Today is the feast of St. Blaise (also Blase). Have you had your throat blessed yet?
VATICAN INSIDER: “INSIDE” THE EWTN ROME BUREAU
This week, in the interview segment of “Vatican Insider,” I present Part II of a real
‘insider’ story – a conversation with Alexey Gotovsky, my multi lingual, multi talented colleague from Kazakhstan in the EWTN Rome Office. Last week you learned about his childhood in a country flanked by India, China and Russia and heard about his road to Rome and EWTN. And now, the rest of Alexey’s story including his trip to his native Kazakhstan with Pope Francis!
I could tell so many similar, interesting stories if my only interviews were with the staff of our Rome bureau and other EWTN offices throughout Europe – amazing, talented, very bright people who, on screen or behind the scenes in video and audio editing studios, bring you into the Catholic Church and bring the Church to you!
Here we are in one of our audio studios –
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POPE FRANCIS IN AFRICA: SOUTH SUDAN, “AN ECUMENICAL PILGRIMAGE OF PEACE”
After bidding farewell to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Pope Francis’ flight landed in Juba, South Sudan, for his long-awaited “ecumenical pilgrimage” for peace to South Sudan with the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, and the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Iain Greenshields. The Pope’s flight landed at Juba International Airport at 2:45 PM local time. …For years, Pope Francis has expressed his strong desire to travel to predominantly-Christian South Sudan, but the unstable situation in the country, along with the pandemic, complicated plans for a visit.
Elias Turk – EWTN:
In April 2019, the Pope hosted a spiritual retreat in the Vatican for the political leaders and ecclesiastical authorities of South Sudan. At the retreat in the Casa Santa Marta, he knelt at their feet and begged them to work for peace and to be worthy fathers of their nation. The Holy Father will stay in the nation’s capital of Juba, and will have meetings with various Church and civil groups, including several internally displaced people. Following a Mass for the country’s faithful on Sunday morning, Pope Francis will return to Rome. Pope Francis arrives in South Sudan for ‘ecumenical pilgrimage’ – Vatican News
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