Angelus News | April 19-26, 2019 | Vol. 4 No. 15

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WORLD
NO WORDS — A devastating fire erupted at the famous Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris
Monday, April 11, toppling the medieval church’s main spire and leading to the collapse of
its roof. The fire appeared to break out in the area where scaffolding had been set up for
restoration work. As of press time, no cause for the fire had been determined, and how
much of the church’s precious artwork had survived was unclear.
Bishop flees to
Rome for safety
An outspoken Nicaraguan bishop
has been summoned to Rome
amidst threats against his life.
Managua Auxiliary Bishop Silvio
Baez Ortega has found himself at
odds with Nicaraguan president
Daniel Ortega over the last year
for his criticism of the government’s
policies and its use of
harsh, sometimes deadly tactics to
counter protesters.
Baez confirmed at an April 11
press conference that he was
warned last June of a plan to
assassinate him, and that Pope
Francis had asked him to come to
Rome for his safety until further
notice.
“I can tell you with total sincerity,
at this time I am experiencing
great pain in my heart, the pain
of not being able to be physically
in my loved Nicaraguan community,”
Baez said at the news
conference.
An incorrupt teen saint?
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Reports out of Italy suggest
the body of a teenager being
considered for sainthood may
show signs of being incorrupt.
Carlo Acutis, who died in
2006 from leukemia at the age
of 15, was declared “Venerable”
by Pope Francis in 2018
as part of the investigation into
his possible sainthood. Acutis
Carlo Acutis
was known for combining his
talents as a computer programmer and his deep devotion
to the Eucharist to create a website cataloguing
the various eucharistic miracles around the world.
On April 8, his cause’s postulator, Nicola Gori, told
Italian TV station Tv2000 that he’d been told the body
was found incorrupt, echoing a similar claim by the
vice-postulator in January.
Both men later appeared to walk back their statements,
stressing that further confirmation from medical
authorities was needed.
Though being found incorrupt is not one of the two
miracles required for sainthood, it is widely viewed as a
confirmation of sanctity.
A PLEA FOR PEACE — Pope Francis kisses the feet of South
Sudanese President Salva Kiir April 11 at the conclusion of a twoday
retreat at the Vatican for African nations’ political leaders. The
pope begged the leaders to give peace a chance. At right is Vice
President Riek Machar.
VATICAN MEDIA VIA REUTERS
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