Vatican Radio Podcast
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Vatican Radio is the broadcasting station of the Holy See, legally recognised by the international bodies. It is a means of communication and evangelisation created to serve the Pope's ministry. Vatican Radio has a legal status and is located in Vatican City. Its main task is to proclaim the Christian message, freely, faithfully and efficiently, and keep in contact the centre of Catholicism with the rest of the world. It was inaugurated by Pius XI (Radio message Qui arcano Dei) on February 12th 1931, and is an active member and founder of the EBU (European Broadcasting Union, in Geneva) of the URTI (International Radio and Television University, in Paris) and member of the URTNA (Union of African National Radio and Television in Dakar). Vatican Radio represents the Holy See at the ITU (International Telecommunication Union, in Geneva) and at the CEPT (European Conferences of Post and Telecommunication Administrations). Vatican Radio however is not an official body of the Holy See and therefore takes full responsibility for the contents of its programmes.
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Vatican Radio broadcasts Church and religious news, offering the kind of information which cannot be found in other media. Firstly it informs on events and activities of the Pope and the Holy See. Vatican Radio also covers political, social and economic affairs not only in the religious context, but also to help Christians to see in them the signs of the times and to encourage them to behave and take decisions in the light of their own faith. Through its liturgy programmes, Vatican Radio offers to its listeners, especially to those who are isolated or restricted in their religious freedom, a chance to follow spiritual events and worship. For a vaster audience, Vatican Radio broadcasts the celebrations presided over by the Holy Father in order to deepen the communion of the Church with the Successor of Peter. The programmes of Vatican Radio are for the most part dedicated to the various permanent aspects of the Christian Catechesis: the Word of the Lord, the Church and Patristic tradition, theology, Christian ethics, the Social Doctrine of the Church, Church history and Christian associations. A special attention is given to ecumenism and to inter-religious dialogue, especially in those programmes which are addressed to parts of the world where Christians are a small minority. A fair consideration is also given to human culture and arts, especially music, more suitable to the technical features of this means of communication, in accordance with a long Church tradition.
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The Vatican Radio is a 30-minute broadcast highlighting current events through the eyes of the Catholic Church. With actual broadcasts of the Pope, the listener can hear firsthand (with the help of an interpreter ) the views, prayers and pleas of the new head of the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI.
Although I am not Catholic, I have great respect for the traditions and views of the Catholic Church. Therefore, I was very interested in listening to this podcast to simply gain an understanding of world events through their filter. I found the broadcast to be very well done with interesting ways of approaching the most up-to-date news such as the Muslim extremist London bombings. It is great resource for staying on top of current events and gaining a new perspective on the world.
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"It's not Easy Being a Christian", says Pope
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Sun, Nov 08, 2009
(08 Nov 09 - RV) In the final discourse of his visit to Brescia in the footsteps of Pope Paul VI Benedict XVI told the 300 parishioners of St Anthony?s Church in Concesio that ''It's not 'easy being a Christian?.
Speaking in the small village church were the future Pope, Giovanni Battista Montini, was Baptised more than a century ago, Pope Benedict noted that ?it takes courage and tenacity not to comply with the mentality of today?s world, not to be seduced by the sometimes powerful calls of hedonism and consumerism, to face, if necessary, misunderstandings and sometimes even real persecution''.
For this reason - he added -''we should remain firmly united in the Church, even when we see some shadows and blemishes on its face'' ''loving her as our true mother'' and translating this love into concrete action ''within our communities'.''
Pope Benedict also urged believers not to yield to the temptation of ?individualism 'and prejudice? rather to overcome ?all rivalry and division?.
Earlier Sunday evening Pope Benedict XVI launched an appeal for the freedom for Catholics to educate their children according to their faith and tradition.
He was speaking at the inauguration of the Paul VI institute for religious studies, in the home of the late pope, Concesio Northern Italy.
Retracing his own personal bond with Paul VI, and their shared commitment to education he noted that ?educating the younger generation, on which the future depends, has never been easy, but in our time seems to become even more complex?.
Pope Benedict said ?a mentality and a culture that cast doubts on the value of the person, the meaning of truth and goodness..,is spreading?.
Yet he also observed that ?there is a widespread thirst for hard certainties and values?.
Pope Benedict spoke of Paul VI?s involvement with the university students of his day, his promotion of an ?intellectual charity? that was rooted in social action in favour of the poor.
?Young people? he concluded ?must be educated to regarded themselves ''as people and not a mere number in the crowd''. 00:01:22:97
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Remembrance Sunday
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Sun, Nov 08, 2009
(08 Nov 09 - RV) Today marks Remembrance Sunday in the UK and Veteran?s Day in the US.
It commemorates the sacrifices of members of the armed forces and of civilians in times of war specifically since the World War One.
This year in both the US and UK Sunday 8th of November will be particularly poignant.
Only today Britain saw the deaths of 2 of its troops in Afghanistan and in the US flags are flying at half mast as a tribute to those who were killed in the Fort Hood base shooting in Texas.
We spoke to the New Bishop of the Armed Forces in the UK, Richard Moth who says its especially important this year to pray for the casualties of war. 00:01:43:30
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US House of Representatives Passes Healthcare Reform Bill
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Sun, Nov 08, 2009
(08 Nov 09 - RV) US President Barack Obama has hailed as "historic" the approval of a health bill by the House of Representatives.
Passed late yesterday evening in a narrow 220-215 vote by the House, the bill aims to extend coverage to 36 million more Americans and provide affordable healthcare to 96%.
One key amendment to get the bill through was the USCCB backed Stupak-Ellsworth Amendment against federal funding of abortion.
Emer McCarthy spoke to the director of Insidecatholic .com, Deal Hudson about the bill and the US churches concerns: 00:03:04:63
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JRS Warn of Possible Revolt if Food Cuts Prolonged in Nepal
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Sun, Nov 08, 2009
(08 Nov 09 - RV) The Jesuit Refugee Service is urging the United Nations to stand by its promise not to prolong food cuts to the men women and children in the refugee camps in Nepal beyond November 15th.
The 90,000 Bhutanese people housed in these camps since the 1990?s are the first to feel the crunch of the drop in donor nations funding to the World Food Programme, who were forced to cut food rations there by 200 grams of rice a day.
A senior WFP official recently visited the camps to see the situation first hand.
Former JRS regional director, Fr Amal Raj says that the food cut is seriously undermining repatriation and education programs and if prolonged could result in revolts. 00:01:41:64
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Pope from Brescia: "A Church Conformed to Christ in Dialogue with Humanity"
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Sun, Nov 08, 2009
(08 Nov 09 - RV) A ''poor and free church?, capable of speaking to 'contemporary' mankind and of addressing the challenges of today: the economic crisis, immigration, interfaith dialogue. But above all the Church that is the faithful and patient instrument of God?s love for humanity.
This was the message launched by Pope Benedict XVI from the Cathedral of Brescia, the birth place of his predecessor Pope Paul VI, a message taken from the spiritual testament of the Montini Pope, but one that Pope Benedict said is still relevant today.
Four giants screens relayed Pope Benedict?s words to the tens of thousands who filled the rain-swept square before the Cathedral, named in honour of the Brescian man who steered the Church through the Second Vatican Council and its difficult aftermath.
Pope Benedict told them that the encounter and dialogue between the Church and humanity was particularly important to Paul VI in every stage of his life, from the early years of priesthood to his pontificate.
In his homily Pope Benedict XVI dwelt on Paul VI?s encyclical Ecclesiam Suam. The major challenges that face the Church, he said, are those represented by its confrontation with other faiths and a growing secularism that leads to forgetfulness of God.
The Pope said that the question of the Church, its role in the plan for our salvation and its relationship with the world today remain absolutely central. As Paul VI wrote; ?more than ever humanity is in need of the precious example of the Churches love for mankind which is inseparable from that of Christ.''
In the teachings of Paul VI, Pope Benedict said we can always find valuable information to address the challenges of the present, above all, the economic crisis, immigration, education of youth.
At the same time, Pope Montini lost no opportunity to emphasize the primacy of God in human experience or to promote the consecrated life.
Benedict XVI?s last words from Brescia in fact were for the priests of the Diocese. Marking this Year for Priests, he recalled the words of Paul VI to the Major Seminary on December 7, 1968:
"Many - he said - expect the Pope to make dramatic gestures and be energetically decisive. The Pope does not believe that he must follow another line that is not that of confidence in Jesus Christ, He will calm the storm ... It is not about waiting inertly but of watchful waiting in prayer. This is the condition that Jesus has chosen for us, so that he can operate fully. Even the Pope needs to be helped by prayer?. 00:03:26:11
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Paul VI: Life and Legacy
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Sat, Nov 07, 2009
(7 Nov 09 - RV) Pope Benedict travels north to Brescia tomorrow on his 17th pastoral journey in Italy. Tomorrow morning the Holy Father will celebrate mass in Brescia?s main square. In the afternoon he will visit the nearby village of Concesio, the birth place of his predecessor Pope Paul VI. There he will inaugurate the Paul VI Institute for Religious Studies in honour of the Pope who guided the Church through the Second Vatican Council and its aftermath. Veronica Scarisbrick takes a look back at Paul VI?s life and legacy: 00:02:46:37
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Pope Benedict Encourages Catholic Sport Associations
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Sat, Nov 07, 2009
(7 Nov 09 - RV) Pope Benedict XVI today encouraged the work of Catholic sport associations in a message to the Pontifical Council for the Laity, at the end of a seminar here in Rome on the theme "Sport, education and faith". Lydia O'Kane has more: 00:01:47:06
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Number of Seminarians on the Rise
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Sat, Nov 07, 2009
(7 Nov 09 - RV) At a recent conference held here in Rome, the Director of the Pontifical Pastoral Ministry of Priestly Vocations said there has been an increase in the number of seminarians. Speaking at the English and Welsh Vocations Directors Conference, Monsignor Francis Bonnici highlighted that 20 countries including England and Wales has seen a rise. We spoke to the Vice Chairman of the Conference, Father Paul Grogan, who explained some of the reasons for this growth in vocations. 00:01:29:11
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Humanitarian Organizations Play Key Role in Climate Policies
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Sat, Nov 07, 2009
(7 Nov 09 - RV) Caritas Internationalis and other humanitarian organizations are calling on world leaders to make sure that the poor will not be left out of the picture when they meet for a major environmental summit in Copenhagen next month. Floriana Polito, the Caritas spokesperson for climate change, said that humanitarian and religious groups have an important role to play in encouraging policies that ensure that development goals are not sacrificed. 00:01:58:78
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Pope Benedict Prepares for 17th Pastoral Journey
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Sat, Nov 07, 2009
(7 Nov 09 - RV) Pope Benedict XVI?s 17th pastoral journey in Italy takes him Sunday November 8th to the Northern Italian city of Brescia.
Everything is ready in Brescia, Concesio and Botticino Serafor the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI Sunday in his first pastoral visit to the land of Paul VI, thirty years after his death.
Situated at the foot of the Alps, in the province of Lombardy, Brescia is home to one an a half million people and steep in the Christian tradition counting among its most famous citizens, Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini who became Pope Paul VI.
The city?s central square is named after the Pope who guided the work of the second Vatican Council after the death of John 23rd.
Here on Sunday Pope Benedict will celebrate mass. Organisers estimate a crowd of thousands and have mounted four giant screens to allow those who are unable to find space in the small cathedral to follow the Eucharistic celebration and Angelus prayer.
Sunday afternoon Pope Benedict travels the short distance from Brescia to the village of Concesio in Valtrompia, the birthplace of his predecessor.
There he will inaugurate the Paul VI Institute, a centre for religious studies, in the home where the Montini Pope was born, awarding its first prize to "Sources Chrétiennes", a French organisation specialised in the study of Patristics, for its contribution to the promotion of faith and culture.
The last stop on Pope Benedict?s journey is the small village church of Saint Anthony, where surrounded by the parishioners, descendents of the land of Paul VI, he will deliver an address. 00:01:50:93
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