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Pope, Israeli president renew mutual commitment to peace
EWTN - World Catholic News - May 26, 2014 at 8:09 am Jerusalem, Israel, May 26, 2014 / 08:09 am (EWTN News/CNA).- In a meeting today with Israeli President Shimon Peres, Pope Francis
expressed his hope that Jerusalem would be a true...
Pope Francis prays at Western Wall – then embraces rabbi and Muslim leader
Catholic Herald - May 26, 2014 at 8:01 am On his last day in the Holy Land, Pope Francis prayed at the Western Wall, the holiest site in Judaism, before an emotional hug with two old friends – a Muslim leader and a rabbi...
Is Cardinal Dolan’s star fading? NY Times “somes” it up
GetReligion - May 26, 2014 at 8:00 am I’ve just made up a rule for reading news: The confidence a writer places in an article is inversely proportional to the number of times he/she uses “some.” Such words often...
Pope at Holocaust Memorial: Never again, Lord, never again! (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 26, 2014 at 7:55 am To view the video click here.
Pope to Shimon Peres: Protect the sanctity of the Holy Places and its pilgrims (Video)
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 26, 2014 at 7:51 am To view the video click here.
Pope's Address in Gethsemane to Priests, Religious and Seminarians
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 26, 2014 at 7:44 am Here is the address Pope Francis gave this afternoon to priests, religious and seminarians in the Church of All Nations in Gethsemane at the foot of the Mount of Olives...
Vatican launches Arabic-language web site
Catholic Culture - World News - May 26, 2014 at 7:39 am The Vatican has inaugurated an Arabic-language version of the Holy See's web site, Vatican.va.
The Vatican press office announced the new site during the Pope's trip to the Holy...
Daily Homily: I Will Send the Counselor to You
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 26, 2014 at 7:29 am --
Acts 16:22-34
Psalm 138:1-2ab, 2 cde-3, 7c-8 John 16:5-11
One of the signs that accompanied the proclamation of the Gospel in Philippi was that of an exorcism. Just as Jesus...
The pope who kisses hands
The Deacon's Bench - May 26, 2014 at 7:21 am Are we seeing a new papal tradition? St. John Paul in his travels would famously kiss the earth of every country he visited. His successor, Francis, appears inclined to kiss...
India's bishops hope for good relations with new Hindu-nationalist government
Catholic Culture - World News - May 26, 2014 at 7:07 am The Catholic bishops of India have sent their "warm and cordial greetings" to the country's incoming prime minister, Narendra Modi, as he prepares for his inauguration.
The Indian...
Pope denounces terrorism, calls for freer access to holy places
Catholic Culture - World News - May 26, 2014 at 7:06 am In a courtesy visit to President Shimon Peres of Israel, Pope Francis called for freer access to Jerusalem's holy places, to which Palestinian Christians say at times they have...
Untitled
Whispers in the Loggia - May 26, 2014 at 6:54 am As an epic visit reaches its close, suffice it to say, whatta ride – and, well, it ain't done just yet....Indeed, this Memorial Weekend has witnessed a trip that won't be...
Pope Francis knew what he was doing when he stopped to pray at Israel’s separation barrier
Catholic Herald - May 26, 2014 at 6:50 am The Pope of surprises has done it again during his Holy Land visit, delighting Palestinians by stopping to pray at Israel’s separation barrier.
The barrier is a powerful symbol....
Pope Francis at 'Yad Vashem'
News.va - May 26, 2014 at 6:44 am (Vatican Radio) The visit of Pope Francis to the Holocaust Memorial of 'Yad Vashem' on May 26, during the last day of his Apostolic journey to the Holy Land formed the...
Pope to Israeli President Peres: Jerusalem must be City of Peace
News.va - May 26, 2014 at 6:44 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis paid a visit to Israeli President Shimon Peres on the last day of his three day pilgrimage to the Holy Land. In an encounter with the press ahead of...
Jewish-Catholic dialogue is �just coming of age,' says Pope
Catholic Culture - World News - May 26, 2014 at 6:36 am Pope Francis paid a courtesy visit to the two chief rabbis of Israel, Rabbi David Lau (Ashkenazi) and Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef (Sephardi), and said that Jewish-Catholic dialogue, "in...
Poem: Hymn to God My God, in My Sickness
Breviary Hymns - May 26, 2014 at 6:36 am I Joy, That In These Straits, I See My WestHymn to God My God, in My Sickness is by the English poet, lawyer, and cleric in the Church of England, John Donne (1572-1631). Scholars...
On Holy Fools
Dominicana - May 26, 2014 at 6:30 am The doorbell rang. (anachronism)
Most of the guests had already arrived. Rome’s elite filled a bustling main hall. Very powerful cardinals struggled to hear the very rich men to...
Lombardi: Vatican meeting with Peres and Abbas to take place soon
News.va - May 26, 2014 at 6:27 am (Vatican Radio) The unexpected invitation Pope Francis made on Sunday to the Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and to the Israeli President Shimon Peres to come to “his home to...
Francis Again Calls for 2-State Solution
Zenit - The World as Seen from Rome - May 26, 2014 at 6:23 am Upon arriving in Israel on Sunday, Pope Francis reiterated his call for peace in the Holy Land, asking that Jerusalem might truly become a "city of peace," as its name means....
