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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis presided over the Passion Liturgy in St. Peter’s Basilica on Good Friday.In keeping with tradition, the Preacher of the Papal Household, Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM. Cap., preached the sermon on the occasion.This year, the Preacher’s remarks focused entirely on the Cross of Christ: the only hope of the world.Listen to our report:  “The Cross,” said Fr. Cantalamessa, “does not ‘stand’ against the world but for the world: to give meaning to all the suffering that has been, that is, and that will be in human history.”The Preacher of the Papal Household went on to say, “It is written that at the moment of Christ’s death, ‘The curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom; and the earth shook, and the rocks were split; the tombs also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised (Matt 27:51).’”Though these signs often receive an ap...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis presided over the Passion Liturgy in St. Peter’s Basilica on Good Friday. In keeping with tradition, the Preacher of the Papal Household, Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM. Cap., preached the sermon on the occasion. Below, please find the full text of his prepared remarks, in their official English translation.**************************************Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, ofmcap“O CRUX, AVE SPES UNICA”The Cross, the Only Hope of the WorldSermon for Good Friday, 2017, St. Peter’s BasilicaWe have listened to the story of the Passion of Christ. Apparently nothing more than the account of a violent death, and news of violent deaths are rarely missing in any evening news. Even in recent days there were many of them, including those of 38 Christians Copts in Egypt killed on Palm Sunday.  These kinds of reports follow each other at such speed that we forget one day those of the day before. Why then are we here to recall the death of ...
(Vatican Radio) The former Soviet republic of Uzbekistan says it warned a western ally before last week's deadly truck attackin Stockholm that the suspected perpetrator was a recruit of the Islamic State group. Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov suggestedthat last week's truck attack in the Swedish capital, in which four people died, could have been prevented.Listen to Stefan Bos' report: He said the man who allegedly carried out the attack, 39-year-old Rakhmat Akilov, was recruited by the Islamic State group after leaving Uzbekistan in 2014. Minister Kamilov said that information about Akilov had been passed to one of Uzebekistan's "Western partners so that the Swedish side could be informed".Kamilov did not identify the intermediary country or organization.Minister Kamilov said the suspect had "actively urged his compatriots to travel to Syria in order to fight for Islamic State". Akilov allegedly used online messaging services to recrui...
Vatican City, Apr 14, 2017 / 10:57 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Even as sinful people in a society filled with violence and increasing secularism, we have hope because Christ's cross perdures, the papal preacher said at the Vatican's Good Friday Service.“The cross, then, does not ‘stand’ against the world but for the world: to give meaning to all the suffering that has been, that is, and that will be in human history,” Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM Cap., said April 14.He gave the homily during the Celebration of the Lord's Passion presided over by Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica. Fr. Cantalamessa also gave the homilies at Mass at the chapel of Casa Santa Marta on Fridays throughout Lent.Today, we are constantly hearing about death and violence, he said. “Why then are we here to recall the death of a man who lived 2,000 years ago?”“The reason is that this death has changed forever the very face of death and given it a new meani...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Jaclyn Lippelmann, CatBy Chaz MuthWASHINGTON (CNS) -- As U.S. Catholics prepared forEaster, the hierarchy of the church used the symbol of the crucifixion andresurrection of Christ as a path to bring peace to society's troubled spots. In cities across the country, the Good Friday Way of theCross has become a modern-day portrayal of the 14 Stations of the Cross in thepassion of Jesus and a way of drawing attention to social justice issues of theday.Cardinal Blase J. Cupich ofChicago led a Good Friday "Walk for Peace" April 14 throughthe Englewood neighborhood of his city that has been a hot spot for violentcrime.The walk was organized bythe archdiocese, its parishes and a host of other Catholic groups and Chicagoorganizations.In addition to pausing asparticipants traced the Stations of the Cross, there were testimonies frompeople who have lost loved ones to violence in Chicago during the past year.During his Palm Sundayhomily at Chicago's Holy Name Cathedral, Cardin...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Jesus came to the world not just to teach, but to radically change human hearts that have hardened from sin, the preacher of the papal household said during a service commemorating Christ's death on the cross."A heart of stone is a heart that is closed to God's will and to the suffering of brothers and sisters," but God, through the son, offers the world "a heart of flesh," Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa said in the homily.Pope Francis presided over the Good Friday Liturgy of the Lord's Passion April 14 in St. Peter's Basilica, which began with a silent procession down the central nave under dim lighting to emphasize the solemnity of the ceremony. The pope then lay prostrate on the floor before the main altar of the basilica, his head resting upon his clasped hands on a red pillow, in silent prayer, in a sign of adoration and penance. As is customary, the papal household's preacher gave the homily.Father Cantalamessa s...
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Margie LegowskBy Rhina GuidosSANSALVADOR, El Salvador (CNS) -- Far from the Easter baskets and dresses, thepastel-colored candy and the White House Easter egg roll, Washington resident MargieLegowski found herself anticipating her second Easter season surrounded by someof the most impoverished masses of El Salvador. She decided to spend Holy Week 2017in a section of San Salvador considered so violent by locals that it'sdifficult to find a taxi to take you in or out. Legowski,a parishioner at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Washington's tony neighborhoodof Georgetown, said she has found that the place known as La Chacra is one ofthe top places she'd rather spend the holiest of days in Christianity. There'snothing like it, said Legowski, who mingled about with the locals of MariaMadre de los Pobres, or Mary Mother of the Poor Catholic Church, participating with themin religious processions with life-size statues of the saints through thestreets of La Chacra,...
BEIRUT (AP) -- Thousands of Syrians were bused out of their towns on Friday in the first stage of a widely criticized population transfer that reflects the relentless segregation of Syrian society along political and sectarian lines....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- What's wrong with being flexible? He's only human. All presidents change their minds....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Paul Manafort says he's registering with the Justice Department as a foreign agent. Michael Flynn already has. In both cases, the decisions to register by these associates of President Donald Trump came late - after the lobbying has already taken place - and accompanied by an admission that they violated federal law....
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