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The thousands of delegates were treated to a glorious spectacle as the sun goes down during the closing Mass of the 4th World Apostolic Congress on Mercy at the Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar in Bagac, Bataan on January 20, 2017. ANALYN PERUCHO
Msgr. Ocariz
confirmed as
new prelate
of Opus Dei
By Roy Lagarde
MANILAThe Church
just cant talk about mercy without talking about
the life.
Msgr. Fernando Ocariz, who was elected
Prelate of Opus Dei Jan. 23, 2017. OPUS
DEI COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE
A FILIPINO cardinal
sees nothing wrong with
Pope Francis most recent
teachings on family life amid
pleads for clarity.
Cardinal Orlando
Quevedo said the Popes
post-synodal exhortation
Amoris Laetitia remains to
be doctrinally sound.
Its clear enough that
the Pope is holding on to
doctrine, Cardinal Quevedo
said in a press conference
held on the sidelines of the 4th
World Apostolic Congress on
Mercy (WACOM) at the UST
Pavillon in Manila on Jan. 17.
I read it twice to find out
what they are saying, he
said. I cannot understand
the justification that the pope
has to clarify his position.
The Cotabato archbishop
was referring to the four
prominent cardinals who
publicly questioned the
pontiff about communion for
the divorced and remarried.
Fr. Sebastian DAmbra of Silsilah Dialogue Movement speaks at the 4th World Apostolic
Congress on Mercy at the UST Pavilion in Manila, January 17, 2017. ROY LAGARDE
Cardinal Orlando Quevedo of Cotabato whispers to Fr. Seraphim Michalenko, vicepostulator for Sr. Maria Faustinas canonization cause, during a press briefing at the
UST Pavillon in Manila, Jan. 17, 2017. ROY LAGARDE
Cardinals Walter
Brandmller, Raymond Burke,
Carlo Caffarra, and Joachim
Meisner said the Pope must
resolve the uncertainties and
bring clarity.
But Cardinal Quevedo said
the papal document only
seeks to find out pastoral
AN Italian Catholic
missionary working for
interreligious dialogue and
peace in Mindanao said the
situation of Christians in
some parts of the region is
becoming alarming.
Fr. Sebastian DAmbra
of the Silsilah Dialogue
Movement based in
Zamboanga City said the
Alarming / A7
power of silence.
I think the strong discovery of what
the bishop said today in his homily
is to be quiet, be still to pray, and let
God come into you. That is the point,
explained Michelin.
For 22-year old Maria Lechner,
Austrias anti-Christian environment
is perfect for her own personal New
Evangelization initiative of God loves
you stickers.
Also in our place its very difficult to
show to the people around you that you
are Christian, that you are CatholicI
think it is always the best to be like a
model, to live freely, said the nurse
Persecution / A7
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World Youth Day pilgrims from Panama July 30, 2016. KATE VEIK/CNA.
Cuttack-Bhubaneshwar,
collecting information on the
murdered Christians.
Martyrdom, continues
p.Singh, is nothing more
than the recognition that
even ordinary people find
more meaning in death than
in life;for them, faith in Jesus
is the greatest witness and
life meaning. Heartened
that the cardinal recognized
that.It is not only a tribute to
Christians who were killed,
but their faith in Christ.And
above all is the recognition
t h a t t h e v a l u e s a n d
principles set out by Jesus
are implemented by simple
Christians of Kandhamal.
The announcement of the
card.Gracias has rekindled
hope for the relatives of
victims.One of them is
Kanakarekha Nayak, who
lost her husband during the
persecutions.Im happy he says - that the cardinal
has assumed the leadership
of the process, which has
allowed an acceleration of
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Newly married couples meet Pope Francis in St. Peters Square on Sept. 9, 2015. LOSSERVATORE ROMANO
Mother & son survived two years under the thumb of the Islamic State
Carcel Pgarralda.
CNA
passed by men
in orange suits,
held at gunpoint
by a group of
ISIS children.
The children
executed them
with pleasure.
Another time
I ran into a big
crowd on the
street. There was
a woman; her
hands and feet
were tied. The
ISIS terrorists
drew a circle
Ismael and his mother. JACO KLAMER/ACN
around her. If
she got out of the
ISIS to practice Islam
circle, she would live, and I was tortured for not
but that was impossible knowing anything about
because she was tied up. Islam and the Koran,
While her relatives were says his mother. I am
crying and begging for embarrassed for having
a pardon, the jihadists had to profess Islam,
threw stones at her until says Ismail.
she died.
He adds: Men were
I s m a e l s s t o r y forced to pray in the
continues: ISIS put me m o s q u e o n F r i d a y .
in a correctional camp. I Anyone who would walk
had to grow out my hair the streets during Friday
and grow my beard. My prayers would be beaten.
mother got a black, all- Preachers proclaimed
concealing robe, but she that Assyrians were evil
was not allowed to go and that Christians did
outside. ISIS warriors not believe in the right
wanted me to marry, so way.
I would be one of them.
Then the ISIS warriors
I objected, stating that discovered my necklace
I was too young: just with a cross. They beat
1 5 . B u t e v e n b o y s a s me and I had to study the
young as 13 were getting Koran for a month. I was
married.
hit whenever I could not
My son was forced by answer their questions
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