestone in improving Catholic-Jewish relations, called the Torah “the living teaching of the living God.”“God is the greatest and most faithful covenantal partner,” he said, noting that not only did God call Abraham to form a people that would...
IMAGE: CNS/ReutersBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- When Pope Francis affirms basicChristian principles, he is not singling out one person or nation, but hedefinitely is not excluding them either.The ongoing global migration and refugee crisis is a case inpoint.The United States is not the only country engaged in aheated political debate over immigration policy with often opposing voicesfocusing on: ensuring the country's security; regulating numbers based on theresources available to resettle them; or living up to an ethical obligation -- andoften a legal one, according to international treaties -- to shelter peoplefleeing violence and persecution and to welcome those seeking a more dignifiedlife for themselves and their families.While the pope's remarks on welcoming migrants and refugees cannotbe read as focused on the U.S. debate, one also cannot pretend they havenothing to do with it.The new Migrants and Refugees Section of the Dicastery forPromoting Integral Human Developme...
IMAGE: CNS/Vatican Press OfficeBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In an effort to help support theeconomy of the central Italian region devastated by several earthquakes in 2016,the Vatican has purchased food from local farmers and producers to feed the homeless.Pope Francis instructed his almoner, Archbishop Konrad Krajewski, to purchase largequantities of food from central Italy, known for its delectable selection ofmeats, cheeses and wine. Working with bishops from the devastated areas, ArchbishopKrajewski purchased products from "several groups of farmers and producerswhose businesses were at risk of closing due to the damage caused by theearthquake," the Vatican said in a statement released Feb. 23. "The papalalmoner proceeded to purchase a large quantity of their products withthe intention, expressed by the Holy Father, of helping them and encouraging them to continue their activities," the Vaticansaid.All of the products purchased by the papal almoner's officewill ...
IMAGE: Nancy WiechecBy Rhina GuidosWASHINGTON (CNS) -- In two memos published Feb.20, the Department of Homeland Security outlined guidelines that White Houseofficials said would enhance enforcement of immigration laws inside the countryas well as prevent further unauthorized immigration into the U.S.In a Feb. 21 news briefing, White House presssecretary Sean Spicer said the guidelines include hiring more border agents,construction of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, and hiring more personnel to"repatriate illegal immigrants swiftly."The memos by Department of Homeland SecuritySecretary John F. Kelly also called for state and local agencies to"assist in the enforcement of federal immigration law" and for hiring"additional border patrol agents, as well as "500 Air and MarineAgents/Officers." The cost of implementing such programs, whether there'senough funding and how Congress will be involved, was not discussed.While there have been two arrests under the newadministration involvin...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jimmy Kimmel says he never really wanted to host the Academy Awards....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Conservative activist James O'Keefe has released what he says are 119 hours of raw audio secretly recorded inside CNN's Atlanta headquarters in 2009....
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- NASA's Jupiter-circling spacecraft is stuck making long laps around the gas giant because of sticky valves....
BOSTON (AP) -- Long before they were called selfies, Karl Baden snapped a simple black and white photo of himself. Then he repeated it every day for the next three decades....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- When a summer thunderstorm knocked out power to Scott Pruitt's home three years ago, the then-attorney general of Oklahoma reached out to a lobbyist for American Electric Power....
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