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As police responded to the attack at Ohio State University, school officials blasted an ominous message to students with a set of instructions: "Run Hide Fight."...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A man plowed his car into a group of pedestrians at Ohio State University and began stabbing people with a butcher knife Monday before he was shot to death by a police officer. Police said they are investigating whether it was a terrorist attack....
(Vatican Radio) The President of Costa Rica, Luis Guillermo Solís, spoke with Vatican Radio in the wake of Pope Francis’ appeal for prayer and concrete solidarity with all those affected in his country and throughout the region by hurricane Otto, which passed through the southern parts of Central America late last week.Pope Francis made his appeal during remarks to the faithful gathered for the Angelus prayer on Sunday in St. Peter’s Square.“The people and the government of Costa Rica have received with great joy the message of His Holiness, Pope Francis, who remembered the difficult times we have endured just a few days ago, as we experienced the passing of hurricane Otto,” President Solís told Vatican Radio.Click below to hear the extended remarks of Costa Rica's President Luis Guillermo Solís to Vatican Radio “The words of the Pope have brought joy,” he explained, “and also a balm of understanding to our people,...
The University of Zimbabwe students’ Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace celebrated the end of the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy with generous book donations to Chikurubi maximum prison.The visit is the second this year where the young and motivated Catholic students interacted with inmates under the theme, “Donate a book, help mend a broken life”.According to Zimbabwe’s classification at Chikurubi maximum prison, the D- Class Section includes inimates convicted of murderer and those whose escape would be highly dangerous to the public or national security. Most people might, therefore, wonder why university students would donate books to D- Class Section prisoners who have no hope of ever being re-integrated back into society. The answer lies in our history: Some of the unique ideas that have led to great changes in the world came from men and women who were serving time.From the Bible, we see that Joseph, who was wrongly imprisoned for rape, b...
(Vatican Radio) The eminent physicist Stephen Hawking was among those present at an audience with Pope Francis for the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.The Academy is meeting in Rome for its plenary session, on “Science and Sustainability: Impacts of Scientific Knowledge and Technology on Human Society and its Environment.” On Saturday, Dr Hawking gave a presentation on his No-Boundary proposal concerning the beginnings of the universe.The plenary session of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences concludes on Tuesday. 
Priests of the Catholic Church have been called upon to see their vocation as a call that emanates from God out of his Fatherly love for them to be part of the Salvific mission of Christ. The call was made by the Catholic Bishop of Ijebu-Ode Diocese, Albert Fasina in his homily at the celebration of the Mass to declare open the meeting of the priests of the Ecclesiastical Provinces of Lagos and Ibadan.The celebration of the Mass was held at the St Sebastian Catholic Cathedral, Ijebu-Ode and attended by priests from all dioceses that constitute the two Ecclesiastical provinces. The meeting after the Mass was a fruitful deliberation held at the Bishop Anthony Sanusi Hall.Pointing out that Jesus is the only one who redeems, restores and revives Bishop Fasina; noted that every moment of Jesus' life was in complete relationship with his Father adding that, “Jesus lived his life in total consecration to his father.” He continued, “Even when Jesus was personally att...
Washington D.C., Nov 28, 2016 / 07:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Bishop Gregory John Mansour, a Maronite bishop with experience in Middle East issues, will be the next chairman of Catholic Relief Services, the foreign aid arm of the U.S. bishops.“It is my honor and privilege to be appointed as chairman of the CRS board of directors,” Bishop Mansour said Nov. 22. “As a member of the CRS board, I've witnessed CRS’ tremendous work among the most vulnerable. I have seen firsthand the suffering of Christians and others violently forced from their homes in the Middle East. Witnessing their plight was difficult, but it is heartening to see the compassionate work that CRS continues to do in the midst of chaos.” Since 2004, Bishop Mansour has headed the Maronite Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn. He is currently on the relief agency’s board.Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, the new president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, named...
IMAGE: CNS/L'Osservatore RomanoBy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Humanity does not own God's gift ofcreation and has no right to pillage it, Pope Francis said."We are not custodians of a museum and itsmasterpieces that we have to dust off every morning, but rather collaboratorsin the conservation and development of the existence and biodiversity of theplanet and human life," he said Nov. 28.The pope addressed experts attending a plenary session ofthe Pontifical Academy of Sciences Nov. 25-29 to discuss the impact ofscientific knowledge and technology on people and the planet.People in the modern world have grown up "thinkingwe are the owners and masters of nature, authorized to plunder it without anyconsideration for its secret potential and evolutionary laws, as if it were aninert substance at our disposal, causing, among other things, a very seriousloss of biodiversity," he said.An "ecological conversion" is needed in whichpeople recognize their responsibility for caring for cr...
IMAGE: CNS/ReutersBy VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- As a towering spruce tree was erectedin St. Peter's Square, the Vatican released Pope Francis' liturgy schedule forAdvent, Christmas and the month of January.The 82-feet-tall Christmas tree arrived in the square Nov. 24.According to the papal calendar released by the Vatican thesame day:-- Pope Francis will celebrate an evening Mass Dec. 12, the feast of OurLady of Guadalupe. The Mass will include ancient liturgical hymns composed inindigenous languages, including Nahuatl, Quechua, Mapuche and Guarani. The Sistine Chapel Choir bewill joined the Latin American Choir under the direction of conductor Eduardo Notrica.-- The pope will celebrate Christmas Mass at 9:30 p.m. Dec. 24 in St. Peter'sBasilica.-- Pope Francis will give his Christmas blessing "urbiet orbi" (to the city and the world) at noon Dec. 25 from the central balcony overlooking St.Peter's Square.-- Dec. 31in St. Peter's Basilica, the pope will preside over evening prayer and thes...
By Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Just as "the habit does not makethe monk," taking a vow of poverty does not automatically mean aconsecrated person lives with a detachment from material things and insolidarity with the poor, Pope Francis said.In fact, "the hypocrisy of consecrated men and womenwho live like the rich wounds the consciences of the faithful and damages thechurch," the pope said in a written message Nov. 26 to treasurers ofreligious orders.Taking a vow of poverty and having no personal property isnot fulfilling the vow "if my institute allows me to manage or enjoy all thegoods I desire," the pope told the religious, who were in Rome for asymposium on economics and religious life.The founding "charism" -- literally"grace" -- or ideal of a religious order is not "static orrigid," the pope said. Rather, members of orders must continually look atthe world and the church and discern how God wants that original grace to belived in the world today with the human and mater...
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