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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis met on Monday afternoon with a group of young patients, doctors and nurses from Rome’s ‘Bambino Gesù’ children’s hospital. The children, aged between 5 and 18, are taking part in a documentary programme on Italian television exploring the experiences of young patients and their families at the Catholic hospital.Listen to our report:  The ‘Bambino Gesù’ hospital, just a stone’s throw away from the Vatican, is the largest pediatric research facility in Europe. It treats over a million and a half young patients each year, with children travelling from all over the world to make use of its specialized services and equipment.This was the second time the youngsters had come for a papal audience, which was being filmed for the TV series showing every Sunday evening on the RAI 3 channel.Hospital must be a familyIn his greetings to the children and staff, including the hospital director, Dr Mariella E...
The Catholic Bishops in West Africa have expressed their concerns about religious intolerance; unemployment among the youth; the menace of marauding herdsmen  among other pastoral challenges affecting the countries of West Africa.These were part of the deliberations that the Catholic Bishops belonging to the Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (RECOWA-CERAO) told the Chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia. This was at the conclusion of West African Bishops’ fifth Standing Committee meeting, held in Assinie, Ivory Coast, recently.RECOWA-CERAO brings together Catholic Bishops from 15 countries of West Africa, which include Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Sierra-Leone, Senegal, Gambia, and Togo.During their Ivory Coast meeting, the Bishops deliberated on the challenge of youth unemployment including thes...
The Diocese of Miao in remote northeast India last week remembered and prayed for an Indian missionary priest abducted by unknown gunmen in Yemen and whose whereabouts are still unknown. Bishop George Pallipparambil of Miao, in Arunachal Pradesh, gathered his priests around him on Thursday, April 6, to celebrate the Chrism Mass at the Christ the Light Shrine cathedral and prayed for Salesian priest Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil.  The native of Kerala state belonging to Bangalore Salesian Province was kidnapped on March 4, 2016 after gunmen attacked a ‎home for the sick and elderly of the Missionaries of Charity in Aden, in southern Yemen.  In the assault ‎four nuns of Mother Teresa and 12 other people present in the facility were massacred.Bishops gather their priests of the diocese on Holy Thursday to celebrate the Chrism Mass in commemoration of the institution of the priesthood and the Eucharist by Jesus at the Last Supper, during which the holy oils used in the var...
(Vatican Radio)  The Community of Sant’Egidio will hold their annual ecumenical prayer vigil on Tuesday, remembering especially the Coptic Christian martyrs and all those who are persecuted and killed for their faith.The vigil comes just two days after two Coptic churches in Egypt were bombed, killing up to 50 people and injuring dozens more.The prayer vigil will keep their martyrdom and the memory of other Christian martyrs’ alive. By remembering the names and stories of the victims, the community also recalls the words of Pope Francis, “Today, in the twenty-first century, our Church is a Church of martyrs.”The Community of Sant’Egidio is an international movement of Christian lay people who pray and work towards solidarity, dialogue, and Christian unity. It started after the Second Vatican Council in 1968, and is now represented in more than 70 countries.The vigil will be held at 18:30 at Basilica Santa Maria in Trestevere. Cardinal Kevin Josep...
(Vatican Radio)  Pope Francis on Tuesday sent a message to a Portuguese radio station celebrating its 80th anniversary, saying it has done “exceptional work” in promoting “fraternal solidarity”.Listen to Devin Watkins’ report: In his message for Radio Renascença’s 80th anniversary, Pope Francis said he valued the station’s work of carrying “the Gospel of Jesus” to “Portugal and the immense Portuguese-speaking world”.He said the Radio has sown “fraternal solidarity and the mercy of God in the heart of humanity”.Pope Francis’ message was sent by Archbishop Angelo Becciu, Substitute of the Vatican’s Secretariat of State, and read to the Grupo Renascença Multimédia by Archbishop Rino Passigato, Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal.“Pope Francis cordially greets the great family of ‘Radio Renascença’ as its celebrates its 80th anniversary,” the mess...
(Vatican Radio) On 20 April 2017, Thursday of Easter Week, Pope Francis will hold an ordinary public Consistory for the vote of the Cardinals on several causes for canonization.Five causes of canonization are set for approval by the Cardinals: The Martyrs of Natal, Brazil: Andrea de Soveral, Ambrogio Francesco Ferro, diocesan priests, along with Matteo Moreira, a layman, and 27 companions, martyrs; Cristóbal, Antonio, and Juan, of Mexico, young martyrs; Faustino Míguez, Spanish Piarist priest, and founder of the Calasanzian Institute of the Daughters of the Divine Shepherdess; Angelo da Acri (in the world: Luca Antonio Falcone), Italian professed priest of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor – Capuchin; The visionaries of Fatima, Francesco Marto and Jacinto Marto, children.The vote of the Cardinals is the final formality after Pope Francis gave approval for the causes to move forward. Upon receiving the approval of the Cardinals in Consistory, the Church will ...
Mainz, Germany, Apr 11, 2017 / 06:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In August 2013, a group of 20 police officers and social workers stormed the home of Petra and Dirk Wunderlich and took away their children.Their offense: homeschooling.The Wunderlich’s children were returned to them, but their legal situation remains precarious, as the German government continues to criminally punish families who homeschool with fines or even imprisonment.Homeschooling has been illegal in Germany since 1918, though in recent years the policy has raised questions and concerns with human rights groups who say it is an infringement on the right to family life.The European Court of Human Rights has agreed to review the Wunderlichs' case and to look at whether Germany’s actions breached the right to family life, which is protected under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The court ruled in 2006 that there is no right to homeschooling.“I sincerely hope the European Court of...
CHICAGO (AP) -- An influential U.S. government health panel is dropping its opposition to routine prostate cancer screening in favor of letting men decide for themselves after talking with their doctor....
AWEIL, South Sudan (AP) -- Two months after the world's youngest nation declared a famine amid its civil war, hunger has become more widespread than expected, aid workers say....
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea is vowing tough counteraction to any military moves that might follow the U.S. decision to send the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier and its battle group to waters off the Korean Peninsula....
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