News Headlines for the Week: Encyclical, Canonization, Lampedusa
Today’s topics: News Headlines of the Week
Summary of today’s show: Our usual Thursday panel examines the news headlines of the past week, including Pope Francis’ encyclical “Lumen fidei” as a Christmas present for all Catholics; the interesting linking of the canonization announcements of Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII; and Pope Francis’ homily at Lampedusa that drives home the message that we must not let our comforts numb us to the plight of those suffering all around us each day.
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Today’s host(s): Scot Landry and Susan Abbott
Today’s guest(s): Gregory Tracy, managing editor of the Pilot, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Boston, and Fr. Roger Landry, pastor of St. Bernadette Parish in Fall River
Links from today’s show:
- The Anchor
- The Pilot
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Some of the stories discussed on this show will be available on The Pilot’s and The Anchor’s websites on Friday morning. Please check those sites for the latest links.
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Living by the Light of Faith,, Fr. Roger Landry, The Anchor, July 12, 2013
- “In first encyclical, pope celebrates faith as the light of human life”, CNS, 7/5/13
- “Encyclical illustrates continuity of two papacies, officials say”, CNS, 7/5/13
- “Pope clears the way for the canonizations of John Paul II, John XXIII”, CNS, 7/5/13
- “News of canonizations has ‘gladdened hearts’ of faithful, cardinal says”, CNS, 7/8/13
- “Popes put personal stamp on World Youth Day celebrations”, 7/10/13
- “Comfort makes us indifferent to suffering of migrants, Pope says”, CNA/EWTN News, 7/8/13
- Pope’s Homily at Mass in Lampedusa, Zenit.org, 7/8/13
- HHS Final Rule Still Requires Action In Congress, By Courts, Says Cardinal Dolan, USCCB.org, 7/3/13
- “Immigration and the Next America: Renewing the Soul of Our Nation” by Archbishop Jose Gomez
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