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(Vatican Radio) The Council of 9 Cardinals met this week in the Vatican, from Monday, December 12th, to Wednesday, December 14th. The Director of the Press Office of the Holy See, Greg Burke, held a briefing on Wednesday to inform journalists of the work done during the sessions.Two key issues emerged as guidelines for the reform of the Curial dicasteries: missionary thrust and synodality.The Cardinals have concluded their study of other departments (Doctrine of the Faith, Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, the Causes of Saints and Promotion of Christian Unity) and delivered their final proposal to the Holy Father.Considerable time was devoted to the projects of the two new dicasteries.Cardinal Kevin Farrell spoke of the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life, of which he is Prefect. The discussion focused on the role of the laity, with an invitation to all to re-read the letter of Pope Francis to Card. Marc Ouellet, President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin Am...
(Vatican Radio) Pinarayi Vijayan, the Chief Minister of Kerala has demanded a fresh probe into the death of Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati of Kandhamal in the Eastern Indian State of Odisha on August 23, 2008, which had triggered riots in that area, that led to a massacre of more than a hundred Christians and a destruction of their churches and homes.The Chief Minister put forth this demand on Tuesday, while releasing the Malayalam translation of ‘Who killed Swami Laxmanananda?’, a book penned by Delhi based journalist Anto Akkara in Thiruvananthapuram.“The book forcefully shows that the allegation that ‘Christians killed the Swami’ is itself a concocted conspiracy. Yet seven innocent Christians have been convicted to life imprisonment for the murder of the Swami (Hindu religious leader).” remarked the Kerala Chief Minister at the Trivandrum Press Club, while releasing the investigative book translated into Malayalam by N Moosakutty.Following the ...
(Vatican Radio) Fifteen children from the Central African Republic accompanied by their new Cardinal, the Archbishop of Bangui, Dieudonné Nzapalainga, will be amongst those present on Thursday morning for a special audience with Pope Francis.It’s special because the children the Pope will be meeting are patients of the Vatican’s Children’s Hospital: the ‘Bambino Gesù’.   A press release from the Hospital reveals that the first few rows in the Paul VI Hall are reserved for some 150 young patients; many of them come from Italy but some of them, it says, come from the “peripheries of the world”.They come from far, having travelled to this medical center of excellence and research from countries such as Argentina, Venezuela, Pakistan, Nepal, Russia, Lebanon, Moldavia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Albania, Serbia, Poland, Congo and Nigeria as well as from the Central African Republic.  Hospital doctors and medical staff, empl...
Manila, Philippines, Dec 14, 2016 / 06:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Catholic prayer and protests greeted proposals to expand the use of the death penalty in the Philippines, with the move drawing outspoken opposition from the country's bishops.“Christ died for the criminals and the victims. The love of God is for all. Our love should be like God's love. For all,” said Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan at a Dec. 12 prayer rally in San Carlos City.“We are not protesting without a solution. We are protesting with an alternative. Reform the criminal justice system,” he added. “If there's a death penalty but the criminal justice system is corrupt, slow and one-sided, rapist and plunderer, and (drug) pusher and killer will remain confident.”In 2006 the country abolished the death penalty for crimes involving drugs, rape and arson. Now, President Rodrigo Duterte and his supporters have sought to reinstate capital punishment for such...
Vatican City, Dec 14, 2016 / 07:22 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis’ Council of Cardinals met for the 17th time this week, with synodality and the Church’s “missionary drive” forming the basis of the discussion on how reform of the Curia’s various departments will move forward.Discussion largely centered around the role of the Secretary of state and the Congregations for the Evangelization of Peoples (Propaganda Fides), for Bishops and for Oriental Churches.According to a Dec. 14 communique from the Vatican, the “fundamental” themes of “missionary push” and “synodality” emerged as guidelines during the Dec. 12-14 the discussion. In the past, the council has also emphasized the need for greater harmonization and simplification in the Curia.In this round of meetings, the cardinals handed the Pope their completed studies on several Vatican dicasteries, including the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, for Consec...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Gary Cameron, ReutersBy Kurt JensenWASHINGTON (CNS) -- Organizersof the March for Life made it clear Dec. 13 that although they're"cautiously optimistic" about eventually overturning the SupremeCourt's Roe v. Wade decision with a Donald Trump administration and a Republican-controlledHouse and Senate, they don't expect to be in lockstep with other aspects of thenew president's agenda."We're nonpartisan,"said Jeanne Mancini, president of March for Life, adding, "We alwaysadvocate that people vote pro-life" without regard to party label."Difficult as it is, we always try to have a Democratic speaker at theMarch for Life as well," she said.Referring to thepresident-elect's volatility on social media, Tom McClusky, the marchorganization's vice president of government affairs, remarked: "You alwayshave to worry about the 3 a.m. tweet that's going to knock your whole agendaoff."The annual march, which in someyears has drawn as many as 100,000 participants, always includi...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Christmas is a time to open yourheart to the little and wondrous things found in baby Jesus -- born poor anddefenseless so he could be near and bring hope to everyone, Pope Francis said."The most beautiful joy of Christmas is that innerjoy of peace: the Lord wiped away my sins, the Lord has forgiven me, the Lordhad mercy on me, he came to save me. That is the joy of Christmas," the pope said Dec. 14 athis weekly general audience.With a Nativity scene decorating the stage in the Vaticanaudience hall, the pope's weekly meeting with visitors and pilgrims was festivewith a group of "zampognari,"Italian bagpipe players, who played traditional songs and carols.People also sang and wished the pope a happy birthday, inanticipation of him turning 80 on Dec. 17. Before the audience, two women presentedhim with a small chocolate cake with two candles lit on top, which heeventually blew out with some prompting."I thank all of you for th...
IMAGE: CNS photo/KNABy Lise AlvesSAO PAULO (CNS) -- CardinalPaulo Evaristo Arns, known as the "cardinal of the people" and one ofthe most active voices against Brazil's military dictatorship, died in SaoPaulo Dec. 14. The 95-year-old retired archbishop of Sao Paulo hadbeen hospitalized since Nov. 28 with pneumonia.At a celebration for his 95thbirthday, leaders of Brazil's landless movement as well as former governmentleaders, sportscasters, intellectuals, journalists and artists held a party atSao Paulo's Catholic University and spoke about Cardinal Arns' dedicationtoward the poor and his fight against human rights violations and politicalpersecution during the 1964-85 military regime."All of us who have donesomething that could be registered in the board of democratic resistance owethis to Dom Paulo, to his courage and prophet-like fearlessness, and histeachings rooted in the Franciscan values of the apostles," former JusticeMinister Jose Gregori said during the event. "You were t...
By Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis and members of theinternational Council of Cardinals advisinghim on church governance deliberated on defining the role of Secretariat ofState and its relationship to other Vatican offices. Meeting with Pope Francis Dec. 12-14, theCouncil of Cardinals worked on laying out clear objectives in the reform ofseveral offices and congregations. "Two fundamental themes emerged as the guidelinesof the reform of the dicasteries: the missionary impulse and synodality,"said Greg Burke, director of the Vatican press office.AlthoughSt. John Paul II's constitution "PastorBonus," a 1988 reform of the curia,states that the secretariat was to "foster relations" with other curial offices and "coordinate their work," Burke told journalists it was somewhat general. The new document on the current reformwill be "much more clear and laid out regarding the Secretariat of Stateand its role in coordinating the Curia," he said. Cardinal Kevin J. Farr...
"La La Land" may have hit all the right notes for the Golden Globes, but the Screen Actors Guild sung a different tune Wednesday, when Kenneth Lonergan's New England-set family drama "Manchester by the Sea" picked up the most nominations. Its leading four nods included best ensemble cast, best actor for Casey Affleck and best supporting performances for Michelle Williams and Lucas Hedges....
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