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IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Cindy WoodenROME(CNS) -- Being created a cardinal in the Year of Mercy brings with it anobligation to continue to proclaim and share God's mercy with others, saidCardinal-designate Joseph W. Tobin.Thecurrent archbishop of Indianapolis, who will be installed as archbishop ofNewark, New Jersey, in January, was to receive his red hat Nov. 19 and join Pope Francis for the closing of the Year of Mercy the next day.TheYear of Mercy, he said, "was such a wonderful gift" to the church andthe world. "First, because it's such an unmerciful world we live in andthat lack of mercy is manifest in terrible ways each day. And, second, rightlyor wrongly, the church in many areas was not seen as a sign of mercy, asacrament of mercy."Peopleacross the Archdiocese of Indianapolis understood and celebrated the year, hesaid, but probably no group did so as intensely as the people in the dozencorrectional facilities operating within the archdiocesan boundaries. Theprisoners, he sa...
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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis spoke on Thursday of the suffering of innocent victims caught up in the Syrian and Iraqi conflicts, saying that nothing can justify such terrible violence. His words came as he met with the head of the Assyrian Church of the East, Mar Gewargis III, who was making his first visit to the Vatican since being elected as Catholicos-Patriarch in September last year.Listen to Philippa Hitchen's report: In his words to the new leader of this Church, which traces its roots back to the apostles Thomas and Bartholomew, the Pope appealed for an end to the conflicts in the Middle East which cause such great suffering to Christians and members of other religious or ethnic minorities.Every day, the Pope said, Christians in these places "walk the way of the Cross". They remind us that Jesus is always at the heart of our faith, even in our adversity, calling us to live out his message of love, reconciliation and forgiveness.Blood of martyrs is seed ...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis met leading representatives of Caritas on Thursday and urged them to persevere in their fight against poverty and at the same time learn from the poor themselves. The participants at the audience in the Vatican included leading Caritas officials from across the world.The Pope did not read his prepared remarks, instead handing out the text of his address and speaking off the cuff, followed by a question and answer session with those present.In his prepared remarks the Pope noted that we are called to act against social exclusion of the weakest and strive for their integration. With our society dominated by the throw-away culture, we need to overcome that indifference and learn the art of solidarity. Your mission, he went on, is to promote charity and justice in our world in the light of the gospel and the teaching of the Church by involving the poor as the true protagonists of their development.Stressing it is possible to change things, the Pope sa...
Bangladesh’s over 156 million population is overwhelmingly Muslim. While some 88% of the people profess Islam, Christians are a tiny minority. Catholics who number over 350 thousand form a mere 0.2 percent of the country’s population. Catholicism came to the region in the 16th century with the arrival of Portuguese traders and along with them also missionaries. The first church in Bangladesh was built by Portuguese Jesuits in 1599 at Chandecan (also called Iswaripur or old Jessore) near Kaliganj in the Sunderbans of present Satkhira district.The Xaverian Missionaries are among several foreign missionary congregations working in Bangladesh. Fr. Marcello Storgato, is a 73-year old Rome-born Xaverian missionary, who worked in Bangladesh for 21 years from 1972 until 1994 when he was called to serve in the Xaverian media in Brescia, Italy. In an interview with him, we came to know a lot about the Xaverian mission in Bangladesh. Last...
