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Vatican City, Nov 29, 2016 / 11:00 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Christians must pursue true humility as they remember the “smallness” of Christmas, Pope Francis said in his Tuesday homily.“Humility is the virtue of the childlike and this is true humility and not a rather theatrical humility: no, not that: the humility of somebody who said: ‘I am humble but proud of being so.’ No, that is not true humility,” the Pope warned.“The humility of the childlike is that of somebody who walks in the presence of the Lord, does not speak badly about others, looks only at serving and feels that he or she is the smallest.”This is the strength of the childlike, the Pope said in his Nov. 11 homily during Mass at the Casa Santa Marta chapel in Vatican City. He noted that the Lord reveals to the little ones the mystery of Salvation and the mystery of his very self.For Pope Francis, true humility is connected to the biblical concept of Fear of the Lord praised i...
Rionegro, Colombia, Nov 29, 2016 / 12:04 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A wave of solidarity and calls for prayer have inundated social networks and the media following Monday's crash in Colombia of a plane carrying 81 people, including Brazil's Chapecoense soccer team.Only six persons reportedly survived the Nov. 28 accident.The plane's pilot reported electrical failures as it approached Medellin around 10:15 pm on Monday. It crashed moments later in a mountainous area near La Union, less than 20 miles south of Rionegro.Pope Francis sent a message to Bishop Fidel Leon Cadavid Marin of Sonson-Rionegro Nov. 29 through the Vatican Secretariat of State.“The Holy Father, deeply distressed knowing the painful news of the grave accident with numerous victims, lifts up his prayers for the eternal rest of the deceased,” read the message.“I also ask your excellency to transmit the condolences of His Holiness to the family and to those who mourn such  a great loss, to...
CHERNOBYL, Ukraine (AP) -- Workers completed a massive shelter over the Chernobyl nuclear plant's exploded reactor on Tuesday, one of the most ambitious engineering projects in the world that one expert said had closed "a nuclear wound."...
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) -- Wildfires fueled by high winds roared through parts of the Great Smoky Mountains, burning the doorstep of the Dollywood theme park, destroying a resort and chasing thousands of people from their homes....
NEW YORK (AP) -- In chillingly detailed articles in a slick online magazine, Islamic State extremists exhorted English-language readers this fall to carry out attacks with knives and vehicles....
CHAPECO, Brazil (AP) -- These were going to be the games of their lives for players on the humble Brazilian club Chapecoense....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Three weeks out from a presidential election result that left them deeply dejected, many liberals now say they've been roused to action in new ways, from making donations and volunteering to considering political runs themselves....
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Be priests who have the mind of Christ,  urged   Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan, to the five newly-ordained Rogationist priests in Parañaque City, Philippines.The ordination ceremony was combined with the 40th anniversary of the Rogationist missionary presence in the Philippines and was held at the Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish, Multinational Village, Parañaque City.In reference to St. Teresa of Avila’s prayer, the Archbishop  vigorously pressed on the five new priests to keep on studying and to never give up on it. He likewise lamented priests who are pious but who lack knowledge which is supposed to enrich their priestly ministry. “You have to continue studying even after your philosophy and theology, so that you may have the mind of Christ,” stressed the prelate.He summed up his homily into three points, inviting the newly-ordained priests to have clarity of mind, purity of heart, and generosit...
(Vatican Radio)  The Diocese of Chapecó in Brazil offered assurances of  "prayer and solidarity" to the victims and relatives of the plane crash that killed at least 75 people early Tuesday morning in the city of La Unión, near Medellín, Colombia.The charter plane was carrying the Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense to play the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana, the most important cup final of in the history of the small team.  A Mass for the victims was scheduled to be celebrated at the Cathedral of Chapecó on Tuesday afternoon.Listen to James Blears' report: The pilot of the charter plane carrying Chapcoenese Real soccer team reported electrical faults as it approached Medellin and it crashed in a mountain range. Rescue teams which are still searching the steep debris strewn remote terrain, which is almost three and a half thousand above sea level, initially reported five survivors, but another one has been found ...
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