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Rome, Italy, Jan 19, 2017 / 09:56 am (CNA/EWTN News).- After the death of Opus Dei Prelate Bishop Javier Echevarría Rodríguez in December, members of the prelature are gathering in Rome in preparation for the election of their new leader, which will take place in the coming days.Set to begin Jan. 21 with a special session for women, the election process has no definite end date, since after the new prelate’s election, discussion about future governance is expected to last several days.The former prelate, Bishop Echevarría, died Dec. 12 at the age of 84 in Rome due to respiratory failure several days after being hospitalized with pneumonia. The bishop served as St. Josemaria's secretary from 1953 to 1975, and was ordained a priest of the prelature in 1955, at the age of 23. He was later named secretary general of Opus Dei, and was elected prelate in 1994. He was consecrated a bishop the following year.Since Echevarría’s death the prelature&...
By Junno Arocho EstevesVATICANCITY (CNS) -- Although great strides have been made through 50 years of ecumenical dialogue,Catholics and Lutherans must continue to work toward becoming a full andvisible sign of unity for the world, Pope Francis said. A continued"communion of harmony" will allow Catholics and Lutherans to"find further convergence on points of doctrine and the moral teaching ofthe church," the pope told members of a pilgrimage from the EvangelicalLutheran Church of Finland Jan. 19. "Ipray to the Lord that he may bestow his blessing on the Lutheran-CatholicDialogue Commission in Finland, which is working diligently toward a common sacramentalunderstanding of the church, the Eucharist and ecclesial ministry," hesaid. The pope metthe Finnish delegation during the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.The theme chosen for the 2017 observance was: "Reconciliation: The love ofChrist compels us."The week ofprayer, Pope Francis said, urges Catholics and Lutherans to recon...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Marcin Mazur, Bishops' Conference of England and WalesBy JERUSALEM (CNS) -- Christians have a responsibility tooppose the construction of Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories, saidbishops from the U.S., Canada and Europe."This de facto annexation of land not only underminesthe rights of Palestinians in areas such as Hebron and East Jerusalem but, asthe U.N. recently recognized, also imperils the chance of peace," saidbishops who participated in the Holy Land Coordination Jan. 14-19."So many people in the Holy Land have spent theirentire lives under occupation, with its polarizing social segregation, yetstill profess hope and strive for reconciliation. Now, more than ever, they deserveour solidarity," said the statement, issued Jan. 19, at the end of thevisit.Bishop Oscar Cantu of Las Cruces, New Mexico, chairman ofthe U.S. bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace, was among the12 bishops who signed the statement. Bishop Lionel Gendron of Saint...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- It started badly for Novak Djokovic, who needed 24 serves, six break-point saves and 15 minutes just to hold his first game in the second round....
EYNON, Pa. (AP) -- Police say a Pennsylvania man tried to strangle his wife after he woke up from a dream in which she was cheating on him....
CHICAGO (AP) -- The first national estimate suggests that nearly half of U.S. men have genital infections caused by a sexually transmitted virus and that 1 in 4 has strains linked with several cancers....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Twitter says it has suspended 360,000 user accounts in the past 18 months for threatening or promoting acts of terrorism....
HOUSTON (AP) -- Former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, on Thursday remained hospitalized in Houston, where he was in intensive care for pneumonia and she was being treated for bronchitis....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. Air Force B-2 bombers and drones attacked a pair of Islamic State military camps in Libya, seeking to eliminate extremists who had escaped the former IS stronghold of Sirte, the Pentagon announced on Thursday....
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A historic high-rise building in the heart of Iran's capital caught fire and later collapsed Thursday, killing at least 30 firefighters and leaving their stunned colleagues and bystanders weeping in the streets....
