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Lesotho’s first Cardinal and Bishop emeritus of Mohale’s Hoek, Koto Sabastian Khoarai, OMI, elevated to the office of Cardinal Saturday was not able to make the trip to Rome for the consistory due to advanced age and infirmity. He will receive the insignia of his new office by a Papal emissary. Cardinal Khoarai has also been appointed Cardinal-Priest of San Leonardo da Porto Maurizio ad AciliaEarlier Cardinal Khoarai, who is 87, years old told Lesotho Times reporter Lekhetho Ntsukunyane, “The Lord will help me carry out this task.” He also told Lesotho Times that his appointment as Cardinal came as a surprise,“I was actually caught by surprise. I was not expecting anything like this,” the new Cardinal said. As congratulatory messages kept coming through, it was only after Mgr Kevin Randall, the counsellor at the Apostolic Nunciature in Pretoria wrote to congratulate him that he knew for certain about his appointment.At the time of the interview ...
Vatican City, Nov 19, 2016 / 07:36 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- After becoming the first prelate from Bangladesh to ever get a red hat, newly-elevated Cardinal Patrick D'Rozario said his country is waiting for the Pope’s visit in 2017, which will not only rejuvenate the Church, but will help strengthen interfaith ties.Pope Francis’ visit to Bangladesh will be “a great event for the whole Church in the country, especially for interreligious harmony, the rights of government workers and for climate change,” Cardinal D'Rozario told journalists Nov. 19, after being elevated as cardinal earlier that day.“He’s a kind of ‘spiritual guru,’ the Holy Father,” the cardinal said, predicting the visit will “boost-up the spirituality, the communion of all the people.”When asked when the Pope’s Bangladesh visit will take place, the new cardinal joked “I’m going to take him there right now!” Turning ...
Vatican City, Nov 20, 2016 / 03:58 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Sunday Pope Francis closed the Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica, officially marking the end of the Jubilee of Mercy, which he said is a reminder that love is at the core of God’s attitude, rather than power and prestige.“This Year of Mercy invites us to rediscover the core, to return to what is essential,” the Pope said Nov. 20, the Feast of Christ the King.The “time of mercy” lived during the Jubilee serves as a call to look to “the true face of our King,” and to rediscover “the youthful, beautiful face of the Church, the face that is radiant when it is welcoming, free, faithful, poor in means but rich in love, on mission.”Mercy, he said, takes us “to the heart of the Gospel, urges us to give up habits and practices which may be obstacles to serving the Kingdom of God” and urges us to align ourselves “only in the perennial and humble kingship of ...
By Cindy WoodenVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Following Christ the King, whose regalpower is love and mercy, means the whole church and each Christian must"follow his way of tangible love," Pope Francis said.Celebrating the feast of Christ the King Nov. 20 andofficially closing the extraordinary jubilee celebration of the Year of Mercy,Pope Francis insisted, "we have received mercy in order to bemerciful."On a warm, late fall morning, St. Peter's Square was filled withan estimated 70,000 people for the Mass, which was concelebrated by the newcardinals Pope Francis had created the previous day.The pope and the new cardinals first went to the atrium ofSt. Peter's Basilica and gave thanks for "the gifts of gracereceived" during the Holy Year. Pope Francis then went to the threshold ofthe Holy Door and pulled each side shut. The door will be sealed until the nextHoly Year, which is likely to be 2025.In his homily, Pope Francis said that even if the Holy Dooris closed, "the true door of mercy, w...
BEIRUT (AP) -- The Syrian government on Sunday refused a U.N. proposal to grant the eastern districts of Aleppo autonomy as part of an approach to restore calm to the war-torn city....
BALATA REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) -- Hatem Abu Riziq used to prowl the narrow alleyways of the West Bank's largest refugee camp battling the Israeli army. But these days he is turning his gun's barrel toward the Palestinian leadership....
PUKHRAYAN, India (AP) -- At least 104 people were killed when 14 coaches of an overnight passenger train rolled off the track in northern India early Sunday, with rescue workers using cutting torches to try to pull out survivors, police said....
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korean prosecutors said Sunday that they believe President Park Geun-hye conspired in criminal activities of a confidante who allegedly exploited her presidential ties to amass an illicit fortune - a damning revelation that may convince opposition parties to push for Park's impeachment....
CHICAGO (AP) -- Chicago police said charges could be announced soon in the fatal shooting of an Illinois congressman's grandson following an argument over a pair of basketball shoes....
LUCKNOW, India (AP) -- At least 96 people were killed Sunday when 14 coaches of an overnight passenger train rolled off the track in northern India, with rescue workers using cutting torches to try to pull out survivors, police said....
