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(Vatican Radio) The Vatican’s Congregation for the Clergy has issued an updated instrument for the formation of priests.The document, entitled Ratio Fundamentalis Institutionis Sacerdotalis or ‘The Gift of Priestly Vocation’, was promulgated on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, 8 Dec and published in the Osservatore Romano.“The gift of the priestly vocation, placed by God in the hearts of some men, obliges the Church to propose to them a serious journey of formation,” the opening line of the document reads.In an interview with the Osservatore Romano, Cardinal Beniamino Stella, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, says the updated Ratio Fundamentalis is meant to provide guidelines for the formation of priests, which “needed to be revamped, renewed, and restored to the centre”.Click here to read the full interview.Updated normsThe last Ratio was published in 1970 and updated in 1985. Cardinal Stella said the new norms ...
Vatican Weekend for December 10, 2016 features a report on the Wednesday General Audience plus a review of some of the highlights of Pope Francis’ activities during the past year as well as a look at two important anniversaries in the Pope’s own life with the help of a leading commentator on the papacy. We also take a visit to the Roman Church of Santa Maria in Via to admire a Christmas crib and end the programme with a conversation focusing on all things Christmas with our Latin scholar, Father Foster.Listen to this programme produced and presented by Susy Hodges:
Vatican Weekend for December 11, 2016 features our weekly reflection on the Sunday Gospel reading, “There’s More in the Sunday Gospel than Meets the Eye,” a guided tour of St Peter’s famous Colonnade and a musical reflection for the Third Sunday of Advent.Listen to this programme produced and presented by Susy Hodges:
(Vatican Radio) Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, on Wednesday told the UNAIDS Program Coordinating Board it is “a fundamental responsibility of the international community…to ensure that all people have affordable and sustainable access to life-savings medicines.”“Although such access is recognized as a fundamental right in both customary international law and treaty law, it has emerged as a major public health issue, in particular considering the impact of patents on the prices of drugs,” the Vatican diplomat said.“Millions of people throughout the world face significant obstacles in their quest to fully and equally enjoy this right,” – Archbishop Jurkovic said – “The proliferation of plurilateral treaties and the tendency to further enlarge the Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) to form mega-regional trade agreements ha...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has named Archbishop Marek Jedraszewski as the new Metropolitan Archbishop of Kraków, transferring him from the Archdiocese of Lódz, Poland.Archbishop Jedraszewski succeeds Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, whose resignation was accepted by the Holy Father.Biography of Marek JedraszewskiMetropolitan Archbishop of KrakówMarek Jedraszewski was born 24 February 1949 in Poznán. After completing his preliminary studies, he undertook the regular course of philosophical and theological studies at the Seminary of Poznán, and on 24 May 1973 was ordained a priest for that Archdiocese.From 1973-1975, Jedraszewski served as parochial Vicar at Wilkanów and at Odolanów. Later, he continued his study of philosophy at the Pontifical Gregorian University, eventually attaining his doctorate.During the years 1980-1987 Jedraszewski was Prefect of discipline in the Major Seminary of Poznán; from 1987 -1996 he undertook the ...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis visited the Piazza di Spagna in Rome on Thursday for the celebration of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, where he laid a bouquet of white roses near the Column of the Immaculate Conception and prayed especially for families and for workers.Listen to Devin Watkins' report: The Holy Father made his way to Rome’s Spanish Square to pay homage to the Immaculate Virgin, just as the Bishop of Rome has done annually for the past 50 years.Flanked by Rome’s mayor, Pope Francis placed a bouquet of white roses at the base of the Column of the Immaculate Conception and led those present in a prayer for her feast day.He prayed especially for abandoned children, for families struggling to make ends meet, and for men and women in search of work.He said, “We have need of your immaculate heart, to love freely, without secondary aims but seeking the good of the other, with simplicity and sincerity, renouncing masks and tricks.”Above...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Ashleigh Buyers, Catholic HeraldBy Michael F. FlachARLINGTON,Va. (CNS) -- Bishop Michael F. Burbidge said that during these unsettlingtimes, Catholics must imitate the witness of St. Thomas More by bringing thejoy of the Gospel to the public arena with conviction and love."Wedo so as we protect the unborn and the sacredness of life at every stage, as weuphold the dignity of each and every human person without exception, as weprotect our religious freedom and lift up the beautiful vocation of marriageand its sanctity as Jesus taught," Bishop Burbidge said, "and of course, as wereach out in love to the poor and the needy and most vulnerable."Thebishop was installed as Arlington's fourth bishop Dec. 6, the feast of St.Nicholas, at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More. He succeeds Bishop Paul S.Loverde, who retired after heading the Arlington Diocese for 17 years.BishopBurbidge said there's often a price to pay when we refuse to compromise ourfaith."Wemight be labeled unfai...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Although she was just a humble youngwoman from a small town, Mary's total "yes" to God was "the mostimportant 'yes' of history" and overturned Adam and Eve's prideful"no," which unleashed sin into the world, Pope Francis said."With generosity and trust like Mary, may each of ussay this personal 'yes' to God today," Pope Francis prayed Dec. 8 as herecited the Angelus prayer with visitors in St. Peter's Square on the feast ofthe Immaculate Conception.Even when they do not say "no" to God, humanbeings can be experts in saying, "yes, but ..." to God, the popesaid."To avoid saying 'no' outright to God, we say, 'Sorry,but I can't,' 'Not today, but maybe tomorrow,' 'Tomorrow I will be better,tomorrow I will pray, I'll do good tomorrow,'" he said. But in respondingthat way, "we close the door to what is good and evil profits."Nevertheless, Pope Francis said, God keeps trying to reachout and save us. And through the "yes" of Mary, h...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Mick Jagger's representatives say the rock legend has welcomed the birth of his eighth child....
