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(Vatican Radio) Never forget that our faith is concrete, and rejects compromises and idealizations. That was the message of Pope Francis at the morning Mass at the Casa Santa Marta.Among those present at the Mass were the Cardinal counselors of the C-9, who are meeting with the Holy Father on Monday. The Pope reflected on the liberty the Holy Spirit gives us, which brings about the proclamation of the Gospel without compromises or rigidity.Listen to our report:  Following the Easter break, Pope Francis on Monday resumed his regular morning Masses, focusing his homily on the Gospel account of Jesus’ meeting with Nicodemus. The Holy Father said that Jesus, with love and patience, explained to Nicodemus that he must be “born from above… born of the Holy Spirit.”To understand this better, the Pope said, one can consider the first Reading, taken from the Acts of the Apostles. Peter and John have healed a crippled man, and the doctors of the Law don’t...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis will make a private visit to the northern Italian towns of Bozzolo and Barbiana on 20 June 2017 to pray at the tombs of Don Primo Mazzolari and Don Lorenzo Milani.Bozzolo is in the Diocese of Cremona and Barbiana is in the Diocese of Florence.A communique from the Holy See Press Office says the visit "will take place in a private rather than an official form".The Holy Father recently dedicated a video message to Don Lorenzo Milani. Please find below the full programme of the Pope's visit:Tuesday, 20 June7.30   Departure by helicopter from the Vatican heliport9.00   Arrival at the sports field of Bozzolo, MantuaThe Holy Father is welcomed by:His Excellency Msgr. Antonio Napolioni, bishop of Cremona and the Mayor of BozzoloParish of San Pietro: prayer at the tomb of Don Primo Mazzolari (1890-1959)The Holy Father will give a commemorative address to the faithful present in the Church10.30   Departure from t...
(Vatican Radio) Preparations are in full swing for Pope Francis’ upcoming apostolic visit to Egypt.The Pope is scheduled to fly to Cairo on Friday 28th for a 2-day pastoral journey during which he will celebrate Mass, participate in a Conference for peace, meet with clergy, encourage the small Egyptian Christian community in their faith and of course promote and deepen inter-religious dialogue in the predominantly Muslim nation.One of the highlights of the visit is his meeting with the Orthodox Coptic Patriarch, Tawadros II.The Pope’s presence in Egypt is seen as particularly poignant in the wake of the Palm Sunday attacks on the Orthodox Coptic churches in Tanta and Alexandria.Vatican Radio’s Stefano Leszjinsky spoke to missionary Sister Angela Colombi, Provincial of the Comboni Order in Egypt about her expectations for the Pope’s visit:Listen:  Sister Angela Colombi says all Egyptians are awaiting the Pope – not only the Christians!“The C...
IMAGE: CNS/ReutersBy Cindy WoodenROME (CNS) -- The Christian church today needs believers whowitness each day to the power of God's love, but it also needs the heroicwitness of those who stand up to hatred even when it means giving up theirlives, Pope Francis said.At Rome's Basilica of St. Bartholomew, a shrine to modernmartyrs, Pope Francis presided over an evening prayer service April 22,honoring Christians killed under Nazism, communism, dictatorships andterrorism."These teach us that with the force of love and withmeekness one can fight arrogance, violence and war, and that with patience peaceis possible," the pope said in his homily in the small basilica on Rome'sTiber Island.Departing from his prepared text, Pope Francis said hewanted to add to the martyrs remembered at St. Bartholomew by including "awoman -- I don't know her name -- but she watches from heaven."The pope said he'd met the woman's husband, a Muslim, inLesbos, Greece, when he visited a refugee camp there in 201...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tony Gentile, ReutersBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Mercy is a true form of knowledge thatallows men and women to understand the mystery of God's love for humanity, PopeFrancis said. Havingexperienced forgiveness, Christians have a duty to forgive others, giving a "visiblesign" of God's mercy,which "carries within it the peace of heart and the joy of a renewed encounter with the Lord," thepope said April 23 before praying the "Regina Coeli" with visitorsgathered in St. Peter's Square."Mercy helps us understand that violence, resentmentand revenge do not have any meaning and thatthe first victim is theone who lives with these feelings, because he is deprived of his owndignity," he said. Commemorating Divine Mercy Sunday, Pope Francis said St. JohnPaul II's establishment of the feast in 2000 was a "beautifulintuition" inspired by the Holy Spirit.God's mercy, he said, not only "opens the door of themind," it also opens the door of the heart and paves the...
IMAGE: CNS photo/EPABy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Despite the ongoing risk ofterrorism, Pope Francis planned to travel to Egypt as a sign of being close tothe people there, said Greg Burke, Vatican spokesman.Heightened security is part of the "new normal"in many countries, but even in the wake of the Palm Sunday attacks in Egypt, itis the pope's desire "to go ahead, to also be a sign of hiscloseness" to those affected by violence and all the people of Egypt,Burke told journalists April 24.At a Vatican briefing outlining some details of thepope's trip to Cairo April 28-29, a reporter asked if there were any worries orconcerns about the pope's security.Burke, speaking in Italian, said he wouldn't use the word"worries" or concerns, but would say that "we live in a worldwhere it is now something that is part of life." He added, "However,we move ahead with serenity." The pope has requested that a "normal car" --not an armored vehicle -- be used when he is driven from one venue to ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Global warming's milder winters will likely nudge Americans off the couch more in the future, a rare, small benefit of climate change, a new study finds....
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The United States must confront Russia for providing weapons to the Taliban for use against American-backed forces in Afghanistan, top U.S. military officials said Monday....
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