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It is very likely that the visit of Pope Francis to India and Bangladesh planned for the end of this year, could be postponed to next year, a prominent Indian Catholic Church leader said on Thursday.  In an interview to National Catholic Reporter (NCR) on June 15, Cardinal Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay said that discussions with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government about a papal visit this year have taken longer than expected. "I am beginning to lose hope about 2017," said the cardinal who is the president of both the Latin-rite bishops’ group, the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI), as well as the  Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC).  "We are already in June. Even if they suddenly say, 'Come,' it is a pastoral visit ... [it] will take several months for the dioceses to prepare the people," Card. Gracias said.  "It should not just be a flash in the pan, he comes and goes,&q...
(Vatican Radio)  Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Paul Poupard as his special envoy to the celebrations of the 700th anniversary of the enclave of the Popes in Avignon, France.Cardinal Poupard is the president-emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture.He will be accompanied at the 23-25 June event by Msgr. Jean-Marie Gérard, vicar general of Avignon, and Rev. Canon Daniel Bréhier, rector of the Cathedral of Avignon.Pope Francis also sent the following letter to Cardinal Poupard (in Latin).Please find below the Pope's original letter:Venerabili Fratri NostroPAULO S.R.E. Cardinali POUPARDPraesidi emerito Pontificii Consilii de CulturaSuorum temporum variis condicionibus consideratis, Decessor Noster Ioannes XXII, qui ante fuerat etiam Archiepiscopus Avenionensis, Ecclesiae Catholicae electus Summus Pontifex, pro tempore in hac amoena Provinciae urbe sistere decrevit. Revera iam antea Praedecessor eius Clemens V ibidem suam Curiam collocaverat ipseque s...
(Vatican Radio)  The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development on Saturday released a communique on the conclusions of the International Debate on Corruption, which was held on Thursday in the Vatican.Organized in collaboration with the Pontifical Council for Social Sciences, the debate included about 50 participants from various government and non-governmental organizations, as well as anti-mafia and anti-corruption magistrates.Cardinal Peter Turkson, Prefect of the Dicastery, in describing the meeting, said, “We conceived of this meeting to face a phenomenon that leads to the trampling of the dignity of people. Therefore it is up to us, and this Dicastery, to be able to protect and promote respect for the dignity of the person. And for this reason we seek to attract attention to this matter.”Participants, the communique said, agreed that “the fight against corruption and mafias is a question not only of legality but also of civility.”It said...
(Vatican Radio)   According to a Pakistani health official, the body monitoring the fight against polio worldwide has commended Pakistan’s efforts against the crippling disease which is scheduled to be eliminated by the end of 2017. Dr. Rana Safdar who oversees the country's fight against polio said on Friday the International Monitoring Board (IMB) of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative released a report this week saying that just two new polio cases outside the endemic reservoirs have been reported in Pakistan since January in 2017. As many as 20 such cases were reported during the same period in 2016, said the IMB report titled, “Every Last Virus”, released on Thursday.  Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria are the only three countries left in the world where polio has not been eliminated. Poliomyelitis or polio is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus which invades the nervous system, ‎and can cause total paralysis in a matter ...
Catholics of Papua and West Papua provinces in eastern Indonesia have protested against their bishops for not raising thier voices against the marginalization and social injustice they suffer.  When the 5 bishops of the two regions recently held their annual meeting at the Maranatha Waena Convent in the Papuan capital of Jayapura, Catholics staged a protest outside voicing their frustration and anger. Archbishop Nicolaus Adi Seputra of Merauke, Bishop Leo Laba Ladjar of Jayapura, Bishop Aloysius Murwito of Agats-Asmat, Bishop John Philip Saklil of Timika, and Bishop Hilarion Datus Lega of Manokwari-Sorong met in in Jayapura to discuss local church matters."The bishops stay silent instead of speaking up more about injustices faced by indigenous people. They let our dignity be torn up by unfair developments in areas such as health, education and even politics," protest organizer, Christianus Dogopia said.  He said local governments focus on development progr...
Alarmed by a rapidly deteriorating human rights and political climate in Zambia, the three leading Christian Church bodies, known in Zambia, as the “three Church Mother bodies” on Friday issued a strongly worded public statement, at a press conference, critical of Zambian President, Edgar Lungu's leadership. The Zambian Church leaders called for the immediate release of Zambia’s main opposition political leader, Hakainde Hichilema (popularly known as HH) whom President Lungu has confined in a maximum security prison, even before trial for an alleged treason charge, is determined. The three Church mother bodies comprise the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB); the Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) which represents Charismatic and Pentecostal Churches as well as the Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ). CCZ is the umbrella body for Protestant Churches and Church-related organisations that traditionally are also members of the World Council of ...
London, England, Jun 17, 2017 / 06:26 am (CNA/EWTN News).- After facing backlash for his Christian faith, the head of the UK’s Liberal Democratic Party announced his resignation on Wednesday, claiming that leading the party was becoming incompatible with living his faith.“To be a political leader – especially of a progressive, liberal party in 2017 – and to live as a committed Christian, to hold faithfully to the Bible's teaching, has felt impossible for me,” said Tim Farron, noting he would hold his position until the parliamentary recess begins next month.Farron’s announcement follows significant media attention surrounding his answers to press questions on abortion and homosexuality.During the recent election, Farron had been asked repeatedly by reporters about his views on the morality of homosexual acts.Earlier this week, the party's home affairs spokesman Brian Paddick – a prominent gay politician – resigned abruptly, cit...
Vatican City, Jun 17, 2017 / 09:22 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis on Friday recognized the heroic virtue of six persons on the path to canonization, as well as the martyrdom of an Italian man who died from injuries of a beating he received while imprisoned in a concentration camp for resisting fascism.The Pope met June 16 with the prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Cardinal Angelo Amato, giving his approval for the causes to move forward.He recognized the martyrdom of Venerable Teresio Olivelli, a layman "killed in hatred of the Faith" Jan. 17, 1945, at the age of 29.Venerable Olivelli was born in 1916. He graduated with a degree in law and went on to comment in papers on legal and social issues of the time before becoming a volunteer soldier in the Spanish Civil War and in World War II.During the war, his views towards the Italian fascist regime of Benito Mussolini soured. He founded a newspaper dedicated to promoting the Christian message and tried ...
Gerry Martin isn't sure he will ever tell a police officer during a traffic stop that he has a concealed-weapon permit - and possibly a weapon - on him....
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