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(Vatican Radio)  Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, President of the Governorate of Vatican City State, as his Special Envoy for the bicentennial celebrations of the founding of the Diocese of Cuneo in Italy.Celebrations will be held on 16 July in the Cathedral, St. Mary of the Woods.Cardinal Bertello is to be accompanied by Msgr. Giovanni Battista Riberi, Vicar General of the diocese, and Msgr. Don Roberto Mondino, Secretary of the Presbiteral Council.Pope Francis sent the following letter to Cardinal Bertello for the occasion.Venerabili Fratri NostroIOSEPHO S.R.E. Cardinali BERTELLOPraesidi Praefecturae Civitatis VaticanaeCuneensis dioecesis, quam Decessor Noster Pius VII rec. mem., pastorales necessitates attente considerans, die XVII mensis Iulii anno MDCCCXVII bulla "Beati Petri Apostolorum Principis" condidit, laetanter ducentesimam celebrat anniversariam suae fundationis memoriam. Dilecti quidem fideles Cuneenses, actuoso Pa...
The Catholic bishops of the Philippines have called for "intra-faith dialogue" to fight "violent extremism" as government forces continue to battle Islamist terrorists in the southern city of Marawi.   In a statement at the end of their plenary assembly in Manila, July 8-10, members of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) issued a statement appealing for a "return to normalcy and peace ... as soon as possible."   They appealed for dialogue with Muslims so that the various faiths in the country “may not be exploited and abused for the sake of terrorism or violent extremism."   The church leaders urged parents, schools, churches, and mosques to "ensure that none may be lured by the recruitment efforts of terrorists."Terrorists belonging to the Maute group that alleges links to the so-called Islamic State (IS) attacked Marawi on May 23, burned the ‎Catholic cathedral and a Protes...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis will beatify two martyred Colombian clerics when he travels to visit their South American nation in September.The director of the Holy See Press office, Greg Burke, said that Bishop Jesus Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve of Arauca and Father Pedro Ramirez Ramos will be beatified on September 8th during an open-air Mass in the city of Villavicencio presided over by the Pope.  Linda Bordoni reports: It was thanks to Bishop Jaramillo’s work of evangelization and promotion of the local Church in a vast territory where contraband and drug trafficking were rampant that development was made possible. Jaramillo was taken hostage in 1989 by armed bandits some 800 kilometers east of Bogota, and found dead the following day, shot with four bullets to the head.Francis also recognized the martyrdom of Father Pedro Ramirez who was killed at the start of the Colombian civil war in 1948 when guerrilla factions set upon him as he sought refuge in his parish church....
(Vatican Radio) Across East Africa, millions of families face starvation because of drought, lack of food, and civil war. The UN has described this as the largest humanitarian crisis in more than 70 years.  The Disasters Emergency Committee, of which the Catholic Development Charity CAFOD is a member, has launched an appeal to provide urgent supplies to the 16 million people facing severe hunger in South Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya.  The CAFOD East Africa Crisis Appeal also aims to target more than 800,000 children under five who are severely malnourished.Nana Anto-Awuakye, head of world news at CAFOD UK, told Linda Bordoni of her recent visit to Northern Kenya to monitor the work done by CAFOD’s Church partners in response to the devastating drought that is affecting around 2.7 million people there. Listen to the full interview: Nana Anto-Awuakye says that the figure itself may seem quite meaningless to many, however when one is in the field ...
Vatican City, Jul 11, 2017 / 06:22 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Tuesday Pope Francis declared a new category of Christian life suitable for consideration of beatification called “offering of life” – in which a person has died prematurely through an offering of their life for love of God and neighbor.Though similar to martyrdom, this definition fits those Servants of God who have in some way given up their life prematurely for charity, though the circumstances may fall outside the strict definition of martyrdom, which requires the presence of a persecutor.The changes were issued in a Motu proprio July 11, which formally added the particular case to the paths by which a person under investigation for beatification may be discerned to be worthy, in addition to the traditional three paths: martyrdom, a life of heroic virtue and the very rare “exceptional cases.”The change in norms was made with the support of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, which stud...
IMAGE: CNS photo/John G. Mabanglo, EPABy Carolyn MackenzieWASHINGTON (CNS) --Political polarization in America has recently peaked, accordingto surveys conducted by Pew Research Center and Gallup, among others.In a time where suchpolarization threatens civility in public discourse, Catholic leaders ininterviews with Catholic News Service called for respect and trust in dialogueand awareness of the opinions of those with whom one disagrees."There's been acoarsening of the culture," Gerard Powers, director of Catholic PeacebuildingStudies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the Universityof Notre Dame, told CNS in a phone interview. "Civility requires a commitmentto common social mores and social norms that undergird the culture. It's notsomething you can legislate."Powers, who also iscoordinator of the Catholic Peacebuilding Network based at the university, explainedthe importance of listening to opinions that may contradict one's own."In most cases, violentconfl...
By Jean GonzalezORLANDO,Fla. (CNS) -- United by the words of the prophet of social justice, Catholic Churchleaders urged black Catholics to become active, just disciples of Christ.Morethan 2,000 converged on Orlando July 6-9 for the 12th National Black CatholicCongress where speakers -- clergy, lay and religious -- addressed a variety oftopics and concerns facing black communities and families, while urging thosepresent to take an active, enthusiastic role in living out the Gospel as justdisciples of Christ.Duringhis homily at the opening Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary,Queen of the Universe, Father Patrick Smith, pastor of St. Augustine Parish inWashington, spoke about the "ridiculous power of the Christ on the cross" andhow our own suffering can be offered up to God as a source of healing forothers.Itis important the community does talk about its struggles, the priest said, but italso must talk about the redemptive power of God on the cross. He added while"raci...
By Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has approved a fourthpathway to possible sainthood -- giving one's life in a heroic act of loving serviceto others.In a new apostolic letter, the pope approved new normsallowing for candidates to be considered for sainthood because of the heroicway they freely risked their lives and died prematurely because of "anextreme act of charity."The document, given "motu proprio" (on his owninitiative) went into effect the same day of its publication July 11, with thetitle "Maiorem hac dilectionem," which comes from the Gospelaccording to St. John (15:13): "No one has greater love than this, to laydown one's life for one's friends."Archbishop Marcello Bartolucci, secretary of the VaticanCongregation for Saints' Causes, said the addition is meant "to promoteheroic Christian testimony, (that has been) up to now without a specificprocess, precisely because it did not completely fit within the case of martyrdomor heroic virtues."For centuries, co...
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