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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Saturday morning addressed the winners of the 2016 Ratzinger Prize, Msgr Inos Biffi and Ioannis Kourempeles, in the Vatican’s Clementine Hall.Listen to Ann Schneible’s report: Awarded by the Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation, the Ratzinger Prize is given as a sign of the Church’s gratitude to scholars and professors who have stood out for their scientific research in the theological field. Msgr Biffi, a professor, and internationally renowned theologian and liturgist, was awarded the prize for his Opera Omnia, a collection of his writings, most of which are on theology and medieval philosophy.The other winner, Prof Kourempeles is a member of the Orthodox Church, is associate professor in the Department of Theology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.In his address to the winners, Pope Francis began by expressing “great affection” and “gratitude” for Pope Emeritus Benedict ...
Vatican City, Nov 26, 2016 / 03:30 am (CNA/EWTN News).- After hearing of the death of Fidel Castro, former president and leader communist revolution in Cuba, late Friday evening, Pope Francis sent a telegram offering his prayers for the deceased and the entire nation.“Upon receiving the sad news of the passing of your dear brother, His Excellency Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, former president of the Council of the State and of the Government of the Republic of Cuba, I express my sentiments of sympathy,” the Nov. 26 telegram, signed by Pope Francis read.Addressed to Fidel’s brother and the current president of Cuba, Raul Castro, the telegram expressed the Pope’s closeness to the members of the Castro family, the Cuban government and the entire people “of this beloved nation.”“At the same time, I offer prayers to the Lord for his rest and I entrust the entire Cuban people to the maternal intercession of Our Lady of Cobre, Patroness of this count...
Indianapolis, Ind., Nov 26, 2016 / 05:02 am (CNA).- With the September debut of the new T.V. series The Exorcist, based on the horror film series of the same name from the 1970s, another wave of fascination with the supernatural has also surfaced.In an article prior to the show’s launch, Lance Higdon, writing for pop culture website Vice, explored the world of exorcism, a phenomenon mysterious to many inside and outside the Church.Higdon recalled that in an interview with Agence France-Presse (AFP) in May, director William Friedkin, of the original “The Exorcism” film series, claimed that he had been invited to the Vatican to see - and film - an exorcism in real life.A Vatican spokesman denied the claim to AFP, noting that the Vatican does not have an official exorcist. The spokesman said it may have been possible that Friedkin was mistaking the Vatican for another Catholic entity.Fr. Vincent Lampert is a Vatican-trained exorcist for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis...
(Vatican Radio) Former President Fidel Castro, has died at age 90. His brother President Raul Castro said on state television that his older brother died at 10:29 p.m. Friday. Fidel Castro ruled Cuba as a one-party state for almost 50 years before Raul took over eight years ago.Listen to James Blears’ report: An era of Revolution, which shook and changed the World passes, with the death of Fidel Castro, the architect of the Cuban Revolution. Until the very end of his life, just ten years shy of a century, Fidel Castro was a hard line Marxist revolutionary. He ruled Cuba for almost fifty years and through ten US Presidential terms. He gave up smoking Cuba`s most famous product, cherished by rich capitalists. But it was a serious gastric ailment, and a botched operation which so nearly claimed his life in 2006. It convinced him to release his iron grip on the reigns of power in 2008, officially handing them over to his younger, quieter, less c...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- After operating out of Pakistan for more than a decade, the leaders of Afghanistan's Taliban movement may have moved back to their homeland to try to build on this year's gains in the war and to establish a permanent presence....
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Students and administrators raised concerns about a Tennessee school bus driver's behavior behind the wheel in the weeks before a crash that killed six children....
LONDON (AP) -- In Britain, Big Brother just got bigger....
NEW YORK (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump looked at hundreds of marble samples before selecting one for the lobby of Trump Tower. He can recall, in painstaking detail even decades later, how he stood in the cold and oversaw the ice-making process at Central Park's rink. And, during the campaign, he personally reviewed every single campaign ad, rejecting some over the smallest of perceived flaws....
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is ignoring questions about efforts to recount votes in key battleground states, focusing instead on the latest additions to his administration....
MIAMI (AP) -- Within half an hour of the Cuban government's official announcement that former President Fidel Castro had died, Miami's Little Havana teemed with life - and cheers....
