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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a telegram to the Superior General of the Jesuit Order, Father Arturo Sosa Abascal, expressing his “heartfelt condolences” on the death of Father Peter Hans Kolvenbach, the former head of the Society of Jesus.Father Kolvenbach died in Beirut on Saturday, just a few days short of his 88th birthday.In the telegram, sent in his own name, Pope Francis recalled Father Kolvenbach’s “integral fidelity to Christ and His Gospel,” which was joined to “a generous commitment in exercising his office with a spirit of service for the good of the Church.”In the telegram, the Pope assured Father Sosa of his “prayers of suffrage, invoking, through the divine mercy, eternal peace” for Father Kolvenbach.Here is the full text of the telegram for the death of Father Peter Hans Kolvenbach, S.J.:Hearing the news of the pious death of the Reverend Father Peter Hans Kolvenbach, S.J., the former Superior General of ...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis received the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland, Enda Kenny, on Monday.A communiqué from the Press Office of the Holy See reports that the Pope and Taoiseach held cordial discussions, in which they evoked the historical ties between the Holy See and Ireland, and underlined the continued contribution ensured by the Catholic Church in the fields of education and social service.The Communiqué goes on to say the men also spoke of the importance of the role of Christians in the public sphere, especially in promoting respect for the dignity of every person, beginning with the weakest and most defenseless.The conversation then continued with an exchange of views on Europe, with particular reference to migration, youth employment and the main challenges that the continent has to deal with, from the political point of view and institutional.Kenny also met with the Secretary of State of the Holy See, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, who was accompanied ...
Vatican City, Nov 28, 2016 / 04:30 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis told a group of scientists Monday that their role in finding creative solutions to the world’s problems is more urgent than ever, and praised increasing collaboration between scientific and religious communities.“It falls to scientists, who work free of political, economic or ideological interests, to develop a cultural model which can face the crisis of climatic change and its social consequences, so that the vast potential of productivity will not be reserved only for the few,” the Pope said Nov. 28.Just as the scientific community has carried out research demonstrating the planet’s current crisis through interdisciplinary exchange, “so too today that same community is called to offer a leadership that provides general and specific solutions” to increasing issues such as water, renewable forms of energy and food security, he said.Francis stressed that with the cooperation of sc...
Vatican City, Nov 28, 2016 / 05:31 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Monday the Vatican announced that Pope Francis has named Bishop Gregory Parkes of Pensacola-Tallahassee as the new head of the St. Petersburg diocese, where he will take over as their fifth bishop.“I am filled with joy that Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Parkes as the new Bishop of the Diocese of St. Petersburg,” the diocese’s outgoing bishop, Bishop Robert Lynch, said in a Nov. 28 press release announcing Parkes’ appointment.He invited faithful in both St. Petersburg and in Pensacola-Tallahassee to join him “in offering prayers of thanksgiving and to pray for Bishop Parkes as he transitions to shepherd the people of the Diocese of St. Petersburg.”Bishop Lynch, who has served the Diocese of St. Petersburg since 1996, will retire after having reached the age limit of 75.The appointment of Bishop Parkes as his successor will officially be made at a Nov. 28 news conference in St. Petersbur...
MOSCOW (AP) -- An Olympic ice-dancing gold medalist and her on-ice partner have caused controversy by dressing up in concentration camp uniforms for a dance routine on a popular television show....
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has set an early December deadline for American Indians and others to leave an encampment in North Dakota where they've been entrenched for months protesting the Dakota Access pipeline. Tribes including the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux are fighting the Dakota Access project because they fear it will harm drinking water and cultural sites. Texas-based pipeline developer Energy Transfer Partners says the 1,200-mile ...
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian government forces and their allies captured another major eastern Aleppo neighborhood and several smaller areas Monday, putting much of the northern part of Aleppo's besieged rebel-held areas under government control for the first time in four years, state media reported....
(Vatican Radio) People in Switzerland voting in a referendum have rejected a proposal to accelerate the country’s exit from nuclear energy with a strict timetable. Official results showed more than half of the voters, some 54 percent, voted against the initiative.Listen to Stephan Bos' report: The outcome of Sunday's referendum on nuclear energy energy came as a setback for Switzerland's Green Party. A yes vote would have limited the reactors lifespan to 45 years. That would have meant the closure of three of the alpine nation's five nuclear plants next year, with the last shutting in 2029.However after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, the Swiss government only adopted a gradualist approach toward transitioning the country to renewable energy by 2050.It said nuclear plants should continue to operate as long as they are deemed safe. But it refused to set a precise timetable as demanded by the Greens.NEEDING TIMEThe government said it "needs time&q...
DENVER (AP) -- Tyreek Hill just got his name mentioned in the same sentence with Gale Sayers....
SIERRA MADRE MOUNTAINS, Philippines (AP) -- In the late-night hours and amid the chirp of crickets, Katryn welcomed a huddle of exhausted Filipino journalists in cheerful spirits like she was home. "Coffee?" she asked with a comforting smile....
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