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(Vatican Radio) At the General Audience on Wednesday, Pope continued his catechesis on Christian Hope, speaking this week on “Mary Magdalene, Apostle of Hope.”He was reflecting on the reading from the Gospel of St John, chapter 20, verses 15-18a:15 Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?” She thought it was the gardener and said to him, “Sir, if you carried him away, tell me where you laid him, and I will take him.”16 Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabbouni,” which means Teacher.17 Jesus said to her, “Stop holding on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am going to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”18 Mary of Magdala went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord,”Below please find the English-language summary of Pope Francis’ cate...
Acts 8:5-8, 14-17, I Pt 3:15-18, Jn 14:15-21. Anecdote: The Winners:  Upon until 1987, only eleven horses had won the coveted Triple Crown in Thoroughbred racing. What is it that makes some horses winning thoroughbreds? Why is it that some horses have more speed, strength and stamina than other horses? Essentially, of course, these traits have to come from within the horses themselves: from their own inner capacity and from their inherited gene structure. Still, it seems that they also need help from outside. To become champions, they need the help of expert trainers and skillful jockeys to activate and develop their inner powers.  It is the same with us. Born human, we have within us capacities to love, learn, choose, work and so on. But we need the help of parents, teachers and friends to activate and develop these capacities so that we can reach our full human potential. That is why we need the Holy Spirit and why Jesus promised to send Him to us: “I will a...
The United Nations has expressed alarmed over increasing numbers of deaths of Afghan children due to conflicts and is urging parties to conflicts to take action. According to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) the first four months of 2017 witnessed the highest recorded number of child civilian casualties resulting from conflict-related incidents in Afghanistan, including the highest number of children killed, for the same comparable period since the Mission began documenting cases.  Between 1 January and 30 April 2017, UNAMA preliminarily recorded 283 child deaths, a 21 per cent ‎increase compared with the same period in 2016. Children are killed by explosive remnants of war in ‎civilian-populated areas and in ground fighting.‎  Many of the more than 700 children injured have suffered life-changing injuries, including loss of limbs, ‎as well as significant and lasting trauma such as witnessing the death of siblings, parents...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis continued his catechesis on “Christian Hope” at his General Audience on Wednesday, focusing this week on the figure of St Mary Magdalene.The Holy Father’s reflections were based on a passage from the Gospel of St John, which relates how St Mary Magdalene was the first to see Jesus after His Resurrection. Her visit to Jesus’s tomb, the Pope said, mirrored “the fidelity of so many women” who visit cemeteries to keep alive the memory of those who have passed away. “The most authentic bonds,” he said, “are not broken even by death.”Pope Francis noted that Mary Magdalene’s first visit to the tomb was a disappointment: Seeing the empty tomb, she went to the place the disciples were hiding and told them that someone had stolen the body of Jesus.But although she was sorrowful, she returned to the sepulchre. The Pope continued, “It was while she was standing near the tomb, with eyes filled ...
The European Union announced on Tuesday it is restoring a preferential tax concession for goods imported from Sri Lanka that it withdrew seven years ago over alleged human rights abuses, but the South Asian nation’s progress in human rights will be monitored closely.  Tung-Lai Margue, ambassador to the EU delegation to Sri Lanka told reporters that the change would take effect on Friday.  He said the tax concession, known as the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), is being restored as an incentive to make further progress on human rights. It also recognizes efforts the government has made so far, though some issues remain.The ambassador said torture and the prevalence of a draconian anti-terror law are among problems needing attention and the EU will monitor Sri Lanka's progress.  ``It is true that the government, in order to get GSP plus has made a lot of effort. But it may not be enough,'' Margue said. ``It's not that we are complacent, ...
Denver, Colo., May 17, 2017 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- “There will be saints among the children.”So said Pope Pius X, when he lowered the age that children could receive their First Holy Communion. Previously, children had to be 10 or 12, now they are typically in second grade, or about seven or eight years old, though exceptions are made for some who are even younger.Last weekend, Pope Francis canonized Sts. Francisco and Jacinta Marto, two of the child visionaries of the Fatima Marian apparitions. Bucking tradition, these shepherd children are the first children who were not martyrs to be canonized by the Church. Both died before age 12.Austin Ruse, Catholic author and president of C-Fam, a family research institute, believes that Pope Francis may have just “opened the floodgates” to scores of saints from the littlest among us.Several years ago, Ruse was struck by the stories of three children he knew - either personally or peripherally - that all seemed ...
Vatican City, May 17, 2017 / 03:36 am (CNA/EWTN News).- By calling Mary Magdalene by name after his resurrection, Jesus shows us just how personal his relationship with mankind is, Pope Francis said Wednesday, adding that after this intimate encounter, Mary then becomes an apostle of hope for the world, announcing the Lord’s rising.“Mary: the revolution of her life, the revolution destined to transform the existence of every man and woman, begins with a name that echoes in the garden of the empty tomb,” the Pope said May 17.“How beautiful to think of that the first appearance of the Risen One took place in such a personal way! That there is someone who knows us, who sees our suffering and delusion, who is moved by us, and who call us by name,” he said.After finally realizing who is speaking to her, Mary would like to run and embrace Jesus, but “he is by now oriented to the heavenly Father, while she is invited to bring the announcement to her brot...
Mexico City, Mexico, May 17, 2017 / 06:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A Mexican priest is in “delicate but stable” condition after being stabbed in the neck Monday evening at Mexico City’s cathedral, according to government and church authorities.Father José Miguel Machorro Alcalá, 55, was stabbed in the neck and torso May 15 at the conclusion of saying Mass at the cathedral.Witnesses reported that it appeared the attacker's intention was to slit the priest’s throat.Authorities detained a suspect at the scene who had reportedly attempted to flee the cathedral. The suspect has been identified as John Rock Schild, who identified himself as an artist from the United States. He is believed to be about 30 years of age. Afortunadamente la policía detuvo al agresor! pic.twitter.com/ehHNRhK19w— Padre José Aguilar (@PadreJosedejesu) May 16, 2017 At a news conference, the lawyer of the Archdiocese of Mexico, Armando Martí...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Former One Direction singer Harry Styles has taken over James Corden's "Late Late Show" for a night....
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Workers in New Orleans took down a Confederate monument to Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard early Wednesday, the third of four such monuments to come down in the city....
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