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General Audience: We begin now a series of catecheses on three facets of family life: celebration, work and prayer.

August 12, 2015 breaking Comments Off on General Audience: We begin now a series of catecheses on three facets of family life: celebration, work and prayer.

POPE FRANCIS – GENERAL AUDIENCE – Paul VI Audience Hall – Wednesday, 12 August 2015. We begin now a series of catecheses on three facets of family life: celebration, work and prayer. Let us turn first to celebrations which, as we see from the Story of Creation, are the invention of God, who on the seventh day rested from his work. It is God himself who teaches us the importance of dedicating time to contemplating and enjoying the fruits of our labours, not only in our employment or profession, but through every action by which we as men and women cooperate in God’s creative work, even in times of difficulty. In the workplace too, we celebrate – a birthday, a…Continue Reading

Holy See’s Statement on Pope’s Message for World Day of Peace

August 11, 2015 breaking Comments Off on Holy See’s Statement on Pope’s Message for World Day of Peace

“Peace is to be worked at: it is not something that one gains without efforts, without conversion of mind and heart, without a sense of creativity and positive engagement in discussion.” Vatican City, August 11, 2015 (ZENIT.org) Staff Reporter Overcome Indifference and win Peace will be the title of the Message for the 49th World Day of Peace, the third of the papacy of Pope Francis. Indifference in regard to the scourges of our time is one of the fundamental causes of the lack of peace. Today, indifference is often linked to various forms of individualism which cause isolation, ignorance, selfishness and, therefore, lack of interest and commitment. Increase of information does not mean per se an increase of attention…Continue Reading

Pope Francis: Revulsion of Hiroshima & Nagasaki attacks

August 10, 2015 breaking Comments Off on Pope Francis: Revulsion of Hiroshima & Nagasaki attacks

(Pope Francis) Pope Francis on Sunday recalled the 70th anniversary of the “terrible” atomic bomb attacks on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, saying this tragic event “still arouses horror and revulsion” in us many years later. The Pope said these attacks have become the symbol of the enormous destructive power of humanity when it makes a distorted use of scientific and technical progress and serves as a lasting warning to us. Turning to the situation in El Salvador, Pope Francis spoke of his deep concern for the suffering of the population there as a result of the famine, the economic crisis and growing violence. His remarks came in an appeal following the Angelus prayer addressed to the faithful…Continue Reading

Pope Francis highlights religious freedom and marriage in message to K of C

August 9, 2015 breaking Comments Off on Pope Francis highlights religious freedom and marriage in message to K of C

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent his good wishes to the Knights of Columbus who are currently holding their the 133rd Supreme Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In a message signed by Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin and addressed to the Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, Carl Anderson, Pope Francis assured his closeness in prayer to all the participants who are looking at the theme “Endowed by their Creator with Life and Liberty”. Below find the message addressed to the Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, Carl Anderson and signed by Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin Dear Mr Anderson, His Holiness Pope Francis has been informed that from 4 to 6 August 2015, the…Continue Reading

Pope to Young People: Without Some Tensions in Life, We’d Be Living in a Cemetery

August 8, 2015 breaking Comments Off on Pope to Young People: Without Some Tensions in Life, We’d Be Living in a Cemetery

Laments When He Sees Someone of 20 Years Go ‘Into Retirement’ Vatican City, August 07, 2015 (ZENIT.org) Deborah Castellano Lubov Pope Francis has encouraged young people to find the peace and joy that God gives us in the midst of life’s difficulties. Responding to the questions of young people this morning in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall, the Holy Father called on them to welcome and search the true peace and joy God gives, and warned them from false feelings of peace or happiness, that come from ‘the enemy.’ Pope Francis held a dialogue with young people from around the world this morning in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall. The young people are in Rome for the international conference of…Continue Reading

BREAKING: Alabama third state to pull Planned Parenthood funding after body part scandal

August 7, 2015 breaking Comments Off on BREAKING: Alabama third state to pull Planned Parenthood funding after body part scandal

MONTGOMERY, AL, August 6, 2015 (LifeSiteNews) – The state of Alabama has announced it will end its Medicaid contract with Planned Parenthood after undercover videos showed the organization’s national leaders casually discussing the harvesting and sale of body parts harvested from aborted babies. Gov. Robert Bentley announced in a letter to Staci Fox, the CEO of Planned Parenthood Southeast, that the state is “exercising its ability to terminate the existing agreement” with the agency “with 15 days written notice.” “The deplorable practices at Planned Parenthood have been exposed to Americans, and I have decided to stop any association with the organization in Alabama,” Bentley, a Republican, said in a statement. “As a doctor and Alabama’s Governor, the issue of human life,…Continue Reading

GENERAL AUDIENCE: On Wounded Families

August 6, 2015 breaking Comments Off on GENERAL AUDIENCE: On Wounded Families

(See this week’s Wanderer print edition for further analysis and commentary) Christian families can collaborate with Him by taking care of wounded families, supporting them in the community’s life of faith.” Vatican City, August 05, 2015 (ZENIT.org) Staff Reporter Here is a ZENIT translation of the Pope’s address at the general audience held this morning in St. Peter’s Square. * * * Dear Brothers and Sisters, good morning! With this catechesis we take up again our reflection on the family. After speaking last time of wounded families caused by the misunderstanding of spouses, today I would like to focus our attention on another reality: how to take care of those that, following the irreversible failure of their marital bond, have…Continue Reading

Pope meets with altar servers in St Peter’s Square

August 5, 2015 breaking Comments Off on Pope meets with altar servers in St Peter’s Square

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis met Tuesday with thousands of altar servers from around Europe. The encounter in Saint Peter’s Square was part of the ninth International Pilgrimage of Acolytes and Altar Servers. In his prepared remarks, Pope Francis reflected on the theme of this year’s pilgrimage, “Here I am: Send me!” The Holy Father told the young people, “It is important to realize that being close to Jesus and knowing him in the Eucharist through your service at the altar, enables you to open yourselves to others, to journey together, to set demanding goals and to find the strength to achieve them.” The International Pilgrimage of Altar Servers, which takes place every five years, is organized by the group Coetus…Continue Reading

‘It was a twin’: New video shows dissection of 20-week baby for parts to sell at Planned Parenthood

August 4, 2015 breaking Comments Off on ‘It was a twin’: New video shows dissection of 20-week baby for parts to sell at Planned Parenthood

 Ben Johnson AbortionTue Aug 4, 2015 – 10:45 am EST HOUSTON, TX, August 4 2015 (LifeSiteNews) – A Planned Parenthood official admits that abortionists sometimes provide “intact” babies’ body for organ harvesting and experimentation, in the latest undercover video released by the Center for Medical Progress. It also includes graphic footage of investigators seeing pristine organs extracted from a 20-week-old aborted baby. The director of research for Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, Melissa Farrell, told undercover investigators that abortionists are willing to alter the abortion process to obtain the body parts researchers request, or to deliver a child essentially intact. “They can make it happen,” she said. “We bake that into our contract, and our protocol, that…we deviate from our standard in order…Continue Reading

Pope: St Theresa of Avila source of truth and values

August 4, 2015 breaking Comments Off on Pope: St Theresa of Avila source of truth and values

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a letter of greeting and encouragement to participants of an Interuniversity Congress on Saint Theresa of Avila. The letter, signed by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin on behalf of the Holy Father, expresses gratitude to the Academic world for highlighting the relevance of Saint Theresa’s teachings. Organized by the Catholic University of “Santa Teresa de Jesus de Avila” in collaboration with other Catholic Universities, the 3-day Congress entitled “St. Teresa of Avila, Maestra de Vida” is taking place in Avila, the city where Theresa was born 500 years ago. The main purpose of the congress is to bring the figure of St. Teresa of Avila closer to those in academia and university…Continue Reading