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(Vatican Radio) Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI celebrated his 90th birthday with German friends, family, and traditional Bavarian music and beer on Monday.In brief remarks to a crowd which included his brother, Monsignor Georg Ratzinger, and Bavarian prime minister, Horst Seehofer, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI thanked God for “the 90 years that the good God has given me”.“There have been challenges and difficult times, but He has always guided me and pulled me out [of those situations], so that I could continue my path. And I am full of gratitude above all that He gave me such a beautiful homeland.”The Pope Emeritus went on to sing the praises of his native Bavaria.“Bavaria has been beautiful ever since her Creation, for her bell towers, the houses with balconies full of flowers, and the goodness of her people. It is beautiful, in Bavaria, because one knows God, knows that He has created the world, and knows that it is good when we work to better it w...
Washington D.C., Apr 18, 2017 / 06:37 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A group of women and children from Central America who have been prioritized for deportation lost a legal battle Monday, when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear their appeal of a lower court’s ruling that prevented a federal judge from reviewing their expedited deportation orders.The families were detained in Texas soon after illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. They claimed asylum, but immigration judges ruled they lacked “credible fear” of persecution. They were placed in expedited removal proceedings and detained at a residential center in Pennsylvania, Reuters reports.Expedited removal applies to non-citizens without valid documents for entry to the U.S.The legal challenge claimed violation of the women and children’s right to due process under the U.S. Constitution. The Supreme Court let stand a ruling from the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia.The families are compos...
Vatican City, Apr 18, 2017 / 07:58 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Just two months after Pope Francis faced intense backlash for his reforms when critical posters were plastered around Rome, a new set went up around the city over Easter, this time praising the Pope for his commitment to mercy and inclusion.“Thank you Pope Francis! For your true Christian engagement with love and mercy, as demanded by Jesus so often in our Holy Bible.”This was the phrase written on some 300 posters that were hung April 14 around Rome’s city center and near the Vatican, and which will remain until April 22. Sponsored by The Global Tolerance Initiative, the posters referred to a website called “Love is Tolerance,” which explained that Pope Francis had been named by the organization as their “Global Champion of Tolerance Easter 2017.”Written in both Italian and English, the posters call on all cardinals, priests and bishops to follow with love the “wise advice&...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Octavio DuranBy WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Duringwhat the Roman Missal describes as the "mother of all vigils," theU.S. Catholic Church welcomed thousands of new Catholics at the Easter Vigil April15 in churches big and small across the country.About 60 of the nearly200 dioceses in the United States reported numbers of catechumens andcandidates entering the church in 2017 to the U.S. Conference of CatholicBishops in Washington.Catechumens receive thesacraments of initiation -- baptism, confirmation and first Communion -- duringthe Easter Vigil, having prepared for this moment through the Rite of ChristianInitiation of Adults. Candidates, who are already baptized, also go through thepreparation program to receive confirmation and first Communion to enter fullcommunion with the church.The Archdiocese of LosAngeles, the largest diocese in the United States, welcomed 1,756 catechumensand 938 candidates, while the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston reported 1,667catechumens and 7...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paulo Cunha, EPABy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- While conversion and prayer are at the heart ofMary's messages at Fatima, Portugal, the miracles and unexplained phenomenonthat accompaniedthe events 100 years ago continueto intrigue believersand nonbelievers alike. The apparitions of Mary at Fatima in 1917 were not the firstsupernatural events reported there.Twoyears before Mary appeared to the three shepherd children -- Lucia dos Santosand her cousins, Jacinta and Francisco Marto -- they saw a strange sight whilepraying the rosary in the field, according to the memoirs of Sister Lucia, who hadbecome a Carmelite nun."We had hardly begun when, there before our eyes, wesaw a figure poised in the air above the trees; it looked like a statue made ofsnow, rendered almost transparent by the rays of the sun," she wrote, describing what theysaw in 1915. The next year, Francisco and Jacinta received permission totend their family's flocks and Lucia decided to jo...
IMAGE: CNS photo/L'Osservatore RomanoBy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A bit of Bavaria, including Germanbeer and pretzels, came to the Vatican to help celebrate retired Pope BenedictXVI's 90th birthday."Thank you for bringing Bavaria here," he told hisguests, commenting on the beauty of gathering together under a blue Roman skywith white clouds -- colors that "recall the white and blue flag ofBavaria" and how "it's always the same sky" no matter where onefinds oneself in the world.The Bavarian-born pope's birthday fell on Easter Sunday,April 16, so a small informal party was held April 17 outside his residence,the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the Vatican gardens. Pope Francis visited hispredecessor April 12, before the start of the Easter Triduum, to offer himbirthday greetings.Special guests at the Bavarian party included: Msgr. GeorgRatzinger, the retired pope's 93-year-old brother; Archbishop Georg Ganswein,the retired pope's personal secretary; Birgit Wansing, a longtime adm...
Adrian Gonzalez dives headfirst into home, seems to beat the tag by Cubs catcher Willson Contreras, but is called out. Safe, shout fans at Dodger Stadium who see replays on the board....
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- John Glenn's trailblazing legacy took flight Tuesday as a cargo ship bearing his name rocketed toward the International Space Station....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump heads to the politically important state of Wisconsin Tuesday to sign an order aimed at curbing abuses in a visa program used by technology companies that rely on high-skilled foreign workers....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Some ailing veterans can now use their federal health care benefits at CVS "MinuteClinics" to treat minor illnesses and injuries, under a pilot program announced Tuesday by the Department of Veterans Affairs....
