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(Vatican Radio) A picture is worth a thousand words. But what does it tell us about our spiritual life? Methodist minister Philip Richter sets out to answer that question in a new book entitled ‘Spirituality in Photography: taking pictures with deeper vision’.A passionate amateur photographer himself, Rev Richter offers a wealth of tips on taking good photos with smart phones or professional cameras. But at the same time, he reflects on how to use those same skills in our search to make sense of contemporary society.His short, yet deceptively simple volume, is part user manual for photographers, part prayer guide for those seeking a deeper, more meaningful relationship with God and with the world around us.Richter is in Rome this week for a study tour and a book launch at the Libreria Claudiana in Piazza Cavour on Saturday morning. He dropped in to Vatican Radio to tell Philippa Hitchen more about his work…Listen Richter begins by talking about his work as minis...
(Vatican Radio) The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that persons with homosexual tendencies must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God’s will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite their difficulties to the sacrifice of the Lord’s Cross.Along with all Christians, people with homosexual tendencies are called to live chastely, each according to his condition and state of life, and by the support of disinterested friendship, by prayer and sacramental grace, gradually and resolutely approach Christian perfection.The pontificate of Pope Francis has offered new impetus for ministry to people, who have often felt unduly judged and excluded from the Christian community – particularly homosexuals.One organization that has been reaching out to people struggling with homosexual tendencies in their own lives and even living ho...
(Vatican Radio)  In order to be saved and healed by God we must recognize that are weak, vulnerable and sinful like earthen vessels, said ‎Pope Francis on Friday.  And this will lead us to happiness, he said in ‎his homily at the morning Mass in the Casa Santa Marta chapel in the Vatican.  He was reflecting on the Second Letter to the Corinthians, where St. Paul speaking about the mystery of Christ, says we have this treasure of Christ in our fragility and vulnerability because we are vessels made of clay.Not being shameful is hypocrisy  "All of us are vulnerable, fragile, weak, and we need to be healed,” the Pope said.  But recognizing our vulnerability is one of the most difficult things of life.  At times, we try to cover this vulnerability with cosmetics in order to disguise it, pretending it does not exist.  And disguises are always shameful, the Pope said. “They are hypocrisy."Temptation to cover our weakness a...
Malawi’s Archdiocese of Lilongwe through its advocacy and governance arm, the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) has underscored the need to have a guiding tool that effectively promotes justice, peace and the integrity of creation in Malawi.CCJP Diocesan Secretary, Noel Mtonza said a clear road map that guides the work of the Commission was needed. He said it was against this background that the Diocesan Commission had engaged stakeholders in the Archdiocese of Lilongwe to validate the Commission’s five-year strategic plan which expires this year and at the same time endorse a new one that would run from this year (2017) to 2022.“Basically, we have invited all our stakeholders to develop a Specific, Measurable, Accurate, Realistic and Time-bound (SMART) strategic plan so as to improve delivery of services, performance and impact in our operations,” said Mtonza.To this end, a two-day consultative meeting was held with the aim of reviewing the ...
To start the year-long Bicentennial Celebrations of the existence of the Catholic Church in Southern Africa, an inaugural Mass of Thanksgiving in Cape Town’s Cathedral of Our Lady of the Flight into Egypt will be held next week on Sunday, 25 June. According to organisers, due to limited space the Mass will be by invitation.Announcing the Bi-centennial Celebration, Vicar General in the Archdiocese of Cape Town, Monsignor Clifford Stokes described as exciting the year ahead in which the southern African Church would celebrate its faith and honour the memory of those who brought it to them.“An exciting year in which we shall celebrate our faith and those who have been instrumental in bringing it to Southern Africa is soon to be inaugurated. Let us prepare well through our prayers and the offering of our Masses for this grace-filled time of remembrance of those who have gone before us in the faith, “ Mgr Clifford Stokes said.The Bicentennial Celebrations will conclud...
Amsterdam, Netherlands, Jun 15, 2017 / 03:53 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A new report estimates that between 50 and 80 percent of Christians have fled the countries of Iraq and Syria since the start of the Syrian Civil War in 2011.Released by Christian advocacy groups Open Doors, Served, and Middle East Concern, the report estimates that at least 100,000 Iraqi Christians have fled or are internally displaced, and that the Christian population of Syria has been ‘roughly halved’, from about 2 million, since 2011.“Factors for leaving included the violence of conflict, including the almost complete destruction of some historically Christian towns in the Nineveh plains of northern Iraq, the emigration of others and loss of community, the rate of inflation and loss of employment opportunities, and the lack of educational opportunities,” states the report.The information for the report was gathered through a series of interviews with various sources, including NGO staffers...
Indianapolis, Ind., Jun 15, 2017 / 05:06 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Advocates for Chaldean Christians detained by federal immigration enforcement are in a race against time to halt their deportation back to war-torn Iraq.“Today is also the feast of the Body of Christ. And this is where the Body of Christ is in pain, and it turns to the Body of Christ for healing,” Bishop Francis Kalabat of the Chaldean Eparchy of St. Thomas the Apostle of Detroit told CNA on Thursday, the feast of Corpus Christi.“Today we are carrying our crosses, and those crosses are real,” he continued June 15. “And with every cross we have our Good Friday, but trusting in God we will also have our Easter Sunday.”Beginning last Sunday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested dozens of Chaldean Christians in the Detroit metropolitan area, and most were quickly sent to detention at the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center in Youngstown, Ohio. Some were taken from their homes in...
Yaoundé, Cameroon, Jun 16, 2017 / 12:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- After determining that one of their confreres was murdered two weeks ago, the bishops of Cameroon have called on the national government to take up its task of protecting human life.Bishop Jean Marie Benoît Bala of Bafia, who was 58, left his residence late in the evening of May 30. He disappeared, and his car was found parked on the Sanaga bridge near Ebebda, about 25 miles northwest of Obala. His body was found June 2, about 10 miles from the bridge.A note was found in his car which reportedly read: “Do not look for me! I am in the water.” This gave rise to the belief that he had committed suicide.However, an autopsy showed that the bishop had not drowned, and there were signs of torture on his body.“Given the initial findings, we, the bishops of Cameroon, affirm that Bishop Jean Marie Benoît Bala did not commit suicide; he was brutally murdered. This is one more murder, and one too many,&rd...
Washington D.C., Jun 16, 2017 / 03:12 am (CNA).- Ancient artifacts. Centuries-old legends. Prayers dating back to the time of Christ. An enemy seeking to destroy it all. And a team of dedicated scholars trying to save the memories before it’s too late.It may sound like the start of the next Indiana Jones movie, but for the team behind the Christian Communities of the East Cultural Heritage Project, the reality of Christian communities disappearing from the Middle East is a pressing threat.Faced with persecution at the hands of ISIS, more than a decade of war, and generations of economic struggle, these researchers are looking to record the memories and traditions of the Christian communities of Iraq before they are lost forever.But instead of swinging through empty tombs or digging through rubble, these scholars are asking the community members themselves to engage in the rich Middle Eastern tradition of storytelling, sharing their memories and descriptions in their own native...
Geneva, Switzerland, Jun 16, 2017 / 06:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Holy See's representative to the United Nations appealed Wednesday to the Human Rights Council to couple psychological treatment with spiritual care.In response to a recent report on mental health issued by the council's special rapporteur, Archbishop Ivan Jurkovich agreed that the report “rightly promotes the adoption of an integrated bio-medical, psycho-social, and community-based delivery of mental health care.”“My Delegation also would like to point out the importance of spiritual care in helping persons living with, or affected by, mental health problems,” he added in his June 14 statement.Archbishop Jurkovich quoted the words of St. John Paul II: “Whoever suffers from mental illness ‘always’ bears God’s image and likeness in themselves, as does every human being. In addition, they ‘always’ have the inalienable right not only to be considered as...
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