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Vatican City, Mar 29, 2016 / 11:00 am (CNA/EWTN News).- After hearing of the death of Mother Angelica on Easter Sunday, Fr. Federico Lombardi, the Vatican’s spokesman, recalled the joy of being able to meet the nun several years ago in Birmingham, Alabama.Mother Angelica was “a great witness and a missionary apostle,” Fr. Lombardi told CNA March 28, expressing his hope “that she prays for us more than we for her.”Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation, an Ohio-born Poor Clare nun, founded the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) in Alabama in 1981, which has since become the largest religious media network in the world. She passed away March 27 at the age of 92.In addition to his role as the Vatican’s spokesman and director of the Holy See Press Office, Fr. Lombardi is a longtime employee and former director of Vatican Radio.Fr. Lombardi said he “had the joy” of seeing Mother Angelica briefly in person several years ago at one of t...
Vatican City, Mar 29, 2016 / 11:00 am (CNA/EWTN News).- After hearing of the death of Mother Angelica on Easter Sunday, Fr. Federico Lombardi, the Vatican’s spokesman, recalled the joy of being able to meet the nun several years ago in Birmingham, Alabama.
Mother Angelica was “a great witness and a missionary apostle,” Fr. Lombardi told CNA March 28, expressing his hope “that she prays for us more than we for her.”
Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation, an Ohio-born Poor Clare nun, founded the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) in Alabama in 1981, which has since become the largest religious media network in the world. She passed away March 27 at the age of 92.
In addition to his role as the Vatican’s spokesman and director of the Holy See Press Office, Fr. Lombardi is a longtime employee and former director of Vatican Radio.
Fr. Lombardi said he “had the joy” of seeing Mother Angelica briefly in person several years ago at one of the first meetings of Catholic radio stations organized by EWTN at the network’s headquarters in Birmingham.
In the course of the meeting, “someone had kindly taken me to the shrine to greet Mother,” the spokesman explained.
He said his brief encounter with the nun served as “proof that faith and love of God are the true engine that drives our communication – more so than technique and ‘professionalism.’”
Although he was personally invited by EWTN’s chairman Michael Warsaw to attend Mother Angelica’s funeral on Friday, Fr. Lombardi said that unfortunately he is unable to attend.
However, he did confirm his presence at a Mass being organized by EWTN’s Rome bureau set to coincide with Mother Angelica’s funeral in the United States.
The Mass will take place at the Vatican parish of St. Anne’s at 6 p.m. local time April 1, which coincides with the nun’s 11 a.m. funeral in Birmingham.
Monsignor Dario Vigano, prefect of the Secretariat for Communications, has also pledged his prayers for the repose of Mother Angelica’s soul.
Events leading up to Mother Angelica’s funeral in the U.S. will include the March 29 reception of her body at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Birmingham and a subsequent procession to the Shrine’s Upper Church, where the Chaplet of Divine Mercy will be prayed.
On March 30 a public rosary will be prayed in the morning, which will be followed by an all-day public visitation. The following day will also consist of public veneration, the chanting of Solemn Vespers, and a prayer vigil and rosary in anticipation of Mother’s funeral.
At the close of Mother Angelica’s April 1 funeral Mass, her body will be carried in a procession through the Shrine’s piazza and into the crypt where she is to be buried.
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Defying fear, hundreds of Pakistani Christians and Muslims, gathered Monday night at the gates of Gulshan-i-Iqbal Park in Lahore, a short walk from where the terrorist attack took place on Easter Sunday, to remember with a candlelight vigil the more than 70 dead and 300 wounded. Many of the victims are women and children who were playing in the park. Although Jamaat ul Ahrar, an off-shoot group of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, have claimed responsibility for the attack which they say was aimed at Christians, the police have confirmed the death and injury of many Muslims.Participants at Monday night’s rally recalled all who lost their lives and chanted slogans against those who kill and their supporters and financiers. They also repeatedly called for the government not only preach against terrorism, but to do something practical to save people's lives.Speaking at the gathering, Abdullah Malik, president of the Association of Civil Society, said he was "deeply sho...
Defying fear, hundreds of Pakistani Christians and Muslims, gathered Monday night at the gates of Gulshan-i-Iqbal Park in Lahore, a short walk from where the terrorist attack took place on Easter Sunday, to remember with a candlelight vigil the more than 70 dead and 300 wounded. Many of the victims are women and children who were playing in the park. Although Jamaat ul Ahrar, an off-shoot group of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, have claimed responsibility for the attack which they say was aimed at Christians, the police have confirmed the death and injury of many Muslims.
Participants at Monday night’s rally recalled all who lost their lives and chanted slogans against those who kill and their supporters and financiers. They also repeatedly called for the government not only preach against terrorism, but to do something practical to save people's lives.
Speaking at the gathering, Abdullah Malik, president of the Association of Civil Society, said he was "deeply shocked at the loss of precious lives", and while he expressed "solidarity with the victims and their families," underlining "the failure government and those who are responsible for security" to “stop terrorist activities" and their inability to "stop those who are involved directly or indirectly". "It is time - he added – that the government devise a solid strategy and make uncompromising efforts to eliminate the extremists, without discrimination".
Samson Salamat, president of the multi-religious Rwadari Tehreek, that promotes peace and tolerance, denounced the situation of the country where their “children are deprived of the right to play and to education because they lack security and live in threat and terror ". Immediately after the attack on Lahore park, Rwadari Tehreek appealed to its members and civil society to urge Christians and Muslims to donate blood for the wounded in the city's hospitals. "Enough is enough - said Salamat - and we call upon the serious attention of the Government, state apparatus, the political parties and all other stake-holders to make short term and long term policy and strategy to counter the culture of hatred, extremism and violence in the name of religion and sect. Merely lip-service cannot reverse the worst ever situation and we demand practical steps".
Peter Jacob, director of the Centre for Social Justice, speaking to AsiaNews, notes that the Taliban, claiming the attack in Lahore, want to challenge the government in its claim to combat extremism. "Christians - he says - are victims of this banal power struggle. The suicide attack on the Gulshan-i-Iqbal Park concides with demonstrations for blasphemy in Islamabad, which the government did not want to deal with," Jacob added.
Meanwhile, hundreds of Islamic extremists have been stationed outside parliament in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, demanding the implementation of sharia and the hanging of Asia Bibi, a Christian mother sentenced to death for blasphemy, who has been waiting for an appeal process for five years. The sit-in began a month after the death of Mumtaz Qadri, who was hanged for killing the governor of Punjab, Salman Taseer, who wanted to change the blasphemy law and help release Asia Bibi. The army has increased security at the prison in Multan, where the woman is held, fearing attempts at an assassination.
Sunil Malik, director of the Foundation for Peace and Human Development, called for greater involvement of the military in combating terrorism, but also a commitment to eradicate sectarianism in all its forms "in textbooks, sermons in mosques, in drawing room conversations".
Joel Amir Sahotra, a Christian politician, denounces “the negligence of the government in a bid to maintain power and support of hard-line religious elements had cost Pakistan a huge loss. The judiciary has failed to convict people known to be involved in terrorist attacks. The government and the judiciary are under the control of religious groups, because they never take action against religious elements despite having known that they conspire to target minority groups and spread sectarianism. We want operation against all terrorist factors". (Source: AsiaNews)
