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(Vatican Radio) Following the closure of the Jubilee of Mercy, the Holy Doors in Jerusalem and Nazareth will be closed respectively on December 3 and 9, during Solemn Masses in the Church of All Nations and the Basilica of the Annunciation. The masses will be presided by Patriarchal Vicars Bishop William Shomali in Jerusalem, Bishop Giacinto Marcuzzo in Nazareth and by Fr. Francesco Patton, Custos of the Holy Land.The Apostolic Administrator of Jerusalem, Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa spoke to Linda Bordoni of the meaning of the event in the Holy Land.Listen:  Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa points out that the Holy Door will also be closed in Anjara in Jordan that together with Getsemane and Nazareth are the three most significant Holy places in the Holy Land.“The meaning is the same as it is all over the world: first of all to close the Jubilee Year but also to remind the community that the commitment to mercy for us Christians isn’t over, but must ...
Vatican City, Dec 2, 2016 / 03:35 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Stephen Hawking’s visit to the Vatican this week has raised curiosity, with some asking what exactly the famed astrophysicist and self-proclaimed atheist was doing in the heart of the Catholic Church.But for the Vatican, his visit was nothing out of the ordinary. Hawking is a member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences – which includes 80 of the most brilliant scientists in the world – and he was in Vatican City for the group’s annual meeting.This year’s conference was focused on “Science and Sustainability.” Hawking himself gave a talk on “The Origin of the Universe,” the topic that has earned him world renown.Religious belief – Catholic or otherwise – is not a criterion for membership in the Pontifical Academy. The group’s president, Werner Arber, a former Nobel Prize Laureate in Medicine, is a Protestant. And members of the Academy are Catholics, atheist...
Vatican City, Dec 2, 2016 / 04:15 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In his latest prayer video, which highlights his prayer intention for the month of December, Pope Francis focused on putting an end to the phenomenon of child-soldiers, which he called a “form of slavery.”The video, published Dec. 1, shows a soldier suiting up for battle in the dark, boots, gun and ammo included. When the soldier’s face is shown, it’s a young boy with the lower half of his face covered by a bandana.As the child pulls the bandana down revealing his entire face, Francis’ voice is heard in his native Spanish, saying: “in this world, which has developed the most sophisticated technologies, weapons are sold that end up in the hands of child soldiers.”The scene then changes to show children running and playing in the sun, while the Pope says “we must do everything possible so that the dignity of children may be respected, and end this form of slavery.”“Whoeve...
By VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has recognized themartyrdom of Father Stanley Rother of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, makinghim the first martyr born in the United States.The Vatican made the announcement Dec. 2. The recognitionof his martyrdom clears the way for his beatification.Father Rother, born March 27, 1935, on his family's farmnear Okarche, Oklahoma, was brutally murdered July 28, 1981, in a Guatemalanvillage where he ministered to the poor.He went to Santiago Atitlan in 1968 on assignment fromthe Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. He helped the people there build a smallhospital, school and its first Catholic radio station. He was beloved by thelocals, who called him "Padre Francisco."Many priests and religious in Guatemala became targetsduring the country's 1960-1996 civil war as government forces cracked down onleftist rebels supported by the rural poor.The bodies of some of Father Rother's deacons andparishioners were left in front of his church and soon he receive...
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Los Angeles, Calif., Dec 2, 2016 / 12:42 am (CNA).- The image of the Virgin of Guadalupe made its way through the narrow halls of the Century Regional Women Detention Facility in Lynwood, California on Sunday, Nov. 27.Stopping at several two-tier cells at the facility’s east and west towers, Gonzalo de Vivero, director of the L.A. Archdiocese’s Office of Restorative Justice, together with Knight of Columbus Mark Padilla, pulled a makeshift cart carrying the digital reproduction of the original copy of the Guadalupana, a gift to the archdiocese of from Mexico City’s Basilica a decade ago.Accompanied by a few of the facility’s deputies and volunteers from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the men also carried the Virgin’s message of love, forgiveness and reconciliation to the incarcerated women, showing them that they too are important to the Church.Catholic Chaplain Evelia Ortiz couldn’t miss the visit. Every week, from Sunday to Thursday, she offers...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Dez Bryant sashayed through the Dallas locker room with an unmistakable swagger and had nothing but good things to say about his adversary this time around....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Republican-led House is pushing ahead with a $611 billion defense policy bill that prohibits closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, forbids the Pentagon from trimming the number of military bases and awards U.S. troops their largest pay raise in six years....
LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Michigan's elections board on Friday will consider President-elect Donald Trump's request to block a hand recount of all 4.8 million ballots cast in the state he won by about 10,700 votes over Hillary Clinton....
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