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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 ...
(Vatican Radio) The migrant crisis has undermined harmony within churches in Europe, a Catholic bishop has told a high-level EU summit.Auxiliary Bishop of Malines-Bruxelles Jean Kockerols told the meeting of European Commissioners and religious leaders that a common solution the refugee crisis “is a question that touches directly upon the values and the future of Europe”.Bishop Kockerols, also the Vice-President of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community (COMECE), said: “This crisis has undermined unity in Europe, and, admittedly, also within the churches in Europe. The migration crisis is challenging Christian communities to position themselves, as citizens and also as believers.“It is our duty to recall that every refugee has the right to receive a fair and human treatment.”The event was hosted by the European Commission and involved 15 representatives from the major religions of the continent. Issues discussed inclu...
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