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CHICAGO (AP) -- The passenger dragged from a United flight lost two front teeth and suffered a broken nose and a concussion, his lawyer said Thursday, accusing the airline industry of having "bullied" its customers for far too long....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. forces in Afghanistan on Thursday struck an Islamic State tunnel complex in eastern Afghanistan with "the mother of all bombs," the largest non-nuclear weapon ever used in combat by the U.S. military, Pentagon officials said....
Philippine Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle told his priests on Holy Thursday that outside expectations could “narrow their mission” and called on the clergy not to let it determine evangelization.  In his homily during the Chrism Mass at Manila Cathedral on April 13, the Archbishop of Manila urged priests to expand their concerns and not allow themselves to be enslaved by the pressure to be great and be noticed”.  During Holy Thursday’s Chrism Mass, the Bishop of a diocese joins his priests in renewing their priestly promises and blesses the oils of the infirm, the catechumens and the holy Chrism used in various sacraments.  At Manila’s Chrism Mass was present among others, Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Giuseppe Pinto.“Having expectation is not entirely bad but sometimes it narrows our mission and when the evangelizer is carried away by pressure, sometimes the mission gets narrow,” Card. Tagle told his priests. “It’s a...
Christians in Sri Lanka will be caught between two very different celebrations on Good Friday which is also their New Year's Day.  Observed not only by the Sinhalese people but by most Sri Lankans, Aluth Avurudda  or the Sinhalese New Year celebrates the traditional Lunar New Year, which this year fall on April 14.  Amidst the sound of firecrackers, drums and family celebrations, it will be tough for Christians to rein in with Good Friday prayer, fasting, the Way of the Cross and visiting churches, to commemorate the passion and death of Jesus.However, Ajitha Ranjani, a Catholic teacher, has a compromising solution. "Even though the New Year falls on Good Friday there will be no change in the way we will experience the passion, suffering and death of Jesus. We will celebrate the New Year with our Buddhist friends the following day," she said.  Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo said that when Catholics celebrate Good Friday this year they should ...
In what is becoming an annual tradition, priests gather during Holy Week across Indonesia for a two-day spiritual retreat with their bishop to prepare for the Chrism Mass during which they celebrate thier priesthood and renew their priestly promises.  During the Chrism Mass, traditionally celebrated on Holy Thursday morning, the Bishop of a diocese joins his priests in renewing their priestly ‎promises and blesses the oils of the infirm, the catechumens and the holy Chrism used in various ‎sacraments.The ‎Chrism Mass of Jakarta Archdiocese was observed on Holy Thursday with  hundreds of priests and religious joining Archbishop Ignatius Suharyo in the capital’s cathedral.  Other dioceses held it earlier, to give time to their priests to return to their local communities to celebrate the solemn Holy Week liturgies.  In Semarang, more than 330 priests attended the Chrism Mass in the local cathedral on Tuesday, with great participation of the loca...
Vatican City, Apr 13, 2017 / 06:22 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis has given an interview ahead of his Holy Thursday visit to a prison, warning, among other things, against the hypocrisy of viewing inmates only as criminals beyond hope who deserve to spend their lives in jail.“At times a certain hypocrisy pushes us to see in prisons only people who have done wrong, for whom the only path is that of the prison,” the Pope said in the interview, published April 13, Holy Thursday.However, as he often has before, the pontiff stressed that “we all have the possibility of making mistakes. All of us in one way or another have erred. And hypocrisy makes it so you think there is no possibility of changing one’s life.”Francis lamented that there often seems to be a lack of trust in rehabilitation and the ability for prisoners to be reinserted into society. With this mentality, “one forgets that we are all sinners and, often, that we are also prisoners with...
Lincoln, Neb., Apr 13, 2017 / 06:59 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Eucharistic adoration offers a powerful chance to encounter Christ’s love in silence and humility, and that experience can transform our hearts, both individually and as a Church, said Bishop James D. Conley of Lincoln, Neb. in a new pastoral letter.“Love is selfless sacrifice, and sacrifice is the language of love. Love is the gift of ourselves to our beloved. And Christ made a gift of himself – he gave us his body and blood – poured himself out for our salvation, when he conquered death by dying and rising again,” Bishop Conley said. “Christ gave us his body and blood, as an act of love, so that we could know the love of God.”“Before he conquered death forever, in a sacrifice of love, Jesus gave himself to the Church in the gift of the Eucharist,” the bishop reflected.His pastoral letter “Love Made Visible” was released for Holy Thursday, when the Catholic lit...
IMAGE: CNS/Paul HaringBy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Always preach the whole truth ofthe Gospel with humility and respect and never be afraid to offer that truth just"one sip at a time," Pope Francis told the world's priests.The Gospel is truth, "brimming with joy and mercy.We should never attempt to separate these three graces of the Gospel: itstruth, which is non-negotiable; its mercy, which is unconditional and offeredto all sinners; and its joy, which is personal and open to everyone," hesaid April 13 during the chrism Mass in St. Peter's Basilica.Presiding over the first of two Holy Thursday liturgies,Pope Francis blessed the oils that will be used in the sacraments of baptism,confirmation, ordination and the anointing of the sick.With Holy Thursday commemorating the day Jesus shared his priesthoodwith the apostles, Pope Francis led the more than 1,500 priests, bishops andcardinals in a renewal of their priestly vows and dedicated his homily to theimportance of preaching ...
"Survivor" contestant Zeke Smith was outed as transgender by fellow competitor Jeff Varner on Wednesday night's episode of the CBS reality competition. The move has prompted online criticism and condemnation by a major LGBT rights group....
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) -- A Delaware judge on Thursday convicted a 17-year-old girl of criminally negligent homicide after a school bathroom fight that left a 16-year-old classmate dead....
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