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(Vatican Radio) The Vatican’s Council for Interreligious Dialogue has strongly condemned the shooting at a mosque in Canada in which six people were killed and another dozen wounded.More than fifty people were gathered for evening prayers at the Islamic Cultural Centre in Quebec City on Sunday night when the attack took place. Police have arrested two suspects in connection with the shooting, which Canadian authorities have described as a terror attack.Listen to our report:  In a statement on Monday, the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue expressed great sadness and indignation at what it called “this senseless gesture”. Such “inconceivable violence”, the statement says, violates both “the sacredness of human life” as well as the respect due to a community at prayer and its place of worship.The Vatican statement also expresses solidarity with all Canadian Muslims, assuring them of fervent prayers for the victims and their ...
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State of the Holy See, is currently visiting Madagascar from 26 January to 1 February. The Cardinal is in that country to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Madagascar.On the first day of his visit, the Secretary of State met with President Hery Rajaonarimampianina at the Presidential Palace. The Head of State was flanked by the Prime Minister and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. Cardinal Parolin was accompanied by the Apostolic Nuncio and some of the country’s Bishops. Also present was Cardinal Maurice Piat, the Bishop of Port-Louis in Mauritius.Leaders of other Christian denominations joined the reception that followed the meeting.President Rajaonarimampianina expressed appreciation for the visit, recalling the good relations between the Holy See and Madagascar, over the last 50 years. He spoke in glowing terms of his visit to Pope Francis in June 2014.The P...
Vatican City, Jan 29, 2017 / 09:09 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Sunday Pope Francis said being poor in spirit doesn’t necessarily mean giving things up, but instead is rooted in humility and openness to others – an attitude capable of overcoming polemics and division, and leading to greater fraternity.“The poor in spirit is the Christian who doesn’t rely on oneself, on material riches, who doesn’t insist on their own opinions, but listens with respect and willingly defers to others’ decisions,” the Pope said Jan. 29.“If in our community there were more (people who are) poor in spirit, there would be less divisions, conflicts and polemics!” he said, adding that like charity, humility is “an essential virtue for living in Christian communities.”Pope Francis spoke to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Sunday Angelus address, which this week was attended by roughly 25,000 people, according to the Vatican pol...
Vatican City, Jan 30, 2017 / 09:34 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis met Monday with Cardinal Gérald Lacroix of Quebec, conveying his sorrow for the victims of a shooting the night before in a mosque in Quebec City. He condemned the attack, saying Christians and Muslims should unite in prayer over the tragedy.According to a Vatican communique, Pope Francis met with Cardinal Lacroix Jan. 30 following his morning Mass in the chapel of Casa Santa Marta.The Pope’s condolences were also communicated in a message to the cardinal sent by Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, which said that the Pope “entrusts to the mercy of God the people who have lost their lives and he unites himself in prayer to the sorrow of those close to them.”Six people were killed and 17 injured after gunmen opened fire inside the Islamic Cultural Center of Quebec during evening prayers Jan. 29.In his message the Pope expressed “his deep sympathy to the wounded and their famili...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Junno Arocho EstevesROME(CNS) -- Flanked by the parishioners and well-wishers he called his "newfamily," Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, celebrated Massat his titular church in Rome.Thecardinal formally took possession of the Church of St. Mary of the Graces Jan.29. The church is located just a short distance from St. Peter's Basilica.Arrivingdressed in his cardinal-red cassock, Cardinal Tobin was greeted by FatherAntonio Raimondo Fois, pastor of St. Mary of the Graces, and presented with across which he solemnly kissed before he entered and blessed the people in thepacked church.Inhis homily, Cardinal Tobin reflected on the Sunday's reading from the FirstLetter to the Corinthians (1:26-31), in which St. Paul said that God"chose the foolish of the world to shame the wise."Tellingparishioners that he may be a "foolish missionary cardinal" in the world's eye,Cardinal Tobin said that such a distinction unites Christians since throughouthistory ...
By WASHINGTON (CNS) -- President Donald Trump's executivememorandum intended to restrict the entry of terrorists coming to the UnitedStates brought an outcry from Catholic leaders across the U.S.Church leaders used phrases such as "devastating,""chaotic" and "cruel" to describe the Jan. 27 action thatleft already-approved refugees and immigrants stranded at U.S. airports and ledthe Department of Homeland Security to rule that green card holders -- lawfulpermanent U.S. residents -- be allowed into the country."This weekend proved to be a dark moment in U.S.history," Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich said in a Jan. 29statement. "The executive order to turn away refugees and to close ournation to those, particularly Muslims, fleeing violence, oppression andpersecution is contrary to both Catholic and American values. Have we notrepeated the disastrous decisions of those in the past who turned away otherpeople fleeing violence, leaving certain ethnicities and religions marginalizedand ex...
CHICAGO (AP) -- Even in your 70s and beyond, simple activities including web-surfing, playing bridge and socializing can stave off mental decline, new research says....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In the chaotic windup of the presidential race, Donald Trump complained that Janet Yellen's Federal Reserve was being "obviously political" in keeping interest rates ultra-low. He spoke of a "big fat ugly bubble" fueled by the Fed. And he grumbled that savers were getting "creamed" by low rates....
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Ocean rise already is worsening the floods and high tides sweeping California this stormy winter, climate experts say, and this month's damage and deaths highlight that even a state known as a global leader in fighting climate change has yet to tackle some of the hardest work of dealing with it....
QUEBEC CITY (AP) -- A shooting at a Quebec City mosque during evening prayers left six people dead in an attack that Canada's prime minister called an act of terrorism. Police arrested two suspects, including one who called 911 to say he was armed but ready to give himself up....
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